Beijing
Chinese ambassador’s remarks spark outrage across Europe
Last week’s remarks by the Chinese ambassador to France and Monaco, Lu Shaye, sparked significant criticism which prompted Beijing to provide better clarification.
belgorod
Russian warplane accidently bombs its own city
A Russian warplane accidentally dropped a bomb on a Russian city near the Ukrainian border on Thursday.
birth rates
Russian population drops to historic numbers amid war crisis and other factors
Due to low birth rates, significant emigration, alarming health statistics, and the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia is experiencing a historic demographic loss.
Alexei Navalny
Putin’s leading critic is sentenced to 25 years in Russian prison
Vladimir Kara-Murza, a notable Kremlin critic, has been found guilty of treason and other crimes in what he claimed was a politically-driven prosecution.
allies
Ted Cruz slams Biden for pandering to French President Macron
Senator Ted Cruz posted on Twitter on Wednesday to criticize President Joe Biden and his foreign policies, claiming that it caused America’s oldest ally, France, to turn to China’s Xi Jinping for support.
Conscription
Russia overhauling military draft system
The military draft system in Russia is set to be overhauled, making it “nearly impossible” to avoid military conscription.
abdel fattah el-sisi
Egypt planned to secretly send Russia thousands of rockets
According to the leaked United States intelligence documents that were obtained by the Washington Post, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had reportedly developed a plan to secretly produce and ship around 40,000 rockets to Russia.
Antony Blinken
U.S. classifies WSJ reporter as ‘wrongfully detained’ by the Russians
A United States government initiative to put pressure on Russia to release Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich was launched on Monday, when the State Department declared him to have been “wrongfully detained” after his arrest by Russian security forces last month.
evan gershkovich
Top secret Ukraine war planning documents leaked online
United States officials have confirmed the leak of classified military documents regarding the war in Ukraine.
Americans
One-on-one with Cornell Law professor and founder of Legal Insurrection, William Jacobson
We just witnessed an unprecedented indictment of a former president. Recent polls, like the one conducted by Quinipiacc, show that the majority of Americans think Trump’s indictment was mainly motivated by politics.