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Intel agencies detain 11 people involved in Crocus City Hall attack

15:53 23.03.2024

Intel agencies detain 11 people involved in Crocus City Hall attack

Intelligence agencies have detained 11 people, including four terrorists, who were directly involved in an attack on the Crocus City Hall, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement. "The activities of intelligence and law enforcement agencies have resulted in the detention of 11 people, including four terrorists, who …

Terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall near Moscow

10:35 23.03.2024

Terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall near Moscow

Unidentified people have conducted a terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk in the Moscow Region. According to the latest figures, more than 60 people were killed, and another 100 were wounded. Security has been tightened in Moscow and regions, with mass evens being cancelled. Leaders of other countries …

‘The American Thinker’: Western world in the grip of a strange obsession

10:33 23.03.2024

‘The American Thinker’: Western world in the grip of a strange obsession

When three weeks ago French President Emmanuel Macron said he refused to rule out sending ground troops to Ukraine, his words stood in stark contrast to both the European and American “red line” when it comes to putting boots on the ground in that country. As a matter of fact, …

British life-style: 300,000 more UK children fell into absolute poverty

10:31 23.03.2024

British life-style: 300,000 more UK children fell into absolute poverty

About 300,000 more children were plunged into absolute poverty in a single year at the height of the cost of living crisis amid soaring levels of hunger and food bank use, official figures show, prompting calls for an overhaul of the UK’s creaking welfare safety net, ‘The Guardian’ writes. Campaigners …

Euractiv: Some EU member states fear Ukraine crisis as it threatens Europe’s post-Cold War social model

10:29 23.03.2024

Euractiv: Some EU member states fear Ukraine crisis as it threatens Europe’s post-Cold War social model

European leaders as they are. Facing a new sense of urgency, EU leaders have met in Brussels to discuss making military support to Ukraine more sustainable while ramping up their own defences, writes Euractiv. Over the past weeks, EU member states have voiced increasing alarm over the state of the …

Russian Embassy in USA: “We urge the administration to stop treating Latin American and Caribbean states as its own "backyard"”

11:34 22.03.2024

Russian Embassy in USA: “We urge the administration to stop treating Latin American and Caribbean states as its own "backyard"”

Comment by the Russian Embassy in the United States: “We drew attention to the anti-Russian statements by the head of the U.S. Southern Command, General L.Richardson, regarding the activities of the Russian Federation in Latin America, made on March 19 on the sidelines of the NGO Atlantic Council. The Administration …

Bloomberg: Yemen’s Houthis tell China, Russia their ships won’t be targeted

11:32 22.03.2024

Bloomberg: Yemen’s Houthis tell China, Russia their ships won’t be targeted

The Yemen-based Houthis have told China and Russia their ships can sail through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without being attacked, according to several people with knowledge of the militant group’s discussions, Bloomberg informs. China and Russia reached an understanding following talks between their diplomats in Oman and …

US to Ukraine: ‘Heed our words, not our actions’

11:31 22.03.2024

US to Ukraine: ‘Heed our words, not our actions’

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin didn’t have much to offer Kyiv during a meeting of allies organizing military aid for Ukraine, notes POLITICO. “I need ammunition, not a ride,” was what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reportedly said when the U.S. offered to evacuate him at the start of Russia's invasion more …

AUKUS accelerates expansion plans

11:30 22.03.2024

AUKUS accelerates expansion plans

The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom are rushing to expand the trilateral AUKUS defence partnership to include more allied countries ahead of elections likely to be held in all three countries in the next 14 months. A senior diplomat involved in the talks told POLITICO that Japan and …

Bloomberg: Dollar’s superpower status at risk from turmoil at home and abroad

12:15 21.03.2024

Bloomberg: Dollar’s superpower status at risk from turmoil at home and abroad

From US sanctions on Russia to tariffs on Chinese imports to America’s ballooning debt load, policies that touch the Treasury Department are becoming fraught with politics. All of these pose risks to the national asset the agency is supposed to protect at all costs: the US dollar. “The unchecked rise …

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