NEW YORK — In the first days of Greta Thunberg’s solitary sidewalk protest outside Swedish Parliament in August 2018, most walk right past her. Some pause and ask why she’s not in school. But people steadily begin to take notice of the steadfast 16-year-old girl. Those humble beginnings of Thunberg’s […]
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Russian military helicopter is ‘accidentally’ shot down by Azerbaijan forces, killing two crew members and prompting immediate apology to Putin Mi-24 helicopter shot down in Armenia near Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Aircraft was hit by man-portable air defence system at 2.30om on Monday It accompanied convoy to Russia’s military base and third […]
The claim has been made by a representative of the country’s health ministry, who cited data collated from vaccinations of the public rather than from an ongoing trial. Moscow is preparing to publish preliminary results of an ongoing large-scale human trial, known as Phase III. The country is testing the […]
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden makes no secret of the speed with which he plans to bury “America First” as a guiding principle of the nation’s foreign policy. He says he will reenter the Iran nuclear deal, assuming the Iranians are willing to reverse course and observe its limits. He […]
Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP) Unshackled by domestic political considerations and enraged by what he and his adjutants have falsely described as a fraudulent election, the administration of outgoing US President Donald Trump appears set to inflict […]
Russia claimed today that its controversial Covid-19 vaccine is 90 per cent effective – shortly after Pfizer sparked a wave of optimism around the world by giving the same figure for its own vaccine. Moscow’s so-called Sputnik V jab was approved in August before human trials were complete, prompting criticism […]
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin was one of the first world leaders to congratulate President Donald Trump on winning the 2016 U.S. election. Yet on Monday, days after Joe Biden was projected to win the presidency, Putin remained silent as other world leaders moved to congratulate the former vice […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Millions of Syrian refugees who fled their country’s civil war should start returning home to help rebuild Syria now that large parts of the Arab nation enjoy relative peace, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday. Putin’s comments came in a video call with Syrian President Bashar […]