Putin Told IAEA Russia Plans to Restart Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Kyiv is having to make tough choices about what to protect as Moscow renews attacks on Ukraine’s energy systems. The wave of strikes are part of Russia’s campaign to exploit delays in Western aid. 04/12/2024 - 6:36 am | View Link
Putin mocks planned Ukraine conference and says Russia won't accept any enforced peace plans MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday mocked a scheduled round of Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland, warning that Moscow will not accept any enforced plans that ignore its ... 04/11/2024 - 12:27 pm | View Link
New Plot Striking the Heart of Russia Is Nightmare for Putin Ukraine has conducted a series of audacious attacks deep inside Russia against military and economic targets, including at least two drones striking a training facility on Tuesday. Ukraine has ... 04/10/2024 - 8:42 pm | View Link
China's Quiet Push Into Russia's Far East Puts Putin in a Pickle Like Russian President Vladimir Putin, who claims Ukraine has always ... though the latter's growing economic dependence on the former puts it at a strategic disadvantage. Chinese paramilitary ... 04/2/2024 - 6:50 am | View Link
My Father Was Assassinated in Russia. Putin Wants Rid of Everybody He thought Vladimir Putin was fundamentally wrong in the path ... and colleagues offering their condolences at the same time. I wanted to confirm the news and started to read my own media outlet ... 03/31/2024 - 9:30 pm | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.