The explosions that caused significant damage to the Nord Stream pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm in late September were the result of “gross sabotage,” Swedish prosecutors confirmed. “Analyses that have now been carried out show traces of explosives on several of the foreign objects that were found,” public prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist, who is in…
China and Japan have pledged to strengthen communication over maritime issues and hold a new round of economic talks in an effort to stabilise relations, but a number of sticking points remain. Following Thursday’s meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the two sides released a five-point document that said they had…
A lake-effect snowstorm dumped several inches of snow over western New York early Friday, with snowfall totals expected to reach at least 4 feet through Sunday in the Buffalo area. The storm was blamed for the deaths of two people stricken with “cardiac events” while clearing snow. Eleven counties remained under a state of emergency Friday…
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named former federal prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel for two ongoing criminal investigations by the Department of Justice of former President Donald Trump. Smith’s appointment came three days after Trump, a Republican, announced plans to run for president in 2024. Trump’s move directly led to Garland’s decison…
BERLIN/PARIS, Nov 18 (Reuters) – France, Germany and Spain have reached agreement on starting the next phase of development of a new fighter jet dubbed FCAS, Europe’s largest defence project at an estimated cost of more than 100 billion euros ($103.4 billion), Berlin said on Friday. Germany’s Defence Ministry said in a statement that an…
Greetings from Tyler, We’re seeing some astonishing photos of protests in Brazil, and there is some question as to how things work out going forward. An AP story says the photos being circulated are from years ago, and the protests are not nearly that big. Nevertheless, there is some question about the legality of the…
Andrzej Duda says there is no evidence to suggest missile that landed in his country was launched by Russia Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, has said there is no evidence to suggest a missile that landed in his country on Tuesday evening, killing two people, was an intentional attack or was launched by Russia. “Most likely,…
BREVARD, Fla. NASA launched its massive Artemis I moon rocket early Wednesday, bringing the United States a step closer to landing on the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years since the end of the Apollo program. NASA teams proceeded to fuel the 322-foot Space Launch System rocket with liquid hydrogen and oxygen at 3:50…
Supply of Russian crude oil via the Druzhba pipeline to some countries in eastern and central Europe was suspended late on Tuesday, sending oil prices higher. Early on Wednesday, oil prices were down, weighed by a firmer U.S. dollar and rising Covid cases in China, which, despite a recent easing of some measures, continues to…
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thousands of smartphone applications in Apple and Google’s online stores contain computer code developed by a technology company, Pushwoosh, that presents itself as based in the United States but is actually Russian, Reuters has found. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it had been deceived into believing Pushwoosh was based in the U.S. capital….