Hong Kong scientist claiming China ‘covered up’ coronavirus data speaks out
Russia is expected to conquer a tactically important city in Donetsk that has held out for more than a year-and-a-half — but Moscow is struggling to make any other advancements on the frontlines, according to the latest analysis of the conflict. The border region is at the center of President Trump’s attempts to negotiate a…
FRANKFURT, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Germany is bleeding cash to keep the lights on. Almost half a trillion dollars, and counting, since the Ukraine war jolted it into an energy crisis nine months ago. That’s the cumulative scale of the bailouts and schemes the Berlin government has launched to prop up the country’s energy system…
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on ending the war and had no conditions for starting talks with the Ukrainian authorities. Trump, a self-styled master of brokering agreements and author of the 1987…
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Armored vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday in an apparent coup attempt against President Luis Arce, but he vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down. The soldiers later pulled back as supporters of Arce waved Bolivian flags and cheered…
The Israeli prime minister’s brief statement added that “right now, the fire has been halted.” It was his first public statement since Iran fired missiles at Israel late Sunday. They were intercepted. Netanyahu asserted Israel’s right to self-defense, “and I say this with appreciation and respect in my good conversations with my friend President Trump.”…
France has begun evacuating its citizens from Niger amid anti-French sentiment following last week’s coup. The first of three French planes sent to evacuate European citizens took off from the capital, Niamey. The coup has prompted demonstrations against the former colonial power, with the French embassy coming under attack. However, France says it has no…