The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has analysed the selection of families of deceased Russian soldiers present at the Christmas meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, noting that such selections are a regular practice of the Kremlin. Source: ISW Details: Russian President Putin continued to “court” Russian servicemen and their families ahead of […]
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting on Ukraine’s plans for 2024 in relations with the EU and NATO. Source: the President’s evening address Quote: “I held a long meeting on our plans for this year in relations with partners in the European Union and NATO. Our communication, our internal changes, and the steps we expect […]
The Wall Street Journal reported that executives at Elon Musk‘s companies worry about his drug use. At SpaceX, the outlet reported execs privately worried Musk was high during an “unhinged” staff meeting. Per The Journal, Musk was an hour late and rambled for 15 minutes before SpaceX’s president took over. After Elon Musk arrived nearly an […]
Members of the Michigan Republican State Committee voted Saturday to remove the state party chair, Kristina Karamo, saying it is time to “stop the bleeding,” and a change at the top is needed to improve GOP performance in the Nov. 5 election. Mark Forton, chairman of the Macomb County Republican Party, said he has long […]
The apartment in which Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri was allegedly killed by Israel was an old office used by the Palestinian Islamist organization, according to sources from the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon. The sources told dpa on Thursday that the office had always been there but it was empty for while, although recently it […]
Erik ten Hag described his first meeting with Sir Jim Ratcliffe as “very positive” but admitted he still has much to learn about the billionaire’s plans for Manchester United. Ratcliffe’s Ineos group will assume control of footballing operations once his purchase of a 25 per cent stake in the club has been ratified in the […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called for a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council at the level of ambassadors on the issue of the large-scale Russian air attacks that took place since the beginning of 2024. The meeting will take place on 10 January. Source: European Pravda, citing Acting NATO Spokesperson Dylan White on Twitter […]
WASHINGTON — Amid growing calls for President Joe Biden to order a stronger military response to repeated attacks by Houthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea, members of his national security team convened a White House meeting Wednesday to review possible options, including strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, according to two current administration […]
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced on Jan 3 that the NATO alliance has accepted Ukraine’s request to hold an extraordinary meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in response to Russia’s recent wave of massive air strikes. Read also: Berlin decries Russian strikes on Ukraine, but Scholz still opposes supplying Taurus missiles to Kyiv According to […]
The NATO-Ukraine Council is to hold an extraordinary meeting in response to Russia’s large-scale missile attacks on Ukrainian cities. Source: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Twitter (X), reported by European Pravda Details: Kuleba said NATO had supported Ukraine’s request for a meeting. Quote from Kuleba: “One of the key topics will be strengthening Ukraine’s […]
Federal Reserve officials agreed during their last policy meeting of 2023 that interest rates were likely at their peak and almost all of them predicted lower rates “would be appropriate by the end of 2024,” according to minutes from that meeting released by the central bank on Wednesday. But there wasn’t a discussion of exactly […]
NATO approved Kyiv’s request to hold an emergency meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council in response to Russia’s recent large-scale strikes against Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Jan. 3. The news comes after Russia attacked Ukraine with at least 500 missiles and drones in just five days, killing and injuring dozens of civilians. One […]