NATO Takes Control of US Aircraft Carrier for First Time Since Cold War
By Jack Phillips NATO took control of a U.S. aircraft carrier group this week as part of a preplanned military exercise—for the first time since the Cold War. “Allied ships…
State Department Orders Family Members of Embassy Personnel to Leave Kyiv, Elevates Travel Warning for Ukraine, Russia
By Melanie Sun The U.S. State Department ordered family members of U.S. government employees at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv to leave the Ukrainian capital and authorized the voluntary departure…
NATO sending fighters, ships to region; UK to withdraw some staff from embassy in Ukraine
European Union aims to show united front in face of what it sees as Russian aggression By Edmund DeMarche NATO announced Monday that it will send fighter jets and ships…
UK: Kremlin Trying to Install Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine Read more: UK Accuses Kremlin of Trying to Install Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine
Britain on Saturday accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine, and said Russian intelligence officers had been in contact with a number of former Ukrainian…
Kazakhstan leader rejects talks, tells forces to “shoot to kill”
CBS News Almaty, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan’s president on Friday rejected calls for talks with protesters after days of unprecedented unrest, vowing to destroy “armed bandits” and authorizing his forces to…
US Trade Deficit Widens With Record Imports
By Nicholas Dolinger The U.S. trade deficit expanded drastically in November, driven by a record surge in imports of foreign goods, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of…
COVID-19 Variant ‘IHU’ With 46 Mutations Found in France
By Katabella Roberts Another variant of COVID-19 with a large number of mutations was discovered in France last month, but scientists have urged people not to panic. The variant is…
Chinese Utility Terminates ‘Green’ Energy Plant in Xinjiang Due to Pollutant Emissions
By Fran Wang Shanghai Electric Power Co. Ltd. plans to terminate a project that was supposed to provide “green” energy in China’s Xinjiang region but instead discharges polluted wastewater. In…
China unveils plan to ‘take over’ Latin America
BY JOEL GEHRKE Chinese Communist Party officials have unveiled an “action plan for cooperation” with Latin American countries that amounts to a “comprehensive” plan to cultivate influence and threaten American…
Police open criminal probe into U.K. vaccine rollout after medical dissenter’s legal challenge
By Andrew Davies English medical dissenter Sam White and his legal team on Monday presented what they claim is “significant and irrefutable evidence” of COVID-19 vaccine safety issues to London’s…
Japan says it won’t send senior officials to Beijing Olympics
BY SARAKSHI RAI Japan announced on Friday that it will not send any senior officials or Cabinet ministers to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in February, a move that could…
Satellite Images Show Russia Still Building Up Forces Near Ukraine
(Reuters) – New satellite images captured by a private U.S. company show that Russia has continued to build up its forces in annexed Crimea and near Ukraine in recent weeks…