At a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, US President Donald Trump asked what he thought about military assistance to Ukraine, and even then agreed with the Russian leader. This is reported by The New York Times. “Trump told Putin that his administration was considering providing weapons to Ukraine…
The Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory in the Pacific, is struggling to revive its main tourism industry to pre-COVID levels three years after the lifting of travel restrictions, amid suspended direct flights from mainland China due to an air travel dispute with the United States. While the number of tourists to Saipan and other…
NewsFeed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again employed rhetoric to cast his war on Palestinians in Gaza as ‘defending civilisation against barbarism’. This time, he was condemning France’s President Emmanuel Macron who called for an end to the sales of weapons to Israel that will be used in Gaza and Lebanon. Published On…
Last night my mum came round to help me release the ladybirds. We’d been messaging abstractly for some time about our parallel plant issues – I’d noticed small clusters of what looked like cottonwool or bath foam, collecting at the base of the leaves on my favourite plant. This is not just any plant, I…
The Russian government plans to allocate 90 billion rubles ($948 million) between 2025 and 2027 for one-time payments to individuals signing military contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). This substantial financial commitment suggests that the Kremlin intends to continue relying on…
Defending champion Francesco Bagnaia heaped the pressure on Jorge Martin – the leader in the overall MotoGP standings – by completing a sprint-race double at the Japanese Grand Prix. Italian Ducati rider Bagnaia, 27, overhauled Pramac Racing’s Martin last season to claim his second consecutive title. And he cut the 26-year-old Spaniard’s lead to 10…
Hong Kong welcomed nearly 1 million mainland Chinese visitors in the first five days of the National Day “golden week” break, a 35 per cent increase from the same period last year, according to local immigration authorities. Director of Immigration Benson Kwok Joon-fung also estimated on Sunday that the city would record 300 million arrival…
ISTANBUL Türkiye is in a period of reducing uncertainties to a minimum, Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz has stated, stressing that the country continues to ensure predictability, sustainability and confidence. “Political uncertainties have been removed with the general and local elections, and we have addressed policy uncertainties with the medium-term program we are implementing,” Vice President…
Play Store will never be the same again. NurPhoto via Getty Images Google is on a mission to bridge the safety gap that currently sets Apple’s iPhone apart from its Android competition. Lots of chatter this week about the release date for Android 15, which will bring live threat detection—AI-powering Play Protect to flag dangerous…
