The revolutionary technology behind the Covid-19 vaccine is under threat from the Trump Administration. MRNA vaccines, which use the body’s own machinery to produce disease-fighting antibodies, were developed and distributed at an unprecedented speed and helped save millions of lives during the pandemic. Such technology is now being used to fight cancer and bird flu….
A £275,000 Aurus Senat limousine, believed to be from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official car fleet, reportedly exploded and caught fire on a street in Moscow near the country’s top intelligence agency FSB’s headquarters. A huge volume of smoke was seen flowing out of the vehicle, in which the front portion is also believed to…
The war in Ukraine is at an inflection point, with President Trump seeking rapprochement with the Russian leader, Vladimir V. Putin, and pressing for an end to the fighting. But for nearly three years before Mr. Trump’s return to power, the United States and Ukraine were joined in an extraordinary partnership of intelligence, strategy, planning…
By Adam Entous Adam Entous conducted more than 300 interviews over more than a year with government, military and intelligence officials in Ukraine, the United States, Britain, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Turkey. March 29, 2025 On a spring morning two months after Vladimir Putin’s invading armies marched into Ukraine, a convoy of…
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun on Friday announced Wang’s three-day trip starting from Monday. It comes as US President Donald Trump is seeking to broker a ceasefire on Ukraine and ease bilateral tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Guo said Wang would meet Russian leaders during the visit and hold talks with his counterpart,…
One of the biggest corporate donors to the populist Reform U.K. party has sold almost $2 million worth of transmitters, cockpit equipment, antennas and other sensitive technology to a major supplier of Moscow’s blacklisted state weapons agency, documents show. From 2023 to 2024, the company, part of the British aerospace manufacturer H.R. Smith Group, shipped…
Last Updated:March 28, 2025, 07:38 IST Putin has once again questioned the ligitimacy of Zelenskyy’s government in Ukraine and proposed introducing an interim government in the country to hold new elections. Putin proposes interim govt in Ukraine (AP Image) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for a temporary government in Ukraine under the supervision…
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Russia and Ukraine have agreed to cease fighting in the Black Sea in a U.S.-brokered deal, but it remains unclear whether the agreement can come into force soon — if at all. Russia had a major caveat: it would abide by the deal only after various restrictions were removed from its agricultural exports. The penalties…
Ukrainian and U.S. officials on Tuesday held a second session of negotiations in Saudi Arabia to discuss a possible limited cease-fire, a day after Russian and American delegations held similar discussions that lasted more than 12 hours. Kyiv and Moscow have been holding separate U.S.-mediated talks in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to discuss…