Political strategist Steve Bannon has suggested that President Joe Biden’s decision to permit Ukraine to use American-made missiles for strikes inside Russia was made to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from pursuing a peaceful resolution to the conflict. On Sunday, the administration overturned prior constraints on Kyiv’s use of Western weaponry, allowing Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied…
A warning issued last week by Chinese President Xi Jinping over heightened risks of instability on the Korean peninsula signals Beijing’s growing unease with the potential geopolitical turbulence ahead as former US president Donald Trump prepares for his return to the White House, observers say. “China does not allow conflict and turmoil to happen on…
The European Union and US President Joe Biden are taking unprecedented steps to bolster Ukrainian and European defences following Donald Trump’s November 5 presidential election victory and North Korea’s involvement in the Ukraine war with troops. Trump has expressed scepticism about supplying military aid to Ukraine and keeping the United States engaged in NATO. North…
The animals were transferred from the Moscow Zoo to the Pyongyang Central Zoo by plane and were accompanied by veterinarians, according to the statement. “Historically, animals always have played a special role in relations between states,” said Russian Minister of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov, who oversaw the relocation of the animals. “They have been given as…
By Anastasiia Malenko and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv’s air force said, in the first known use in the war of such a powerful, nuclear-capable weapon with a range of thousands of kilometres. The air force reported the launch after Ukraine…
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged the Crimea peninsula, seized by Russia in 2014, would have to be restored to Ukrainian sovereignty through diplomacy. Zelenskiy, interviewed by Fox News on a train in Ukraine and broadcast on Wednesday, said his country could not afford to lose the number of lives that would be required…
Shocking! Lawyer rams Mercedes car into Kachori shop in Delhi, Six injured In a shocking incident, six people were injured after a lawyer rammed his speeding Mercedes car into a Kachori shop in the national capital. The incident took place at Fateh Kachori in Civil Lines area. The police have taken the lawyer into custody…
Many Ukrainians welcome the U.S. decision to let Ukraine use U.S.-supplied missiles to strike deep into Russian territory. But on the streets of Ukraine’s capital, many also say they feel the decision, coming 1,000 days into the war, is too little too late. For VOA, Anna Chernikova reports from Kyiv. VOA footage by Vladyslav Smilianets….
United States President Joe Biden has made unceasing support for Ukraine during Russia’s invasion a hallmark of his one-term presidency, using his office to funnel weapons and aid to Kyiv while wrangling Congress to keep the US purse strings loose. But one issue has remained a key sticking point: Biden has refused to allow Ukraine…
Nov. 20, 2024 3 AM PT To the editor: President Biden is proverbially a day late and a dollar short in authorizing Ukraine to launch U.S.-supplied missiles into Russia. Why now? A year ago or six months ago, this would have changed the course of the war. I understand the need for proportional responses since…