Investigators have found the flight recorders of a Russian military transport plane that crashed in a border region near Ukraine, Russian media reported Thursday, a day after Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting down the aircraft, which it said was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. The Il-76 crashed in a huge ball of fire in […]
TALLINN, Estonia — The Moscow City Court on Thursday convicted a former Ukraine rebel leader who called President Vladimir Putin cowardly of extremism and sentenced him to four years in prison. Igor Girkin, who used the surname alias of Strelkov (shooter), was the most prominent leader of Russian-backed separatist fighters in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in […]
The Heritage Foundation’s 2024 Index of U.S. Military Strength has just been released and it throws into stark relief the degradation of what was once the world’s preeminent military power. The authors of the study concluded that, in the aggregate, the United States’ military posture must be rated as “weak.” The Air Force is rated “very […]
LONDON — Two British museums are returning gold and silver artifacts to Ghana under a long-term loan arrangement – 150 years after the items were looted from the Asante people during Britain’s colonial battles in West Africa. The British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, together with the Manhyia Palace Museum in […]
Singer-Songwriter John Ondrasik is out with another song about world events. Through his newest release “OK” about the October 7 Sabbath Massacre in Israel, coming on the heels of 2021’s “Blood on My Hands” in response to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and 2022’s “Can One Man Save The World?” about Ukrainian resistance to Russia, […]
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s central bank raised its key interest rate by another 2.5 percentage points on Thursday, pressing ahead with a series of hikes aimed at combating inflation that reached nearly 65% in December. The bank brought its benchmark rate to 45%. It’s the eighth interest rate hike since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has […]
BRUSSELS — The number of antisemitic acts registered in France and Belgium rose sharply since Hamas’ attack on Israel triggered the war in Gaza, according to figures released Thursday in both countries. In France, data from the Interior Ministry and the Jewish Community Protection Service watchdog showed that 1,676 antisemitic acts were reported in 2023, […]
LOS ANGELES — Billy Idol normally takes advantage of riding his motorcycle on the open road knowing there’s hardly any traffic because millions are usually glued to watching the Super Bowl. But this year, Idol’s bike won’t be leaving his garage on game day. Instead, the legendary British rocker will be strolling on stage to […]
This question must’ve been on the minds of a lot of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s 2024 presidential campaign supporters last weekend when the news wires cooked to practical overheating by the breaking story that their candidate had opted to leave the race just two days before the New Hampshire primary. I can’t say for sure, […]
BEIJING — China accused the U.S. of abusing international law with its military maneuvers in the western Pacific, one day after an American naval destroyer sailed through the politically sensitive Taiwan Strait. While China welcomes military-to-military communication with the United States, Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said Thursday that U.S. warplane and warship activity “on […]
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