Category: Nations
NRA sues Democrat governor over Washington state’s new ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ gun ban
Fox News FIRST ON FOX: The NRA filed a lawsuit in Washington state following Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee signed a sweeping gun package into law, which includes a ban on so-called assault weapons. “This new law is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court long-ago ruled that states cannot ban firearms that are in common use,” Aoibheann…
Read MoreSudanese authorities ask Russia for humanitarian assistance — ambassador
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The situation in Sudan escalated amid disagreements between the army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who also heads the ruling Sovereignty Council, and the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (known as Hemedti), who is al-Burhan’s deputy in the…
Read MoreExclusive footage of the return of 44 Ukrainian prisoners of war released by security services
Pravda Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Guard posted footage of the 44 Ukrainian prisoners of war being brought back to Ukraine after the swap with Russia on 26 April. Source: SSU, National Guard, State Border Guard Service Quote from SSU: “This is the result of the work of the Joint Coordination…
Read MoreHouse Foreign Affairs chair McCaul vows to continue Biden Afghanistan withdrawal probe
Fox News House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said he will continue investigating the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in the name of “justice” for Gold Star families. McCaul, R-Texas, vowed to continue his panel’s probe after it was revealed that the Taliban killed the ISIS-K terrorist who directed the August 2021 suicide…
Read MorePerson suspected of plotting attack on naval hospital taken into custody
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. A Russian national had earlier been detained on suspicion of plotting an attack on the Russian Defense Ministry’s Naval Clinical Hospital in Simferopol https://tass.com/society/1610169
Read MoreFirst Republic’s Catch-22
Wall Street Journal The bank’s rescuers from March have reasons to keep ponying up, but a solution will still be devilishly hard to reach. https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-republics-catch-22-9e45abbc
Read MoreRussian ambassador visits Russians jailed in New York — TASS correspondent
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Anatoly Antonov is expected to meet with the jailed Dmitry Ukrainsky and Anatoly Legkodymov https://tass.com/society/1610167
Read MoreRussia’s Oil Export Revenues Fall One-Third Due to Western Price Cap – Study
Moscow Times European Union and G7 countries imposed a price cap on Russian oil products in response to the invasion of Ukraine. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/26/russias-oil-export-revenues-fall-one-third-due-to-western-price-cap-study-a80951
Read MoreBill goes to Duma for tighter control over implementation of foreign agents law — lawmaker
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Vasily Piskarev stressed that it was very important to eliminate any existing loopholes and legal gray areas so as to prevent those who may be acting under foreign influence from circumventing Russian law https://tass.com/politics/1610163
Read MoreMiG-31 crashes in Murmansk Region, pilots rescued — Russian Defense Ministry
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The aircraft went down in a deserted area https://tass.com/emergencies/1610161
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