Category: Nations
Russian ambassador calls on US to revise its hostile policy to return to New START
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Anatoly Antonov noted that the United States should abandon the course of escalating threats to Russia’s national security https://tass.com/politics/1606911
Read MoreKiev’s break with CIS portends nothing good for Commonwealth, Ukraine itself
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev explained that the Commonwealth is a self-sufficient structure with huge resources and technological base in the participating countries https://tass.com/politics/1606909
Read MoreChina’s PBOC Keeps One-Year Loan Prime Rate Steady
Wall Street Journal China’s benchmark lending rates were kept unchanged, as signaled by unchanged policy rates earlier this week, suggesting that Beijing is comfortable with the current pace of the country’s economic recovery led by consumption. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-pboc-keeps-one-year-loan-prime-rate-steady-4f1036bd
Read MoreMan Sentenced to 10 Months for Leaving Nooses and Racist Notes
New York Times Kenneth D. Pilon, 62, pleaded guilty in December to willfully intimidating and attempting to intimidate citizens from engaging in lawful speech and protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/us/blm-hate-crimes-man-sentenced.html
Read MoreAustralia Plots Biggest Shakeup of Central Bank in Decades
Wall Street Journal Changes to the Reserve Bank include the creation of an expert policy committee that mirrors that of Canada and the U.K. https://www.wsj.com/articles/australia-plots-biggest-shake-up-of-central-bank-in-decades-667bdb27
Read MoreRussians fire at Sumy Oblast, dropping five mortar bombs
Pravda Ukraine Over the past day, Russian forces attacked five border hromadas in Sumy Oblast [hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.]. Source: Sumy Oblast Military Administration Details: Yunakivka, Bilopillia, Shalyhyne, Nova Sloboda and Khotin hromadas came under Russian fire. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/20/7398627/
Read MoreIran: Terrorism, occupation among means of weakening world’s Islamic societies
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Iran considers terrorism and occupation to be among the strategies that are used by the enemies towards weakening the world’s Islamic societies. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/20/701887/Iran-terrorism-occupation-world-Muslim-societies-President-Raeisi
Read MorePoland Marks 80th Anniversary of Warsaw Uprising
Wall Street Journal Ceremonies Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, honoring the hundreds of Jewish insurgents who took up arms in the Polish capital in 1943 in a desperate battle against Nazi German forces. Photo: Wojtek Radwanski/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images https://www.wsj.com/articles/poland-marks-80th-anniversary-of-warsaw-uprising-d827f088
Read MoreThe End of Netflix’s DVD Service: a Look Back at the Red-Envelope Era
Wall Street Journal After 25 years, the streaming giant plans to stop mailing physical titles later this year. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-end-of-netflixs-dvd-service-a-look-back-at-the-red-envelope-era-e2446acd
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