China on Friday sanctioned U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her close family in response to her Taiwan trip earlier this week. In a statement, the Chinese foreign ministry said that Pelosi’s trip to the self-governing island was “a gross interference in China’s internal affairs” and that “in response to Pelosi’s egregious provocation, China decides to […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) China conducted military drills off Taiwan after Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited the island nation. China announced earlier this week that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) plans to conduct military drills in six zones around Taiwan, according to France24 reporting on Thursday. Speaking during her visit […]
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Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure, noted on Friday “we expect that the security guarantees of our partners from the UN and Turkey will continue to work, and food exports from our ports will become stable and predictable for all market participants.” Continue reading Ukraine grain exports continue at Brussels Morning Newspaper.
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Commission joined UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in condemning Russia’s violations of international aviation rules. In a statement released on Thursday, the EC pointed out that Russia’s rule violations jeopardise security and safety of civil aviation, calling on Moscow to cease its infractions immediately. The ICAO pointed out […]
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Ukraine’s military says Russia is increasing its troop presence just across the border from the northern Ukrainian regions of Chernihiv and Sumy. Not, they say, by enough to invade from that direction again in the near future – but enough to prevent civilians in those regions from feeling safe – and soldiers from redeploying to […]
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More than 56% of citizens of Serbia s&ll believe that homosexuality is an illness, 37% believe that homosexuality came from the West, and 82% have nothing against the LGBT+ community if sexual orienta&on is not shown outside the home. At the same &me, 80% believe that LGBT+ people are the same as anyone else, 73% […]
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Arctic cetacean being monitored with drones
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Three ships, carrying 58,041 tonnes of corn, are due to leave Ukrainian ports on Friday under the safe passage agreement reached to unblock grain exports, Reuters reported. The Joint Coordination Centre in Istanbul, which monitors the compliance with the deal, said two vessels will leave from Chornomorsk and one from Odessa. On Monday, the first […]
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Russian president Vladimir Putin’s ex-wife, Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, and her husband have a house in Biarritz, France, two flats in Malaga, Spain, and one apartment in Davos, Switzerland, according to associates of the jailed Alexei Navalny, Polish media reported. The villa in France was bought for €5.3m in 2013. One flat in Malaga cost her €790,000 […]
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EU member states are expected to have their gas-storage facilities filled at 80 percent of capacity by 1 November, as the bloc prepares for possible further disruptions and peak demand during the winter, Reuters reported. European gas storage facilities were 70.54 percent full earlier this week, according to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe released on […]
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