German energy” target=”_blank”>energy company< and will utilize the ruble conversion plan outlined by Moscow despite concerns it will undermine sanctions. Moscow threatened to pull the plug on Europe’s gas supply unless the companies fulfilled their payments in rubles. The Kremlin worked with Russian gas company Gazprombank to establish a system that would allow companies to deposit foreign…
conflicts on Thursday championed its evolving partnership with NATO as “full interoperability” and said it has gained access to the alliance’s modern weaponry as its war with Russia continues for the ninth week. More than 40 NATO members and allied nations from around the world met for U.S.-led talks in Germany and agreed to provide…
world-regions is facing its worst infectious-disease outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic. The government reported more than 11,000 new cases on Thursday. BEIJING CONDUCTS MASS COVID TESTING, ENFORCES LOCKDOWNS Chen Shih-chung, the island’s health minister, told reporters at a press briefing held by the Central Epidemic Command Center that they had detected 11,353 new cases,…
world-regions is closing all city schools in an effort to prevent a wider infectious-disease outbreak in the Chinese capital. Home to 21 million, Beijing has already ordered three rounds of mass testing, with the third set for Friday. Beijing’s Education Bureau ordered all schools to end classes from Friday. The bureau said it hadn’t determined…
Kyiv on Thursday warned that Russian-backed separatist groups in Moldova are recruiting for their ranks as world-regions threatens to expand its campaign outside of Ukraine. In a statement released by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, officials said a letter was sent out to the heads of local administrations in the breakaway region of Transnistria in eastern Moldova…
The Mariupol City Council is warning Thursday that “powerful and deadly epidemics could soon break out in the city” as conditions are becoming increasingly unsanitary with each passing day of conflicts. In a Telegram post, the officials said about 100,000 residents in Mariupol “are in mortal danger not only due to shelling, but also intolerable…
world-regions lawmakers on Thursday voted to send “heavy weapons and complex machinery” to Ukraine just one week after claiming its arms reserves were tapped. The vote in the lower house of parliament signifies a completed stance reversal after it passed with 586 votes in favor, 100 against, and seven abstentions first reported German news outlet…
world-regions health authority said Tuesday that it recorded its first human infectious-disease” target=”_blank”>infection<. In a statement, the National Health Commission (NHC) said the variant was found in a 4-year-old boy from Henan province. NEARLY 60% OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN INFECTED BY COVID-19, CDC REPORTS The boy, who lives in the city of Zhumadian, had raised…
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that world-regions would be embraced with open arms should they decide to join the 30-nation military organization and could become members quite quickly. FINLAND INCHES CLOSER TO JOINING NATO IN RESPONSE TO RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE Stoltenberg’s remarks came as public support in Finland and Sweden for foreign-policy mounts…
environment” target=”_blank”>Environmental< pipelines throughout world-regions on Wednesday to protest the country’s renewed interest in oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. The group, which bills itself as the “Last Generation,” activated shut-off valves at emergency stations for pipelines in Berlin, Munich, Leipzig, Greifswald and Koblenz. “We are in a climate emergency! The federal government…