Blinken says U.S. prepared to increase sanctions on Chinese firms over Russia ties U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken answers questions during a press conference at the US Embassy in China on April 26, 2024 in Beijing, China. Zhao Yun | Visual China Group | Getty Images U.S. Secretary of …
Court arrests Russian deputy defence minister on bribery charges A Russian court on Wednesday formally arrested Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov and charged him with bribery, the court said, following his detention on Tuesday. The court remanded Ivanov in custody for two months and said that according to the charges …
Russia will intensify attacks on Ukraine’s Western weapons, defense minister says Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2023. Mikhail Klimentyev | Sputnik | Reuters Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said his …
What does the secretary of commerce do? Until now, mainly promote U.S. businesses abroad. It had not been a high-profile job til Gina Raimondo turned the second-tier agency into a center of job creation, manufacturing, and national security. Once the governor of Rhode Island, Raimondo, at 52, seems to …
NATO ministers agree to provide additional air defense aid to Ukraine NATO defense ministers have agreed to support Ukraine with further military aid, including air defense, Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the military alliance, said Friday. In a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “allies agreed to step up,” and …
Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian drone, missile and ‘balloon’ attack Russia said its air defense systems intercepted almost 50 Ukrainian drones, missiles and “small-sized balloons” over several of its border regions Wednesday night. “Over the past night, attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks on targets on …
Ukraine’s 1+1 media group reports ‘hostile attack’ on satellite TV channels Major Ukrainian media company 1+1 Media said it had been the subject of a “hostile attack” Wednesday and the broadcasting of its satellite TV channels had been suspended. In a statement on its website, 1+1 Media said that 39 …
Russia looking to seize Chasiv Yar by May 9, Ukraine’s army chief says This photograph taken on April 2, 2024, shows “dragon’s teeth” fortifications near the town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, amid Russia’s invasion on Ukraine. The eastern city of Chasiv Yar is facing a “difficult and tense” situation, …
China’s top diplomat said on Tuesday that Beijing would strengthen strategic cooperation with Moscow and that the two must stand on the side of “fairness and justice” as he met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Lavrov arrived in China for a two-day official visit on Monday, with the two countries …
US Treasury Deputy Secretary Adewale Adeyemo said Russia was increasingly using alternative payment mechanisms like Tether’s USDT stablecoin to bypass economic sanctions, according to his written testimony on April 9 to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. This remark follows increasing reports that malicious actors used Tether’s stablecoin for …