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Russia tests hypersonic missile system
Russia has successfully tested a hypersonic missile system that will enter service next year, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. “Starting from next year, in 2019, a new intercontinental strategic system Avangard will enter service in the Russian army and the first regiment in the strategic missile troops will be deployed,” Putin told...
Pope calls for end to world conflicts
Pope Francis called for fraternity among people with different ideas and religions in his annual Christmas message. “My wish for a happy Christmas is a wish for fraternity,” the pope said Tuesday. “Fraternity among individuals of every nation and culture. Fraternity among people with different ideas, yet capable of respecting and listening to one...
Debate: Putin’s press conference: nothing new?
In his annual press conference Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised the US for withdrawing from the INF arms control treaty and Ukraine’s President Poroshenko for the incident in the Kerch Strait. Commentators concur that the four-hour event was a crashing bore – with the exception of one or two of Putin’s remarks....
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[Ticker] Former Ukraine PM wins EU appeal, but assets still frozen
The EU court has annulled a 2015 decision to freeze the assets of former Ukrainian PM Mykola Azarov, on the grounds that EU states failed to follow due process in accusing him of corruption. But Azarov’s EU assets remain frozen until at least March 2019, because post-2015 EU decisions to keep him blacklisted included “new...
Senate passes short-term spending bill to avert shutdown
The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Wednesday night to avoid a partial government shutdown, kicking a fight with President Donald Trump over border wall funding until next year. The legislation was passed by voice vote and will keep the government open until Feb. 8, provided the House will pass it. Senate Majority Leader Mitch...
EU unveils minimal Brexit safety net for no deal
A no-deal Brexit will be no picnic — especially for Britain’s lucrative financial services industry. That was the warning from the European Commission Wednesday, laid out in its emergency contingency plans for a no-deal scenario, 100 days before the U.K. is due to leave the EU. Commission officials said they had made only the most basic...
Putin is tightening his grip on Ukraine
KIEV — Ukraine’s Christmas markets may be in full swing, but the season isn’t feeling particularly festive this year. Our thoughts are with the 24 Ukrainian sailors who were attacked and captured by Russia last month in the Sea of Azov, and the Kremlin’s attempts to destabilize the region. With a level of contempt and disregard...
Sarah Sanders: Trump had nothing to do with inauguration spending
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is denying that President Donald Trump had any knowledge of possible malfeasance by his inaugural committee, which is reportedly under investigation for misusing funds. “That doesn’t have anything to do with the president or the first lady,” Sanders told reporters Thursday evening outside...
Accused Russian secret agent pleads guilty in US
Maria Butina, a Russian gun rights proponent who cultivated close ties to the National Rifle Association of America and conservative political figures, pleaded guilty Thursday to acting as an agent of the Russian government. The plea makes Butina, a former graduate student at American University, the first Russian national convicted of trying to...
Why Putin is learning to love rap
MOSCOW — When 25-year-old rapper Husky found out in late November that Russian officials had cancelled his gig in the southern town of Krasnodar, he clambered onto the top of a vehicle in a nearby car park and launched into an impromptu performance. “I will sing my music, the most honest music,” he belted out to wild applause. Those were the only...
