FireflyGlobalflipped into General Reports1 day agoMilitary history is repeating for Russia under Putin's regime of thievestheconversation.com - Tony WardIn explaining the reasons for Russia’s unexpected military weakness in Ukraine, few have expressed it better than The Economist. The magazine noted …
FireflyGlobalflipped into GLOBAL1 day agoExclusive: Leading experts accuse Russia of inciting genocide in Ukraine and intending to 'destroy' Ukrainian peopleverified_publisherCNN - Ivana KottasováCNN — Russia’s actions in Ukraine provide enough evidence to conclude that Moscow is inciting genocide and committing atrocities intended to destroy the Ukrainian people, according to the first independent report into allegations of genocide in that country. The legal report, signed by more than 30 …
Global COVIDFireflyGlobalflipped into General Reports1 day agoNorth Korea tests rivers, air, garbage as anti-COVID efforts gather steamverified_publisherReuters - By Hyonhee ShinSEOUL, May 27 (Reuters) - North Korean health officials are testing rivers, lakes, the air and household wastewater and garbage for the coronavirus as the country intensifies its fight against its first outbreak, state media said on Friday. The isolated country has been in a heated battle against an …
General ReportsFireflyGlobalflipped into General Reports1 day agoChina strategy is about rules-based order, not 'new Cold War,' Blinken saysverified_publisherReuters - By Humeyra Pamuk , Michael Martina and David BrunnstromWASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - The United States will not block China from growing its economy, but wants it to adhere to international rules, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday in a long-awaited speech on U.S. strategy to address China's rise as a great power. Washington will not …
General ReportsFireflyGlobalflipped into General Reports16 hours agoUkraine says troops may retreat from eastern region as Russia advancesverified_publisherReuters - By Natalia Zinets and Conor HumphriesKYIV/POPASNA, Ukraine, May 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Friday its forces may need to retreat from their last pocket of resistance in Luhansk to avoid being captured by Russian troops pressing an advance in the east that has shifted the momentum of the three-month-old war. A withdrawal could bring …
FireflyGlobalflipped into General Reports6 hours agoCould Putin be toppled? An interview with Richard DearloveThe Spectator - Jay Elwes‘One of the things about being in Moscow as the guest of the Russian government,’ says Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6, ‘is this real attempt to make you feel like an outsider.’ It comes, he says, ‘from a fundamental Russian suspicion of foreigners’: ‘The Kremlin is designed to intimidate …
