• Blasting off

    China launches a Long March-2D carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province on April 15, 2024. The rocket sent the Gaojing-3 01 satellite into preset orbit. The satellite will provide commercial remote sensing data services for emerging scenarios such as digital agriculture, urban information modeling and live 3D, as well as traditional fields including land surveying and mapping, disaster prevention and mitigation, and maritime monitoring. Photo:...

  • Who is the new Russian ambassador to Romania?

    Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed a new ambassador to Bucharest on Tuesday, namely Vladimir Lipaev, the former ambassador of Russia in Tallinn. He was expelled by the Estonian authorities in 2023, amid the diplomatic conflict with Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin officially released Valeri Kuzmin from the post of Russian ambassador to Romania on Tuesday. […]

  • NYT blasts Biden for avoiding interviews

    The Times in a statement called it “troubling” that Biden “has so actively and effectively avoided questions from independent journalists during his term.”

  • Stellar Blade Is an Absolute Blast [Review]

    The Escapist's Davi Braid reviews Stellar Blade, the latest action-adventure game for from Shift Up and Sony Interactive Entertainment.

  • UWS softball blasts Martin Luther

    Nine Yellowjackets had at least one hit.

  • Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce opens

    Officials in Herat province have recently announced the opening of a joint trade chamber between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan in Herat province. The authorities of the Taliban administration stated that the Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce was inaugurated on Sunday, April 14th, by Hayatullah Mohajer Farahi, the Deputy Governor of Herat, and Ali Khan Yessim Goldiev, the […]

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    Pet Pals: Meet Delilah, the Russian tortoise

    Lynne Ouchida from the Humane Society of Central Oregon likes to bring a wide variety of potential housemates for Pet Pals, and this week it's Delilah, the Russian tortoise - and she also says there's a special one-day half-off dog adoption discount for Pet Pals viewers on Saturday!

  • Ukraine War Funding and Failed Russian Sanctions

    This past weekend, April 20, 2024 the US House of Representatives passed a bill to provide Ukraine with another $61 billion in aid. Then the meassure quickly passed the Senate and was signed into law by Biden within days. The funds, however, will make little difference to the outcome of the war on the ground More

  • France being ‘pounded’ by Russian disinformation, says minister

    Jean-Noël Barrot says propaganda via social media and fake websites may distort EU election resultsFrance is being “pounded” by Russian disinformation that could distort the result of the upcoming EU parliamentary elections, France’s minister for Europe has said.Jean-Noël Barrot said in an interview with Ouest-France that Russian propaganda was being disseminated across social media platforms on a weekly basis. Continue reading

  • Russian army controls Bogdanovka village in Donetsk

    Moscow, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) Units of the South battlegroup have fully liberated the village of Bogdanovka in the Donetsk Republic, the Defense Russian Ministry reported on Sunday. The post Russian army controls Bogdanovka village in Donetsk first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Lawmakers blast Biden over new energy regulation

    (The Center Square) – Lawmakers at a hearing Thursday raised concerns about the impact of a recent Biden administration decision to freeze permits for certain new export sites for liquefied natural gas, a major energy export for the U.S. The White House announced the freeze in January, arguing that climate change concerns justify the decision and that the U.S. is already exporting enough natural gas for now. “Today, we have an evolving understanding of the market...

  • Blinken to Pressure China on Russian Military Support

    State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters on Tuesday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will raise U.S. concerns about Beijing’s military assistance to Russia during an upcoming meeting in China later this month. "What we have seen over the past months is that there have been materials moving from China to Russia that Russia