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The RAND corporation’s Samuel Charap and Johns Hopkins University professor Sergey Radchenko published a detailed timeline and analysis of the talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators just after the Russian invasion in February 2022 that could have brought the war to an end just weeks after it had begun. Much of the piece confirms or elucidates parts of the narrative that had previously been reported. In the spring of 2022, the two sides appeared relatively close to a deal, one that,...
This week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered his starkest warning yet about the need for new military aid from the United States.“It’s important to specifically address the Congress,” Zelensky said. “If the Congress doesn’t help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war.”Unfortunately for Zelensky, Congress does not appear to be listening. In fact, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is now on the verge of losing control of the House due to deep Republican disagreements over Ukraine aid and a...
Part-neonatal unit, part-luxe hotel, these centres are attempting to make motherhood more appealing
As the war in Sudan moves into its second year, 1,000 refugees a day continue to cross its southern border. Within the small town of Renk in South Sudan, a rapidly growing refugee population faces desperate shortages of water, food and shelter. For many, South Sudan marks a return to a land they thought they had left behind, having fled the country after civil war broke out in 2013. Now new fighting in their adopted country has forced them back againUK Foreign Office holding secret talks with...
A cooperation agreement among the Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region, President Marcos said on Friday, while seeking to assure China it was not a target.
Russian President Vladimir Putin again raises the subject of potential peace talks, but thumbs down a Switzerland-hosted peace-seeking conference at Ukraine's request
Israeli cybersecurity exit deals grew by 65% in 2023 to $7.1 billion, more than half of total tech sector exit deals, a report showed on Sunday that underscored the importance of cyber to Israel's high-tech industry. Total tech sector exits - mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and buyouts - were some $11 billion last year, down from $13.5 billion in 2022. Cyber comprised just $2.5 billion of total exits in 2022, according to the report from Cybertech Global and data and research...
Berkeley Prosecutors Cut Probation Deal For Scientist Who Tried To Kill Colleague Authored by Jonathan Turley, I have been a criminal defense attorney for my entire career, but there is a case out of Berkeley, California that is a real head scratcher David Xu was the chief metallurgist for a company called Berkeley Engineering and Research (BEAR) and was caught on tape trying to poison a colleague. His actions are blamed for not only causing harm to Rong Yuan, but her parents. ...
Another deputy reportedly clocked the vehicle at speeds between 80 and 100 miles per hour as it traveled south in the northbound lane on U.S. 59.
The Philippine president says the insistence of the Chinese government convinces him his predecessor made an agreement.
It's become a ritual for 35-year-old Anas Nayef: Every night he and several friends drive an hour and a half to this well-appointed neighborhood in Jordan's capital a mile from the Israeli Embassy — as close as authorities will allow. They join thousands in pro-Palestinian demonstrations that last into the early morning before ending in low-grade tussles with security forces. Their demands? Ending Jordan's nearly 30-year-old peace deal with Israel and the normalization of relations that...