Month: October 2021

Categories Russia

No country has ‘veto’ on Ukraine’s NATO aspirations, Washington warns as Moscow tells Kiev joining bloc goes ‘beyond red lines’

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

No country can veto Ukraine’s wish to join NATO, America’s top security official has said. Lloyd Austin’s statement comes after Moscow warned Kiev that joining the bloc would go beyond “red lines” and may prompt “active measures.” … Read More >No country has ‘veto’ on Ukraine’s NATO aspirations, Washington warns as Moscow tells Kiev joining bloc goes ‘beyond red lines’

Categories Russia

Russia scrambles fighter jets to head off American warplanes near country’s airspace, days after warship intercepted near borders

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

The Russian Air Force has escorted two US bombers over the Black Sea, after radar operators identified the planes flying close to the border, just days after an American warship was tailed as it moved toward the country’s waters. … Read More >Russia scrambles fighter jets to head off American warplanes near country’s airspace, days after warship intercepted near borders

Categories Shows

Boris Johnson’s arrogant, incompetent response to Covid-19 was ‘social murder’– Prof. John Ashton

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to public-health expert Professor John Ashton. He discusses the House of Commons’ Health and Science Committees’ report on the UK’s coronavirus response and how it exposes the government as having been seriously unprepared. … Read More >Boris Johnson’s arrogant, incompetent response to Covid-19 was ‘social murder’– Prof. John Ashton

Categories Russia

Russia announces fresh national ‘non-working week’ as country reports record number of deaths from Covid-19 since pandemic began

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed plans to give workers across the country a week off, as the government proposes an 11pm curfew on hospitality in a bid to halt a sharp spike in the number of deaths from coronavirus. … Read More >Russia announces fresh national ‘non-working week’ as country reports record number of deaths from Covid-19 since pandemic began

Categories USA

Lack of ‘basic firefighting knowledge,’ failed drills & poor leadership blamed for loss of US Navy warship to five-day fire

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

The loss of a US Navy ship to a massive blaze was “a completely avoidable catastrophe,” but management lapses on multiple levels, including the failure to activate a firefighting system, made the task impossible, a report claims. … Read More >Lack of ‘basic firefighting knowledge,’ failed drills & poor leadership blamed for loss of US Navy warship to five-day fire

Categories World

Miss Ukraine lashes out at critics angry at her for speaking Russian, beauty queen explains that she hasn’t learned Ukrainian

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

The newly crowned winner of Ukraine’s ‘Miss Universe’ competition has weighed into a row after facing fierce backlash from nationalists for being a native Russian speaker, amid a wave of restrictions imposed on the language. … Read More >Miss Ukraine lashes out at critics angry at her for speaking Russian, beauty queen explains that she hasn’t learned Ukrainian

Categories EU

Border between Germany & Poland could COLLAPSE amid rise in refugees from Middle East crossing through Belarus, Berlin police warn

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Germany’s national police union has said that security arrangements on the border with Poland risk being overwhelmed by a sharp rise in the number of asylum seekers making the journey to Western Europe, starting from Belarus. … Read More >Border between Germany & Poland could COLLAPSE amid rise in refugees from Middle East crossing through Belarus, Berlin police warn