Sat 06 January 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree on providing citizenship to foreigners contracted to the country’s military since the start of the Ukraine war. The decree, published on the government portal, said foreign citizens that have entered into a contract with the armed forces or other “military formations” since […]
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Fri 05 January 2024: Kyiv on Friday claimed that Russia conducted airstrikes on Ukraine using North Korean missiles, mirroring a statement made a day earlier by the US. “There is no longer any disguise… As part of its outright genocidal war, the Russian Federation for the first time struck at the territory of Ukraine with […]
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Fri 05 January 2024: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated that it is his “working assumption” that a general election will be held in the second half of 2024. “My working assumption is we’ll have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime, I’ve got lots that I want […]
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Fri 05 January 2024: There has been no investigation since Prince Andrew was listed as one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplices in court papers revealed by a US court, the Met Police have said. Several of Epstein’s associates are named in the newly revealed court filings, though many of them are not accused of any crime. […]
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Thu 04 January 2024: Junior doctors in England who make up about 50% of the medical workforce, on Wednesday began a six-day walkout, the longest strike action in National Health Service (NHS) history. Junior doctors, members of the British Medical Association (BMA), are on strike for a full six days on Jan 3-9 over an […]
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Thu 04 January 2024: Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II will retain her title after she abdicates on Jan. 14, the palace confirmed on Wednesday. Margrethe II said she will step down as Denmark’s regent in an unanticipated announcement in her New Year’s address to the nation. She is currently Europe’s longest-reigning monarch, as she has served […]
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Wed 03 January 2024: Bitcoin saw its price plummeting around 7% on Wednesday, a day after surpassing the $45,000 threshold, amid a report that US regulators may reject spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this month. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency’s price was trading around $42,248 at 9.53 a.m. EDT for a 6.9% daily loss after climbing […]
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Wed 03 January 2024: The results were consistent with a series of polls in recent months. Almost 2,000 people were surveyed online on December 28, Bloomberg reported. ’s popularity comes as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s approval rating among members of his own party has sunk to a record low. The prime minister has yet to […]
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Wed 03 January 2024: Rural England has seen a 40% increase in homelessness over the past five years, a British non-profit organization said on Tuesday. The countryside charity CPRE said homelessness in the countryside had increased from 17,212 in 2018 to 24,143 in 2023, AFP reported. CPRE found that the problem is more severe in rural […]
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Wed 03 January 2024: The US and the EU have abandoned their objective of “total victory” of Ukraine over Russia in favor of a negotiated settlement that might cede some territory to Moscow, POLITICO reported on Wednesday, citing several anonymous insiders. Publicly, both the White House and the Pentagon insist there has been no official […]
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