Mon 10 October 2022: Suspects connected to the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge have been identified by investigators and FSB officers, Russian Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin said on Sunday, Sputnik reported. “We have already determined the route of the truck that was blown up. This is Bulgaria, this is Georgia, this is Armenia, […]
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Sun 09 October 2022: To address the severe labor shortages, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is attempting to sideline Suella Braverman’s position as Home Secretary, the Independent reported. In late September, The Sunday Times reported that the UK government might launch an in-depth review of the UK’s visa system to enable more foreign workers into […]
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Sun 09 October 2022: With fall being felt and winter on the way, European countries are worried how they will make it through the cold months ahead with less energy on hand. The war on Ukraine and Russia throttling supplies have pushed up prices sharply. Governments and the public are grappling with what measures to […]
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Sun 09 October 2022: On Sunday, the Kremlin applauded OPEC+ for agreeing to production cuts that had effectively countered the “mayhem” the United States had sown in the world’s energy markets. According to Reuters, President Joe Biden’s White House and the Saudi royal family are currently at odds due to the OPEC+ decision to reduce […]
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Sat 08 October 2022: Russia has named a new general to head the offensive in the country Ukraine after suffering repeated setbacks to its military forces. General Sergey Surovikin, to use the Kremlin term for the offensive, was reportedly appointed as the “commander of the Joint Grouping of Forces in the areas of the special […]
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Sat 08 October 2022: A poll released on Saturday revealed that the opposition Labour Party in Britain continues to enjoy a significant lead over the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Liz Truss, which has struggled to recover since its annual conference this week, Reuters reported. The YouGov poll, conducted on Thursday and Friday for The […]
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Sat 08 October 2022: Brazil’s Amazon region has experienced record-breaking deforestation in September, continuing a trend that has gotten worse under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. In September, 1,455 square kilometers (562 square miles) of rainforest were cleared, according to satellite data from INPE, a Brazilian space research organization. That surpasses the September 2019 record in […]
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Sat 08 October 2022: The Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea – a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsular – has been hit by a massive explosion on the span that carries railway traffic. The Kerch Bridge — a pair of parallel bridges, one road and one railroad — is a key […]
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Sat 08 October 2022: As part of its efforts to preserve the shared historical and cultural heritage of the empire’s 550-year legacy in the region, Turkey’s government-run aid organization has restored more than 80 Ottoman-era buildings in the Balkans, Anandolu Agency reported. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency has long been interested in the mosques, […]
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Fri 07 October 2022: Global food prices fell for the sixth month in a row in September, led by lower vegetable oil prices, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The FAO food price index, which averaged 136.3 points last month, fell 1.1%, or 1.5 points, from the previous month. The FAO food […]
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