Wed 07 September 2022: Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, stated on Wednesday that if the EU gives the go-ahead, Moscow is prepared “to switch on” the Nord Stream II pipeline to transport gas to Europe “tomorrow.” Anadolu Agency reported. Putin claimed that launching Nord Stream only requires the push of a button while speaking […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan, said on Tuesday that Russia is cutting natural gas flows to Europe in retaliation for sanctions, adding that Europe is “reaping what it sowed”, Reuters reports. Fears in Europe have increased over a potentially bleak winter after Russia announced it was keeping its main gas pipeline to Germany shut. […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: Liz Truss was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, who invited her to form a new government. Truss, 47, took office in a carefully scripted ceremony with the monarch on Tuesday, a day after the ruling Conservative Party revealed Truss had been elected as […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: Instagram was penalized €405 million by Irish authorities for violating children’s privacy. The ongoing issue centered on children’s data, notably their email and phone numbers. Some reportedly upgraded to business accounts to access analytics tools such as profile visits, without realising this made more of their data public. The company that […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: Russia has blacklisted 25 more US citizens “in response to the Biden administration’s constant sanctions against Russian citizens,” the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in Moscow on Monday. Political, cultural, and business leaders like actors Ben Stiller and Sean Penn are among those who are banned. Due of their political […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: The US president Biden, declared said on Monday that Russia should not be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, a designation that Ukraine has lobbied amid Moscow-Kyiv war, while Russia warned that such a designation would sever US-Russia ties, Reuters reported Asked if Russia should be designated a state sponsor […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has departed Downing Street for the final time before heading to Scotland to formally tender his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II. The British prime minister, who declared his intention to step down two months ago, is set to meet with Queen Elizabeth […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: The Bank of Russia and the country’s Ministry of Finance have reconsidered their positions toward cryptocurrency, acknowledging it to be necessary to legalize the use of cryptocurrencies in cross-border settlements, per a report by local news outlet TASS. According to TASS, the two government bodies have agreed that “it is impossible” to […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: Priti Patel has quit as home secretary to return to the backbenches, hours after Liz Truss won a leadership contest to become the next prime minister. In a letter to Boris Johnson, who remains prime minister until formally handing his resignation to the Queen on Tuesday, Patel said: “I congratulate Liz […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: Greece prevented 150,000 migrants from entering the country since the beginning of the year, the minister of migration announced yesterday. Notis Mitarachi told Eleftheros Typos newspaper that Greek forced “prevented 154,102 irregular immigrants entering since the beginning of the year. While 50,000 immigrants have tried to enter Greece in the month of August only.” Border control is considered one […]
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