UK TO DEPLOY MILITARY EXPERTS TO COUNTER RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN BOSNIA

Thu 30 June 2022: The UK prime minister stated on Thursday that the military experts from the UK would be dispatched to Bosnia and Herzegovina to support the NATO mission and advance stability and security there, Anadolu Agency reported. “We cannot allow the Western Balkans to become another playground for Putin’s pernicious pursuits. By fanning […]

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PUTIN FIRES BACK AT G7 LEADERS, SAYS SHIRTLESS WESTERN LEADERS WOULD BE A `DISGUSTING SIGHT`

Thu 30 June 2022: Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, responded to western politicians by calling them “disgusting sight” if they were to be shirtless. Putin’s remarks followed apparent mockery by European and other western leaders of the shirtless Putin, who has previously been photographed riding horses and engaging in other masculine activities. “I don’t […]

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NEW ZEALAND LABELS ‘PROUD BOYS’ AND ‘THE BASE’ AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS

Thu 30 June 2022: New Zealand has designated The Proud Boys and The Base, two US groups, as terrorist organizations. It was published in the gazette, the government’s official journal of record, on Monday, June 20. It was made public a week later, but not to a larger audience. According to the Police Commissioner Andrew […]

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JOHNSON REFUSES TO RULE OUT CALLING AN EARLY ELECTION IN BRITAIN

Thu 30 June 2022: The idea of holding an early election “hasn’t occurred to me,” the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed, but he did not rule it out. Johnson declared that he would refrain from “start talking about politics” while he was dealing with the conflict in Ukraine and the pressures of rising living […]

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RUSSIA HAS “NO PROBLEM” IF FINLAND AND SWEDEN JOIN NATO: PUTIN

Thu 30 June 2022:  Russian President Vladimir Putin has made some remarks on Wednesday about the ongoing “special military operation” in Ukraine, saying that the goals of the country are unchanged, but there can be different tactics. “Russian troops are advancing in Ukraine and reaching their objectives.” The ultimate goal is to “liberate Donbas” and to get security guarantees, Interfax […]

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WORLD CONTINUES TO SEE CASES OF COVID AS PANDEMIC NOT YET OVER: WHO

Thu 30 June 2022: The chief of the UN health body said on Wednesday, that COVID-19 cases have been documented in 110 countries, with global infections up 20% and deaths spiking in half of the six WHO administrative areas. “This pandemic is changing. We have made progress, but it’s not over,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus at […]

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BAGS OF CASH FOR PRINCE CHARLES’S CHARITIES WILL NOT BE REPEATED, SAYS SOURCE

Thu 30 June 2022:  Prince Charles would not now accept large sums of cash handed over to him for his charities, a senior royal source said, after a newspaper reported an ex-Qatari Prime Minister had given him 3 million Euros ($3.2 million), some of it in shopping bags, Reuters reports. The Sunday Times said the heir to the British […]

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MOSCOW BLASTS BULGARIA FOR EXPELLING RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS

Wed 29 June 2022: Russia blasted the expulsion of 70 Russian diplomats from Bulgaria on Wednesday, saying it was done at the request of external forces. “These external forces under false claims try to pit European states with Russia, cynically manipulate dependent governments and politicians, destroy everything that has been created on the European continent […]

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