Above Photo: (Sputnik / Sergei Baturin) Media reports say fighting is taking place in close proximity of Kiev and other key cities in the country. The war has already caused the displacement of over 100,000 people, according to the UN refugees agency Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday, February 25, said that he is prepared to send a delegation to Minsk to discuss Ukraine’s neutrality, media reports said. This follows a call by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy who urged Putin to sit down for talks even while calling on the people of the country to keep fighting. Meanwhile, media reports say […]
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Above photo: Protest at the White House. John Zangas. Washington DC—Local Peace Activists spoke about the growing crisis in East Europe, characterized the crisis as avoidable, and recommended solutions to avoid conflict. As tensions between world powers reached a climax not seen since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, and diplomatic efforts between stakeholders seemed all but doomed to fail, the activists drew on years of experience and understanding of global issues to draw their recommendations. Despite ominous developments they still held out hope that war could be averted. Their recommendations came as President Joe Biden spoke to the nation on […]
Above Photo: Tuvalu’s future is under threat because of rising sea levels. Ton koene / Alamy Stock Photo. A new alliance for climate reparations is seeking compensation from wealthier countries for loss and damage. Leaders of small island nations met on Tuesday to discuss suing countries in the Global North for the damage caused by emissions. This week’s discussion, convened by the Commonwealth Foundation, was the first major meeting of the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law, a body formed to help small island developing states (SIDS) bring legal action against major carbon-emitting countries. The commission, announced […]
Above Photo: Second-graders listen to a lesson at Paw Paw Elementary School on December 2, 2021 in Paw Paw, Michigan. (Martha Irvine / AP Photo). Michigan teachers took part in an emergency meeting Tuesday afternoon to organize collective action to close schools and stop the spread of COVID-19. The meeting, sponsored by the Michigan Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee, included a large number of educators, parents and young people from Detroit and other Michigan school districts, as well as teachers from Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York. Also participating was a leader of the Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee in the United Kingdom, where […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0d/1080759116_0:108:2962:1774_1200x675_80_0_0_d14797ff407da99412004498c521c4e4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010171080801689-kremlin-putin-saudi-crown-prince-discuss-cooperation-in-fight-against-covid-19/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud have discussed the countries’ cooperation in combating the coronavirus pandemic, including prospects of using Russian-made vaccine Sputnik V over phone talks, the Kremlin said on Saturday. “The sides also discussed cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus infection, in particular, prospects of using Russian vaccine Sputnik V in Saudi Arabia”, Kremlin said in a statement. The Russian leader and the Saudi crown prince also agreed to continue contacts at various levels, the statement added. In September, the Saudi […]
PARIS (Sputnik) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he would hold a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to discuss the redeployment of Syrian militants to Azerbaijan via Turkey. “I will call President Erdogan in the next several days because I believe that France as a co-chair of the [OSCE] Minsk Group must demand explanations on this issue,” Macron said. The French president pointed out that he had held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to exchange information on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. “I believe I can say the Russian party […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in Belarus in a phone call, Moscow reiterated its position on the inadmissibility of attempts to interfere in the country’s internal affairs, the Kremlin said in a statement. The sides also agreed on further contacts. “The situation after the presidential elections in Belarus was also touched upon. The Russian side reaffirmed its principled position on the inadmissibility of any attempts to meddle in the internal affairs of a sovereign state and put external pressure on the legitimate authorities”, the statement said. Presidential elections were held in […]
Robert David Steele is the conceptualizer of integrated election reform (#UNRIG) and the integration of holistic analytics, true cost economics, and Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) such that we can achieve a prosperous world at peace at 10-20% the cost of the failed Western economic model burdened by banks and lawyers. A former US spy and co-founder of the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, he is today the Chief Enabling Officer (CeO) of Earth Intelligence Network, a 501c3 and now also CeO of Open Source Everything (OSE Inc.). He continues his education with non-fiction reading, posting over 2,000 reviews across 98 categories; […]
Passions are running high at Camp Nou after the superstar informed the club on 25 August of his desire to leave, despite the fact that his contract does not expire until 2021. Earlier today, the 33-year-old reportedly skipped coronavirus testing and reports say he will not appear for tomorrow’s practice. Barca officials intend to make him stay. The Barcelona football club president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, will meet with Lionel Messi’s father on 2 September, Mundo Deportive reported. According to the sports newspaper, Jorge Messi, the athlete’s de-facto manager, has been in contact with Bartomeu for several days. The newspaper notes that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1a/1080278273_0:0:2697:1519_1200x675_80_0_0_6b2fec38629f7c6dd365622f12cc0284.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/sport/202008261080278318-messi-reportedly-reaches-out-to-pep-guardiola-to-discuss-possible-transfer-to-manchester-city/ Rumours that FC Barcelona player and football icon Lionel Messi may leave the club emerged after the team was annihilated in the Champions League meeting with Bayern Munich, with reports suggesting that the footballer had already confirmed his desire to exit Barca. FC Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has contacted former coach Pep Guardiola over a possible transfer by the football icon to Manchester City, as allegations circulate that he is adamant in his desire to leave Barca after a humiliating defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, according to reports by […]
As Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden moves to win over never-Trump Republicans while attempting to hold onto the loyalty of left-wing Democrats that supported social democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), some of the party’s more progressive elements are looking to form their own party. Just a few weeks after the end of the Democratic National Convention and just days after their Republican counterpart, two former competitors to Biden and his vice-presidential running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), will join up with other disaffected figures in the party’s left wing to make the case for forming a new third party to push […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105613/76/1056137614_0:161:3072:1889_1200x675_80_0_0_d52a4ea3171522eb27931ea3e2a2d266.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Aleksandra Serebriakova. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202008181080207722-norway-says-its-early-to-discuss-consequences-for-relations-with-russia-after-spying-allegations-/ It was reported on Monday that the Norwegian Police Security Service had arrested a citizen for allegedly meeting with a Russian intelligence officer and disclosing state secrets. The man in question is said to have denied the charges of espionage. Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said that a more thorough investigation was needed before the government could officially respond to the arrest of an Oslo resident accused of meeting with someone described as a “Russian intelligence officer” and disclosing state secrets, according to her comments to national broadcaster NRK. “As of now, […]
GAZA (Sputnik) – President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, have discussed during phone talks the US-brokered deal signed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel to normalize their relations, Palestine’s state news agency WAFA reported on Sunday. The bilateral deal was announced on Thursday and an agreement on the mutual establishment of embassies is expected to follow in the coming three weeks. As part of the deal with the UAE, Israel said it would halt its plans to formally annex parts of the West Bank claimed by Palestinians, although they have not been […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0f/1080177551_0:0:3092:1740_1200x675_80_0_0_903bc1075ea7f359a45dfb98184dc20f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008151080177627-lukashenko-says-seeking-to-discuss-current-situation-in-belarus-with-putin/ MINSK (Sputnik) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday that he was seeking to discuss the current situation in Belarus with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The aggression against Belarus is going in line with a scenario. I need to contact Putin urgently, because this threat is relevant not only for Belarus”, Lukashenko said as quoted by Belta. According to the Belarus leader, those who encourage people to take to the streets are “sometimes working professionally,” using fake news and fake footage of the events. On Sunday, Belarus held the presidential election. According to […]
Kanye West’s presidential campaign has asked to appear on the Iowa ballot, keeping his 2020 bid alive as the entertainer called to meet with Donald Trump and Joe Biden to discuss “restoring the black community.” Representatives for the West campaign brought nominating petitions to the office of Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate on Friday, the secretary said in a tweet, adding that that would be reviewed to “ensure they meet the minimum requirements.” “The review of petition signatures to see if they meet minimum requirements has started but likely will not be complete until Monday,” Pate went on, sharing a […]
For decentralized finance (DeFi) to make its mark, it must reach beyond the crypto bubble, said MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen. “Compared to where we’re going next, we’ve still just scratched the surface of what this technology will do,” Christensen, whose lending platform recently topped $1 billion in committed assets, said. He was joined by fellow DeFi luminaries Robert Leshner and Hayden Adams on Wednesday in a live-streamed conversation on the state of the $3.8 billion DeFi market. The session, part of CoinDesk’s Ethereum at Five series, was moderated by reporter Will Foxley. It will certainly be a hard row to hoe, […]
Failed Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler thought he’d join the Antifa-BLM mob on Wednesday night to show he’s down with the cause after DHS agents were deployed to protect the federal courthouse. Mayor Wheeler, who is also the Police Commissioner, previously refused to meet with federal officials and lashed out at DHS Secretary Chad Wolf. “A number of people have asked if I know DHS leadership is in town, and if I’m going to meet with them. We’re aware they’re here. We wish they weren’t. We haven’t been invited to meet with them, and if we were, we would decline,” Wheeler said […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107733/57/1077335783_0:0:1897:1068_1200x675_80_0_0_561eb2f53f2d8eeae1dab5a8cdfca51e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007241079969094-us-to-discuss-russias-recent-space-test-during-vienna-talks-next-week-arms-control-envoy-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Special Representative for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea said in a statement that he would discuss Russia’s recent anti-satellite weapon test during the meeting with his Russian counterparts next week in Vienna. “This will be a major issue discussed next week in Vienna”, Billingslea said via Twitter on Thursday. “The United States will deter, defend, defeat space threats”. On Wednesday, the US Space Command said Russia had conducted a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test. The Space Command noted that Russia’s missile system is capable of destroying satellites in low Earth orbit and […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079850296_0:208:3071:1935_1200x675_80_0_0_19b63357ab986c1a3d1e5b6440e6d0c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007101079850343-german-foreign-office-summons-chinese-ambassador-to-discuss-hong-kong-situation/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – The German Foreign Office summoned the Chinese ambassador earlier on Friday to discuss the situation around Hong Kong. “The Chinese ambassador was invited today to the Federal Foreign Office for a conversation. State Secretary [Miguel] Berger presented the stand of the federal government again. The federal government has expressed concerns, jointly with its partners from the European Union, that the law will significantly undermine Hong Kong’s vast autonomy and will affect the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law,” the German Foreign Office said. The new law on Hong […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Treaty on Open Skies will see its signatories convene for a meeting on Monday to discuss the decision of the United States to withdraw from an agreement that allowed parties to conduct regular unarmed surveillance flights over each other’s territory as a means of collecting data on military activities. The meeting is expected to take place via video conferencing. The Open Skies Treaty was signed in 1992 and entered into force 10 years later. The agreement has 35 signatories, in which one, Kyrgyzstan, has not yet ratified it. On 21 May, US President Donald Trump announced his […]
Two days after he was convicted on spying charges and sentenced to 16 years in prison, Moscow news agency Interfax reports that Paul Whelan may be traded for two Russians jailed in the US. It cites “an informed source.” The pair of Russians concerned are weapons dealer Victor Bout – serving 25 years – and pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who received a 20-year term. Interfax says it would be managed through presidential pardons. “Washington and Moscow are discussing various options, but the final decision has not yet been made,” it quotes the source as saying. “Whelan’s exchange is being discussed for two […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has confirmed his readiness to discuss maritime zones delimitation with Ankara, and in case of the latter’s disagreements, the issue would be taken to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. “We are always open for dialogue with Turkey, among the problems on the negotiation table are the delimitation of our maritime zones. We can discuss openly, and if we finally agree that we have differences, there are always ways to refer the issue to the International Court in The Hague by common agreement on how we can solve this problem, but […]
World 12:19 GMT 28.05.2020Get short URL The meeting, organised by the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, will focus on financial solutions to the global emergency posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Sputnik is livestreaming a UN meeting “On Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond” which is taking place in a virtual format. The forum is dedicated to developing solutions to tacke the economic crisis prompted by the global pandemic. The WHO reported 5,491,678 confirmed cases as of 27 May 7:12 p.m. CEST, as well as 349,190 deaths from […]
US 22:43 GMT 20.05.2020Get short URL Earlier on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump again referenced a conspiracy theory related to the death of a young intern to Joe Scarborough, which happened some 19 years ago, insisting that the “cold case” against the MSNBC host be reopened. The co-host of the MSNBC show ‘Morning Joe’, Mika Brzezinski, tweeted that she will discuss banning US President Donald Trump from Twitter with the social media giant’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, urging Dorsey to respond immediately to how company policies are being “violated every day by President Trump”. After repeatedly addressing Dorsey in her tweets, asking […]