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US would destroy Taiwan's semiconductor factories rather than letting them fall into China's hands, a former national security advisor says
Robert O'Brien told Semafor that China would be "like the new OPEC of silicon chips" if it invaded Taiwan and took over semiconductor factories.
RAF and German jets intercept Russian aircraft near Estonian airspace
Two Typhoon jets are scrambled to intercept a plane flying between St Petersburg and Kaliningrad.
Credit Suisse sheds nearly 25%, key backer says no more money
Credit Suisse shares slumped by as much as 30% on Wednesday after its largest shareholder said it could not provide further support, prompting the Swiss bank's CEO to make new assurances on its financial strength.
U.S. warns Russia to be more careful, downed drone not recovered -White House
The U.S. military surveillance drone that crashed into the Black Sea may never be recovered, White House spokesman John Kirby said on Wednesday after the craft was intercepted by Russian fighter jets, worsening taut relations between Washington and Moscow.
Man who secretly removed condom is convicted of ‘stealthing’ by Dutch court
The 28-year-old was given a three-month suspended prison term and ordered to pay damages in what Dutch media said was the first such conviction in the country.
Russia expanded its territory in Ukraine by less than 0.04% in a month of brutal fighting that cost it thousands of soldiers and vital equipment, says think tank
Russia gained a meagre slice of Ukrainian territory in the month after it launched its first big attack of 2023, following a winter of stalemate.
Vladimir Putin rejects theory about Ukrainian role in Nord Stream blasts: The Russian president once again insisted that the United States was behind the incident
The Russian president once again insisted that the United States was behind the incident
Russian army to be replenished with 400,000 new conscripts
The Russian Defence Ministry will start new recruitment of professional soldiers to the Russian army from 1 April, their aim being to add 400,000 new recruits to the army.
Submarine with 2 bodies, 3 tons of cocaine seized in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia
Almost 5,800 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $87 million, was found on board the roughly 50-foot-long submarine, officials said.
Tons Of Garbage Pile Up In Paris As Pension Strike Continues, Rat Invasion Feared
The city's garbage collectors have been on strike since March 6 in protest at a controversial reform of Frances's pension system.
US based HAAS and Japan's DMG-Mori sell CNC manufactuing equipment to Russian arms industry, violating sanctions
Russia's economy depends on revenues from oil exports and American sanctions have been tuned up to choke its war effort against Ukraine. But there’s one area important to the Kremlin’s military output that has so far avoided scrutiny. It involves Haas Automation, a high tech American manufacturer that may be flouting export controls. Simon Ostrovsky reports with support from the Pulitzer Center.
Fake sex abuse claims get British woman 8.5 year prison term
LONDON (AP) — A woman who falsely claimed she was drugged, raped and forced to work as a prostitute was sentenced Tuesday to more than eight years imprisonment in a case that fueled racial tensions in Britain.
Kremlin claims there are no conditions for peace, only war is possible
The Kremlin is convinced that it is impossible to talk about peace with Ukraine at the moment. Russia will keep fighting to capture Ukrainian territories. Source: Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin; Kremlin-aligned news outlet RIA Novosti Quote from Peskov: "There are no preconditions for a peaceful transition of the process.
Kazakhstan Impounds Property Of Russian Cosmodrome Operator In Baikonur - Radio Free Europe
Russia’s secret document for destabilizing Moldova - Yahoo News obtains Putin’s strategic plan for promoting Russian interests in Ukraine’s next-door neighbor.
Yahoo News has obtained an internal strategy document from Vladimir Putin’s Presidential Administration that reveals Moscow’s plans for Moldova, a small country vulnerably sandwiched between war-torn Ukraine and Romania, which is a member of the European Union and NATO.
Germany Will Move Forward With Marijuana Legalization After Receiving ‘Very Good Feedback’ From EU, Top Official Says
A top German official says that the nation’s coalition government will move forward with plans to introduce a marijuana legalization bill, albeit with certain changes, after receiving “very good feedback” from the European Union (EU). Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Tuesday that a revised legalization proposal would be brought to the legislature “in the […]
More than 71,000 Russian war crimes already recorded in Ukraine
Prosecutors have already recorded 71,147 war crimes committed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine. — Ukrinform.
Russian jet collides with US drone over Black Sea
The US says its drone was operating in international airspace when Russian jets tried to intercept it.
Moscow fumes as Ukraine considers changing Russia’s official name — The name “Muscovy” was “used in European and some Asian languages” and appeared “on many historical maps of the 16th-19th centuries
Russian officials railed against Ukraine’s talk of changing Russia’s official name to Muscovy, after a Ukrainian petition regarding a potential name change garnered 25,000 signatures. U…