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Kremlin Spars With Ukrainian President Zelensky Over Whether Putin Is Still Alive
The Ukrainian leader said he’s not sure the Russian president “who sometimes appears against a green screen” is still among the living.
No German tanks for Ukraine until America sends its own, Scholz tells U.S. lawmakers
Berlin has said it won't transfer its tanks, or give other European countries permission to do so, until the U.S. sends its own vehicles.
Air-raid siren sounds all over Ukraine: fighters took off in Belarus
On the morning of 19 January, an air-raid siren was announced throughout Ukraine.
Greta Thunberg accuses energy firms of throwing people under the bus
Greta Thunberg called on the global energy industry and its financiers to end all fossil fuel investments on Thursday at a high-profile meeting in Davos with the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Convicted drug lord "El Chapo" sends "SOS" message to Mexico's president from U.S. prison
The Sinaloa cartel founder says he's suffering "psychological torment" in a U.S. prison.
Putin ‘to send heavy T-14 Armata main battle tanks into Ukraine’ - UK
UK defence chiefs claim Russian commanders are ‘unlikely to trust the vehicle in combat’ given problems in its development
Poland ready to send tanks without Germany’s consent, PM says
‘We will either get this agreement quickly, or we will do the right thing ourselves,’ the Polish prime minister said.
Sweden to send infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine
The Swedish government announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine on Thursday that will include armoured infantry fighting vehicles and the Archer artillery system.
US warming up to prospect of helping Ukraine target Crimean Peninsula
Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday called for South American nations that are home to the Amazon rainforest to join forces in protecting the key resource to fighting climate change
US Coast Guard tracking suspected Russian spy ship off coast of Hawaii in international waters
Serbian President Vucic denounces Russian occupation of Crimea and Donbas
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who is thought to be one of the staunchest allies of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, said that Crimea and Donbas are Ukrainian territories and denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy invites China’s President Xi for ‘dialogue’
Zelenskyy’s wife Olena says a letter of invitation was handed to the Chinese delegation in Davos.
Germany says it is no longer reliant on Russian energy
New sources of energy mean Germany is no longer dependent on Russia, Germany's finance minister said.
Lula da Silva withdraws Brazil from international declaration against abortion
This Tuesday (17) Lula da Silva (PT) decided to withdraw Brazil from the international declaration against abortion. The Geneva Consensus Declaration on Women's Health and Women's Empowerment also supports the traditional role of the family based on heterosexual couples. The day before, the Ministry of Health had revoked a rule that made it . . […]
Russian Soldiers Who Fled Front Lines Call Out Putin for Lying About War
Temperatures on Greenland haven't been this warm in at least 1,000 years, scientists report
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern resigns before election
PM makes first election year announcement today.
UN head accuses fossil fuel firms of business models ‘inconsistent with human survival’
Criticism at Davos for big companies that, ‘like the tobacco industry’, ride roughshod over their own science