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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – The talks have taken place in the warring capitals of Moscow and Kyiv, from Washington and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to countries across Europe. Now, all eyes are finally turning to Istanbul to seek an end to Russia’s 3-year-old, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed restarting direct peace talks Thursday with Ukraine in the Turkish city that straddles Asia and Europe. And President Volodymyr Zelenskyy challenged the Kremlin leader to meet in Turkey in person. What will unfold remains unclear. The Kremlin has refused to confirm who’s going to Turkey and whether it will…
Spain is running its national power grid in “strengthened mode”, using more nuclear and natural gas in place of the renewables it vaunted before last month’s historic blackout, but still hasn’t said what started the outage. Spain still hasn’t officially acknowledged it knows what caused the historic blackout that started in the south of the nation and cascaded to totally knock out all electricity in two European countries, but now says it is certain it wasn’t the victim of a cyber attack. Two weeks after the total loss of all energy generation on the Iberian peninsula of Spain and Portugal,…
Eight years ago, President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia and appeared to return empty-handed. True, he made the first-ever flight directly from Riyadh to Tel Aviv. And he prayed at the Western Wall, becoming the first sitting president to do so, acknowledging Israeli sovereignty over the holiest site in Judaism. But there were no big peace deals, and he did not announce that he was moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. Seven months later, Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and signed the order to move the U.S. embassy. That kicked off a process that led, ultimately, to the Abraham…
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday evening called for former FBI Director James Comey to be put behind bars. James Comey posted a cryptic message to his Instagram account on Thursday, spelled out in seashells: “86 47.” “Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” Comey said in his caption. Comey Trump assassination social media post Comey deleted the post after major backlash, and he updated with an unbelievable comment. “I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message. I didn’t realize some folks associate…
FC Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick will make two changes to his side when it faces Espanyol on … More Thursday night, as part of a tie which could seal the La Liga title should the Catalans come out on top.Getty Images FC Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick will make three changes to his side when it faces Espanyol on Thursday night, as part of a tie which could seal the La Liga title should the Catalans come out on top. Barca opened up a seven-point lead at the summit by beating its other eternal rival Real Madrid 4-3 in…
A claimed “gender gap” in carbon emissions was revealed Wednesday in a French study that found women emit 26 percent less carbon than men due to their diet and transport choices. Researchers say household structure between the sexes plays a “key role” in shaping the carbon footprint gap and men appear to be leading the way – at least in France. France 24 reports the details and summarises the findings based on a preprint study of 15,000 people in France: The average man in France has a 26% higher carbon footprint than the average woman largely due to increased car usage…
The US reportedly wants to reopen military dialogue with Moscow to support Ukraine peace efforts The US has proposed resuming long-stalled security talks under the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) framework as part of efforts to negotiate a peace deal in the Ukraine conflict, Bloomberg has reported.The report comes ahead of direct negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations.The NRC, a forum created in 2002 for dialogue between the US-led military bloc and Moscow, effectively ceased practical operations in 2014. That year, Crimea joined the Russian Federation after holding a referendum following a Western-backed armed coup in Kiev. The council met to discuss…
Liberal hack journalist Chuck Todd threw cold water on the presidential ambitions of Pete Buttigieg and pretty much anyone else who served in the Biden administration this week, saying that they might be too ‘toxic’ to run. Todd believes there will simply be too many questions about who knew about Biden’s decline and said nothing. He believes these questions would become too much of a distraction. Of course, this would exempt California Governor Gavin Newsom. Is that what this is really about? FOX News reports: Chuck Todd warns Buttigieg could be ‘toxic’ in 2028 due to Biden ties Former NBC…
Three Indian films have made it to Netflix’s weekly list of most-watched non-English content … More worldwide.Netflix India Ishaan Khatter and Bhumi Pednekar’s new Hindi web series The Royals has caught the fancy of cinephiles worldwide. Directed by Priyanka Ghose and Nupur Asthana, the show is the third most-watched non-English web series worldwide on Netflix this week. One Tamil film and one Hindi film also made it to the weekly list of most-watched non-English films on Netflix for the week ending May 11. Netflix global top 10: Two Indian films, one show rank on list Three Indian projects – one…
BERLIN (AP) – Three Ukrainian nationals have been arrested in Germany and Switzerland on suspicion of agreeing to send parcels containing explosive or incendiary devices from Germany to Ukraine, apparently at the behest of people acting for Russia, German prosecutors said Wednesday. The men are suspected of acting as secret agents for the purpose of sabotage, as well as agreeing to commit arson and bring about an explosion, federal prosecutors said in a statement. The alleged plans fit a pattern in which Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe…