[ad_1] In the last month, since Russia invaded Ukraine, Germany has gone through a watershed transformation when it comes to its military. Within days, Chancellor Scholz’s almost knee-jerk reaction to the war was to announce a new €100 billion pot of money for the military, as Germany said it would finally meet a NATO target of spending 2% of GDP on defence. “But it’s important to understand that we’re not going to spend the 2%,…
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[ad_1] Photo is taken from Internet Julian Assange’s fiancee claims that officials prevented media from being there as witnesses during the couple’s wedding at Belmarsh jail because they don’t want him to be regarded as a “human person.” After the US initiated legal proceedings to extradite him to stand prosecution on espionage allegations, the WikiLeaks co-founder was allowed permission last year to marry Stella Moris, with whom he has two children, inside the jail where…
"WikiLeaks founder will tie the knot with Stella Moris on 23 March"
[ad_1] The U.S. government has formally concluded that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said in a statement on Wednesday. The finding lends official weight to expressions of revulsion about Russia’s military conduct from top U.S. officials, including President Biden, who last week declared Russian President Vladimir V. Putin “a war criminal.” But the statement did not mention Mr. Putin himself, saying only that “members of Russia’s…
"The U.S. Government Accuses Russian Forces of War Crimes"
[ad_1] SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Although she wasn’t in the courtroom, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes loomed over the opening day of a trial that will determine whether her jilted lover and former business partner Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was also her partner in crime. In opening statements Tuesday, a federal prosecutor depicted Balwani as an instrumental accomplice who helped Holmes pull off a huge scam tied to Theranos’ blood-testing technology. Balwani’s lawyer countered by casting Balwani…
"Trial of Elizabeth Holmes’ partner begins"
[ad_1] Chris Christie urged Donald Trump to hand over the Republican baton to a younger candidate during an appearance at Harvard University yesterday. The former GOP Governor, who helped the 45th President prepare for election debates by playing Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, also suggested that while he is now reluctant to support Mr Trump in 2024, he would do so if a “socialist” figure like Bernie Sanders won the Democratic nomination. Speaking to an…
"Donald Trump’s 2020 election aide calls on ex-POTUS to stand aside in 2024 – ‘Time to go!’ | World | News" [ad_1] Embassy of Ukraine in the USA WAR BULLETIN March 19, 6.30 EST WAR ROOM General Directorate of Military Cooperation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine The total estimated loss of the Russian forces between 24.02.22 – 19.03.22 : personnel – about 14 400; aircraft – 95; helicopters – 115; tanks – 466; armored personnel vehicles – 1470; artillery systems – 213; air defence systems – 44; multiple rocket launch systems – 72;…
"Ukraine: WAR BULLETIN March 19, 6.30 EST"
[ad_1] After three weeks of fighting, Russia is beginning to deploy increasingly brutal tactics in Ukraine, including indiscriminate shelling of cities and “medieval” siege warfare. Other elements of its military strategy, however, are conspicuously absent — cyberwarfare among them. Russia has a history of employing cyberwarfare tactics, which some experts believed could feature prominently in its invasion of Ukraine. The cyberattacks launched by Russia in the conflict so far have been relatively minimal, though, and…
"Is Russia holding back from cyberwar?"
[ad_1] Before Russia invaded her country, Julia Pavliuk had what she considered a rather idyllic life in the town of Irpin, Ukraine, on the outskirts of the country’s capital city of Kyiv. But on March 5, despite desperately wanting to stay, she and her husband Oleh fled their home with their 6-month-old daughter Emma and set off for the city of Rivne, a city in western Ukraine, where strangers allowed them to stay for free…
"Ukrainian Mother Julia Pavluik on Appearing on TIME’s Cover"
[ad_1] A ferry operator owned by the government of Dubai sparked a furious response from workers and criticism from British authorities Thursday after firing 800 U.K.-based crew members without notice amid plans to replace them with cheaper staff. P&O Ferries, one of the largest ferry operators in the United Kingdom, said the workers would be laid off with “immediate effect” as the company cuts costs after posting a 100-million pound ($132 million US) loss last…
"Hundreds of U.K.-based ferry workers suddenly fired — many, via Zoom"
[ad_1] KYIV, Ukraine — It’s hard to think of a more unlikely combo than war zones and cinnamon buns. Yet there the buns are in the display cabinet of Khlibar, a high-end bakery and coffee shop (whose name means Bread Bar) in Podil, the hipster neighborhood in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Slathered in cream cheese frosting, they sit on trays laden with poppy seed pastries, cherry rolls, cheese braids and delicately constructed puff pastry cakes with…
"Those left in Kyiv try to keep life going amid Ukraine war"