Besides regularly stumbling over words and being his gaffe-prone self, throughout the past year, America’s oldest-sitting president has repeatedly looked lost while trying to find his way off stage. A way out of this embarrassing situation seems to have been found.
Hamas Political Bureau deputy-chief Saleh al-Arouri was killed in a drone strike allegedly perpetrated by Israel on January 2 in Beirut, Lebanon. Israeli officials were instructed not to officially claim responsibility for the attack. Lebanese Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned that the assassination would not go unpunished.
Russia and the United States remain the world's two nuclear superpowers, with their stockpiles accounting for about nine-tenths of all strategic weapons on the planet.
Berlin has delivered €17.1 billion ($18.7 billion US) in military support and tens of billions more in economic aid to Kiev for the proxy war against Russia – more than any other country besides the US. The deliveries have starved the Bundeswehr of its domestic defense capabilities.
Expanded BRICS, a club of major developing economies, could become a platform for a self-sufficient dollar-free grain market, economists say.
Just a week after Boeing urged airlines to inspect all 737 MAX airplanes for a possible loose bolt in the rudder control system, an Alaska Airlines jetliner heading from Portland to California had a part of its fuselage blown off shortly after takeoff. The flight made an emergency landing, with several passengers requiring medical attention.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Demonstrations were held in several French regions near the Alps against holding the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in the country, French media reported on Saturday.
TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - The Israeli military has completed the destruction of Palestinian movement Hamas’ infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip and will now focus on fighting the Palestinian movement in the central and southern parts of the enclave, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Saturday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - In addition to its defense work, the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom is developing a number of defense initiatives that have been presented to President Vladimir Putin, the agency's head Alexey Likhachev said Saturday.
