Новости за 24.01.2024

Last Friday, US House Republicans submitted a bill to stop paying American tax dollars to fund the notorious World Economic Forum.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has held a press conference at the UN headquarter in New York finalising his official visit. The top diplomat answered various questions touching upon the most hot topics of the day.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian military destroyed a French-made Samp-T anti-aircraft complex for the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) expects between 500 and 1,000 international observers from more than 100 countries to monitor Russia's upcoming presidential election, CEC head Ella Pamfilova said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday that he had spoken by phone with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and noted that the Hungarian government was calling on the parliament to ratify Sweden's membership in NATO at the earliest opportunity.

The discovery of wads of a tar-like black resin chewed by ancient people in Sweden could indicate its use for medicinal purposes — or simply their love of gum.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - President of Chad Mahamat Idriss Deby expressed on Wednesday his condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with the crash of the Il-76 military aircraft in Russia's Belgorod region.

TOKYO (Sputnik) - Chairman of the Japanese upper house budget committee Shinsuke Suematsu, who is also a member of the country's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), announced on Wednesday his intention to resign amid the widening fundraising scandal, Japanese media reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The South Korean navy is holding a wintertime training for its special force units to improve their combat capabilities against threats allegedly posed by Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Wednesday, citing navy sources.

Mahamat Idris Deby, Transitional President of the Republic of Chad, arrived in Moscow on Wednesday to engage in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The specter of a "Russian threat" ostensibly looming is being invoked in the West increasingly loudly as justification for ramping up military spending, with Norway’s top brass the latest to lap up this tenuous narrative.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States warns Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that the recent arrest of officials and other public figures may risk the partial sanctions relief deal made with Washington last year, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Wednesday loosened up the state of emergency across the country by lifting a curfew in 160 cantons to normalize everyday life undermined by the recent surge in gang violence, but 38 cantons, including Quito and the largest city of Guayaquil, remain in the red zone of high risk.

BUDAPEST (Sputnik) - The verdict of the International Court of Justice on South Africa's lawsuit against Israel will be given within a week and sent to the UN Security Council for execution, Palestinian Ambassador in Budapest Fadi Elhusseini told Sputnik.

DOHA (Sputnik) - The recent strikes by the United States on Iraq undermine decades of cooperation between the two countries and lead to irresponsible escalation, Major General Yahya Rasool, the official spokesman of the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Palestinian movement Hamas has announced its readiness for a potential agreement with Israel on the release of women and children still held as hostages in the Gaza Strip, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing Egyptian officials.

Since Thursday, farmers in the Occitania region have been blocking highways with tractors, haystacks, and piles of manure. Farmers' unions say they intend to continue the protests throughout the week, and for as long as necessary.

Both the Republican and Democratic parties held primaries in New Hampshire on Tuesday. The final polls closed at 7:00 p.m.

ASTANA (Sputnik) - Russia sees no intentions and aspirations on the part of the United States to withdraw its military contingent from Syria, Russian special presidential envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev said Wednesday.

The Russian foreign minister earlier participated in a UN Security Council meeting on all topics regarding the Middle East, including the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

On Tuesday, a German court ruled that public funding to a minor right-wing political party Die Heimat should be cut, calls for the same to be done to Alternative for Deutschland, the second most popular party in Germany started coming from establishment parties in the country.

The US, UK, Australia, Canada, Bahrain and the Netherlands carried out another wave of attacks on eight Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday in response to ongoing attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. According to the Pentagon, they hit troop housing and damaged the Houthi missile and air surveillance capabilities.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States has already lost the race to develop hypersonic and directed energy weapons to its rivals, Independent Senator Angus King said during a hearing of the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

The Federal Court of Canada has ruled against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's invocation of emergency legislation to manage the "freedom convoy" protests in 2022, challenging the government's approach to civil unrest.

With the New Hampshire primary happening right now, the nation is about to get a look at what a two-person race between former US President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley looks like.