The Russian parliament on Tuesday asked President Vladimir Putin to recognize two breakaway regions in Ukraine, a move that could raise tensions as fears of an attack rise. A vote in the lower house of Russian parliament was passed for the recognition of the areas, with the House Speaker saying the two regions in Ukraine … Read more
The UN Conference on Disarmament did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Russian and Chinese missions to the UN also did not immediately respond. The request for postponement comes amid a deepening crisis in US-Russia relations as Moscow masses more than 100,000 troops and scores of heavy equipment on the border with … Read more
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Sydney Powell.AP Photo/Ben Margot, File A judge slammed Powell last August for abuses of the legal system in her failed election-fraud cases. Powell asked a court to reverse the punishment against her in a Monday filing. She said the judge had portrayed her team as “overwrought, dangerous lunatics.” Sidney Powell, the pro-Trump lawyer who was … Read more
Conservative MP Robert Jenrick has questioned the Foreign Secretary’s planned trip to Moscow this week amid the Ukraine crisis. Liz Truss has scheduled a trip to Russian capital to meet with her counterpart, Sergei Lavrov. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s The Westminster Hour programme, the former housing secretary said: “I’m not sure it is actually … Read more
An NYPD detective who was demoted for calling out alleged corruption in the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau has been reinstated, and is now calling on Mayor Adams to probe the bureau. Scott Munro Jr. claimed in a 2021 lawsuit that IAB head Joseph Reznick protected a crooked detective who drummed up bogus sting operations on … Read more
Money guru Martin Lewis got up close and personal with Rishi Sunak and quizzed the Chancellor on his plans to support families against rising energy bills. Interviewing the Government minister on ITV’s Martin Lewis show, the host took aim at Mr Sunak asking him the questions many of his viewers had been dying to ask. … Read more
A recovering alcoholic who gave up drinking during the first lockdown is urging supermarkets to keep alcohol away from queues to minimize the chance of relapse and help reduce alcohol-related harms. Experts have backed the call, saying the “simple step” of placing booze away from tills, where people queue, or in prominent end-of-aisle promotions would … Read more
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