Idaho Sen Jim Rischthe committee’s top Republican, said only that “there have been such conversations.” He said he wanted to keep negotiations on cybersecurity aspects of the sanctions package private. Menendez and Risch have been hard at work in recent weeks hammering out a sanctions package. Menendez described it Tuesday as “the mother of all … Read more
“We are running out of runway,” Sen. Jim Risch says.
Press play to listen to this article To many of Germany’s allies, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s refusal to state plainly what appears obvious — that Russia would lose a new gas pipeline to Germany if it invades Ukraine — is utterly baffling. Even some within his own governing coalition are flummoxed. “There is no reasonable explanation … Read more
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
Russia, facing the threat of Western penalties over Ukraine, and China on Monday spoke out against what they called “unilateral” sanctions imposed by countries without the backing of the United Nations Security Council. “Only Security Council sanctions are legal,” said Russia’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy. He added that such sanctions are “an … Read more
Want an illustration of how tough it is to reach bipartisan agreement on *anything* in Congress? Take a look at Russia sanctions.
Press play to listen to this article BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is finding out the hard way that there’s a lot more to leading Germany than being an Angela Merkel tribute act. Scholz meets Joe Biden at the White House on Monday as part of a US trip intended to repair the battering that … Read more
Press play to listen to this article PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is taking an almighty gamble by styling himself as the world leader who can strike a peace deal with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a meeting on Monday. If he pulls it off, he’ll be the hero who prevented the invasion … Read more
(Adds State Department’s report to Congress, background, details on nuclear talks) By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday restored sanctions waivers to Iran to allow international nuclear cooperation projects, as indirect American-Iranian talks on reviving the 2015 international nuclear deal with Tehran enter the final stretch. The waivers … Read more
HAVANA — Eingebettet in sein Schlafzimmerstudio unter Schallplatten und einer Ansammlung von Mikrofonen, DJ Milano macht elektronische Musik die traditionelle kubanische Klänge mit modernen Beats verbindet. Es ist ein gewundener Prozess. „Wir können bestimmte Anwendungen nicht verwenden, weil sie blockiert sind“, sagte DJ Milano, 33, der Rekordbox nicht aktualisieren konnte. die Plattform, die er zum … Read more