The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies linked to Wagner and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, that it alleged were used to help pay the paramilitary's forces fighting in Ukraine and undertaking operations to support Russian interests in Africa. "The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries...
TC Energy, the operator of the Keystone Pipeline, has received approval from the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for its plan to restart the section of the pipeline from Steele City close to the Nebraska-Kansas border to Cushing, Oklahoma. The company, however, did not say when the restart could begin and that works could take "several days". Early this month, TC Energy shut down the oil pipeline after a leak south of Steele City spilled oil into a creek in Kansas. "The system remains shutdown as our crews actively...
The Iskander tactical missile systems and the S-400 air defense systems that Russia has deployed to Belarus are fully prepared to perform their intended tasks, a senior Belarusian defense ministry official said on Sunday. "Our servicemen, crews have fully completed their training in the joint combat training centers of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus," Leonid Kasinsky, head of the Main Directorate of Ideology at the ministry, said in a video posted on the Telegram messaging app. "These types of weapons (Iskander and S-400 systems) are on combat duty...
Winter storms caused power outages in 1.7 million homes and businesses across the Americas Saturday (24/12). Millions more residents fear the possibility of further outages, which would paralyze police stations, fire departments and airports in New York state buried in snow. Across the country, officials have linked more than 12 deaths to exposure to cold storms, as well as crashes of working cars from icy roads, and the effects of other storms. Two of the victims died in their homes outside Buffalo, New York, because emergency responders were unable to reach them amid record-breaking...
The United States on Tuesday offered to share vaccines with China to stem soaring COVID-19 cases, saying containing the outbreak was in the interest of the world. It is unlikely that China would accept the offer from the United States, its frequent adversary, after Beijing invested heavily in COVID-19 diplomacy that included shipping its homegrown vaccines around the world. "It's important that all countries focus on getting people vaccinated and making testing and treatment easily available," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. "The U.S. is the largest donor of COVID-19...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday the situation in four parts of Ukraine he claimed to have annexed earlier this year was "extremely difficult." Speaking to members of Russia's security services, Putin highlighted the Donetsk and Luhansk areas in eastern Ukraine, as well as Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south. "The people living there, the citizens of Russia, rely on you, on your protection," Putin said. Russia has never fully controlled any of the four areas that were part of Putin's September annexation claim. His move was rejected by the international community. Putin...
North and South Korea have restored a communication hotline that was cut off by Pyongyang last June. According to the South's presidential office, the leaders of both countries have agreed to...
Critical infrastructure facilities were hit by drone strikes early on Thursday, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Volodymyr Zelenskiy's presidential office said on Thursday. "Another attack...
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