How Putin Has Blunted the Impact of Sanctions and Consolidated His Regime

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national interest by Mariya Y. Omelicheva Alexander Sukharenko Four dozen countries have applied a broad array of financial restrictions, export control measures, and targeted sanctions in response →

China, Russia eye $200 billion of trade this year amid Russian PM’s visit

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​global times​​​ By Zhao Yusha and Qi Xijia Visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin attended a high-level business forum in Shanghai on Tuesday, and expected that bilateral trade between →

Huawei completes switch from US products to in-house system in 88 overseas units

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​global times​​​ Chinese technology giant Huawei has successfully replaced internal software management systems it once sourced from US vendors with its own in-house version in 88 overseas →

Driver who crashed near White House told officials he was prepared to kill Biden and 'seize power'

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nbc news By Tim Stelloh, Daniel Barnes and Daniel Arkin The 19-year-old Missouri man accused of deliberately driving a rented box truck into a White House barrier allegedly told authorities that he →

Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused more than 1,900 minors, state attorney general says in report

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​cbs news​​​ By Cara Tabachnick An investigation has substantiated child abuse claims against Catholic clergy in Illinois by more than 1,900 victims, state Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a news →

Europe wants its semiconductor groove back

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asia times by Scott Foster Europe is starting to reverse the decline of its once-strong semiconductor industry, a potentially important turn in the escalating tech war pitting the US and its allies →

Ukraine’s new F-16s are far from new

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asia times by Stephen Bryen Now that President Biden has agreed that NATO members can train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16, it is likely Ukraine will get old F-16A/B aircraft. Although they’ve been →

Belgorod: Has the ground war crossed into Russia?

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asia times by Gavin E L Hall Reports have emerged of fighting inside Russia involving pro-Ukraine or anti-Putin troops engaged in combat in the Belgorod Oblast. This is a region close to Russia’s →

Earliest evidence of kissing pushed back 1,000 years

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the conversation Lip kissing is an act that’s so natural and common in many present-day societies it is easily taken for granted. But it’s not actually clear whether people have always been kissing, →

EU Member States push for ban on destruction of unsold clothing

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brussels times By Maïthé Chini The ban would help to reduce the waste mountain in the textile sector as well as increase the reusing and recycling of clothes. Belgium was one of the Member States →

Assad Comes in From the Cold

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foreign affairs By Emile Hokayem After many years of equivocation and handwringing, Arab states have decided to bring Syria in from the cold and back into the fold. Arab foreign ministers announced →

Jupiter’s lightning bolts contort the same way as Earth’s

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​science news​​​ By Nikk Ogasa On Jupiter, lightning jerks and jolts a lot like it does on Earth. Jovian lightning emits radio wave pulses that are typically separated by about one millisecond, →

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