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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has engaged in secret talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022, according to reporting published Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. Citing “several current and former U.S., European and Russian officials,” the Journal reported that conversations between Putin and Musk, a Republican megadonor and Pentagon contractor, took […]
The Chinese spy operation adds to the growing sense of a melee of foreign digital interference in the election, which has already included Iranian hackers’ attempt to hack and leak emails from the Trump campaign—with limited success—and Russia-linked disinformation efforts across social media. Ahead of the full launch next week of Apple’s AI platform, Apple […]
Using interest from frozen Russian assets to make loans to Ukraine is against international law and will backfire on the West, Moscow’s Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov has said. The US and the EU blocked an estimated $300 billion in assets belonging to the Russian central bank when the Ukraine conflict escalated in February 2022. […]
The adoption of a controversial foreign agents law by Georgia’s ruling party in May marked the lowest point in Tbilisi’s relations with the West since it declared its pro-Western foreign-policy aspirations in the early 2000s. Despite mass protests, a presidential veto overriding the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, U.S. sanctions against Georgian officials, and […]
Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, a total blackout in Cuba, tributes to Liam Payne and the US election: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading… Source link
Four astronauts have returned to Earth after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton. A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted before dawn on Friday into the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Florida coast, after undocking from the International Space Station earlier this week. The three Americans […]
Authorities in Russia designated the anti-war Telegram news channel Astra as a “foreign agent” on Friday. Russia’s Justice Ministry accused Astra of spreading “inaccurate information” about government policy in order to promote a “negative image” of the Russian military. “[Astra] opposed the special military operation in Ukraine… The creator and editor-in-chief of the internet portal reside outside […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Friday that Russia could deploy North Korean troops to combat zones in Ukraine as soon as Sunday. Why it matters: The move could mark a significant escalation in the war and has already drawn preemptive warnings from South Korea and the U.S. Driving the news: “According to intelligence, the first […]
Smoke rises after North Korea blows up sections of inter-Korean roads on its side of the border between the two Koreas, according to South Korea’s military, as seen from the South Korean side, October 15, 2024, in this screen grab from a handout video. South Korean Defense Ministry South and North Korea troops potentially entering […]
Four astronauts have returned to Earth after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton. A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted before dawn on Friday into the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Florida coast, after undocking from the International Space Station this week. The three Americans and […]