President Putin's two-hour address to the Federal Assembly in late February gave rise to follow-up questions, with new belligerent statements coming out of Western capitals warranting a reaction and response.
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of body piercing among prehistoric peoples. Over 106 ornamental pieces have been found in southeast Turkiye, suggesting it was a cultural practice of social significance.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The transcript of US Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with US President Biden regarding his mishandling of classified documents portrays a more nuanced exchange than what has been previously depicted.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Foreign investors are interested in the exchange of frozen assets, otherwise there would have been no need in developing a relevant mechanism, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov said on Tuesday.
Embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry tendered his resignation amid the ongoing unrest in the country following an emergency meeting of the Caribbean Community. CARICOM announced that Henry would resign “upon the establishment of a transitional presidential council and the naming of an interim prime minister.”
US and NATO officials have spent months claiming that Russia has plans to attack bloc countries and calling on the West to prepare for a costly, decades-long confrontation with Moscow. President Putin squashed these allegations in December, calling them “complete nonsense.”
The blockchain-based decentralized digital currency has been on a rocket ship ride over the past month-and-a-half thanks to a watershed Securities and Exchange Commission ruling in January approving Bitcoin-based exchange traded funds. Sputnik asked veteran crypto specialist Paul Goncharoff for his advice for potential Bitcoin investors.
MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry will leave his post amid the state of emergency declared by local authorities due to ongoing unrest in the country, Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said on Tuesday, adding that power in the country will be temporarily held by a transitional presidential council.
DOHA (Sputnik) - The United States and the United Kingdom carried out at least 15 airstrikes on Yemen as a response to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, Yemeni media reported.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The head of Russian Foreign Ministry’s Middle East and North Africa Department, Alexander Kinschak, met in Tehran with Iranian Foreign Minister’s Senior Advisor for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji, and discussed recent developments in the Gaza Strip, Syria, Yemen and Libya, Iranian media reported.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Local authorities found Boeing whistleblower John Barnett dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the state of South Carolina over the weekend, the Charleston County Coroner's Office said in a press release.
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Israel wants Hamas to be declared a terrorist organization and face the most heavy sanctions, the Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs Israel Katz said on Monday.
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told media outlets that he plans to go ahead with an invasion of the southern Gazan city of Rafah, despite US President Joe Biden’s stated opposition to the operation.
BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) - The Argentine Foreign Ministry has summoned UK Ambassador to Argentina Kirsty Hayes to express its dissatisfaction with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron's recent visit to the Falkland Islands, also known as the Malvinas, whose sovereignty is disputed between the two nations, Argentine media reported.