President Donald Trump may think withdrawing from the Paris climate action agreement fits his modus operandi to put America first, but it may mean Washington loses on the international stage – and at home – in the process.
A former intelligence director who has never hid his criticism of US President Donald Trump still blasted the media’s reckless amplification of the stream of anonymous former and current US officials whispering about White House adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner and his supposed attempts to create secret backchannels with Moscow.
The US House Intelligence Committee reportedly issued seven subpoenas in connection with its investigation into Russia’s alleged meddling in the US election.
The US naval strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson will end its mission near the Korean Peninsula.
Turkish military officials have announced that an AS 532 Cougar military helicopter got entangled in high-voltage power lines, leading to a crash that killed thirteen Turkish military personnel.
Ahe Arab states and the Palestinians, an opposition member of the Israeli parliament claims that Donald Trump is likely to abandon his campaign promises to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as he may have plans to make this move a part of the comprehensive peace agreement between Israel, the Arab states and the Palestinians.
New South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered a probe into the US’ unauthorized expansion of the controversial Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD), accusing Seoul’s Defense Ministry, a holdover from the previous conservative administration, of “intentionally dropping” any mention of four additional launchers to the system.
Donald Trump said that administration's decision on US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement would be made very soon.
The results of the investigation of the Tu-154 crash over the Black Sea in December 2016 saying that the most likely cause of the catastrophe was the erroneous actions of one of the pilots.
Here’s a shocker for you: a new United Nations report has taken a dim view of Israeli settlements. The report from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) claims that the biggest obstacle to meeting the “humanitarian needs” of the Palestinians is Israel’s presence in the West Bank and Gaza.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said that all questions on the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election will be answered by outside counsel from now on.
Amsterdam’s Natura Artis Magistra zoo welcomed a new baby vulture after two male griffons in a long-term relationship successfully hatched an abandoned egg.
Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, hired for a speaking engagement in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, portrayed China’s foreign policy moves as that of a schoolyard tormentor.
US electric car producer Tesla Motors would leave President Donald Trump's advisory councils in case the administration decides to pull out from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
Russian-Japanese Investment fund may announce the first examples of its program for localization of businesses in the near future, Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), told Sputnik on Wednesday, ahead of the International Economic Forum in Russia’s St. Petersburg (SPIEF).
Russian government-owned development bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) seeks to launch the first prototype of the blockchain management scheme based this fall, bank's Chairman Sergey Gorkov told Sputnik Wednesday.
The Russian Federal Agency for Tourism (Rostourism) will showcase a concept of a program for the development of domestic and incoming tourism in Russia for 2019-2025 and launch a vote on Russia's touristic brand at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Thursday, the head of the agency, Oleg Safonov said.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered a probe into unannounced deliveries of additional launchers for the controversial US THAAD anti-missile system. He also called for a parliamentary review of the anti-missile system. Radio Sputnik spoke with Dr. Zhang Baohui, director of the Center for Asian Pacific Studies at Lingnan University.
A slight majority of US voters consider classified data leaks to the news media to be a state treason.
The House Intelligence Committee's attempts to engage Donald Trump's former press aide Boris Epshteyn into the "Russian investigation" is part of the Trump opponents' effort to discredit and impeach the US president, Russian scholar Pavel Sharikov told Radio Sputnik, explaining why they still have no grounds to kick off the impeachment process.
The possible enactment of the law on telemedicine in Russia, which would allow doctors to consult patients remotely, would increase the accessibility of health services and subsequently the life expectancy of the Russians, Grigory Bakunov, director of technology distribution of the Russian IT-company Yandex, told Sputnik ahead of the SPIEF.
Officials and businesspeople at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) will discuss the development of the Russian Far East and its cooperation with countries in the Asia-Pacific region on Thursday.
US high-tech giant Google is interested in developing joint projects on the development of small business and monocities in Russia, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
Five US senators are urging the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to determine whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was the victim of a cyberattack, according to a letter sent to Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe.
Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey has been approved to testify in a public congressional hearing about investigations into President Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russian officials, US media reported on Wednesday.