US Soaring Debt May Hinder Ability to Finance Wars, Fight Recessions
The US national debt exceeded $20 trillion for the first time in its history and some experts believe that further growth could hinder ability to finance wars.
The US national debt exceeded $20 trillion for the first time in its history and some experts believe that further growth could hinder ability to finance wars.
Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries announces that Kabul is going to increase fruit exports to Russia.
As the US national debt exceeded $20 trillion for the first time ever last week, Sputnik spoke to experts about the impact of such a development.
The White House reports that President Donald Trump has held talks with Democratic leaders on key policy priorities including tax reform, border security and infrastructure.
Member of the Human Rights Council of Russia's Chechen Republic says that mothers of Russian women held in Syria and Iraq appeal to the UN to help their daughters to return home.
President of Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani pledges to respond by force to any attempts to prevent the region's independence referendum.
The official website of the Catalan government devoted to the region's independence referendum has been blocked.
Kuala Lumpur Fire Department reports that a fire at school in Malaysia claimed lives of at least 25 people.
The Russian Embassy says that US attacks on Russian media outlets and the Kaspersky Lab undermine prospects for restoring US-Russia cooperation in combating terrorism.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin expects NATO-Russia Council to resume its work within two years.
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Pentagon spokeswoman Michelle Baldanza says that the US does not use its military base in Germany to ship arms to Syrian opposition.
Smog is expected to arrive in North China earlier than usual this year due to unfavorable weather conditions such as a higher than normal temperature and humidity, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP).
The US Air Force dropped an average of 16 bombs per day in August in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s plan to attack “America’s enemies” in the country, according to the most recent Pentagon data on munitions delivered in the country.
A new US article published in the journal Vaccine has shown that there is a possible link between women who had miscarriages between 2010 and 2012 and women who had annual flu shots with swine flu protection.
The Department of Homeland Security reports that the US has imposed visa restrictions on countries refusing to accept deportees.
The arduous and complex process of the United Kingdom exiting from the European Union, dubbed “Brexit,” continues, but the British people are split along party lines over a more forceful “hard Brexit” or a more gradual “soft Brexit.”
Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser says that the country will further support Ukraine in the light of the ongoing conflict in Donbass.
Japan’s local governments and tourism industry are currently preparing for the coming Chinese “Golden Week,” a 7-day-long vacation that starts on Oct. 1, in a bid to attract more tourists from the world’s second largest economy.
Although he had been interested in North Korea for years, Chinese photographer Shi Xiaoguang's first visit to the nation only took place recently.
In a new poll conducted by Politico-Morning Consult the majority of Americans disapproved of US President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
According to Survival International, a London-based organization that advocates for indigenous rights, at least ten members of an uncontacted tribe in Brazil’s Amazon Basin were supposedly killed last month by illegal gold miners along the River Jandiatuba in western Brazil.
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