Taiwan to Allocate $3.5Bln for Infrastructure Projects in APEC States - Official
The head of Taiwan's delegation to the APEC summit has told Sputnik about the country's investment plans and relations with Moscow.
The head of Taiwan's delegation to the APEC summit has told Sputnik about the country's investment plans and relations with Moscow.
Prince Charles’ should be accountable to public scrutiny following claims that he publicly campaigned to amend global climate change agreements after buying into a Bermuda-registered environmental firm, British media reported, citing the former head of the Committee on Public Life.
US President Donald Trump’s obsession to share his thoughts with the world via Twitter will be put to the test as he arrives for his first visit to China where the social media platform is blocked.
The outcome of the 1917 October Revolution in Russia defies any easy categorization, but the course of history cannot be rolled back and the outcome of WWII could have been radically different had it not been for the Bolshevik revolution that happened a century ago, Czech political scientist Oskar Krejci has told Sputnik.
Five million Swedes, or half of the Nordic country's population, love Facebook. Their love, however, remains largely unrequited by the social media giant, which is doing its utmost to pay as little taxes in Sweden as possible, despite having received millions in state support.
The Iranian leader has commented on the Yemeni Houthis' attack targeting Saudi Arabia, as well as Tehran's relations with Riyadh.
In the wake of the recent shooting in a Texas church that killed dozens of people, a new wave of debates on gun control has ignited across the United States. Dr. Laura Dugan, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland has told Sputnik about mass shootings in the US, their reasons and preventive measures.
Russia has never supported a total embargo of North Korea, the Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryablov has said, commenting on Trump's call on the world to abandon support for Kim Jong Un’s regime.
US Defense Secretary James Mattis has visited Scandinavia, where he has taken part in tripartite talks with his Nordic counterparts, which are expected to have far-reaching consequences for both Sweden and Finland.
Frequent raids by the Delhi Women Commission have confirmed that the brothels in Dehli’s GB road largely constitute trafficked women, most of whom are minors. The minors are kept in narrow underground cage-like structures whenever raids are anticipated.
According to a WADA report following an investigation by its Independent Commission led by Richard McLaren on the alleged use of doping by Russian athletes, accused Moscow of the existence of a state system to conceal anti-doping regulations' violations. Russia has repeatedly denied the claims.
The Russian Investigative Committee has denied McLaren's claims that positive doping samples of Russian athletes during the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi were substituted for negative ones, as well as the existence of some state doping program in Russia.
The Russian Investigative Committee has denied McLaren's claims that positive doping samples of Russian athletes during the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi were substituted for negative ones, as well as the existence of some state doping program in Russia.
Britain will have to stick to new EU laws during and even after the transition period, but will not be allowed to have a say in the process of drawing up these regulations, British media reported.
Several hundred people came to La Vernia high school stadium to pray and grieve together despite the windy and chilly weather.
Several hundred people came to La Vernia high school stadium to pray and grieve together despite the windy and chilly weather.
In a speech before the South Korean National Assembly, US President Donald Trump has called on North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions, saying further nuclear provocations will put the country in danger. He, however, avoided threatening the North with "fire and fury," suggesting that the diplomatic option is viable to resolve the crisis.
The United Nations-Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons joint investigative mechanism's (JIM) head has spoken with Sputnik about the investigation into the chemical weapons use in Syria.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Vietnam’s Da Nang, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday.
The Swedish government plans to start talks with the United States on buying the US missile defense system Patriot in the coming years, local media reported on Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Lim Jock Seng have signed an agreement on the exemption of visa regime for holders of ordinary passports, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
A lot of question marks surround the question of how life began on Earth. New and exciting research reveals a chemical called diamidophosphate (DAP) might be the answer to how on primeval Earth, things suddenly became living, according to a study published in the Nature Chemistry journal by chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI).
A 34-year-old man from Pennsylvania has been charged with murder and criminal homicide for murdering and mutilating his 19-year-old friend after she refused his marriage proposal.
The UN has released their report on the sarin gas attack that took place in Khan Shaykhun, Syria, in April 2017. The report has named the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad responsible for the strike.
The resident of Sutherland Springs Mike Gonzales told Sputnik that the local community was determined to organize additional events to honor the victims of Sunday’s deadly mass shooting and grieve with the families of the victims.