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Turkey in talks with Russia to open Syrian airspace for a possible operation
Turkey has carried out several incursions into northern Syria against the YPG and has been threatening a new incursion for months. It stepped up preparations last month after a deadly bomb attack in Istanbul it blamed on Kurdish militants.Turkey launched air strikes against YPG targets in November and President Tayyip Erdogan signalled a possible ground
Joe Biden compared to Satan following his war speech on Christmas
US president Joe Biden has landed himself in hot water and Satan comparisons from Republicans and Conservatives following his Christmas address all because he failed to call Jesus by name. For most people, this slight omission wouldn’t be an issue but for those on the right of the political equation in the United States this
Russia will destroy 100 US patriot missiles
In another extract from the interview, the Russian president said he is ready to negotiate but Kyiv and its Western backers have refused to engage in talks. In October, the leadership of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is not aligned with the Russian church and one of two branches of Orthodox Christianity in the
Russia running out of weapons
Western officials have been talking up Russia’s ammo crunch for months. In September they said that Russia had turned to North Korea for replenishment. In November Lloyd Austin, America’s defence secretary, spoke of “significant shortages”. At a briefing on December 12th a senior American defence official said that, at current rates of use, Russia could
polar bear population declines
The mammals – the largest living land carnivorous animals – pass along the western Hudson Bay coast in Manitoba province every autumn as they return to the sea ice. They are the most studied specimen in the world, and their migration attracts millions of dollars’ worth of tourism to the Manitoban town of Churchill, dubbed
Grounded flights over technical issue
On Monday night passengers took to Twitter to report waiting at John F Kennedy International Airport for more than three hours. Others said they had been sitting on planes parked on runways for hours, before being moved back to the airport. British Airways has apologised after flights due to depart from the US were grounded
Match against “Hinduism” in India
Hindu nationalism has surged under Modi and his party, which have been criticized over rising hate speech and violence against Muslims in recent years. Opponents say Modi’s silence emboldens right-wing groups and threatens national unity, but his party has denied this. Members of India’s main opposition Congress party and thousands of supporters walked into the
million new cases in single day in China
China began dismantling its strict Covid controls this month, becoming the last major country to do so. But the loosening of measures has seen a dramatic rise in cases as citizens leave factories and apartment blocks and travel for the first time in months. The nation of 1.4 billion people officially reported fewer than 4,000
Canada threatens North Korea
Previously, the U.S. had accused North Korea of equipping the Wagner Group with military equipment to bolster the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The government in Pyongyang denies this. Canada threatens North Korea, which is accused of selling weapons to the Russian mercenary group Wagner. Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly informed that for this reason they are
power outages in US and Canada
Power outages have also been reported in Canada, affecting 260,000 people in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The US National Weather Service said that over 200 million people -or roughly 60% of the US population are under some form of winter weather advisory. More than one million people are without power in several states