Vladimir Putin Signs New Doctrine Lowering Threshold For Using Nuclear Weapons
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles. The new doctrine allows for a potential nuclear...
45 Pro-Democracy Activists Sentenced To Prison In Hong Kong’s Biggest National Security Case
HONG KONG (AP) — Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. They were prosecuted under the 2020 national security law for...
Israeli Strike In Beirut Kills Hezbollah’s Spokesman, While Strike In Gaza Kills At Least 30
BEIRUT (AP) — A rare Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group’s chief spokesman on Sunday, while an Israeli strike in northern Gaza ’s Beit Lahiya killed at least 30 people, a hospital director there told The Associated Press. Mohammed Afif al-Naboulsi...
Neptune in Aries
The astrology of the second half of the 2020s heralds accelerated change and technological innovations that will reshape reality in ways that will make the recent past seem like a distant memory. Part of the reason is that Pluto, Neptune and Uranus will all change...
Israel Strikes In The Heart Of Lebanon’s Capital Near Parliament And Embassies
Israeli airstrikes targeted a neighborhood in the heart of Lebanon’s capital late Monday evening, slamming into an area near the Parliament, several embassies and the U.N. headquarters, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least five people were killed and...
India’s Capital Chokes As Air Pollution Levels Hit 50 Times The Safe Limit
NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in India’s capital shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city on Monday after air pollution shot up to its worst level this season. Residents of New Delhi woke up to thick, toxic smog enveloping the...
Pope Calls For Investigation Into Whether Israel’s Attacks In Gaza Constitute ‘Genocide’
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of the pontiff’s jubilee year. It’s the first time that Francis has openly urged for...
Biden For The First Time OKs Ukraine’s Use Of U.S.-Supplied Long-Range Missiles In Russia
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war, according to a U.S. official and three people...
Russia Launches One Of Its Fiercest Missile And Drone Attacks At Ukraine’s Infrastructure
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest in recent months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians. The attack came as fears are mounting about Moscow’s intentions to devastate Ukraine’s power...
Xi Tells Biden That China Is Ready To Work With Incoming Trump Administration
LIMA, Peru (AP) — In their final meeting, China’s leader Xi Jinping told U.S. President Joe Biden that his nation was “ready to work with a new administration,” as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take over. The two leaders gathered Saturday on the sidelines of...
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