Russian President Vladimir Putin has braved ice-cold temperatures for an Epiphany Dip in a pool outside of Moscow, according to a video and photos posted by the Kremlin press pool on Tuesday.
Biden administration sanctions senior Russian officials over Navalny poisoning and imprisonment
16 Views0 Comments0 Likes
The Biden administration has slapped sanctions on seven Russian officials in response to the poisoning and imprisonment of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. It was among a series of steps the new administration ann...
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail in historic ruling
17 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Paris A French court on Monday sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy to three years in prison for corruption and influence peddling, but suspended two years of the sentence. President from 2007 to 2012, he was ...
NHL star taking leave of absence after Russian media report left him ‘shaken and concerned’
18 Views0 Comments0 Likes
New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin is taking a leave of absence from the NHL team, the Rangers announced Monday. The Russian star is "shaken and concerned" following "unfounded allegations" made against him, a...
Biden to mark upcoming 500,000 US Covid-19 deaths with candle lighting ceremony
14 Views0 Comments0 Likes
With the US approaching 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, plans are underway for President Joe Biden to mark the moment this week. The President is planning to deliver remarks and hold a candle lighting ceremony at the White...
How Biden fared in his (virtual) global debut as US President
23 Views0 Comments0 Likes
London Without setting foot outside the White House, US President Joe Biden arrived on the world stage Friday, not once but twice. Biden joined virtual meetings in London and Munich, almost inconceivable before the p...
How Russian vaccine Sputnik V spread through Latin America
13 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Russia is becoming a major provider of Covid-19 vaccines to Latin America, a move that could have long-standing consequences in shaping the post-pandemic world and further dent US prestige in the region. While Mosco...
Hundreds of people were secretly vaccinated in Peru before official rollout, says President
12 Views0 Comments0 Likes
More than 480 people, including several ministers and a former president, were quietly vaccinated against Covid-19 in Peru even before the country's official vaccination campaign began, says President Francisco Saga...
Carlos Menem, former President of Argentina, dies at 90
21 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Buenos Aires Former Argentine President Carlos Menem died on Sunday, his daughter, Zulema Menem, has confirmed to CNN. He was 90 years old. Menem took office in July 1989 and promoted laws to reform the government an...
North Carolina man charged with threatening to kill President Biden
20 Views0 Comments0 Likes
A North Carolina man has been charged with making threats to kill President Joe Biden, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed in court Thursday. David Kyle Reeves, 27, of Gastonia, North Carolina, was ar...
Harvard Law Review elects its first Muslim president
9 Views0 Comments0 Likes
The Harvard Law Review has elected Hassaan Shahawy, a Los Angeles born and bred Egyptian American, as the first Muslim president in its 134-year history. Jennifer Heath, the program administrator and information sys...
Ecuador votes for president as voters lean toward socialism
14 Views0 Comments0 Likes
QuitoEcuadoreans choose a new president on Sunday, with many voters weary of painful economic austerity measures and eager for a return to socialism, encouraging left-wing candidate Andres Arauz who hopes to win with...
Seattle Mariners president steps down after comments surface in which he disparaged baseball players
i898
20 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Seattle Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather resigned from the Major League Baseball club after disparaging comments he made earlier this month were made public over the weekend, according to an announcement Mond...