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Russia’s warning that Ukraine was readying to use a “dirty bomb” fits Moscow’s track record of deception, when it “accuses others for what they intend to do themselves,” NATO’s chief told AFP in an interview on Tuesday. “Russia continues to accuse falsely Ukraine for preparing and making a dirty ...

The United States said Tuesday that Russia has informed it of routine nuclear exercises, reducing the risk of miscalculation amid mounting fears Moscow may go nuclear in the Ukraine war. The State Department said that Russia complied with agreements to inform the United States of tests of intercontinental ballistic ...

Rexit: VW and Kia look likely to be the latest car-makers to withdraw from Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.

A cargo ship attached to the station performed a five-minute engine burn on Monday night (Oct. 24) to get the ISS out of harm's way.

Liftoff is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. ET.

The threat posed by authoritarian regimes is a “wake-up call for democrats worldwide”, Taiwan’s leader said Tuesday, as she opened a meeting of global activists that included fugitive Hong Kong dissident Nathan Law. About 200 political and civic leaders from 70 countries, including Iran, Russia and Ukraine, were attending ...

Saturday's (Oct. 22) liftoff carried three Gonets-M communications spacecraft and a satellite-internet demonstrator.

The Progress 80 freighter left the space station Sunday evening (Oct. 23) and burned up in our atmosphere shortly thereafter.

Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Sunday held rare calls with NATO counterparts in which they discussed Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry said. “The situation in Ukraine, which has a steady tendency towards further, uncontrolled escalation, was discussed,” by Shoigu and French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu, the ministry said. ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday dismissed claims Kyiv was preparing to us a “dirty bomb”, as suggested by Russia’s defence minister during telephone calls with NATO counterparts. “If Russia calls and says that Ukraine is allegedly preparing something, it means one thing: Russia has already prepared all this,” ...

Teenager starring in Germany Expected to grace 2022 World Cup Big-money bids being speculated on WHAT HAPPENED? Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Real Madrid are all said to be monitoring the 19-year-old’s development in Germany, with big-money bids being readied for future transfer windows. Dortmund, though, have no intention ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned Saturday that Russia using nuclear weapons would be seen as an “act of hostility against humanity”, describing President Vladimir Putin’s sabre rattling as “deeply disturbing”. “Russia’s act of threatening the use of nuclear weapons is a serious threat to the peace and security ...

Russia’s defence minister held rare telephone talks with his US counterpart Friday, after pro-Kremlin officials said they were turning Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson into a “fortress” as Kyiv’s forces advance. Few details emerged of the conversation between Russia’s Sergei Shoigu and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, but both ...

It's unclear what the spacecraft will be doing in orbit.

Iranian personnel have been on the ground in Russian-occupied Crimea helping Moscow’s forces conduct attacks on Ukraine with Iran-made drones, the White House said Thursday. “We assess that Iranian military personnel were on the ground in Crimea and assisted Russia in these operations,” White House national security spokesman John ...

Iran’s top diplomat denied Thursday that Tehran planned to send missiles to Russia for use in the Ukraine war, an allegation made in several media reports. The denial comes as the Czech republic, which holds the European Union’s rotating presidency, announced that the bloc had agreed sanctions against three ...

On October 14, Maksim Timchenko, the CEO of DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private power generator, updated Economichna Pravda on the status of Ukraine’s electrical grid in the face of Russian strikes against the country’s power installations. He also talked about what the company’s future plans are for implementing renewables, despite ...

The launches include the Euclid space telescope and the Hera probe.

As Ukrainian soldiers regain ground in Ukraine, they are capturing military vehicles and weapons abandoned by fleeing Russians, turning some against the invading army, analysts say. Russia and its neighbour mostly use similar Soviet-era equipment, so Ukrainians often do not need major training to use any left behind. Russia ...

Congrats Russian Hill, You’re Getting Your Very Own Bi-Rite The first Bi-Rite Market opened in 1940 on 18th Street in the Mission, long before the neighborhood became the hotbed of restaurants and bars it is now. In the decades since, the market has become an insanely popular mini-chain known ...

US F-16 warplanes intercepted two Russian bombers in international airspace near the state of Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Tuesday. The Tu-95 bombers were intercepted the previous day after “entering and operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone,” NORAD said in a statement. The ...

The Russian military said Tuesday that the situation for its troops on the ground in Ukraine was “tense” in the face of a Ukrainian counter-offensive, after several major setbacks in the east and south. “The situation in the area of the special military operation can be described as tense. ...

Russia will likely need two to four years to rebuild its military to the strength before the Ukraine war, Estonia’s defense minister said Tuesday, urging continued pressure to keep Moscow in check. On a visit to Washington, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur predicted a long war and urged the West ...

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev just landed from a six-month International Space Station stay last month.

Ukraine announced Monday it had swapped more than 100 prisoners with Russia in what it said was the first all-female exchange with Moscow after nearly eight months of war. “Another large-scale exchange of prisoners of war was carried out today … we freed 108 women from captivity. It was ...

Russia on Monday stepped up attacks across Ukraine, cutting electricity in towns and killing eight people, including in kamikaze drone strikes in the capital Kyiv, as a Russian warplane crashed near the Ukraine border. The Russian military plane crashed into a residential area of Yeysk, a town in southwestern ...

The use by Russia of Iranian drones in its war against Ukraine makes clear the weaknesses of its domestic industry and Tehran’s growing claim on the market for unmanned aircraft, experts say. Washington believes Iran has delivered hundreds of drones, which Ukrainian officials say are now being used in ...

NATO on Monday launched its regular nuclear deterrence drills in western Europe, after tensions soared with Russia over President Vladimir Putin’s veiled threats in the face of setbacks in Ukraine. The 30-nation alliance has stressed that the “routine, recurring training activity” — which runs until October 30 — was ...

NISSAN’s Executive Committee has approved the sale of its Russian operations to state-owned NAMI – the Central Research and Development Automobile and Engine Institute – for one Euro ($A1.60). The move, a result of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and zero activity since March, will see the transfer of all Nissan Manufacturing ...