Kyiv and Berlin slam Putin’s plan to station nuclear weapons in Belarus

Kyiv and Berlin slam Putin’s plan to station nuclear weapons in Belarus

[ad_1] Officials in Kyiv and Berlin condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Moscow would station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. The Kremlin “took Belarus as a nuclear hostage,” Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, tweeted on Sunday. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, added…

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Putin says Russia to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

Putin says Russia to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Moscow would station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Russian state media reported. Russia will “complete construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus on July 1,” Putin said, according to a report by Ria Novosti. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has agreed to the deployment,…

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What the hell is wrong with TikTok? 

What the hell is wrong with TikTok? 

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Western governments are ticked off with TikTok. The Chinese-owned app loved by teenagers around the world is facing allegations of facilitating espionage, failing to protect personal data, and even of corrupting young minds. Governments in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand…

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Twitter’s plan to charge researchers for data access puts it in EU crosshairs

Twitter’s plan to charge researchers for data access puts it in EU crosshairs

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Elon Musk pledged Twitter would abide by Europe’s new content rules — but Yevgeniy Golovchenko is not so convinced. The Ukrainian academic, an assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen, relies on the social network’s data to track Russian disinformation, including propaganda linked…

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Fighter jets coming ASAP, Poland tells Ukraine

Fighter jets coming ASAP, Poland tells Ukraine

[ad_1] Poland will deliver four Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine “in the next few days,” President Andrzej Duda said Thursday. Poland is the first country to formally commit to sending combat planes to Ukraine, which Kyiv says it urgently needs to repel the Russian invasion, which has become a brutal war of attrition in…

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China warns AUKUS: You’ve gone down a ‘dangerous road’ with nuclear subs deal

China warns AUKUS: You’ve gone down a ‘dangerous road’ with nuclear subs deal

[ad_1] The United Kingdom, the United States and Australia have “gone further down a wrong and dangerous road” with their nuclear submarines agreement, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said Tuesday. The agreement “completely ignored the concerns of the international community,” Wang Wenbin said at a press briefing, according to CNN. The deal will…

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Zelenskyy digs in against calls to quit Bakhmut

Zelenskyy digs in against calls to quit Bakhmut

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Doubts are growing about the wisdom of holding the shattered frontline city of Bakhmut against relentless Russian assaults, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is digging in and insists his top commanders are united in keeping up an attritional defense that has dragged on…

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China’s Xi to visit Putin in Russia next week

China’s Xi to visit Putin in Russia next week

[ad_1] Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a three-day visit to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week, Beijing and Moscow announced Friday, with “strategic cooperation” on the agenda. “On March 20-22, 2023, at the invitation of Vladimir Putin, president of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia,”…

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