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14.02.202514:29
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz intends to leave politics if he is not re-elected.
Scholz adds the path of former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who held various positions after leaving the head of government, is unacceptable to him.
Scholz adds the path of former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who held various positions after leaving the head of government, is unacceptable to him.
07.02.202511:07
⚡️A plane crash in Sao Paulo has killed at least two people and left one person injured, G1 reports.
07.02.202510:24
Other statements of Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev:
🔹The risks of attacks on ZNPP by the Ukrainian armed forces are growing;
🔹Russia is ready to inform the IAEA and the international community about the development of nuclear energy in the country, including the ZNPP;
🔹It is obvious that as the end of the Ukrainian conflict approaches, the stakes will rise that poses risks to the ZNPP’s security;
🔹Russia will be able to extend the service life of ZNPP’s power units, there are no technical problems;
🔹It is not the best solution to use Russian equipment intended for Bulgarian Belene NPP in Ukraine;
🔹Kiev's plans to buy Russian-made reactors from Bulgaria is a very good advertisement of Russian technologies.
🔹The risks of attacks on ZNPP by the Ukrainian armed forces are growing;
🔹Russia is ready to inform the IAEA and the international community about the development of nuclear energy in the country, including the ZNPP;
🔹It is obvious that as the end of the Ukrainian conflict approaches, the stakes will rise that poses risks to the ZNPP’s security;
🔹Russia will be able to extend the service life of ZNPP’s power units, there are no technical problems;
🔹It is not the best solution to use Russian equipment intended for Bulgarian Belene NPP in Ukraine;
🔹Kiev's plans to buy Russian-made reactors from Bulgaria is a very good advertisement of Russian technologies.
07.02.202509:30
Washington will receive symmetrical response if it attempts to threaten Tehran or attack the security of Iranian people, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says.
07.02.202507:33
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff Andrii Yermak says he has held talks with Trump's special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg in Kiev.
The conversation has been focused on the situation on the frontline and the upcoming meeting on the sidelines of the Munich security conference, Yermak adds.
The conversation has been focused on the situation on the frontline and the upcoming meeting on the sidelines of the Munich security conference, Yermak adds.
07.02.202506:09
Russia's Prosecutor General's Office says it has recognized Norwegian non-governmental organization The Independent Barents Observer AS as an undesirable organization in the country.
A significant part of the published materials has a clearly anti-Russian orientation, and are prepared by Russian citizens who have left the country and are included in the list of foreign agents or in the list of terrorists and extremists, the statement adds.
A significant part of the published materials has a clearly anti-Russian orientation, and are prepared by Russian citizens who have left the country and are included in the list of foreign agents or in the list of terrorists and extremists, the statement adds.
07.02.202511:39
The Hungarian organizations funded by the USAID must be "eliminated" from the country, and sanctions should be imposed on those who receive money from abroad to influence Hungarian politics, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says.
On Thursday, Orban thanked US President Donald Trump for exposing the "hidden conspiracy" and closing down USAID, which funded "all left-wing media in Hungary."
On Thursday, Orban thanked US President Donald Trump for exposing the "hidden conspiracy" and closing down USAID, which funded "all left-wing media in Hungary."
07.02.202511:03
Norway will do everything possible to prevent a trade war between the EU and the US, but if the US imposes duties on European goods, Oslo will “work with the EU to find ways to not end up in between the two trading blocs”, Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg says.
07.02.202510:03
Key statements of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:
🔹Russia remains ready for the negotiations on Ukraine;
🔹There is nothing substantive about US plans for the Ukrainian settlement yet, it is necessary to be patient;
🔹Kremlin will not comment Washington's claims that US President Donald Trump wanted to resolve the Ukrainian conflict before his inauguration;
🔹The Ukrainian conflict should be resolved at a level of negotiations, but there is nothing concrete in this direction yet;
🔹Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech on the AZAL plane crash is not planned amid the reports that Baku allegedly wants to file an international case;
🔹Russia does not recognize the International Criminal Court, the US has its own relationship with it;
🔹Russia regrets the closure of the Russian House in Baku;
🔹The closure of the Russian House in Baku is a misunderstanding, and Kremlin hopes that it can be resolved through dialogue;
🔹Kremlin agrees that the case of France's refusal to issue a visa to a Russian journalist could be considered an example of discrimination.
🔹Russia remains ready for the negotiations on Ukraine;
🔹There is nothing substantive about US plans for the Ukrainian settlement yet, it is necessary to be patient;
🔹Kremlin will not comment Washington's claims that US President Donald Trump wanted to resolve the Ukrainian conflict before his inauguration;
🔹The Ukrainian conflict should be resolved at a level of negotiations, but there is nothing concrete in this direction yet;
🔹Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech on the AZAL plane crash is not planned amid the reports that Baku allegedly wants to file an international case;
🔹Russia does not recognize the International Criminal Court, the US has its own relationship with it;
🔹Russia regrets the closure of the Russian House in Baku;
🔹The closure of the Russian House in Baku is a misunderstanding, and Kremlin hopes that it can be resolved through dialogue;
🔹Kremlin agrees that the case of France's refusal to issue a visa to a Russian journalist could be considered an example of discrimination.
07.02.202508:56
Federal Election Commission Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub says US President Donald Trump has sent her a letter of dismissal, which she considers to be illegal.
07.02.202507:03
The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video showing Russia’s Tsentr (Center) group of forces destroying a Leopard tank of the Ukrainian armed forces with FPV-drones in the Krasnoarmeysk (also known as Pokrovsk) direction.
07.02.202505:52
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says that he would leave BRICS and the World Health Organization (WHO) if he comes back into power in the country.
Bolsonaro also promises to sign a "sound defense agreement" with the US, aimed at fighting terrorism on the border between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, and to allow the creation of Washington's military base in the region.
"If I become president again, I would leave BRICS and the World Health Organization," he tells the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.
Bolsonaro also promises to sign a "sound defense agreement" with the US, aimed at fighting terrorism on the border between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, and to allow the creation of Washington's military base in the region.
07.02.202511:36
Russia's economy has grown by 4.1% in 2024, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says, adding that the Russian GDP has grown by 4.5% year-on-year in December.
07.02.202510:57
⚡️The conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks spreading to the region unless urgent action is taken, UN MONUSCO Сhief Bintou Keita says.
07.02.202510:02
Chinese DeepSeek AI has warned users against fake accounts and misinformation and suggested they use official accounts amid global access ban.
07.02.202508:06
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked US President Donald Trump for imposing sanctions against the International Criminal Court.
The ICC has waged a "ruthless campaign against Israel as a trial run for action against America," and thus Trump's order protects the sovereignty of both countries, Netanyahu adds.
The ICC has waged a "ruthless campaign against Israel as a trial run for action against America," and thus Trump's order protects the sovereignty of both countries, Netanyahu adds.
07.02.202506:54
Several US government employees' unions have filed a lawsuit demanding to reinstate the operations of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Hill news website reports.
The lawsuit, filed by the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) and American Federation of Government Employees, sues US President Donald Trump, State Secretary Marco Rubio, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, as well as their departments and USAID itself, calling on the Trump administration "to immediately cease actions to shut down USAID’s operations."
The lawsuit, filed by the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) and American Federation of Government Employees, sues US President Donald Trump, State Secretary Marco Rubio, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, as well as their departments and USAID itself, calling on the Trump administration "to immediately cease actions to shut down USAID’s operations."
07.02.202505:49
⚡️US President Donald Trump is ready to tighten sanctions against Russia to “bring about an end” to the Ukrainian conflict, Trump's special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg says.
Ukraine and Russia will have to back down to settle the crisis, Kellogg adds.
Ukraine and Russia will have to back down to settle the crisis, Kellogg adds.
07.02.202511:35
❗️Russia’s nominal GDP has reached a record high of 200 trillion rubles (over $2 trillion) in 2024, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says.
07.02.202510:35
The United States has spent $10 million of taxpayer money under ex-President Joe Biden to create transgender mice, rats, and monkeys, Congresswoman Nancy Mace says.
Universities across the country have been carrying out "painful and deadly transgender experiments," Mace adds.
Universities across the country have been carrying out "painful and deadly transgender experiments," Mace adds.
07.02.202509:46
Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi are holding talks in Moscow, focused on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP).
Key statements of Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev:
🔹Rosatom-IAEA talks are focused on the safety of the ZNPP and other Russian nuclear power plants;
🔹The talks with the IAEA delegation have been honest and open.
Key statements of IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi:
🔹The talks with the Rosatom CEO are important, the parties have discussed the situation at ZNPP;
🔹The IAEA and Russia will continue the work to ensure stability in the ZNPP;
🔹The number of attacks on the ZNPP are increasing, and this trend is noted in every IAEA report.
Key statements of Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev:
🔹Rosatom-IAEA talks are focused on the safety of the ZNPP and other Russian nuclear power plants;
🔹The talks with the IAEA delegation have been honest and open.
Key statements of IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi:
🔹The talks with the Rosatom CEO are important, the parties have discussed the situation at ZNPP;
🔹The IAEA and Russia will continue the work to ensure stability in the ZNPP;
🔹The number of attacks on the ZNPP are increasing, and this trend is noted in every IAEA report.
07.02.202508:02
⚡️The White House has ordered the General Services Administration, handling government procurement, to terminate “every single media contract,” Axios reports, citing a government’s email.
07.02.202506:26
The operations of the Congolese Football Federation (FECOFOOT) and the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) have been suspended due to various violations, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) announces.
FECOFOOT was suspended due to the "particularly serious situation of undue interference by third parties in the affairs of the organization," the association says.
The PFF, on the other hand, faced the measure due to its inability to adopt a revision of the PFF statutes "that would ensure truly fair and democratic elections" in order to meet its obligations before FIFA.
FECOFOOT was suspended due to the "particularly serious situation of undue interference by third parties in the affairs of the organization," the association says.
The PFF, on the other hand, faced the measure due to its inability to adopt a revision of the PFF statutes "that would ensure truly fair and democratic elections" in order to meet its obligations before FIFA.
07.02.202505:17
Panama's decision to leave the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is not related to the visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and was made long before it, Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino says.
The country's ambassador to China has already sent the authorities the document about immediate stop of participation, Mulino says, adding that the reason why the previous administration had decided to join the initiative remain unclear to him.
The country's ambassador to China has already sent the authorities the document about immediate stop of participation, Mulino says, adding that the reason why the previous administration had decided to join the initiative remain unclear to him.
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