The secretary-general did not directly endorse the ceding of Ukrainian territory, but he did bring up the example of Finland, which gave up Karelia to the Soviet Union as part of a peace deal during the Second World War. Stoltenberg’s statement comes amid growing sentiment that Ukraine may ...
Powerful as they were, these lords controlled too much territory to manage on their own. They would name vassals, lower-ranking nobles who were granted some property and whatever income it generated (usually through rents paid by commoners or profits from farming). In return, the vassal would...
According to a source, the shock invasion of Kursk has several goals, including the creation of a buffer zone inside Russia to provide greater protection for communities living in areas like Sumy, which has been under bombardment for the past two and a h
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It was more difficult to get that kind of accuracy in the '60s and '70s -- spy planes such as the U-2 had to fly directly over enemy territory, exposing the pilot to the risk of being shot down, and the spying nation to the risk of international embarrassment. ...
“de-Nazifying” Kyiv. Though Russia now controls 17 per cent of Ukraine’s internationally recognised territory, it has abandoned half of the land it seized in the war’s early weeks — including a humiliating retreat from Kherson, the only provincial capital under its control, just weeks ...
Experiments that control the amount and duration of artificial gravity help researchers determine how much gravity affects the direction of root growth. Luckily, the moon and Mars both have some level of gravity, which will aid in sustaining plant life on these celestial bodies. The results of ...
Trump asks UK Prime Minister if they can take on Russia by themselves 01:42 Sen. Schiff reacts to Trump saying US won't make Ukraine security guarantees 'beyond very much' 02:08 Travel influencers tell CNN’s Will Ripley what they saw inside North Korea ...
Harris praised her interlocutor, Bret Baier, as a “serious journalist,” a contrast from Trump saying Fox News was “owned” by her spokesperson Ian Sams. And she took a step to defuse last week’s self-own that her presidency would not be much different that Joe B...
The combination of these two events pushed prices briefly into negative territory.11 In response, OPEC and its OPEC+ collaborators (chiefly Saudi Arabia and Russia) reached an agreement to cut production by about 10 million barrels per day (B/D) for two months with a gradual return of the...