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Norway to Donate 5Mln to Purchase Gas for Ukraine Through EBRD

Norway to Donate $195Mln to Purchase Gas for Ukraine Through EBRD

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Norway will give 2 billion kroner ($195 million) for Ukraine to buy gas during winter through the European Bank for Reconstruction...
Boris Johnson Says His Family Roots Trace Back to Moscow Rabbi

Boris Johnson Says His Family Roots Trace Back to Moscow Rabbi

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, speaking in a synagogue, that his family roots "traced back to a...
Pink Floyd Co-Founder Roger Waters Calls for Freeing Julian Assange at Rally in New York

Pink Floyd Co-Founder Roger Waters Calls for Freeing Julian Assange at...

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters attended a rally in front of the British Consulate in New York on Saturday, calling...
Putin Arrives in Minsk to Hold Talks With Belarusian President on Security, Other Issues

Putin Arrives in Minsk to Hold Talks With Belarusian President on...

MINSK (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Minsk on Monday to hold talks with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, and to discuss...
Canadian Armed Forces Numbers' Shrinking as Departures Outpace Recruitment – Commander

Canadian Armed Forces Numbers' Shrinking as Departures Outpace Recruitment – Commander

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The number of Canadian service members fell by 1,200 in 2021 and the crisis might deepen as the number of departures...
Russian Embassy Slams Germany's Decision to Send New Heavy Weapons to Ukraine

Russian Embassy Slams Germany's Decision to Send New Heavy Weapons to...

BERLIN (Sputnik) - The Russian Embassy in Germany has condemned Berlin's decision to send tanks and other military hardware to Ukraine, saying the move...
Los Angeles BLM Co-Founder: US Moving Toward Police State Amid 3 Officer-Involved Deaths

Los Angeles BLM Co-Founder: US Moving Toward Police State Amid 3...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States is moving toward a police state in which law enforcement agencies consume more public resources, Black Lives Matter...
Flags in US Shall Be Flown at Half-Staff Following Monterey Park Shooting: Biden

Flags in US Shall Be Flown at Half-Staff Following Monterey Park...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Joe Biden has ordered that flags in the United States be flown at half-staff until Thursday, in order to...
Hunter Biden Supporters Reportedly Mulling Legal Defense Fund

Hunter Biden Supporters Reportedly Mulling Legal Defense Fund

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Supporters of Hunter Biden are in preliminary talks to create a legal defense fund to help pay the mounting legal fees...
Russia Performed 100 Successful Launches of Space Rockets in a Row For First Time, Roscosmos Says

Russia Performed 100 Successful Launches of Space Rockets in a Row...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-22 cargo spacecraft, bound for the International Space Station (ISS), was launched from the Baikonur...
Thousands Protest Against Judicial Reform Across Israel

Thousands Protest Against Judicial Reform Across Israel

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Nearly 250,000 people have participated in nationwide protests against the Israeli government's controversial judicial reform, The Jerusalem Post reports citing the...
Pentagon: US Advances Possible 9Mln Sale of F-16 Munitions to Taiwan Amid China Tensions

Pentagon: US Advances Possible $619Mln Sale of F-16 Munitions to Taiwan...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US State Department has granted preliminary approval for a $619 million sale of F-16 munitions and related equipment to Taiwan,...