The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has uncovered a new information and psychological special operation (IPSO) conducted by Russian intelligence services, aimed at destabilizing the situation in the Zakarpattia region (Transcarpathia) and increasing tensions between Ukraine and Hungary.
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A controversial CAF ruling overturned Senegal’s victory and gave Morocco the AFCON trophy, prompting outrage and setting up a likely appeal to international sport arbitration.
Morocco unexpectedly claimed the Africa Cup of Nations title after…
One sticking point has been the subsequent addition by Washington of hundreds of items that contain steel — from cranes to furniture — to a list of products subject to a 50 percent U.S. tariff. That, in the view of the Europeans, violates the spirit of the Turnberry accord.
In their…
Beijing’s three-day robotics exhibition is drawing crowds with its focus on embodied intelligence, uniting industrial and service robots across a 35,000 sq m site with over 600 exhibitors.
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Experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have begun meetings with Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv to discuss macroeconomic policy and key structural reforms.
IMF Resident Representative for Ukraine Priscilla Toffano said this in a statement seen by…
A seven-metre inflatable condom appeared outside the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday (17 March), part of a campaign by global health NGO DSW (to draw attention to the limited contraceptive choices available to men.
The eye-catching installation, accompanied by a tongue-in-cheek…
Behind the scenes, government officials and industry lobbyists warn countries could rush to meet those targets all at once if the rules aren’t loosened, driving up demand and allowing traders to exploit soaring prices.
That’s the dynamic that caused traders to bid up gas prices to over…
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