Новости за 06.05.2024

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - A newly drafted Russian UN Security Council resolution on outer space calls on states to hold discussions from the outset to find a reliable and truthful legally binding multilateral agreement, the text says, as seen by Sputnik.

China has no illusions about Emmanuel Macron, whose strings are pulled by Washington, Angelo Giuliano, a Hong Kong-based political and financial analyst, told Sputnik as Chinese President Xi Jinping met his French counterpart in Paris.

TUNIS (Sputnik) - The chairman of the political office of Palestinian movement Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has informed Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Abbas Kamel, the chief of Egypt’s intelligence, of acceptance of a proposal to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Hamas said on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - French President Emmanuel Macron assured his Chinese counterpart on Monday that his country was not at war with Russia or its people after Xi Jinping urged Paris to avert a new cold war.

The EU’s decision to shoot its economy in both feet by introducing its “toughest ever” sanctions against Russia has brought the bloc’s economic growth to a standstill, with manufacturers leaving Europe in droves for better conditions (and lower energy bills) abroad. But the restrictions have other, less well reported on knock-on effects, too.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Columbia University announced on Monday its decision to cancel a university-wide commencement ceremony and instead organize school-level events due lingering security concerns following a wave of student protests against the war in Gaza, according to a notice on its website.

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - The West's claims about its alleged interest in cooperation on peaceful use of outer space sound like hypocrisy and double standards, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said on Monday.

Technicians have made the male mosquitoes sterile through a radiation process, hoping to drop the population size of the blood-thirsty insects.

Surveys show many believe Americans will take up arms against each other in the coming years as political polarization in the country remains at an all-time high.