Новости за 14.02.2024

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that it is good that the interview with US journalist Tucker Carlson made the West listen to what Russia has to say.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States sanctioned three individuals and four entities for alleged involvement in an Iranian procurement network tied to the country’s central bank, the US Treasury Department said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - NASA expects that Russia's space agency Roscosmos will continue cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS) through 2030, Space Operations Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Kenneth Bowersox said during a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

It won't be easy for Team Biden to sell the idea that the US economy is swiftly returning back on track judging from the latest Consumer Price Index.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - People in the United States have no reason to panic about a purported threat to national security announced by US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, panel ranking member James Himes said on Wednesday.

Sergei Shoigu visited the military-industrial complex facilities in the Moscow region to personally audit the production of surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles for the needs of the armed forces.

The Russian city of Kazan will host the Games of the Future competition which has attracted more than 277 teams representing 107 countries, the organizing committee of the event reported. The competition will be held from February 21 to March 3.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Israel has not received any new proposals from the Palestinian movement Hamas in Cairo on the issue of the release of hostages, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday that he has requested a meeting with President Joe Biden about border security, but that the White House has rejected his request.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - NATO does not see any immediate military threats to the alliance member states from Russia, but there are "constant threats of hybrid attacks," Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday.

Russia has conducted regular missile drills near the Gulf of Finland as Moscow continues to strengthen its border after Helsinki entered NATO in April, 2023. During the recent drills, the Russian Army used the mobile coastal missile systems Bal and Bastion. What is so specific about these advanced weapons? Check Sputnik to find out.

Many Western countries struggle to shake off their colonial attitudes, directly and tacitly impeding modern anti-colonial efforts.

Earlier this month, US President Joe Biden issued an executive order targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank accused of attacking Palestinians in the occupied region. It imposed financial sanctions and visa bans on four individuals while keeping open the possibility to expand them.

Early Monday morning in Gaza, Israel intensified its bombing campaign in the last remaining haven for Palestinians, Rafah, a small city on the border of Egypt where an estimated 1.4 million Gazans have been displaced.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - North Korea fired several cruise missiles off its east coast toward the Sea of Japan early on Wednesday, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, citing the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

DOHA (Sputnik) - Naval forces of the Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, have prevented the passage through the Gulf of Aden of all ships that have been heading to Israeli ports recently, the movement's leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - At least 10 people have been injured after a vehicle crashed into St. David's North Austin Medical Center ER, police said.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Federal prosecutors revealed evidence from Hunter Biden's cell phone that shows pictures of cocaine and drug paraphernalia, court documents revealed.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US House of Representatives passed a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his alleged failure to secure the United States’ borders from illegal immigration, making him the second sitting Cabinet secretary ever to be impeached.

CHISINAU (Sputnik) - Moldova has saved $553 million by buying gas from Russian gas giant Gazprom between November 2021 and November 2022, Vadim Ceban, the head of Moldovan gas company Moldovagaz, said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A country that possesses nuclear weapons must demonstrate a sense of responsibility and a call of duty in the case of the hospitalization of US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Mikhail Popov said.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to return home from hospital later on Tuesday following medical treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Defense Department deputy spokesperson Sabrina Singh said.

DAMASK (Sputnik) - A US military base sitting on natural oil and gas fields in eastern Syria was shelled three times within one hour, a local Syrian source told Sputnik.