Новости за 22.03.2024

Friday night’s attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Moscow was prepared ahead of time, and there is only one possible perpetrator, military expert and retired Army colonel Anatoliy Matviychuk has told Sputnik.

Some Western leaders have claimed the Baltic Sea could become a "NATO lake" after Finland and Sweden's admission to the transatlantic alliance. The move creates grave security risks, Mikael Valtersson, former officer of Swedish Armed Forces, told Sputnik.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill on Friday ahead of a partial government shutdown deadline, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration.

The IDF confirmed this week that an enemy cruise missile had slammed down in an open area near the southern Red Sea resort city of Eliat, marking the first time that Israel’s powerful air and missile defenses have been penetrated the Houthis, whose missiles are launched from at least 1,700 km away.

Major technological shifts and the creation of artificial intelligence systems for commercial purposes have already raised major concerns due to the perceived dangers AI could pose to democracy and the labor market.

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Speaking to Sputnik on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the UK media of spreading fake news by alleging that RIA Novosti and Sputnik disseminated false information about the death of King Charles III. This attack is seen as an attempt to discredit media outlets that are deemed undesirable by UK authorities.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia is discussing with Yemen a number of projects in the fuel and energy sector, as well as the supply of industrial equipment for Yemeni thermal power plants, the Russian Energy Ministry said after a meeting between Russian Deputy Energy Minister Sergey Mochalnikov and Yemeni Ambassador Ahmed Salem al-Wahishi.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Friday responded to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to raise EU tariffs on Russian and Belarusian grain, saying that these measures will only aggravate the world food situation.

On Tuesday, four critical care doctors who recently returned from Gaza spoke to the UN. “I saw the most appalling atrocities, and I saw things I never would have expected to have seen in any healthcare setting,” Dr. Nick Maynard said, adding that he saw “mass indiscriminate bombing” and targeting of healthcare workers.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - EU leaders will demand a "sustainable ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip in official statement on the results of the European Council's summit in Brussels, moving forward from just humanitarian pauses called for previously, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday.

On Saturday, the Niger's military leadership told the United States, which has three bases in the country, including one controlled by the CIA, that it is no longer welcome in Niger. On Monday, US officials insisted that they wanted to continue their “partnership” with Niger and confirmed that troops remain in the bases.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Texas and 15 other US states have have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, saying the ban on exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) goes against the Natural Gas Act and Department of Energy policy, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement.