Month: June 2023

Scots Leader Says Independence to be ‘Front and Center’ at Next Election

The Scottish National Party (SNP) will fight the next general election in the United Kingdom with independence “front and center” of its campaign, First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Saturday.  Addressing a conference of Scotland’s governing party in the city of Dundee, Yousaf vowed he would seek fresh negotiations with the U.K. government about independence if the SNP wins the most Scottish seats in the election expected next year.   “Let me be clear, if the SNP does win this election, then the people will have spoken,” he said. “We will seek negotiations with the U.K. government on how we give …

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Лукашенко каже, що домовився із Пригожиним «про зупинення руху»: лідер «вагнерівців» відреагував

«Ми пройшли, не доходячи 200 кілометрів до Москви, не проливши жодної краплини крові. Зараз настав той момент, коли кров може пролитись. Ми розвертаємо свої колони і йдемо в польові табори згідно плану» …

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UK Police Charge Egyptian Over Mediterranean Migrant Crossings

British police said Saturday they had charged an Egyptian man accused of masterminding the smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to Europe, following an international investigation.  Officers from the U.K.’s National Crime Agency arrested Ahmed Ramadan Mohamad Eibd, 40, near his west London home on Wednesday, after a probe which also involved Italy’s prosecutors, coast guard and financial crimes investigators.  Eibd appeared in a west London magistrates’ court early Saturday, where he was charged with facilitating illegal immigration.  The court ordered he remain in custody until his next appearance at Southwark Crown Court in south London …

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What We Know About Russia’s Wagner Rebellion

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to punish “traitors” from the Wagner mercenary group, after its leader swore he would topple Moscow’s military leadership. Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, released a series of messages from late Friday into Saturday, claiming that he and his mercenary troops had entered the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and taken control of its military sites. Here is what we know so far: What sparked the rebellion? For months, Prigozhin has been locked in a power struggle with the military top brass, blaming them for his troops’ deaths in eastern Ukraine. He has repeatedly accused them of failing …

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Putin: Wagner Group Action is ‘Treason,’ Promises ‘Harsh’ Punishment

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wagner Group mercenaries Saturday that armed mutiny is treason and anyone who takes up arms against Russia would be punished. Putin promised, in an emergency televised address, to take decisive action to stabilize Rostov-on-Don, a southern Russian city where Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said his forces had taken control of all military installations. “It is a blow to Russia, to our people. And our actions to defend the Fatherland against such a threat will be harsh. All those who deliberately stepped on the path of betrayal, who prepared an armed insurrection, who took the path …

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Lean Green Flying Machines Take Wing in Paris, Heralding Transport Revolution

Just a dot on the horizon at first, the bug-like and surprisingly quiet electrically-powered craft buzzes over Paris and its traffic snarls, treating its doubtless awestruck passenger to privileged vistas of the Eiffel Tower and the city’s signature zinc-grey rooftops before landing him or her with a gentle downward hover. And thus, if all goes to plan, could a new page in aviation history be written. After years of dreamy and not always credible talk of skies filled with flying, nonpolluting electric taxis, the aviation industry is preparing to deliver a future that it says is now just around the …

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Wagner Group’s Prigozhin Has Long Ties to Putin

Once a low-profile businessman who benefited from having President Vladimir Putin as a powerful patron, Yevgeny Prigozhin moved into the global spotlight with Russia’s war in Ukraine. As the leader of a mercenary force who depicts himself as fighting many of the Russian military’s toughest battles in Ukraine, the 62-year-old Prigozhin has now moved into his most dangerous role yet: preaching open rebellion against his country’s military leadership. Prigozhin, owner of the Kremlin-allied Wagner Group, has escalated what have been months of scathing criticism of Russia’s conduct of the war by calling Friday for an armed uprising to oust the …

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Prigozhin, His Men Enter Russian City Without Resistance, He Says

The owner of the Wagner private military group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said early Saturday that his forces had crossed from Ukraine into Russia and entered the city of Rostov facing no resistance by border guards. Prigozhin said his men were ready to go “all the way” against the Russian military and would destroy anyone who stood in their way. In an audio recording posted on the Telegram messaging app, the Wagner chief said young conscripts at checkpoints stood back and did not fight, adding that his forces “aren’t fighting against children.” Prigozhin said Friday that Wagner field camps were struck by …

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Пригожин звинуватив відомство Шойгу в ракетних ударах по базах угруповання «ПВК Вагнера»

Міністерство оборони Росії заявило через російські державні інформагенції, що всі повідомлення, що поширюються в соцмережах від імені Пригожина, не відповідають дійсності …

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Top Biden Aide to Denmark for International Talks on Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, is traveling to Denmark this weekend to participate in a meeting about Ukraine, which may include some countries that have refused to condemn the invasion. The talks in Copenhagen are being organized by Ukraine “to discuss basic principles of peace,” a U.S. official said Friday. India, South Africa and Brazil were among the countries invited but it was unclear yet whether they were attending, a source familiar with the matter said. India and South Africa have not condemned the invasion. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in April condemned the …

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