by Jim Heath | Jun 9, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Joe Biden
President Biden had tough talk for Vladimir Putin when he addressed US troops stationed in the United Kingdom tonight. Speaking at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk he said: ‘I’m meeting with Mr. Putin to let him know what I want him to know,’ drawing cheers...
by Jim Heath | Jun 7, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Opposition candidates have been detained. Protests have been banned. And political parties have been disqualified. Just months before seeking re-election, Nicaragua’s president, Daniel Ortega, has brought his country a step away from becoming a one-party state,...
by Jim Heath | Jun 7, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Russia is up to its usual dirty tricks, this time using ‘black PR’ to sow doubt about the coronavirus vaccine. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that a fake agency called Fazze — which has been in contact with social media influencers to spread...
by Jim Heath | Jun 4, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin
Less than two weeks from a first face-to-face with President Biden in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin today criticized the U.S. prosecution of rioters who took part in the January attack on the Capitol. The comments are likely to add to the pessimism in both...
by Jim Heath | May 10, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The FBI has confirmed that the Russian criminal gang known as DarkSide are responsible for the attack that shut down America’s largest fuel pipeline four days ago and sent gas prices surging – as experts fear the attack could turn a ‘cyber disaster...
by Jim Heath | May 7, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
China released a greater volume of greenhouse gases into Earth’s atmosphere in 2019 than all of the world’s developed nations put together, a study has found. The eastern superpower has tripled its emission levels since the 1990s, crossing the 14 gigatons...
