Watch live: White House holds press briefing as Johnson fights to stay Speaker
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is scheduled to brief reporters on Friday as the House of Representatives votes on the speaker. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is struggling to keep the gavel as at least a dozen conservatives remain mum on whether they support him. At least one MP has already publicly expressed opposition […]
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy hopes Trump’s ‘unpredictability’ can end war with Russia | Ukraine
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed his hope: US President-elect Donald Trump's “unpredictability” could help end the war with Russia. President Trump, who will be inaugurated on January 20, has said he would end the nearly three-year-old conflict within “24 hours” when he takes power, a claim that would force him to give up land […]
Ukraine war briefing: New Year’s Day drone strike kills two in Kyiv | Russia
The breakaway Moldova region of Transdniestria cut off heating and hot water to homes on Wednesday after Russia cut off gas supplies. To Central and Eastern Europe via Ukraine. The cut off in gas flow was immediately felt in the territory of about 450,000 people, mostly Russian-speaking, which broke away from Moldova in the early […]
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy vows his country will do everything in 2025 to stop Russia | Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has vowed that his country will use 2025 to fight to end nearly three years of Russian aggression. The Ukrainian leader's speech caps a difficult year for the war-torn country, which has been fending off resource-rich Russian forces for nearly three years. “May 2025 be our year,” President Zelenskiy said in […]
Ukraine war briefing: Russia vows to retaliate after state media reportedly blocked on Telegram in EU | Russia
Russia has vowed to retaliate after the EU's popular social media platform Telegram apparently blocked state media channels. According to media reports, on Sunday in several countries, including France, Belgium, Poland, Greece, the Netherlands and Italy, the channels of Rianovosti news agency, Russia 1, Pervikanal, NTV television, Izvestia newspaper and Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper were turned […]
Ukraine war briefing: ‘Human wave’ of North Korean troops being sent to their deaths, says US | Ukraine
According to the Ukrainian government, North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk region have suffered heavy losses and have no protection from the Russian forces they are fighting alongside.Meanwhile, the United States says Russian and North Korean generals view the soldiers as “disposable.” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Friday that Russian troops are sending North Koreans into […]
Spy bosses ‘silenced’ Defense Department, FBI scientists from briefing Biden on COVID lab leak evidence
Spy chiefs have been found to have “silenced” Pentagon and FBI researchers who uncovered strong evidence that the coronavirus most likely leaked from a Chinese lab. As a result, their findings were excluded from an August 2021 report to President Biden on the origins of the global pandemic. The report concludes that the virus behind […]
Ukraine war briefing: North Korean troops yet to make major impact on fighting, says Ukraine military intelligence | Russia
A ballistic missile struck an apartment complex in Kryvyi Ri, central Ukraine, on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring 15 others.Four of them were serious, officials said. Ukrainian authorities condemned the Christmas Eve attack on the city, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “While the rest of the world is celebrating Christmas, Ukrainians continue to […]
Ukraine war briefing: more than 3,000 North Korean military casualties in Russia’s Kursk, claims Zelenskyy | Russia
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers were killed or wounded in Russia's Kursk region. Ukraine's president warns that North Korea may send more personnel and equipment to Moscow's military, accusing world leaders of doing “almost nothing” to counter Russia's military cooperation with North Korea criticized the person. “There is a risk […]
Ukraine war briefing: Putin meets Slovak PM in rare Moscow visit to secure energy deal | Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Slovakian Prime Minister Roberto Fico at the Kremlin on Sunday, making an unusual visit to Moscow for a European Union leader. As the deadline for the contract allowing Russian gas to pass through Ukraine approaches. Slovakia, which relies on gas transiting through neighboring Ukraine, has stepped up efforts to […]