US to receive gold medals after Russia’s Kamila Valieva disqualification
Members of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team learned late Monday that they would win gold after Russian skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for doping. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee was informed that the IOC would award the gold medal to the United States in the team event, […]
US laughs off reports of Putin eyeing Alaska as Russia’s ‘former real estate’: ‘Not getting it back’
The U.S. State Department on Monday dismissed reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to consider the return of land it considers former Russian “real estate,” including Alaska. “Let me understand that he signed a document today saying the sale of Alaska is illegal. Well, I say on behalf of all of […]
Russia’s winter onslaught tests Ukraine’s firepower
Russia is resuming its winter strategy of pummeling Ukraine into submission with missiles and drones, but with resources depleted and further Western aid up in the air, Kiev is hoping to find its way this year. find themselves in a much more difficult position. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Russia launched around 500 missiles […]