One of the most famous KGB agents in American intelligence has died in the United States
Aldrich Ames, a former high-ranking CIA officer recognized as one of the most destructive spies in US history, died at the age of 85 in a federal prison in Maryland. He was serving a life sentence for spying for the Soviet Union and Russia. Ames, who worked in the CIA’s…
Europe paralyzed by powerful blizzard: chaos on roads, airports, and railways
A powerful Arctic cold front, bringing heavy snowfall and blizzards, virtually paralysed much of Europe in the first days of January. Snow chaos engulfed Western, Central and Eastern Europe, causing massive flight cancellations, train stoppages, traffic jams and even human casualties. According to data from January 6-7, the Netherlands, France,…
Pentagon sharply increases production of missiles for Patriot
The US Department of Defense has announced the signing of a historic seven-year framework agreement with Lockheed Martin that will more than triple production of the most advanced interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense missile system — Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE). According to the Pentagon,…
Belgium to join international peacekeeping mission in Ukraine
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has announced that his country will officially join the multinational peacekeeping mission in Ukraine if a sustainable ceasefire is achieved and a peace agreement is signed with Russia. The statement was made following a meeting of the “coalition of the willing” in Paris on…
Keir Starmer made an unexpected statement about a profound “reset” of Brexit
At the beginning of the new year, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer made a sharp statement that many politicians and media outlets are already calling the most unexpected turn in British politics since Brexit. In an interview with the BBC, the prime minister announced that a special bill was being…