Новости за 01.04.2024

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia strongly condemns Israeli airstrike targeting the Iranian consulate general building in Damascus, and considers attacks on diplomatic facilities unacceptable, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

Prominent European weapon manufacturer MBDA has recently announced that manufacturing of its Taurus cruise missiles has been put on hold due to an allegedly slow rate of weapon procurement orders issued by Germany.

Russian forces executed an attack last week that may open a new chapter in ground-based drone warfare.

US broadcaster CBS has claimed there is reason to believe that American officials struck by the so-called Havana Syndrome were "attacked" by Russia, despite five US intelligence agencies debunking the theory last year. What's behind this new round of hysteria?

During the 2024 Atomexpo International Forum (the 13th edition), Nikita Gusakov, senior vice president of the Russian Export Center (part of VEB.RF), reported that the lithium market has experienced an annual growth rate of nearly 30%. He noted that more than 85% of the demand for lithium comes from manufacturers of batteries for electric cars.

The booming Russian drone industry has produced an array of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for a variety of both civil and military purposes. Recently, a new advanced drone has been introduced.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States is covering those responsible for the Crocus concert venue terrorist attack, and the office of US President Joe Biden is intensifying work to create a distorted picture of what happened, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Monday.

The Jewish state has yet to verify its allegations that UNRWA – the largest aid organization in Gaza which has been supporting Palestinians since 1950 – was purportedly involved in the October 7, 2023 Hamas incursion.

BEIJING (Sputnik) - The Chinese People's Liberation Army will hold live-fire exercises on the border with Myanmar on April 2-3, the administration of the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of China's southwestern Yunnan Province said on Monday.

Last week, the Chicago Department of Transportation denied requests for protest permits outside of Union Center, where the Democratic National Convention is set to be held in August. In 1968, the city of Chicago did the same thing to anti-war protesters, with disastrous results.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Germany is not ready to counter cyber security threats at the moment, the chief of the country's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Claudia Plattner, said on Sunday.

ISTANBUL (Sputnik) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a telephone conversation with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, during which the parties discussed possible new steps of the contact group on the settlement of the Gaza conflict, a Turkish diplomatic source told Sputnik.

TUNIS (Sputnik) - Members of the new Palestinian cabinet were sworn in on Sunday by President Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority-run WAFA news agency reported.

ISTANBUL (Sputnik) - Turkiye's opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is ahead of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in municipal elections for the first time in 20 years after 50% of the ballots have been processed, according to the voting data published by Turkish broadcaster TRT Haber.

In 2023, Oakland, California was the site of 14,554 motor vehicle thefts, an all-time high for the city. With increases in burglaries and robberies as well, violent and property crimes are higher in Oakland than they have been since the early 1990s.