Новости за 18.04.2024

The fossilized remains discovered by a father-daughter duo on England’s coast a few years ago apparently belonged to a giant prehistoric creature that dwelled in Earth’s oceans millions of years ago.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A recent spike in energy prices benefited the US economy but harmed Europe, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States has imposed new Iran-related sanctions on 16 individuals and two entities, targeting the country’s UAV program, steel and automobile industries in response to Tehran’s retaliatory strike on Israel over the weekend, the US Department of the Treasury said on Thursday.

The members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) are meeting to discuss the latest developments in the military hostilities in the Middle East and the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip.

BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) - Argentina wants to become NATO's global partner and has submitted a corresponding request, Defense Minister Luis Alfonso Petri said on Thursday.

In the retaliatory strike against Israel, Iran used only outdated missile weapons, forcing Israel and its Western allies to expend maximum resources with minimum effort on Tehran's part, stated Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force.

For several years, the Iranian leadership has stated that it does not intend to create nuclear weapons, and the development of atomic energy is exclusively for peaceful purposes.

BEIJING (Sputnik) - China hopes that the United States will stop "putting itself above everyone else" and jointly work with other UN member states to fulfill its international obligations, after the US described a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as "non-binding," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday.

President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland remain at loggerheads over the East European country joining the Sky Shield project, with Duda dubbing it a German business initiative.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The House of Lords of the United Kingdom has postponed the passing of the Rwanda Deportation Bill until Monday, UK broadcaster has reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The share of the euro in international payments via SWIFT in March dropped to an all-time low of 21.93%, according to the global payment system's data.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - France's decision to transfer the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier to the NATO command is another evidence of the steady "erosion" of the national sovereignty of France, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not want to reach an agreement in practice and creates obstacles for this, Hamas politburo member Husam Badran told Sputnik on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US corporation Google has fired 28 employees who took part in protests against the tech giant's $1.2 billion project to supply the Israeli government with cloud computing services, US media reported on Thursday, citing a Google spokeswoman and employees.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will give interview to Sputnik and other two radio stations Komsomolskaya Pravda and Govorit Moskva on Friday, April 19, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced.

Additional restrictive measures against Iran will hardly change anything in Tehran's relations with Western countries because the gap between Iran and the West "cannot grow much more than where it is," political analyst Hossein Askari told Sputnik.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US officials were angry that Israel launched an aggressive attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1 without first consulting Washington, the US media reported, citing US and Israeli officials.

The cost for NASA’s project sharply increased and is now estimated to be between $8 billion and $11 billion, with the date of the project also having been pushed off by about a decade.

The US embassy said a “sentence of death will neither be sought nor imposed on Assange” and that they’re able to provide their assurance as he is not charged with an eligible offense, but this did not address the concern that Assange can be tried for a more severe espionage charge which could lead to the death penalty, one report notes.

CHISINAU (Sputnik) - The European F-16 pilot training center at the Romanian military air base in Borcea has 11 F-16 fighter jets at its disposal, the Romanian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The revelation the FBI attempted to pressure Telegram’s founder into creating a “backdoor” portal to the application for police and intelligence agencies has drawn attention to the US government’s role in surveilling online activity.

While the Biden administration has shown intense loyalty to Israel in their fight with Hamas - even at the risk of losing favor among its own political party - the US is now cautioning Israel to not escalate its ongoing conflict with Iran, following a retaliatory attack from the Islamic Republic over the weekend.

The tabloid news outlet delivers a tour de force in war propaganda while admitting the outlook for the Western client state is bleak.