The European Commission intends to raise 15 billion euros from Russia’s frozen assets to be used as financial aid for Ukraine, but the plan must be supported by all EU member states, according to the Financial Times. According to the newspaper’s source…
Jack Smith ‘extracted data’ from Trump’s phone and plans to use it during trial: report
In former President Donald Trump’s March 4, 2024 Washington, D.C. election interference trial, U.S. Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith plans to use the MAGA hopeful’s phone data as evidence according to a Monday filing, Axios reports. Acc…
UN Security Council delegation to visit Rafah crossing
A delegation representing member states of the United Nations Security Council has arrived in the Egyptian city of Al-Arish and will head to the Rafah crossing, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The delegation will be informed about the aid deli…
Litany of all the lies’: Trump’s ex-lawyer on why former president ducked testifying
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb is convinced reason finally won out over Donald Trump’s ego Monday. Cobb appeared on CNN Monday night to discuss the former president’s decision not to take the stand in his $250 million civil fraud trial. “He was no…
SpaceX postpones planned launch of US military’s secretive X-37B spaceplane
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -A planned Monday night launch of the U.S. military’s secretive X-37B robot spaceplane on its seventh mission to orbit, and its first flight atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, was postpo…
How is the Great Wall of China still standing? A ‘living skin’ is helping, study says
Snaking hundreds of miles across mountains and plains, the Great Wall of China is an iconic and unparalleled historic site. Construction on the vast network of walls, fortresses and other fortifications began in the seventh century B.C. and continued u…
Bureaucracy on the beach – The latest from dpa features
In Germany, a simple transaction such as replacing your ID card can take weeks if not months, as the country’s public offices are notoriously backlogged and services have barely been digitalized. When performance artist Albrecht Fersch set up a small o…
Bulgaria postpones collection of transit fees for Russian gas
Bulgaria has postponed the collection of transit fees for Russian natural gas on Monday so it would not jeopardize its desired Schengen accession due to possible objections from Hungary. The fees, which were introduced in October, were to be paid by th…
Israel promises second pre-Rafah inspection station for Gaza aid
Israel announced Monday evening that it will be using a second crossing on its border with Egypt for the pre-inspection of relief supplies intended to reach civilians in the Gaza Strip. All aid will still have to enter the Gaza Strip via the bottleneck…
IMF authorizes further $900 million cash injection for Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday made another cash injection available to Ukraine. The IMF executive board completed a second review of its loan program for Ukraine, allowing Kiev access to about $900 million, the fund said. The money is…