Новости за 08.05.2024

The Yemeni militia’s campaign of missile and drone attacks targeting merchant vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas has brought many countries' shipping through the strategic chokepoint to a standstill, with shipbroker Clarksons calculating in April that commercial tonnage in the Gulf of Aden area had dropped by 69 percent since December.

Roscosmos chief Yuri Borisov revealed to Sputnik on Wednesday that work is underway on a Russian-Chinese lunar NPP expected to be delivered to the Moon in the 2030s. Sputnik asked Dr. Natan Eismont, a leading researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Space Research Institute, about the prospects for Russian-Chinese cooperation in this field.

US media reported Monday that Washington had decided to hold off on the delivery of thousands of JDAM dumb-to-smart bomb kits and small diameter bombs to Israel, ostensibly amid displeasure over the IDF’s operations in Rafah, Gaza. Sputnik asked a pair of respected regional politics experts what it all means.

The parade commemorating the 79th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 fought by the USSR against Nazi Germany and its allies – a part of World War II – will take part on May 9 on the Red Square.

On May 8, Moscow hosts a special Supreme Eurasian Economic Council within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) that seeks to expand comprehensive economic cooperation among the five member states.

Amid backlash from its choice to toe the US-driven anti-Russia line and comply with Western sanctions policies, the German economy shrank by 0.2% last year, displaying the weakest performance among large Eurozone economies.

International biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is recalling its vaccines from sale worldwide saying the decision was made for commercial reasons, the Telegraph newspaper reported.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Biden administration's report on whether Israel violated US law and international humanitarian law during its military operations in the Gaza Strip has been delayed indefinitely, Politico reported on Tuesday.

A group of Republican lawmakers released an open letter threatening officials of the International Criminal Court and their families with reprisal if the body issues arrest warrants against Israeli officials, referencing a US statute commonly referred to as “The Hague Invasion Act.”

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The “limited” Israeli military operation in Rafah has not crossed President Joe Biden's “red line” and therefore has not yet led to any changes in the US administration's policy towards its closest ally in the Middle East, Axios reported, citing two American officials.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The prosecutor’s office of Berlin has closed investigation against an inspector of the German air force, Ingo Gerhartz, related to the leaked conversation between high-ranking German military officials about a potential attack on Russia's Crimean Bridge, Business Insider reported.

The Russian president’s leadership has paved the way for a multipolar world as the country is able to withstand Western aggression on multiple fronts.

Europe’s economy has faltered amid the West’s obsession with undermining Russia, but leaders seem intent on ignoring public opinion in order to continue ramping up tensions.

Hamas claimed on Monday to accept an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but Israel said the deal did not meet their demands and decided to move forward with their assault on Rafah.

TUNIS (Sputnik) - Hamas's delegation has returned to Cairo to continue discussing ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and to reach an agreement that will allow to end the ongoing conflict, the Palestinian movement said on Tuesday.