Новости за 10.05.2024

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Friday it had detected 14 rocket launches from the Gaza Strip at the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva, including at least nine from the city of Rafah.

The EU imposed sanctions on Russia’s state corporation Rosatom, which runs the country’s atomic power stations, soon after the start of the special military operation in February, 2022. And the US Senate passed on April 30 a bill to ban import of Russian uranium (HR 1042), which still awaits to be signed by president Biden into law.

Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping has concluded his European tour. While the Western press accuses him of seeking to drive a wedge within the EU, what were his primary objectives?

The United States may be about to impose new taxes on select sectors of China’s green industry, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The death toll from floods in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 113, while 146 people are still unaccounted for, the region's civil defense authority said on Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) -The State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, approved Mikhail Mishustin as the prime minister during a plenary session on Friday.

The Chinese leader praised the Beijing-Budapest relationship, which he stressed "is at its best in history and has embarked on a golden voyage."

Centrus corporation is due to seek special treatment, arguing it is in the national interests - a move that comes as no surprise, editor-in-chief of the nuclear energy portal AtomInfo.ru Alexander Uvarov told Sputnik.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he hopes that the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, will support Mikhail Mishustin’s candidacy for prime minister.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to present to Congress a "highly critical" report on Israel on Friday, but will refrain from making any accusations of possible international law violations in the Gaza Strip, the Axios news portal reported, citing three US officials familiar with the matter.

Following Vladimir Putin's inauguration on May 7, the Russian government formally resigned — as required by the established constitutional procedure after a new president takes office.

LA PAZ (Sputnik) - The Bolivian government, which has sent 90 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, condemns its blockade by Israel, Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa Lunda said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the Jewish state has enough power to fight alone in the event of a possible cutoff of military aid from the United States.

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has stopped short of confirming May 21 as a date when Madrid will recognize Palestine as an independent state, while saying that a decision to this effect has already been made.

WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) - The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $451 million contract to recapitalize more M270 mobile artillery rocket launchers expanding its force, the Department of Defense announced in a press release.

MINSK, (Sputnik) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko believes that many countries are losing interest in using the dollar and the euro, and not only Belarus and Russia are abandoning them.

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a proposal to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia, to appoint Mikhail Mishustin as Russia's prime minister, State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday.

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - A Boeing 747-8 of German flag air carrier Lufthansa flying from Frankfurt am Main to Chicago on Thursday had to turn around over the Atlantic Ocean due to a strange smell in the flight deck, German daily Bild reported, citing the air carrier.

On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden told media outlets that the US would stop sending heavy bombs to Israel as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved forward with his promise to invade the southern Gazan city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians have taken shelter after Israel designated it as the last safe area in Gaza.

The Me Too movement rose to prominence after accusations of sexual harassment and assault against filmmaker Harvey Weinstein surfaced in the media. The next year, Time’s Up was funded by Hollywood celebrities to provide legal and media support for victims of workplace sexual harassment and assault. It raised at least $24 million by 2020.

WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) — The US specifically paused a weapons shipment to Israel, including eighteen hundred 2000-pound bombs and seventeen hundred 500-pound bombs, Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said.

WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) - The B-2 Stealth Bomber, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-15 Eagle aircraft have been approved to carry and deliver new B-61 nuclear bombs, the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced in a new report.