MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) have congratulated everyone with the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic space flight via a video address released by Russian space agency Roscosmos.
The Middle Eastern country of Israel declared its independence from the British Empire in 1948, and the United Nations granted the state of Israel membership one year later.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has called for talks to create a legally binding international instrument that would ban the deployment of any type of weapons in space, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic space flight.
Former presidential hopeful and current New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang found himself on the wrong end of Twitter when he posted an image of his former dog, admitting he gave the pet up. Read Full Article at RT.com
CNN’s Brian Stelter has drawn mockery online after he took aim at Fox News hosts, pointing out that despite “everyone else” in the media posting vaccine selfies, they have not jumped on the trend. Read Full Article at RT.com
The recently-revived 'Feminist Declaration' from Beijing in 1995 urges governments to repeal the laws that currently make it illegal for adolescents — an age range including pre-teenage children — and those with learning disabilities to consent to sex.
US border officials are dealing with significant illegal migrants influx from Central America as US president Joe Biden has abolished previous administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, suspending the US-Mexico wall construction, halting the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) and accepting migrant children that came unaccompanied.
Earlier on Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department announced that it had taken Liliana Carrillo into custody, the mother of three small children who is suspected to have stabbed them to death.
Gun-control advocate David Hogg has announced that he is stepping back from his planned pillow company, which was meant to directly compete with outspoken Donald Trump supporter Mike Lindell’s business. Read Full Article at RT.com
Ukraine has been making worldwide headlines in the past few weeks, with the government amassing military forces on the border of its breakaway republics in the country's east, and the president boasting that only Kiev's membership in NATO will guarantee the peace in the region.
Earlier in the day, one of Iran's biggest nuclear facilities, Natanz, suffered an "accident" that Tehran has described as "nuclear terrorism". Some in the Israeli media have pointed their finger at Tel Aviv, alleging that a cyberattack carried out by Israel could be the culprit.
The motion picture has secured four BAFTA awards, including those for best director, cinematography and best actress. The director behind the movie, Chloe Zhao, is the second woman to win best director.
The US signed a peace agreement with the Taliban in 2020 which demands the full withdrawal of American troops by 1 May, if militants fulfill their promises as well. However, the head of the new US administration, Joe Biden has already hinted that the Pentagon might miss the legally-binding deadline.
The US has been increasing its military aid in recent years to the island - which Beijing considers to be a part of the People's Republic of China and therefore part of its own territory - despite formally recognising the "one-China" principle since the Seventies.
The White Lives Matter rally has been advertised on social media, with their opponents from the left-wing BLM reportedly getting ready to counter-protest.
CAIRO (Sputnik) - Tourists will have an opportunity to see a 3,000-year-old lost "golden city" that has been recently uncovered by Egyptian archaeologists no earlier than in three years, as only 30 percent of the ancient city has been discovered so far, Fathi Yassin, the director general of west bank antiquities in Luxor, told Sputnik.
Although the SpaceX chief eventually withdrew the edited cartoon, thousands had already shared it by that time. The version of the cartoon featured a reference to Microsoft’s long dead business venture, the Zune music player, which, Elon Musk seems to have been implying, might get a new lease of life some time soon.
The carcasses were found several days after Scott C Waring, a self-proclaimed ufologist, who tirelessly hunts for signs of extraterrestrial life, reported seeing a bizarre object in the skies of Pasadena, California, which had a triangular shape.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation has proposed a plan to restore peace in the country that prescribes the creation of an interim government for a period of up to 3 years, media reported on Sunday, citing a document.
