Cold War

Russia is in talks with a Chinese drone maker to supply it with self-explosive drones that could be deployed in Ukraine, German magazine Der Spiegel reported Friday. The magazine said it has seen information indicating that Russia’s military is negotiating with Chinese drone manufacturer Xi’an Bingo Intelligent Aviation Technology to…

Ukraine isn’t a cold war. CBDCs aren’t gold. Let’s take a look at reality. Right now, and we mean right now, central banks are looking for a way to wash 40+ years of bad money out of the system, and push a new kind of money on the masses. The…

A former Peoples Democratic Party’s Deputy National Chairman, Olabode George, and the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, on Monday, united ahead of the general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that there has been a cold war between George, the PDP…

Former President Jimmy Carter, who has entered hospice care at age 98 at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford in 1976. The introspective former peanut farmer pledged a new era of honesty and…

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, said on Friday that NATO should contribute positively to world peace and stability, instead of merely being a troublemaker. "We urge NATO to draw lessons from history, abandon the obsolete Cold War mentality and bloc…

On Friday, United States secretary of state Antony Blinken said he was canceling a high-profile diplomatic visit to Beijing following the discovery of a large, high-altitude Chinese balloon that has been drifting over the US this week. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday that…

Wind chill values near minus 40 will continue this morning. Temperatures will moderate through the day bringing an end to the extreme cold spell, Environment Canada says WEATHER ALERT ENVIRONMENT CANADA ************************* Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: Agawa - Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie - St. Joseph Island…

A media preview was held on Thursday to view the Snowflake Kingdom Thursday at 250 rue Laurier in Gatineau. Artist Francis Aube, from Quebec City, works on a snow sculpture at Jacques-Cartier Park in Gatineau. Preparations are under way prior to opening day of Winterlude, which begins this weekend. Photo…

The World Trade Organization no longer serves U.S. foreign policy interests. The U.S. and its allies established the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to limit tariffs and quantitative restrictions and to promote trade in goods. Re-christened the WTO in 1995, agreements were added to cover trade in services and discipline domestic…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg received a warm reception upon his arrival Sunday in South Korea, the first leg of a two-nation tour that also included fellow U.S. ally Japan. But a far colder reaction came from China and North Korea, two nations whose officials emphasized on Monday that a growing…