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  • Obama proposes further US Russian nuclear arms cut

    US President Barack Obama, currently on an official visit to Berlin, Wednesday proposed plans for America and Russia to further cut their strategic nuclear warheads. During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Obama renewed his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, and said the US would ultimately strive toward eliminating nuclear weapons, Xinhua reported. "After a ...

  • More Russian Oil Flows to China in Shift From Europe

    MOSCOW Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil exports from the world's largest crude producer in a strategic shift meant by the Kremlin to end reliance on weak and saturated European markets. Russia will increase oil supplies to China by 13 percent in July-September from the previous three months, a shipping schedule obtained ...

  • Obamas Nuclear Push Moscow Fears Loss of World Power Status

    A world without nuclear weapons? It's a nearly inconceivable scenario for the Kremlin, even if its arsenal costs Russia billions each year. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, the country has suffered a major drop in influence. Now it's doing all it can to cling to the geopolitical power it has ...

  • Obama Urges US Russia to Cut Nuke Stockpile

    President Barack Obama called on Russia to partner with the United States in its effort to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles. During a speech in Germany Wednesday he said the two nations should embrace the spirit that Berlin displayed when it fought to reunite during the Cold War. "We may no longer live in fear of global annihilation, but so long as nuclear weapons exist, we are ...

  • Incendiary Russian anti-bureaucrat ad campaign produces record wins at world’s most prestigious festival

    Scandal A street campaign exposing the unwillingness of Russian officials to fix city roads has won four awards at the annual Cannes Lions festival. But the woman behind the advert says the idea cost her her job, and potentially, her freedom. Executed by Voskhod advertising agency, Make Politicians Work has become the first Russian campaign to be awarded statuettes in four different ...

Movie Review

Jawbreaker

Ten years after the release of Michael Lehmann's stinging teen satire "Heathers" (1989) comes "Jawbreaker," an inferior retread of the same material that is more outrageous, but less clever, acted with less charisma, and lacking in the former's biting sense of black humor. The events that transpire in "Jawbreaker" squeak out a strained laugh here and there, but overall it smells of something tryin ... ...

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  • N.Korea Reaffirms Offer for Talks

    BEIJING, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - Pyongyang reiterated its commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday and said it was determined to tackle the nuclear issue through negotiations. "[North] Korea is ready for dialogue with all parties concerned, [ready] to participate in negotiations in various formats, including six-way negotiations, and hopes to achieve peaceful ...

  • Russia Showcases Prototype Air Defense System

    The Vityaz system was shown during President Vladimir Putin's visit to a St. Petersburg plant where it is being manufactured by the Almaz-Antei ...

  • NASA Bill Would ‘End Reliance on Russia’ Nix Asteroid Capture Project

    WASHINGTON, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – A draft Republican-backed bill released Wednesday that would authorize NASA programs for the next two years backs a $500 million project to develop crew transportation systems to end US reliance on Russian rockets for getting astronauts into space even as it blocks a less costly project to capture, redirect and explore an asteroid. The draft NASA ...

  • Climate change is the threat of our time President Obama pledges new arms pact with Russia and a greener world

    In a speech at the Brandenburg Gate that instantly invited comparisons with visits to the same spot by some of his predecessors, President Barack Obama sought to make a historic imprint of his own, pledging to forge a new pact with Russia to further cut nuclear arsenals and to step up the fight against global ...

  • Report of Yakunin Sacking a Forgery

    Dmitry Medvedev 's spokeswoman told Interfax. "It contained grammatical errors and was sent from an electronic address forged to resemble an official announcement from the government press ...

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