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Al Arabiya
2 days ago
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Russia says it will retaliate after Germany's decision on Russian journalist
Russia will take retaliatory measures against German journalists in the country, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday, following Germany's refusal to extend the residency permit for a journalist from Russian state media.
BreakingNews.ie
4 days ago
- General
- BreakingNews.ie
Ukraine and Russia agree to swap bodies of 6,000 soldiers killed in war
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to swap the bodies of 6,000 soldiers killed in action. The agreement emerged on Monday at the latest peace talks in Turkey, where the two sides met for just over an hour, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian state media said. Advertisement The talks delivered no major breakthrough in wider peace efforts.
The Guardian
26-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Macron says video of wife pushing him in face does not show them quarrelling
Emmanuel Macron has denied he and his wife, Brigitte, had an altercation after a viral video promoted by Russian state media and French far-right accounts appeared to show her pushing him in the face as they prepared to get off a plane in Vietnam. The video, shot by an Associated Press camera operator, shows the French president appearing in the doorway of the plane at the start of a visit to Hanoi. His wife's hand appears to shove him, causing him to step back before recovering and waving. Brigitte's body is not visible and there is no way of knowing whether the gesture was playful, as Macron told reporters afterwards, or part of an argument between the couple – as the spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry suggested. Maria Zakharova said on Telegram the president had received 'a right hook' from his wife. 'Did the first lady decide to cheer up her husband with a gentle pat on the cheek and miscalculated her strength?' she asked in a mocking post. 'Did she want to fix his collar but ended up reaching the beloved face?' Zakharova added, after the Russia Today TV channel and associated social media accounts had repeatedly aired the clip. 'Here's a hint: maybe it was the 'hand of the Kremlin'.' Macron told reporters in Hanoi that he and his wife were 'joking around, as we do quite often'. An Élysée Palace official told French media the scene showed 'a moment of closeness. But that was enough to feed the conspiracy theorists.' Another Elysée source said the couple were 'decompressing one last time before the start of the visit, larking around'. Macron 'loves playing jokes like on his wife before official occasions, and she always responds like this … It wasn't even a slap.' Macron noted that other videos of him had been misinterpreted. People have though 'I shared a bag of cocaine, tussled with the Turkish president, now that I'm having a domestic dispute with my wife … None of this is true. Everyone needs to calm down.' Zakharova and the US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones this month wrongly accused Macron, the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, of using drugs on a train to Kyiv, claiming a crumpled tissue was a bag of cocaine. Macron told reporters in Hanoi the internet accounts making the claims were 'familiar', allying Russians with French extremists, adding that commentators had explained this morning that 'my diplomacy was that of a battered husband'. France and Vietnam on Monday signed deals on Airbus planes, defence and other pacts worth €9bn (£7.55bn) as Macron and his wife embarked on the first formal visit by a French presidential couple to the country's former colony in nearly a decade. The deals with Vietnam come amid trade turmoil sparked by US president Donald Trump's tariffs and cover the purchase of 20 Airbus planes, cooperation on nuclear energy, defence, rail and maritime transport, satellites and vaccines.
Bloomberg
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Kremlin Vows to Defend Its Ships in the Baltic by All Legal Ways
Russia will defend its vessels in the Baltic Sea by all legal means, the Kremlin said, days after briefly deploying a fighter jet as Estonian officials tried to halt a so-called shadow fleet tanker in their economic zone. 'A fairly wide range of means is available; of course, within the framework of international law,' presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday, according to Russian media reports. 'As recent events related to an attempted pirate attack on one of the tankers have shown, Russia has demonstrated it is capable of responding quite harshly.'
Cedar News
30-01-2025
- Sport
- Cedar News
Russian Figure Skating Champions, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were onboard PSA Airlines Flight 5342, when it crashed into the Potomac River
Join our Telegram Russian Media is now reporting that Russian Figure Skating Champions, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were onboard PSA Airlines Flight 5342, when it crashed earlier tonight into the Potomac River, following a Mid-Air Collision with a Helicopter, while approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington D.C.
