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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev speaks on the phone shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-08 space capsule, 4 October 2018
Russia replaces cosmonaut after alleged security breach at SpaceX facility
LOS ANGELES — Moscow has replaced a cosmonaut assigned to an upcoming SpaceX mission after he allegedly took photos of restricted materials at the company's training facility in California, according to Russian media.Oleg Artemyev was pulled from the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station following allegations he violated US regulations by photographing SpaceX engines and other sensitive documentation, investigative outlet The Insider reported.Georgy Trishkin, a space industry analyst, told The Insider that sources confirmed an interagency investigation had been launched into the incident.The alleged violations took place during training at SpaceX's facility in Hawthorne, where Artemyev reportedly used his mobile phone to photograph sensitive materials and attempted...
December 04, 2025

Russia replaces cosmonaut after alleged security breach at SpaceX facility

Ursula von der Leyen
Von der Leyen pushes ahead with reparations loan for Ukraine as Belgium holds firm
Ursula von der Leyen has offered sweeping guarantees for Belgium to agree to an unprecedented reparations loan for Ukraine. Belgian authorities say risks could be fatal. EU leaders will gather on 18 December to make a final decision. If no deal is found, the EU will resort to joint debt.BRUSSELS — The European Commission will provide Belgium with sweeping guarantees to unblock a controversial reparations loan for Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen has said, forging ahead with the plan despite risks deemed "disastrous" by Belgian authorities.The guarantees, outlined in legal texts presented on Wednesday, consist of bilateral contributions by member states, a backstop by the EU budget, legal safeguards against retaliation and a new prohibition on transferring sovereign assets back to Russia.It...
December 04, 2025

Von der Leyen pushes ahead with reparations loan for Ukraine as Belgium holds firm

Gold coins are offered for sale at a shop in Istanbul
Turkish clerk flees to UK after stealing millions in gold and silver from courthouse
ANKARA — A court employee fled to the United Kingdom with approximately 25 kilograms of gold and 50 kilograms of silver stolen from an Istanbul courthouse evidence safe, Turkish authorities announced on Wednesday.Erdal T, who worked at the Büyükçekmece Courthouse's evidence office, disappeared after failing to return from leave. Prosecutors discovered the theft on 1 December when the safe was opened and found empty.Investigations revealed Erdal T fled Turkey on 19 November with his wife Esma T and children, boarding a flight from Sabiha Gökçen Airport to London at 8:22 am local time.Before leaving Turkey, Erdal T sent a message to friends via WhatsApp saying "I sold the goods, may God grant prosperity to your markets," according to authorities.The missing items belonged to...
December 03, 2025

Turkish clerk flees to UK after stealing millions in gold and silver from courthouse

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a pre-ministerial media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, 2 December, 2025
Rutte dismisses concerns about US commitment to NATO ahead of Ukraine meeting
BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concerns about the United States' commitment to the military organization on Tuesday on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers focused on Russia's war against Ukraine.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend Wednesday's meeting, which will take place during high-stakes negotiations in Moscow and elsewhere in Europe on Ukraine's future.Rubio's rare absence at the US-led alliance comes after President Donald Trump's 28-point proposal to end the almost four-year war dismayed European allies and Canada last month.Speaking to reporters ahead of the meeting, Rutte underlined that Rubio has a busy schedule."He's working extremely hard to take care not only of the situation of...
December 03, 2025

Rutte dismisses concerns about US commitment to NATO ahead of Ukraine meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin
If Europe wants to start a war we are ready now, Russia's Putin says
MOSCOW — If Europe wants to wage war, then Moscow is “ready now," Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.Speaking at an investment forum in Moscow, Putin blamed the Europeans for not having a “peaceful agenda" and said Europe is “on the side of war”, referring to Western support of Ukraine.“If Europe decides to go to war with Russia and actually starts a war, a situation could very quickly come where Moscow simply has no one to negotiate with,” the Russian president added.European governments "live under illusions" of imposing a strategic defeat on Russia, according to Putin.Putin also said that the European demands regarding putting an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are “not acceptable” to Moscow.Putin reiterated the Kremlin’s position...
December 03, 2025

If Europe wants to start a war we are ready now, Russia's Putin says

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, meet with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin.
Russia-US talks on Ukraine peace deal end without breakthrough, Putin aide says
MOSCOW — Five hours of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and top United States negotiators did not yield a breakthrough on a possible Ukraine peace deal, a Kremlin aide said early Wednesday.US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner sat down for the high-level talks with Putin in the Kremlin Tuesday, culminating a week of intensive diplomacy as the Trump administration continues its push to end the Russian war in Ukraine.The talks in the Russian capital were “very useful, constructive, and highly substantive,” but a “compromise option was not found,” Russian foreign policy adviser and Putin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters after the meeting.“Some of the American proposals look more or less acceptable, though they need to...
December 03, 2025

Russia-US talks on Ukraine peace deal end without breakthrough, Putin aide says

Federica Mogherini
Former EU foreign policy chief detained in anti-fraud probe
BRUSSELS — Federica Mogherini, the former High Representative of the European Union, has been detained during police raids as part of an anti-fraud investigation that has sent shockwaves across Brussels.Mogherini was among three suspects taken for questioning on Tuesday morning after Belgian authorities searched the offices of the European External Action Service (EEAS), the College of Europe in the city of Bruges and a series of private homes.As High Representative, Mogherini helmed the EEAS and led the bloc's foreign policy between 2014 and 2019. She has been the rector of the College of Europe, a prestigious university that receives EU funding, since September 2020.The second detainee is Stefano Sannino, a well-known senior EU official who served as EEAS secretary general from...
December 03, 2025

Former EU foreign policy chief detained in anti-fraud probe

Police clash with protesters during a rally against austerity measures in next year's draft budget, in Sofia, Monday, Dec 1, 2025
Bulgaria's government fully withdraws controversial budget plan after latest protests
SOFIA — Bulgaria's government announced on Tuesday that it is withdrawing its controversial budget plan after nationwide protests drew tens of thousands of people — the largest demonstrations the country has seen in decades.An estimated 50,000 people took part in a rally in Sofia on Monday night, with organisers saying that another 50,000 joined demonstrations in other major cities.Protesters opposed the budget proposal, which sought to steeply increase taxes and social security contributions, and said it would mainly affect ordinary workers.It comes as Bulgaria enters its final preparatory stages ahead of entering the Eurozone in 2026. The country is set to transition from the lev to the euro on 1 January.The protest was organised by the country' main opposition coalition,...
December 03, 2025

Bulgaria's government fully withdraws controversial budget plan after latest protests

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will likely not receive any compensation for his early eviction from the Royal Lodge estate, the Crown Estate has said on Tuesday
Andrew denied six-figure compensation payout for leaving Royal Lodge, crown estate says
LONDON — Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly a prince and the Duke of York, will be denied a six-figure compensation payout for his early eviction from a 30-room mansion on the Windsor estate due to its state of repair, the crown estate has said.In a briefing to the UK’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which examines the value for money of government projects and services, the Crown Estate said an initial assessment of the Royal Lodge showed “in all likelihood that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will not be owed any compensation for early surrender of the lease … once dilapidations are taken into account.”The Crown Estate added that while it does not believe “any compensation will necessarily be due,” Andrew would be set to receive a six-figure sum of £488,342.21...
December 03, 2025

Andrew denied six-figure compensation payout for leaving Royal Lodge, crown estate says

A statue of liberty is silhouetted as it sits on top of the Old Bailey in London
UK plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog
LONDON — The right to trial by jury will be pared back in the United Kingdom in an attempt to clear a backlog of cases clogging up the justice system, the government announced on Tuesday.Justice Secretary David Lammy said overload and delays had created "an emergency in our courts" that risks collapsing trust in British justice.The UK's court system has struggled to clear a backlog of cases built up since the COVID-19 pandemic.The government says there are almost 80,000 cases waiting to be heard in criminal courts in England and Wales, more than double the pre-pandemic figure, with some cases taking several years to reach trial.Under the changes, crimes with a likely sentence of three years or less will be tried before a judge alone, up from the current two years. Judges will also...
December 03, 2025

UK plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog

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