In response to the current war in Ukraine initiated by Russia, the Olympics have been put in a predicament as many Ukrainian athletes are prevented from participating because of the attack on their country. Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from some international sporting competitions after the International Olympic
Per the U.S. State Department’s notice on Monday, the United States ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, and the Russian government have a confirmed meeting; the purpose of this meeting is to urge the Kremlin and Moscow to allow “Consular access to all U.S. citizens detained in Russia, as stated in
Amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict, United States president Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned Chinese officials against supporting Russia’s Ukrainian invasion, despite Russia denying reports that it requested Chinese military equipment. Sullivan and senior Chinese Foreign Policy Adviser Yang Jiechi convened in Rome, due to the Biden administration’s
Russia’s 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva entered the 2022 Beijing Olympics after dominating in the European Championships, but tested positive for Trimetazidine, a banned heart medication. This prompted the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to suspended Valieva the next day. The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) officially allowed Valieva’s continued
The currency of Russia, the Russian rouble, recovered to a three-week high against the dollar thanks to robust oil prices. Nevertheless, these gains were limited by recent tensions over Russian involvement in Ukraine. The Bank of Russia is thought to be raising its key interest rate from 8.5% in its
Kurdish-led forces raided a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in northeastern Syria and forced at least 300 militants to surrender. The Islamic State seized this prison in an attempt to free thousands of fellow jihadists and is using hundreds of imprisoned boys as human shields. Around 180 inmates and
Ukraine is currently at the forefront of separating Europe from the military conflict with Russia. Berlin has been accused of not doing enough to calm tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and that it is compromised by its gas pipeline project with Russia. Russia has massed troops near its border with
Coming into effect January 1st, California’s new law will allow Indigenous populations to exercise their right to “good fire,” controlled burns designed to take care of the land. These low-intensity fires are proven to prevent catastrophic, widespread infernos, which have decimatedogenic climatic changes on the West Coast. The dry and overgrown buildup of
