Republicans Threaten to Oppose Treasury Picks Over Nord Stream 2 / Senator Pat Toomey and 11 other Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee are threatening to block two Treasury nominees unless the Biden administration reverses its stance on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany and imposes new sanctions on the project, Bloomberg reports.
Biden warns of Putin's efforts to interfere in the 2022 US midterm elections / On Tuesday, July 27, during the daily intelligence briefing President Joe Biden warned that Russia is attempting to use disinformation to interfere in the 2022 U.S.
The Crimean Platform: U.S. Secretary of Transportation will represent the United States at the summit / U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will represent the United States at the Crimean Platform summit set to take place on August 23 in Kyiv.
Zelensky made an important decision on the leadership of the Foreign Intelligence Service / President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced the newly appointed head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Oleksandr Lytvynenko.
The Russian Federation Files an Inter-state Complaint against Ukraine with the European Court of Human Rights / On 22 July 2021, the Russian Federation filed an inter-state complaint against Ukraine with the European Court of Human Rights under Article 33 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation reports.
The WHO made an alarming statement regarding the third wave of Covid-19 / The Delta Covid-19 strain has spread to more than 111 countries now, which means that the world is in the early stages of the third wave of the pandemic.
Ukraine received the first attack drone Bayraktar TB2 from Turkey / Ukraine’s navy has acquired the unmanned aerial system Bayraktar TB2, the first out of six purchased from Turkey, effectively joining the club of militaries operating attack drones.
Zelensky's conversation with Merkel lasted 4 hours / The meeting of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with German Chancellor Angela Merkel lasted 4 hours.
In Moldova, Pro-EU party wins parliamentary elections / Moldova’s main pro-European party has won a resounding victory in parliamentary polls, results showed, strengthening the hand of President Maia Sandu, Aljazeera reports.
Highly contagious: WHO made an alarming forecast for Delta's COVID rate / Delta, the new strain of coronavirus, ishighly contagious and is becoming the dominant strain of the disease worldwide, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist said Friday.
