Year: 2022

Republican control of the House means Kiev can longer expect a ‘blank check’, the outlet has reported

US support for Ukraine will likely undergo increased scrutiny after the Republican Party (GOP) takes control of the House in January, the Financial Times predicts. The party has a number of skeptics who do not want to give Kiev a “blank check.”
Last Friday, the newspaper highlighted US conservative dissent amid a groundswell of support for Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky received during his visit to Washington.

(CBrief) – Several busloads of migrants were dropped off again in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ vice presidential residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve, leading the White House to lash out at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for sending them.
In recent months, Abbott and other red state governors have been sending thousands of migrants north to “sanctuary” cities like Chicago, New York City, Martha’s Vineyard, and Washington, D.C., as a means of drawing attention to the chaos along the U.S.

Dmitry Chernyshenko says Russia is working hard on removing the current barriers to the participation of its athletes
Major international sporting events such as the Olympics cannot be considered “complete” without the participation of Russian athletes, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko has said.
Russian and Belarusian sportspeople remain banned from a wide range of global tournaments because of the conflict in Ukraine.

American officials essentially suggested the elimination of Russia’s leadership, the foreign minister has said
Reported comments by US officials about the possibility of a “decapitating strike” against Russia strongly suggest that Washington does not rule out the assassination of President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with TASS news agency published on Tuesday.

The parasite has killed a man who recently came back from Thailand, the health authorities say
The first ever case of Naegleria fowleri, often referred to as a ‘brain-eating amoeba’, has been recorded in South Korea, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Monday.
The single-celled organism caused the death of a Korean male in his 50s last week, the agency said.
The victim returned to South Korea on December 10 after spending four months in Thailand. He was hospitalized the next day, but could not be saved, according to the authorities.