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Image by Dave Sizer Azerbaijan Airlines President Jahangir Askerov announced today at the Dubai Airshow the Central Asian nation will purchase 2 787 Dreamliners from the Boeing company. The Dreamliner is a technologically advance aircraft made from composites and dramatically improves cruise performance and fuel use. The aircraft will be…
Image by David Shankbone New facts have emerged about the final days and hours of the Perm catwalk star as her Chinese modelling agency say her death, far from being due to overwork highlighted by a 13-hour assignment on the day she became ill, was caused by a critical infection…
Image by Ministry of National Defence Republic of Lithuania A study by the Riga-based NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence (StratCom) found that 2 out of 3 tweets about the NATO presence in the Baltic states are produced by robotic accounts, or Bots. Within the Russian Federation itself, this number…
Image by Kremlin.ru U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Vietnam and issued a joint statement on the Syrian conflict. The main points of the press release is that the two leaders agree the conflict does not have a…
Image by Міністерство оборони України Ukraine has recalled its ambassador to Belgrade, Serbia to protest Serbian mercenaries allegedly fighting for pro-Russian rebels in the Donbass region of East Ukraine. In return, Serbia recalled its ambassador to Kyiv for ‘consultations’. Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told reporters on Friday that there had…
55,000 Year Old Siberian Cave Lion Found Intact, Could Be Cloned.
Russia Amends Foreign Agent Law To Target US Media.
Someone Is Hiding A Nuclear Accident, Authorities Believe Russia Or Kazakhstan.