Russia’s top general, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, was shown ordering subordinates to destroy Ukrainian missile sites in a video released on Monday, his first appearance in public since a failed June 24 mercenary mutiny. The footage indicates that President Vladimir Putin has kept his two most powerful …
Read More »German government wants ex-minister to foot $267 million bill for a failed highway toll plan
The German government is considering whether it can make former Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer foot at least part of the quarter-billion euro compensation it has to pay a private company over a failed plan to introduce highway tolls. Scheuer, who was in office from 2018 until 2021, had insisted on …
Read More »British carrier Virgin Atlantic shuts operations in Pakistan
Virgin Atlantic has ended its operations in Pakistan with the last flight of the British carrier taking off from Islamabad to London’s Heathrow Airport on Sunday. A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said that the final flight left from Islamabad International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport at 8 am …
Read More »It’s not only rock ‘n’ roll: The Rolling Stones honoured with Royal Mail stamps
As the globally celebrated band The Rolling Stones turns 60, the British Royal Mail brought out 12 artistic stamps in the honour of one of the most iconic rock and roll bands of all time. “Few bands in the history of rock have managed to carve out a career as …
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