Earlier in September during Russian Security Council’s permanent meeting, Vladimir Putin proposed to discuss updating the foundations of Russia’s state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence.
Vladimir Putin expressed hope that Western governments heard his warnings against striking deep into Russia.
βThey did not report to me, but, I hope, they heard [my warning],” Putin said in an interview with Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin.
Ukraine cannot independently use long-range weapons; this can only be done by specialists from NATO countries, which is why the issue is not about granting permission to Kiev to use such weapons against Russia, stated Russian President Vladimir Putin.
JUST IN – Putin said Sunday he hoped the West βheardβ his warning about the danger of a direct war with NATO if it allowed Ukraine to use long-range weapons against Russia
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was wrong to attend the BRICS summit in Russia,Β having skipped UkraineβsΒ βpeace conferenceβΒ last summer, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has claimed.
Guterres, the Baltic state’s top diplomat has claimed, has lost his credibility and should consider resigning.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte also condemned Guterres’ trip, where he met with the leaders of China, Russia, India and others, as βpatheticβ and βincomprehensible.β
Guterres traveled to the three-day event in Kazan, where high-level delegations from 36 nations were in attendance. His office emphasized that the meeting represented nearly half of the worldβs population and was thus βof great importanceβ for the organizationβs work.
Scientists hope the new vaccine from Moderna could stop people developing the vomiting and diarrhoea bug, which often spreads in care homes and isΒ linked to around 12,000 hospital admissionsΒ in Britain every year.
The jab will enter final stages of testing within the next two weeks.
Intradermal Mycobacterium vaccae and obuense (IMM-101) Oral Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) UK could be first country to offer norovirus jab against βwinter vomiting bugβ New vaccine could stop people developing the highly infectious illness after early trial results found it creates a βstrong immune responseβ
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Single dose vaccine at the first visit – a jab given in the upper arm.
The Nova 301 trial serves as a model for future collaborations between the public and private sectors in advancing medical research.
Should the norovirus jab prove successful, (Read well,Should) the company expects to submit a marketing application to regulators in 2026, with the review process expected to take up to a year. Further trials would also be carried out in teenagers and younger children.
Multiple explosions have been heard in Tehran as the IDF launched a multi-wave air raid
West Jerusalem has launched a retaliatory wave of airstrikes against Tehran. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has claimed that it is only military targeting installations with its βprecise strikes.β
The attack comes after Iranβs October 1 strike on the Jewish state, when it fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel in response to the killing of the Hamas and Hezbollah leaders as well as an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general.
The IDF insisted following the strike that the majority of the projectiles had been intercepted. Tehran, however, has claimed that it was able to hit several Israeli military targets.
Following the October 1 attack, Israel threatened to deliver a βdeadly, pinpoint accurate, and surprisingβ retaliation, without specifying any time frame. Alleged details of possible Israeli targets were leaked to media last week. Tehran has pledged a βdecisive and regretfulβ response to any Israeli strikes.
Three workers have reportedly been killed at a factory in Shamsabad, south of Tehran, as a result of the Israeli strikes, unverified reports on social media claim.
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Iran has condemned the Israeli attacks against its military sites as a βblatant violation of international law and the UN Charter, particularly the principle prohibiting the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of countries,β according to a statement issued by Tehranβs foreign ministry.
The Islamic Republic has the right to defend itself βagainst acts of external aggression,β it added.
Switzerland has condemned what it described as a βdangerous escalation of violence in the Middle East,β including the Israeli strikes against Iranian targets on Saturday.
Paris has urged the parties βto refrain from any escalation and action likely to aggravate the context of extreme tension prevailing in the region,β according to a statement issued by the French foreign ministry.
Russiaβs Foreign Ministry said it fears an βexplosive escalationβ after Israelβs strikes on Iran.
Iran is in high-stakes retaliation.
Iranβs Foreign Ministry, in a statement, condemned Israel’s strikes as violation of international law, stressing that the country reserves the right to exercise self-defense against external aggression.
Mossad Intelligence Division head, Former Brigadier General (Res.) Amnon Sofrin: Iran has the ability to carry out a very powerful operation against “Israel”.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged Iran to refrain from an βescalatoryβ reaction following the Israeli strikes against targets in the Islamic Republic early on Saturday.
Wildfires broke out in the Hula Valley of northern Israel after rockets fell in open areas, the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority said.
Hezbollah said it fired five rocket barrages into Safed and Haifa in northern Israel on Saturday.
Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli strikes on Iran.
The European Union has warned both Iran and Israel against βuncontrollable escalationβ following the IDF airstrikes.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is βdeeply alarmed by the continued escalation in the Middle East,β his spokesperson has said in a statement following the Israeli attack against Iran.
Israel struck Iran in a swift operation called βDays of Repentance.β This was retaliation for a missile barrage that rattled the region on October 1. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had promised repercussions for Iranβs aggression. The airstrikes,β¦ https://t.co/c2mYhtPNFP
A Missouri attorney general claims the tech giant has been βwaging war on the democratic processβ using its search service
Google is to be investigated for allegedly manipulating its search engine to undermine the democratic process in America, the Attorney General of the state of Missouri, Andrew Bailey, declared on Thursday.
In a post on X, the Republican politician accused the company of βcensoring conservative speech during the most consequential election in our nationβs historyβ and, in doing so, of βwaging war on the democratic process.β
In an additional statement to Fox News, Bailey said he suspected that Google is deemphasizing information in its search results about Donald Trumpβs presidential campaign.
Conservative figures in the US have accused Big Tech of censoring their speech for years. Former President Trump mused earlier this month that he would push for a prosecution of Google if elected for a second term in office, for allegedly favoring the Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Iran is readying for a war with Israel while at the same seeking to avoid one, The New York Times reported.
This comes as Tehran waits for Tel Avivβs response to its October 1 ballistic missile attack on Israel. βIran has ordered the armed forces to be prepared for war but also to try to avoid it,β The Times wrote. The Timesβ report said Iranβs Supreme Leader has ordered Iranβs armed forces to formulate numerous plans for responding to the expected Israeli retaliation. The report, citing Iranian officials, said Tehran will attack if there is significant damage or casualties.
The officials told The Times that Iran will respond if Israel targets its oil sites, nuclear facilities, or senior officials. The potential Iranian response could include an attack with up to 1,000 ballistic missiles or the disruption of energy supplies in the region. However, if Israel limits its attack to a few military targets, Iran might well do nothing, The Timesβ report added. βIn the event of an Israeli attack, the shape of our response will be proportionate and calculated,β Iranβs foreign minister said on October 23.
Moves by major U.S. fast-food chains to temporarily scrub fresh onions off their menus on Thursday, after the vegetable was named as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald’s(MCD.N), opens new tab, laid bare the recurring nightmare for restaurants: Produce is a bigger problem for restaurants to keep free of contamination than beef.
Onions are likely the culprit in the McDonald’s E. coli outbreak across the Midwest and some Western states that has sickened 49 people and killed one, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said late on Wednesday. The company pulled the Quarter Pounder off its menu at one-fifth of its 14,000 U.S. restaurants.
Mining has been halted by the Rwandan government as health teams work to contain the spread of the Marburg virus
Rwanda has pinpointed the source of an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, linking it to mining activity in a cave inhabited by fruit bats.
During a briefing on Thursday, Rwandan Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana confirmed that the initial case of the virus, known as the βindex caseβ, likely emerged from a mining site, emphasizing the importance of minimizing human interaction with bats.
The outbreak, which began less than a month ago, has resulted in 64 confirmed cases and 15 deaths, according to aΒ report by the Rwandan Health Ministry published on X (formerly Twitter).Β Β
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