Posts Tagged ‘joining’

Dallas mayor Eric Johnson says he is joining the Republican Party

Dallas mayor Eric Johnson, who has held elected office in Texas as a Democrat for 13 years and the mayor’s office for the past four, announced on Friday he would join the Republican Party. In a Wall Street Journal column explaining the decision, he excoriated local Democrats for “virtue signaling” that “makes for good headlines, […]

A Guide to Joining the Roman Army (Video)

The world of ancient Rome was one of great conquests, military might, and glory. Joining the Roman Army was a privilege and an honor that only the most courageous and qualified men could achieve.  To become a Roman soldier, one had to prove their worthiness by passing a physical test, demonstrating their qualifications, and taking […]

NATO membership: Finland takes step towards joining alliance without waiting for Sweden

The parliament in Helsinki is to debate and vote on joining the alliance without waiting for Sweden, or the approval of Turkey and Hungary. Source

Romania retaliates after Austria vetoes country from joining Schengen Area over migrant crisis

Romania, angered by Austria’s decision last week to single-handedly veto the country’s accession to the border-control-free Schengen Area of the European Union, has recalled its ambassador to Vienna, Emil Hurezeanu. Romania has also called on Romanian nationals to boycott Austrian holiday resorts during the winter ski season. Last Thursday, only one of three Schengen hopefuls, […]

Iran is joining Russian gas supplies through substitution schemes

In their recent speeches, representatives of Russia and Iran have very positively described the intense contacts between the two countries, assessing visits, meetings and negotiations of the officials of both countries as a steady and unwavering will of these states aimed at shaping a “new era” of mutually beneficial strategic cooperation, including in the economic […]

Saudi Arabia expresses interested in joining Russia’s BRICS

Home » Economy, Middle East » Saudi Arabia expresses interested in joining Russia’s BRICS     Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, brought news of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s declaration of his nation’s decision to join the BRICS when he returned from Riyadh earlier this week. This is not entirely unexpected because […]

Occupied areas of Ukraine say yes to joining Russia in referendums branded a sham by the West

The four Moscow-occupied regions of Ukraine have all been undertaking so-called “referendums” on whether to join Russia — a move blasted by Kyiv and the international community as an attempt to seize Ukrainian territory. Source

Moscow-Held Regions Of Ukraine Hold ‘Sham’ Referendums On Joining Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Voting began Friday in Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia, Russian-backed officials there said. The Kremlin-orchestrated referendums, which have been widely denounced by Ukraine and the West as shams without any legal force, are seen as a step toward annexing the territories by Russia. Advertisement The […]

Moscow-Held Regions Of Ukraine Hold ‘Sham’ Referendums On Joining Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Voting began Friday in Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia, Russian-backed officials there said. The Kremlin-orchestrated referendums, which have been widely denounced by Ukraine and the West as shams without any legal force, are seen as a step toward annexing the territories by Russia. Advertisement The […]

Moscow-Held Regions Of Ukraine Hold ‘Sham’ Referendums On Joining Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Voting began Friday in Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia, Russian-backed officials there said. The Kremlin-orchestrated referendums, which have been widely denounced by Ukraine and the West as shams without any legal force, are seen as a step toward annexing the territories by Russia. Advertisement The […]

Moscow-Held Regions Of Ukraine Hold ‘Sham’ Referendums On Joining Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Voting began Friday in Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia, Russian-backed officials there said. The Kremlin-orchestrated referendums, which have been widely denounced by Ukraine and the West as shams without any legal force, are seen as a step toward annexing the territories by Russia. Advertisement The […]

Moscow-Held Regions Of Ukraine Hold ‘Sham’ Referendums On Joining Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Voting began Friday in Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia, Russian-backed officials there said. The Kremlin-orchestrated referendums, which have been widely denounced by Ukraine and the West as shams without any legal force, are seen as a step toward annexing the territories by Russia. Advertisement The […]

Social Movement calls for a referendum on joining Russia

September 20, 2022  Source: Agencies A view shows the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power. (REUTERS) By Al Mayadeen English  The chairman of Social Movement, Vladimir Rogov, called on the head of the Zaporozhye region Yevhen Balytskyi to promptly hold the referendum on joining Russia. At a congress of Zaporozhye region citizens, Rogov said: “Let’s not just make a decision […]

Social Movement calls for a referendum on joining Russia

September 20, 2022  Source: Agencies A view shows the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power. (REUTERS) By Al Mayadeen English  The chairman of Social Movement, Vladimir Rogov, called on the head of the Zaporozhye region Yevhen Balytskyi to promptly hold the referendum on joining Russia. At a congress of Zaporozhye region citizens, Rogov said: “Let’s not just make a decision […]

Social Movement calls for a referendum on joining Russia

September 20, 2022  Source: Agencies A view shows the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power. (REUTERS) By Al Mayadeen English  The chairman of Social Movement, Vladimir Rogov, called on the head of the Zaporozhye region Yevhen Balytskyi to promptly hold the referendum on joining Russia. At a congress of Zaporozhye region citizens, Rogov said: “Let’s not just make a decision […]

Sweden And Finland Move One Step Closer To Joining NATO

The 30 NATO allies have signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland, sending the membership bids of the two countries to the alliance capitals for legislative approval, in a historic step brought on by Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine. Source

Turkey Lifts Its Objections To Sweden, Finland Joining NATO

NATO leaders are meeting in Madrid amid what Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg calls “the most serious security crisis we have faced since the Second World War.” Source

Croatian Leader Opposes Sweden & Finland Joining NATO Following Turkey’s Opposition

Another NATO leader voices opposition to Sweden and Finland Following Turkey’s move, Croatia’s head-of-state also seeks a better deal with the bloc File photo: A NATO flag flies above a military exercise in Poland, June 18, 2015 ©  Sean Gallup/Getty Images Croatian President Zoran Milanovic plans to instruct  the country’s permanent representative to NATO to block the […]

Trump says Secret Service blocked him from joining Jan. 6 march to the Capitol

A spokesperson for the Secret Service did not immediately reply to an email seeking confirmation that the then-president’s protective detail kept him from joining his supporters at the Capitol that day. In a wide-ranging interview at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida with Post reporter Josh Dawsey, Trump spoke about the Jan. 6 insurrection, repeated claims […]

Mitch McConnell Donates to Liz Cheney, Joining GOP Proxy War

The ringleader of the establishment Republicans, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), announced on Thursday a donation to Democrat ally Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) reelection campaign. Cheney, who is no longer recognized as a Republican by the Wyoming GOP, has received a campaign contribution from the Senate GOP leader, McConnell told Axios. When asked if he will hold a fundraiser or […]

Croatia one step closer to joining Schengen free movement area

Croatia is one step closer to joining the Schengen border-free area. European Union governments concluded on Thursday that the country “fulfilled the necessary conditions for the full application of the Schengen acquis,” the EU Council said. The decision is the first formal step towards a final Council decision on enlargement of the Schengen area,” the […]

US-Trained Afghan Spies & Special Forces Are Joining ISIS For ‘Protection’ Against Taliban

Many former national Afghan forces who are now being hunted by the Taliban after their US military backers withdrew from the country in August are turning to the Islamic State for protection, a new investigative Wall Street Journal report finds. Also among those joining the ranks of ISIS in Afghanistan, or ISIS-K, are members of […]

China is Joining the CPTTP: What this Means for the Situation in the Indo-Pacific Region

On 17th September 2021, Xinhua News Agency of the People’s Republic of China reported that on the previous day the country’s Minister of Commerce, Wang Wentao, had sent a formal request to join the regional alliance of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) during a teleconference with his New Zealand counterpart, Damien O’Connor. […]

Support rising for journalist sacked for joining pro-Palestine protest in Germany

Nearly 400 journalists, academics, and cultural figures signed a letter of solidarity with journalist Nemi El-Hassan, after she was axed by Germany’s WDR channel for attending a Palestinian solidarity demonstration in 2014. Twenty-eight-year-old El-Hassan attended the Al-Quds march in solidarity with Palestinians in 2014, when she was 20 years old. After a photo emerged of […]

Why is Iran Joining the SCO?

At the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), to be held on September 16-17 in Tajikistan, the official announcement of the procedure of Iran’s admission to its membership is expected. It will be an anniversary summit of the organization founded 20 years ago in 2001 by six states – The Shanghai Five (China, Kazakhstan, […]

China’s Wang says U.S. must first lift sanctions before joining JCPOA

TEHRAN – Wang Yi, the Chinese state councilor and foreign minister, said on Friday that the U.S. should first lift all the sanctions it has imposed on Iran in order to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the JCPOA. Wang made the remarks as negotiations are underway in Vienna to possibly revitalize the agreement, […]

EU’s credibility ‘undermined’ if North Macedonia delayed from joining the bloc

Brussels could potentially press ahead with talks with Albania over membership of the EU even as negotiations with North Macedonia stall, Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi has said. North Macedonia and Albania’s bids for EU membership had previously been coupled together, with both nations preparing for negotiations to begin on parallel tracks. The European Council agreed […]

From Bioweapons to Super Soldiers: How the UK is Joining the Genomic Technology Arms Race

By Yusef Paolo Rabiah, UCL The UK government recently announced an £800 million, taxpayer-funded Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria). The brainchild of the British prime minister’s former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings and modelled on the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Darpa, the organisation will focus partly on genomic research. Genome technology is becoming […]

Albania is no closer to joining the EU. Its leaders might prefer it that way

It is fair to say that there is little love lost between Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and his main opponent in this Sunday’s election, Lulzim Basha. Basha has long called for Rama to resign over corruption claims while his MPs even withdrew from parliament in 2019 over allegations of vote-rigging. Meanwhile, opposition demonstrations got […]

Sylvester Stallone Sends Liberal Fans Into A Frenzy After Joining Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club

Liberals have gone into meltdown mode on social media after it was reported that Sylvester Stallone had joined former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. Stallone’s name started trending on Twitter Monday after the actor’s new $200,000 membership to the private resort was revealed by Page Six. You can unsubscribe any time. […]

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