The first stage of Joint Sea-2017 Russian-Chinese joint naval exercises kicked off in the Baltic Sea Friday. NATO officials said they would 'closely monitor' the drills. Experts told Sputnik that Russia and China have the right to carry out drills wherever their national interests demand it, so long as they are in accordance with international law.
The first-ever Pokemon Go festival ended with promises of refunds after gamers who paid $20 for the event and gathered at Chicago’s Grant Park found themselves unable to play.
Despite his relatively short tenure as the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer managed to make a number of blunders that caught the eye of media outlets all over the world.
US President Donald Trump has appointed businessman Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director. The move prompted Expert, a Russian business magazine, to consider what the appointment might mean as far as Russia-US relations are concerned.
For seemingly the umpteenth time, the latest issue of Time magazine features an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the cover story yet again devoted to the Kremlin's dastardly plot to 'hack the US election'. RIA Novosti contributor Igor Pshenichnikov says America's corporate media appears to have become the victims of its own agitprop.
In their supporting of the Syrian Kurds, Americans first and foremost want to gain a foothold in the region, retired Turkish Major-General Armagan Kuloglu said in an interview with Sputnik.
A young (underage, in fact) drinker in New York City woke up to an especially nasty hangover Friday morning, when after a few too many cocktails she woke up not fully clothed in her own bed, but on a bar bathroom floor.
Siemens' decision to discontinue its contracts with Russian partners on the delivery of equipment for electric power stations is only good news for Russia's power plant builders, Russian political scientist Sergey Mikheev said.
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