Russian President Vladimir Putin was accused of sexism after he said a US news anchor was" too beautiful and pretty" to understand him.... President Putin made the remark during a live public interview with CNBC journalist Hadley Gamble at a panel in Moscow for Russian Energy Week.... Russia has increased supplies by 15 percent." We are increasing, not decreasing supplies.“ Did I really say something so hard to understand?...

been widely condemned for “ mansplaining ” after gatecrashing a debate featuring Valerie Hayer, his

Scottish Tory Oliver Mundell hit back at pro-independence football pundit Michael Stewart over Brexit this week.... The pair clashed during this week’s BBC Debate Night show when Mr Stewart launched into a tirade against Brexit.... This comes amid a supply chain crisis throughout the UK, with many blaming shortages on post-Brexit rules.Mr Stewart, who is also a columnist, blamed Brexit for the labour shortages amid a lack of workers in the abattoir and HGV sector.He turned to Mr Mundell and as

Incredible images on the ground showed a large column of superheated ash and gases shooting from the Cumbre Vieja on the Canary Islands.... At the same time incredible satellite images revealed a bullseye-shaped cloud formation above the island. Known as a temperature inversion, the rare phenomenon is caused by a temporary elevated layer of hot air acting as a lid-trapping the volcano's plume in the troposphere. Normally, a volcano's eruption plume rises straight up into the stratosphere — the

With winter just around the corner, Russian officials have vowed to step in and alleviate the rising cost of energy prices.... Andrei Kelin, the Russian ambassador to the UK, appeared on the BBC'S Andrew Marr Show where he said Russia could meet the challenge of Europe's deepening gas crisis.... The crisis has already claimed 11 small energy suppliers in the UK, including Acro Energy and Igloo Energy, which went bust since September.Mr Kelin was asked whether Russia understands the pressures o

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Now President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are using that precedent in their effort to fill vacancies in red states to continue their record-breaking pace of judicial confirmations.... GOP senators take aim at judicial nominee's' rap sheet'of decade-old traffic citations During the Trump administration, the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee--led then by Sen.... Lindsey Graham of South Carolina--abandoned a requirement that circuit court nominees have the approval of their home

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We’re covering China’s lagging vaccination campaign, and a step forward in talks to restore the Iran nuclear deal. Perks for China’s vaccinated In Beijing, a Covid-19 vaccine will qualify you for a buy-one-get-one-free deal on ice cream cones.... It doesn’t help that Chinese vaccine companies have been slow to release full data.... Still, China lags far behind dozens of other countries....

Good morning. We’re covering the real estate that ties mainland China more closely to Hong Kong, New Zealand’s partial lockdown and a reckoning in Australia over a history of oppression. Luxury homes tie China’s elite to Hong Kong Li Qianxin, the elder daughter of the Chinese Communist Party’s No.... 3 leader, has quietly crafted a life in Hong Kong among the city’s financial elite. For years, she has mingled with senior executives of state companies and represented Hong Kong in Chinese politic