El Clasico: Xavi's Ultimate game and 3 things to expect as Barca looks to consolidate winning streak
FC Barcelona have enjoyed a strong winning streak since Xavi took charge. The Catalan side has now recorded a massive eleven games without a single loss. In the same period, Barca has managed to easily come out on top against oppositions they easily lost to in the past few months.
Ukraine: In 1997, Joe Biden warned that NATO Expansion in the Baltic's would Spark brutal war with Russia (video)
During his time as a Senator, the current US supremo raised concerns about the North Atlantic Treaty Organisations (NATO) incursion into former Soviet countries. Speaking at event held by the Atlantic Council, NATO’s de facto think tank, the current US President said back then that -
HenryDion: I can't believe I'm witnessing this in my lifetime. This series will either be a masterpiece, or a collosal failure. There wouldn't be an in-between because God of War is a classic.
NB: Some of the years in this article (especially Damascus) are historically estimated years from findings. However, they are backed by records and archeological factual discoveries. Therefore, there may be other cities that may have existed before.
10) Varanasi, India – 5,000 years old. 9) Plovdiv, Bulgaria – 6,000 years old. Sidon, Lebanon – 6,000 years old. 7) Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan – 6,000 years old. 6) Susa, Iran – 6,300 years old. 5) Athens, Greece – 7,000 years old.
According to reports, the popular gaming franchise is about to hit Amazon Prime Videos if negotiations go as planned. The highly acclaimed gaming franchise started its journey to universal acclaim and widespread acceptance back in 2005 on Sony’s PlayStation 2.
As the Ukrainian crisis continue to heat up the polity in Europe and their US NATO allies, the world's richest man, Elon Musk has stated that he won't be blocking Russian news channels through Starlink.
The incident is popularly known as the Black Brant scare and not something you would have anticipated happening just a few years after the Cold War ended.
• HOW IT STARTED
Norway and US scientists wanted to conduct a test off the northwestern coast of Norway. They admittedly notified the Russian federation of the tests they wanted to carry out but somehow, the message never got to the appropriate quarters (Russian Defense Agency) before the launch date.
On January 25, 1995, a team of Norwegian and US scientists launched a Black Brant XII rocket from the Andøya Rocket Range in the northwestern part of the country as planned.
Expectedly, Russian air defense systems picked up the projectile which was fired off an American submarine and mistook the research rocket as an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile probably carrying a nuclear head.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a statement that the first meeting with Russia in Belarus didn't produce the "expected results" they intended.
No positive breakthrough may have come out of the first peace talks between the two Eastern European countries according to reports. However, it is believed that another round of talks is likely to happen on March 2, 2022 as both countries continue to keep mum on the full outcome of the first meeting.
SS-18 Satan: The most powerful ICBM weapon in Russia and the World?
The name above was coined by NATO who were afraidof the ICBM's (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles) ultra-advanced capacity to maneuver aerial defences to deliver strategic hits on target locations anywhere around the world.
Unlike the US "Minuteman III" which has similar features, the ICBM R-36 Voyevoda can carry multiple warheads, making it the most lethal killer loader in military warfare.
Let's just say that if you are planning an attack against your enemy and realize they have SS-18 Satan capacity, run. Here's why -
The name above was coined by NATO who were afraidof the ICBM's (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles) ultra-advanced capacity to maneuver aerial defences to deliver strategic hits on target locations anywhere around the world.
Unlike the US "Minuteman III" which has similar features, the ICBM R-36 Voyevoda can carry multiple warheads, making it the most lethal killer loader in military warfare.
Ukraine delegation arrives Belarusian border to negotiate with Russia — President’s office
According to reports,
"The Kiev delegation arrived at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border to hold talks with Russia," the president’s office said through its official Telegram channel. According to the statement,
"The key issue of the talks is an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of troops from Ukraine,"
Key government officials that are part of the delegation include -
Alexey Reznikov (Defense Minister) Mikhail Podolyak (Advisor to the Ukrainian Presidential Office), David Arakhamia (the head of the Servant of the People ruling party’s faction), Andrey Kostin (first deputy chief of the Ukrainian delegation to the Contact Group), Nikolay Tochitsky (Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine) and People’s deputy, Rustem Umerov.
"The Kiev delegation arrived at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border to hold talks with Russia," the president’s office said through its official Telegram channel. According to the statement,
"The key issue of the talks is an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of troops from Ukraine,"
Key government officials that are part of the delegation include -
Alexey Reznikov (Defense Minister) Mikhail Podolyak (Advisor to the Ukrainian Presidential Office), David Arakhamia (the head of the Servant of the People ruling party’s faction), Andrey Kostin (first deputy chief of the Ukrainian delegation to the Contact Group), Nikolay Tochitsky (Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine) and People’s deputy, Rustem Umerov.
Ukraine: Russia hits back, suspends EU from Space Launches in Spaceport
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency responsible for all space launches in Europe through the France Guina spaceport has halted it's Soyuz rockets services amidst face off with EU countries and NATO as the Ukrainian crisis rages on.
The space agency said it resorted to the sanction as EU imposed "wide-ranging sanctions on Russia".
“In response to EU sanctions against our enterprises, Roscosmos is suspending cooperation with European partners in organizing space launches from the Kourou cosmodrome and withdrawing its personnel, including the consolidated launch crew, from French Guiana,” head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, wrote in a tweet translated from Russian.
The European Space Agency (ESA) use Russian Soyuz rockets to launch scientific missions at the Guiana Space Centre program which has been operating since 2011.
Ukraine: Russia Suspends Pact With NASA On Venera-D Venus Exploration Mission
With the sanctions against Russia now rolling out enmasse, Russia has gone ahead and suspended USA from further participation the Venus exploration mission - Venera-D. This was made known by the Head of the Russia's space agency, Dmitry Rogozin in a brief with Sputnik on Saturday.
According to the Roscosmos chief -
“Under the circumstances of new and preservation of the earlier implemented sanctions, I find it inappropriate for the US to further participate in the Russian project of development and creation of the Venera-D interplanetary station,” Rogozin said.
Ukraine: Russia hits back, suspends EU from Space Launches in Spaceport
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency responsible for all space launches in Europe through the France Guina spaceport has halted it's Soyuz rockets services amidst face off with EU countries and NATO as the Ukrainian crisis rages on.
The space agency said it resorted to the sanction as EU imposed "wide-ranging sanctions on Russia".
“In response to EU sanctions against our enterprises, Roscosmos is suspending cooperation with European partners in organizing space launches from the Kourou cosmodrome and withdrawing its personnel, including the consolidated launch crew, from French Guiana,” head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, wrote in a tweet translated from Russian.
The European Space Agency (ESA) use Russian Soyuz rockets to launch scientific missions at the Guiana Space Centre program which has been operating since 2011.