Cinema owners, studios and indie distributors gathering in Las Vegas this week for exhibition’s biggest confab seek visibility into a theatrical landscape gut-punched by Hollywood strikes last year just as a post-Covid recovery was revving up. Production halted for months led to fewer releases on the schedule. But there’s reason for optimism, from Dune 2 … Read more
TYRANTS of the world are ramping up threats against the West in a “much more violent world”, the Nato chief has warned. Jens Stoltenberg said that autocratic regimes like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are increasingly working together to form “Axis of evil” against Western democracies. 6 Nato chief Stoltenberg warned autocratic regimes are … Read more
NATO is debating a plan to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine in coming years as better armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield, the organization’s top civilian official said Wednesday. “We strongly believe that support to Ukraine should be less dependent on short-term, voluntary offers and more dependent on long-term NATO commitments,” … Read more
3/14: Prime Time with John Dickerson – CBS News Watch CBS News John Dickerson reports on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s tough comments against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, how much some NATO countries are spending on defense, and new research showing that immigration is driving U.S. job growth. Be the first to know Get … Read more
By The Associated Press Vladimir Putin is poised to sweep to another six-year term in this week’s presidential election, even though Russians are dying in Ukraine in a war grinding through its third year and his country is more isolated than ever from the rest of the world. The all-but-certain outcome comes through his rigid … Read more
Wednesday’s statement by Putin has come ahead of a presidential vote this week. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with Rossiya Segodnya International Media Group Director General Dmitry Kiselev, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russia’s Nuclear Weapons: As the war between Russia and … Read more
By The Associated Press President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened, issuing another blunt warning to the West just days ahead of an election in which he’s all but certain to secure another six-year term. The Russian leader has repeatedly talked about … Read more
By John Leicester | Associated Press ABOARD THE FRENCH FRIGATE NORMANDIE — The French navy frigate, bristling with weaponry and powering through frigid Norwegian seas not so far from Russia, awoke at 7:30 a.m. sharp to what, in the circumstances, was a surreal sound. The 1967 ” Summer of Love ” hippie anthem “San Francisco … Read more
Poland’s president on Monday called on other members of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defence to three per cent of their gross domestic product as Russia puts its economy on a war footing and pushes forward with its invasion of Ukraine. President Andrzej Duda made his call in remarks directed at home … Read more
Sweden officially joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Thursday, becoming its 32nd member. NATO announced the accession in a statement released Thursday. “This is a historic day,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. “After over 200 years of non-alignment Sweden now enjoys the protection granted under Article 5, the ultimate guarantee of Allies’ … Read more
