January 24 By Simon Sinek Official Kiev continues to inspire its citizens about the readiness of law enforcement agencies for any options for the outbreak of hostilities on its territory. In the Ukrainian information field, information about the high combat readiness of the units of…

January 24 By Catherine Evans Political advisers from Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany will hold “Normandy format” talks on eastern Ukraine in Paris on Jan. 25, a source in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s administration said on Saturday. Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukraine’s chief negotiator Andriy…

January 22 By Nathaniel Herz Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy says the state’s chief medical officer, Dr. Anne Zink, still has his confidence even as she’s become the focus of escalating attacks by the anti-vaccine movement and other critics of the governor’s pandemic response. Wasilla…

January 21 By Crispian Balmer The Italian parliament will convene on Jan. 24 to begin voting for a new head of state to replace the outgoing Sergio Mattarella. The president is highly influential in Italy and is often called on to resolve political crises. The…

January 20 By Matthew Lee President Joe Biden said Wednesday he thinks Russia will invade Ukraine and warned President Vladimir Putin that his country would pay a “dear price” in lives lost and a possible cutoff from the global banking system if it does. Biden,…

January 18 By Zeke Miller Joe Biden’s long arc in public life has always had one final ambition: to sit behind the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office. He achieved it — albeit, at 78, as the oldest person to assume the presidency. After the…

January 15 By James Brooks The former director of the $83 billion Alaska Permanent Fund is blaming her abrupt December dismissal on “political retribution” by appointees of Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The governor denied any involvement in the process. Director Angela Rodell was fired Dec. 9…

January 13 By Lorry James Russia and the United States gave no sign that they had narrowed their differences on Ukraine and wider European security in talks in Geneva, as Moscow repeated demands that Washington says it cannot accept. Russia has massed troops near Ukraine’s…

January 10 By James Brooks Alaska state legislators have prefiled 58 new bills ahead of the Legislature’s Jan. 18 start, and almost a quarter of them propose to limit public and private responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirteen bills, all introduced by Republican members of…

January 7 By Suleiman Al-Khalidi Jordan’s parliament on Thursday approved government-backed constitutional reforms intended to revitalise the country’s stagnant political life, although some opposition deputies slammed the changes as incapable of strengthening democracy. The changes were approved by a majority of 104-8 after a marathon…

January 5 By Matthew Lee The United States and Germany said Wednesday that Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine’s border poses an “immediate and urgent challenge” to European security and that any intervention will draw severe consequences. But the country’s top diplomats left open what those…

January 3 By Mark Thiessen A Delta Junction man who threatened to kill the Alaska’s two U.S. senators in a series of profanity-laced voice messages left at their offices in Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to making the threats in exchange for having other charges…