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Russian warship ‘Marshal Ustinov’ arrives in Cape Town for first-ever joint drill with Chinese, South African navies The Slava-class missile cruiser ‘Marshal Ustinov’ of the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet has arrived at one of the world’s southernmost ports, South Africa’s Cape Town. It will take part in a joint exercise also involving China. The cruiser and two support ships reached South Africa’s co-capital after an almost five-month, 25,500-nautical mile (47,200 km) voyage from its home base in Severomorsk. The flotilla made stops in Algeria, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea, and took part in several sea exercises before reaching its South African destination on Sunday. Local media say the military visit may coincide...

Global economy will remain fragile next year, Moody’s says The world economy has witnessed the lowest global growth this year since the 2009 recession, according to international rating agency Moody’s. It expects the economy to stay fragile as risks to credit conditions rise. Although Moody's does not forecast recession in 2020, it has warned that such risks are building amid a worldwide backdrop of trade policy uncertainty. “Recession risks will remain elevated in Europe and the US, while in China domestic rebalancing will continue to create challenges in maintaining the country's rapid growth,” it said.The agency noted the risks will be centered around the US-China trade conflict, Brexit-related uncertainty and the escalation of other bilateral di...

‘Window is closing’: US Senate makes last-ditch effort to ax Nord Stream 2 pipeline After failing to persuade allies in Europe to scrap the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which is set to transport natural gas from Europe to Russia, US lawmakers are planning to roll a new batch of sanctions into a defense spending bill. The sanctions against the companies involved in the project have been included in the draft 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch told Defense News on Saturday that the legislation essentially mimics the last anti-Nord Stream bill – the so-called Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act – which was approved by the committee in July but then got stuck in procedural hurdles. “The reason f...

Asylum seeker accused of attempted arson after smashing alcohol bottles in German store & trying to IGNITE them (VIDEO) An asylum seeker who ransacked the alcohol aisle of a German supermarket, causing €1,000 ($1,100) worth of damage, is being investigated for attempted arson after allegedly trying to set the flammable spillage alight. The 24-year-old Afghan “rioted” in a supermarket in Nordhausen, central Germany on Thursday, local police said, sweeping scores of wine and spirit bottles off a shelf. According to Nordhauser Kriminalpolizei investigators, he then tried to ignite the alcohol.  Footage from the store’s CCTV system shows the man walking up and down the aisle, apparently perusing the wares, before suddenly lashing out and systematica...

‘Better Red Than Dead', literally: Lavrov remembers the Soviet diplomat who turned Cold-War slogan into UN meme Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Oleg Troyanovsky, a sharp-witted diplomat who famously was painted red by Chinese protesters, only to snidely remark in response that it was better to be 'red than dead.’ Troyanovsky, the son of the Soviet Union’s first ambassador to the US, picked his father’s profession and represented his home country in several senior diplomatic positions. He served as the Soviet ambassador to Japan and China, as well as the envoy to the UN, a role that he held for a decade, starting in 1976. The current Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took the same role eight years after Troyanovsky left. Lavro...

Boeing 737 scrapes runway in a sea of sparks after landing gear COLLAPSES during Colombia touch-down (VIDEOS, PHOTOS) A Boeing 737 with 88 people on board suffered a serious landing gear malfunction when touching down in Bogota, Colombia, on Saturday, causing it to list to one side, with one engine scraping the ground. The landing gear on the right side of the Venezuelan Avior Airlines plane collapsed, causing the aircraft to tilt dramatically and drag the engine on one wing along the ground, throwing up a shower of fiery sparks as horrified passengers looked on. Vista desde dentro del avion del incidente de #Avior pic.twitter.com/RagUtRa1Zz— LECU [e] (@lecu12) November 23, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js When the pla...

'Insane power!' Deontay Wilder survives scare to knock out Luis Ortiz in the 7th round (VIDEO) WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder set up a colossal February encounter with Tyson Fury by winning his rematch with Cuban fighter Luis Ortiz in Las Vegas, despite the American being outboxed for the majority of the contest. Wilder was down significantly on the scorecards and hadn't landed anything of note before launching a thunderbolt right hand down the middle which sent Ortiz sprawling to the canvas in the seventh round of the rematch of their March 2018 first meeting, also won by Wilder by 10th round TKO. Ortiz made it back to his feet but was unable to beat the 10-count and was left stunned by the fight's conclusion, pounding the ropes in frustra...