National Security - Page 360

Russia: It’s Too Late for Sanctions to Hurt Us

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Russia is not worried about U.S. and European sanctions as punishment for invading Ukraine, because Russia long ago gamed out every possible sanctions move and fortified its economy to withstand them.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a joint press conference with Kazakhstan's Presi

Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Dresses as Samurai for War with Russia

Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky posed in a samurai costume for a photo shared by his Twitter account last week, telling Japan’s Shūkan Bunshun magazine on Tuesday the image of him dressed as a medieval Japanese warrior was meant to convey a protective energy toward Ukraine as it faced increased Russian military aggression.

Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan dresses as a samurai soldier. (@KorsunskySergly/Twitter)

Hong Kong Separating Parents from Infants over Coronavirus

Authorities in charge of a public Hong Kong hospital separated an 11-month-old baby from her mother this week after the mother admitted her infant daughter to the facility for an unknown illness and the baby subsequently tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on Wednesday.

A woman carries a baby wearing a protective mask as they exit the arrival hall at Hong Kon