(2022-01-04). 'We'd be shot for this': Husband of Russian high jump queen cites Kenya & Ukraine in doping double standards. rt.com 
The husband of Olympic high jump champion Mariya Lasitskene has suggested Russia has faced double standards when it comes to doping sanctions | Russia has been hit with severe doping sanctions while countries such as Kenya and Ukraine have got off lightly, the sports journalist husband of Tokyo Olympic high jump champion Mariya Lasitskene has suggested. | Russia remains suspended by World Athletics, meaning stars such as three-time world champion Lasitskene can only compete as neutrals. | The sanctions were first imposed back in 2015 in the wake of allegations of a state-sponsored doping program run by Russia.
(2022-01-04). Raeisi's visit to Russia turning point in Tehran-Moscow ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) — The visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi to Russia is a turning point in Tehran-Moscow relations, said the country's ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali.
(2022-01-04). Terrorists Carry Out Five Attacks on Syria's Idlib Zone – Russian Reconciliation Center. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone five times over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm. Oleg Zhuravlyov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing.
(2022-01-04). China hopes P5 could make commitments of mutual no-first-use of nuclear weapons. ecns.cn China hopes that the five Nuclear-Weapon States, namely China, France, Russia, Britain and the United States, could abandon the policies of nuclear deterrence based on the first-use of nuclear weapons and make commitments of mutual no-first-use of nuclear weapons, a Chinese arms control official said on Tuesday.
(2022-01-04). Moscow Views Africa as Arena for Cooperation, Not Confrontation, Russian Foreign Ministry Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia does not view Africa as an arena of confrontation with other countries and is open to cooperation with African countries, China and the European Union, Vsevolod Tkachenko, director of the Africa Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Tuesday.
(2022-01-04). US Retains Nuclear Weapons to 'Preserve Peace And Stability', Claims State Dep. Spokesman. sputniknews.com For the first time ever, all five nuclear weapon-wielding states party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty – United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Russia – affirmed in a joint statement on 3 January that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought."
(2022-01-04). Official: NATO-Russia Council Confirmed for January 12. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the alliance confirmed to TASS that a NATO-Russia Council meeting is scheduled for next January 12. During the meeting, Moscow is expected to be called to consider "NATO's concerns about Russia's actions." | RELATED: | According to the statement released on Tuesday, "NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has convened a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council for January 12, 2022, in his capacity as the Chair of…
(2022-01-04). 'Artificial Sun' hits record temperature. rt.com 
China's clean energy experiment reaches temperature five times hotter than the Sun | A clean energy experiment known as the 'Artificial Sun' reached a temperature of 70,000,000C, and held it for more than 17 minutes, during trials in China. The program aims to mimic natural reactions occurring within stars. | On Thursday, Chinese scientists set a new record, as their Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), known as the 'Artificial Sun', reached and sustained a temperature five times hotter than the Sun, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. | The high-temperature plasma operation sustained tempe…
(2022-01-04). Missile Silos or Wind Turbines? China Asks US Not to Estimate PRC Nuke Arsenal Using Satellite Snaps. sputniknews.com The Pentagon has accused the People's Republic of making dramatic strides in beefing up its strategic arsenal, including on the basis of satellite images hinting at the construction of new missile silos. Against the backdrop of these claims, US allies have asked Washington not to scrap the contingency of preemptive nuclear strikes against Beijing.
(2022-01-04). China anuncia que seguirá modernizando su arsenal nuclear. telesurtv.net China indicó que mantiene la capacidad nuclear al nivel mínimo requerido para garantizar la seguridad nacional.
(2022-01-04). Video: The Dangers of Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca While one can conceptualize the loss of life and destruction resulting from present-day wars including Iraq and Afghanistan, it is impossible to fully comprehend the devastation which might result from a Third World War, using "new technologies" and advanced weapons, until it occurs and becomes a reality.
(2022-01-04). Beijing Says AUKUS Pact Undermines Nuclear Non-Proliferation. sputniknews.com BEIJING (Sputnik) – The AUKUS trilateral defence agreement between the United States, the UK and Australia could lead to the collapse of the nuclear non-proliferation regime, Director-General of the Arms Control Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Fu Cong said on Tuesday.
(2022-01-04). German and Swiss Firms Targeted by Israel's Mossad. telesurenglish.net The Swiss newspaper Neue Zàºrcher Zeitung published a report on Sunday that Mossad might be involved in the bomb attacks that happened in the 1980s against Swiss and German property. | RELATED: | The companies and firms were the property of people related to selling dual-purpose materials to Pakistan. It is believed that the attacks were an attempt to avoid the development of nuclear weapons in Pakistan. The attacks lef…
(2022-01-04). Over 500,000 People Sign Petition Against Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's Knighthood. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – An online petition to have UK's former Labour prime minister Tony Blair stripped of his recently awarded knighthood is rapidly gaining support, with over half a million people signing it in just a few days.
(2022-01-04). US Court Bars Pentagon From Punishing Seamen for Vaccination Refusal. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A US court has prohibited the Department of Defense from sanctioning Navy personnel for their refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19, despite a vaccine mandate for the entire American military, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.