The leaders of the two Nordic states have met to discuss regional security in view of the conflict in Ukraine  Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her Swedish counterpart Magdalena Andersson have expanded on their countries’ possible NATO bids following bilateral talks on security in Stockholm on Wednesday.

China and Russia have increased their presence in orbit and have designs on the Moon’s natural resources, the US military alleged Competition from Russia and China to the US, and its allies, in space has increased “dramatically,” America’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) said on Tuesday. Moscow and Beijing are also cooperating in exploration  and may soon…

The Russian president said the negotiations ran into a “deadlock” as Kiev reneged on what had been agreed upon Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhail Podolyak on Tuesday accused Russia of putting pressure on the peace talks process through making “certain public statements.” The remarks came after Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted the talks had run into…