Russia’s Foreign Ministry handed the US ambassador in Moscow a note of protest over Joe Biden’s “unacceptable” remarks about Putin The “unacceptable” remarks of US President Joe Biden about his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin have left bilateral relations between the countries “on the brink of collapse,” the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.

The General Confederation of Italian Industry has warned that rising energy prices as a result of Russia sanctions threaten to destabilize the nation’s manufacturing sector. The joint warning was issued on Monday by the heads of the confederations of industrialists of the four most economically developed regions of the country (Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont).

Space is becoming ‘more congested and is already contested,’ Australia’s defense minister is set to warn Australia’s defense minister Peter Dutton is expected to announce that his government will pursue the development of a US-style Space Force in the future, as the country’s new Space Command begins operations.