President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting the right to obtain Russian passports to foreigners who sign up for service in the country’s Armed Forces or other military units during the Ukraine conflict, the Kremlin reported on its website on Thursday.
Prices for chocolate-making ingredient cocoa jumped to the highest level in more than 12 years last week, amid growing concerns about future production at a time when available stocks are already low.
Pyongyang says it will not hesitate to strike American warplanes stationed on the peninsula if provoked North Korea has condemned the recent deployment of American nuclear-capable bombers in the South, warning that the aircraft will become its “first targets for destruction” in the event of an actual conflict.