Hollywood strikes cost sector thousands of jobs

The American film industry has shed 7,000 positions in September alone, official data showed The strike by script writers and actors in Hollywood has cost the US entertainment industry 45,000 jobs since May, according to an employment report published on Friday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Ex-Russian president names key reason for Ukraine conflict

Kiev’s nuclear ambitions spurred Moscow’s military operation, Dmitry Medvedev said Ukraine’s threat to resume its nuclear program was one of the key reasons that forced Russia to launch its military operation in late February, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.

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Ukraine is not a US ally – ex-Pentagon official

Washington “had never committed to defend” Kiev, so failure to do so wouldn’t hurt America’s credibility, according to Elbridge Colby Ukraine has never enjoyed the status of a US ally, meaning that Washington has no obligation to defend it per se, ex-Pentagon defense strategist Elbridge Colby has argued. The former official, who now heads The…

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