A Moscow-based owl café is going viral for the adorable hijinks of its seven resident hooting hombres. Between playing with their toys, grooming customers’ hair, and watching their manager at work, the owls rule the roost in this quirky coffeehouse-cum-sanctuary for feathered friends. Alexey Pshenitsyn, 28, manages the Owl House, an owl-centric café founded in…
Coffee Shop Manager Features 7 Awesome Hooters at ‘Owl House’ Café—Where Patrons and Feathered Friends Can Play
Breaking Dependency on Russia, China Will Cost Us, but It’s Worth It: Lithuanian Foreign Minister
February 10, 2022
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The cost of goods such as iPhones, shoes, and electricity could go up if countries break from their dependency on Russia and China, but it’s the price the world must pay to safeguard the rules-based order, Lithuania’s foreign minister has stated. Lithuania’s Gabrielius Landsbergis made the comments in an address to the National Press Club…
Recent Events Show How Beijing and Moscow Benefit One Another in Central Asia
January 24, 2022
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News Analysis Several days ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced successful ongoing preparations for a Russia-China summit between respective leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. Scheduled to take place in Beijing on Feb. 4, the meeting will occur on the opening day of the Winter Olympic Games. It is meant to further cement the…
Baerbock: Over 100,000 Russian Troops Near Ukraine
Germany’s foreign minister on Tuesday said that Russia in recent weeks has amassed more than 100,000 troops with guns and tanks near the Ukraine border “without an understandable reason”. “It’s hard not to understand that as a threat,” Annalena Baerbock told reporters during a briefing with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. Diplomatic talks…
Moscow to Retaliate Over Germany’s Diplomat Expulsions
MOSCOW—Moscow will retaliate against Germany after Berlin expelled two Russian diplomats over the 2019 murder of a Georgian citizen, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. In a statement on Telegram messenger, she described the move by Germany as “unfriendly” and said Moscow would make a further statement soon. By Andrey Ostrouk
G7 Must Get Tougher Against Coordinated Aggression by China and Russia
December 13, 2021
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News Analysis The G7 group of the world’s wealthiest democracies met recently and denounced Russian troop movements that appear to be gearing up for an invasion of Ukraine. The group of democracies warned Moscow of “massive” economic consequences if Russian troops invade the Eastern European democracy more than they already have. What the G7 did…
Russia Fines Google 3 Million Roubles for Not Deleting Banned Content
November 29, 2021
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MOSCOW—A Moscow court fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google 3 million roubles ($400,386) on Monday for not deleting content that is deemed illegal, part of a wider dispute between Russia and the U.S. tech giant. Russia in October threatened to fine Google a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete banned content on…
Top US, Russian Military Chiefs Speak by Phone Amid Tensions Over Ukraine
U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley spoke by phone with top Russian military officer, Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov, on Tuesday amid growing tensions between the nations over Ukraine. According to a readout of the call released by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the pair discussed “discussed several security-related issues…
China, Not Just Russia, Is Blocking APEC Meeting in US: Diplomatic Source
Both Beijing and Moscow are blocking a U.S. proposal to host an upcoming meeting of Asian leaders, a diplomatic source told The Epoch Times in an exclusive interview. Prior reporting claims it is only “suspected” that Russia alone blocked the proposal. On Nov. 12, Politico revealed that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum could not…
Russia’s Sberbank, Enhancing AI Offering, Unveils Second Supercomputer
MOSCOW—A second supercomputer and artificial intelligence (AI) upgrades form part of Sberbank’s enhanced offerings of digital services such as cloud computing and virtual assistant software, Chief Technology Officer David Rafalovsky told Reuters on Wednesday. Russia’s largest lender is investing more in non-banking services as it shifts towards offering more technology systems, even last year dropping…
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