Many voters intend to shun presidential elections in Belarus, according to research carried out by Chatham House. The number of people who say they plan to cast their vote at the polls has dropped ...

The US isn’t guaranteed to maintain a lead over China in the race to develop artificial intelligence, according to Alphabet Inc. President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat. “It isn’t ...

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The elder Lukashenko has ruled the country for 30 years, and an early presidential election is scheduled to be held in Belarus on January 26. Nikolai Lukashenko first appeared in public in 2008 at ...

Alphabet is seeing strong demand for its AI-powered products, which is providing a new growth driver. A positive earnings outlook should help the stock to continue generating solid shareholder ...

Russia is nearing its goal of completely controlling its neighbor and closest ally Belarus, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said. Analysis by the Washington, D.C.-based independent ...

Extremist formations of Belarusian radicals abroad are hatching a plan to seize the border regions of Belarus and introduce a "peacekeeping" Western contingent there. This was stated by the Secretary ...

According to the French security issues website Intelligence Online, the aim of the drills was to practice tactics, techniques and operational procedures should France need to respond to an attack on ...

The analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) point out that Russia's attempts to de facto annex Belarus pose strategic risks to the United States, NATO and Ukraine. Source: ISW Quote from ...

The Kremlin is nearing the final stages of a decade-long strategic effort to de facto annex Belarus, significantly boosting Russia’s military and economic capacity to pursue its revanchist ...