The US successfully tested a hypersonic missile in mid-March but kept it quiet for two weeks to avoid escalating tensions with Russia as Joe Biden prepared to travel to Europe, CNN reported citing a defense official familiar with the matter. The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) was launched from a ...
Germany has taken ownership of a local branch of Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom. Berlin’s energy regulator will temporarily control the company despite Moscow’s previous insistence that such a move would be illegal. Gazprom Germania, a subsidiary of the Saint Petersburg-based firm, operates some of the country’s largest natural gas ...