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Death of New START could trigger unpredictable arms race That could prompt China and others to expand arsenals Analysts concerned by Putin comments on nuclear testing LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) – The last . . .
Comment on this story Comment The only remaining arms control agreement between the world’s largest nuclear powers — the New START treaty — is on shaky footing. President Vladimir Putin said Russia is suspending its observation of the treaty, following complaints by US President Joe Biden’s administration that Russia was refusing to allow inspectors into […]
Comment on this story Comment The United States on Tuesday accused Russia of not complying with its obligations under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the only remaining treaty limiting the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. The State Department said Russia is refusing to facilitate inspections on its territory as required under the treaty, but […]
The State Department has informed Congress that Russia is no longer meeting obligations set by the only nuclear arms control pact shared by two powers, putting a rare area of cooperation between Washington and Moscow at risk. “Russia is not complying with its obligation under the New START Treaty to facilitate inspection activities . . […]
Jan 30 (Reuters) – Russia’s deputy foreign minister said in an interview published on Monday that it was “quite possible” the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the United States would end after 2026. “This is quite a possible scenario,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the RIA news agency in an interview.
Saturday evening at the WorldBeat Center in Balboa Park, old wounds started healing. The leaders of two prominent Black-empowerment groups signed a reconciliation agreement forgiving each other for a rivalry that turned deadly more than 50 years ago amid secret manipulations by FBI agents trying to disrupt the civil-rights movement. “It’s a peace treaty of […]
A United Nations committee that is reviewing U.S. compliance with an international treaty on racial discrimination has issued findings that should be seen as a serious rebuke and wakeup call for the Biden administration. The final report of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), issued on Aug. 30, criticized the systemic […]
The history of federal-tribe relations is littered with tales of broken treaties. But a U.S. Senate hearing flipped the typical script this week as lawmakers considered whether five Oklahoma tribes have been violating their treaties for more than 100 years by denying citizenship to the descendants of their former black slaves. Some tribal leaders downplayed […]
Washington — On the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. remains one of a handful of countries that have not ratified the 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) — an international treaty the U.S. legislation inspired. The ADA, signed into law by President George […]
Comment on this story Comment The Biden administration on Friday said it will terminate its four-decade-old tax treaty with Hungary over that country’s resistance to implementing a global minimum tax, as the United States seeks to create a global tax floor for large multinational corporations. In a statement on Friday, the Treasury . . .