Europe

MOSCOW, November 23. /TASS/: The Kosmos-2422 satellite of Russia’s missile early warning system has de-orbited and burnt in the atmosphere, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

"Specialists of the Main Space Intelligence Center of the Aerospace Forces’ Space Troops have confirmed that the fragments of the Kosmos-2422 satellite have exited the orbit," the statement says.

23 November 2019; AFP: Russian leader Vladimir Putin is set Saturday to address a United Russia convention as the ruling party struggles to overcome a crisis amid the public's growing desire for change.

United Russia, which was established in 2001 and turns 18 next weekend, has been a legislative powerhouse, enjoying a constitutional majority in parliament's lower house since 2007.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s opposition Labour Party will hold a rally outside an Amazon depot on Saturday as it highlights its promise to target multinational firms it accuses of dodging taxes and cheating workers should it win next month’s general election.

In its manifesto launched on Thursday, Labour unveiled a plan to spend almost 83 billion pounds ($106 billion) on a program of widespread nationalization and free public services with the revenue coming from taxes on high earners and corporations.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A video celebrating the inauguration of Hungary’s Puskas Stadium shows Prime Minister Viktor Orban kicking a football across town from his office balcony above the Danube right onto the pitch in the newly-built national football arena.

The $650 million, 65,000-seat venue was officially opened last week and was built to be ready for next year’s continent-wide European Championship – a tournament Hungary could miss.

MOSCOW, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called for building up the country's military capabilities in the next 10 years to withstand global threats.

At a meeting of the Russian Security Council, Putin said military technology is developing rapidly and competition and rivalry are intensifying in the world.

"Our task for the next decade is to continue to strengthen and develop the military and technical potential as well as the human resources of the military," he said.

SUKHUMI, November 22. /TASS/: Preliminary reports suggest that two people have died in gunfire in the center of Abkhazia’s capital, Sukhumi, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry of Abkhazia told TASS.

"According to the preliminary information, the gunfire killed two," he said.

Abkhaz Interior Minister Garri Arshba told TASS that the victims were identified - a man and a woman, Abkhaz citizens. The woman was a waitress.

NOVO-OGARYOVO, November 22. /TASS/: Development of Russian weapons should be accompanied by the active use of artificial intelligence technologies, expansion of the line of drones, as well as laser, hypersonic and robotic systems, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Russian Security Council.

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/: About 6,000 Russians are kept at foreign penitentiaries, the deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s consular department, Ruslan Golubovsky, said at a meeting of the State Duma’s international affairs committee devoted to the protection of Russians abroad.

"About 6,000 Russians having different procedural status - accused, convicts and suspects - are kept at penitentiaries in other countries," he said.

SIMFEROPOL, November 22. /TASS/: The Crimean peninsula is not experiencing power shortages any longer and for the first time ever is capable of supplying electricity to other regions itself, head of the republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov wrote on Facebook on Friday.

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/: Russian national Maria Butina, who has recently been released form a US prison, on Friday asked for financial assistance to Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko serving a prison term in the United States to pay for his medical treatment.