Americans Feel Brits Are Smarter Because of Their Usage of the Word 'Right', Study Reveals

A recently published study by Rutgers University explores how British and American English speakers use the word "right" in conversations, and determined that some feel their British counterparts are 'smarter' because of their word selection.

Researchers involved in the study collected approximately 125 segments of everyday conversation and work discussions, including 70 segments in British English and 55 segments in American English, to develop their analysis.

Read more

Pro-Trump Ally Says Cohen 'Decided On His Own' to Pay Hush Payment to Daniels

The New York case against Trump involves alleged illegal payments to Daniels to prevent disclosure of a sexual affair with Trump in 2006, which the former president denies having occurred. Trump said he expects to be arrested on March 21 in connection to the case and called for protests.

"Michael Cohen told us that he was approached by Stormy Daniels' lawyer, and Stormy Daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against Trump, so Michael Cohen decided on his own... to see if he could take care of this," Costello said on Monday after testifying before the grand jury.

Find out more

White House Briefing Turns Chaotic as Journo Blasts Press Sec for 'Mocking' First Amendment

No stranger to calling out officials, reporter Simon Ateba has become a known figure for his outbursts during White House press briefings under the Biden administration.

Simon Ateba, the White House correspondent for Today News Africa, struck a hard chord in the White House briefing room on Monday after interrupting proceedings while the cast of "Ted Lasso" stood awkwardly on the sidelines.

Ateba claims that in his seven months of going to White House briefings, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has refused to call on him to ask questions.

Learn more

US Invasion of Iraq Helped Bolster Chinese, Iranian Influence in Middle East, Experts Say

On March 19, 2003, then-President George W. Bush in a televised address from the Oval Office said the US and coalition forces were in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq and "free its people," marking the start of an invasion and occupation that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians and combatants.

The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 has undermined Washington's influence in the Middle East by inadvertently strengthening the role of other regional and outside actors, such as Iran and China, in the aftermath of the conflict, experts told Sputnik.

Read more

Greenland to Receive NATO Representation for First Time Ever

Greenland's government, Naalakkersuisut, and the Danish Foreign Ministry have for the first time agreed to send a Greenlandic diplomat to NATO to represent the remote part of the Danish Realm.

"It is important that Greenland increases its insight into the security policy development in the High North and NATO's focus on the region," Greenland's Department for Foreign Affairs, Business and Trade said in a statement.

Learn more

📹 Russian artillerymen attack enemy positions in the zone of the special military operation

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

🇷🇺🇨🇳📹 The motorcade of the Chinese delegation has left their hotel. Today, Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet with Russia's PM Mishustin and have formal talks with President Putin.

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

⚡ Xi Jinping says he has invited Putin to visit China this year

UK Slaps 'Dangerous' Quran-Burner Rasmus Paludan With Travel Ban

Danish-Swedish politician and founder of the fringe Hard Line party Rasmus Paludan has been banned from entering the UK over plans to burn a Quran in Wakefield in Yorkshire.

Paludan voiced plans to burn a copy of the Muslim holy book in front of a Wakefield school, where four students had been expelled in February after damaging a Quran. The activist previously rose to notoriety by desecrating the Quran by all means possible, making it part of his political repertoire and framing it as an exercise in free speech.

Read more

⚡ Xi Jinping has met Russia’s PM Mishustin. Key statements made by the politicians:

▪️Trade and economic cooperation is developing successfully, Mishustin noted;

▪️Russia is sincerely interested in further strengthening its partnership and strategic cooperation with China, the Russian Prime Minister said;

▪️Moscow and Beijing are preparing new projects that will significantly increase transportation along the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Asian routes, Mishustin noted;

▪️Xi Jinping urged the intensification of the work of intergovernmental mechanisms, and invited the Russian PM to visit China as soon as possible.

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

⚡📹 Xi Jinping has met Russia’s PM Mishustin in Moscow

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

📹 Two Tu-95MS strategic bombers flew over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan, the Russian MoD said

▪️ The duration of the flight was more than 7 hours

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

⚡ Canadian charge d'affaires was summoned to Russian Foreign Ministry on March 20 - Moscow

Washington ‘Can’t Make Weapons Fast Enough’ to Protect Allies, US Congressman Claims

US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has claimed Washington cannot make new weapons fast enough to protect the US or its allies, like Taiwan.

He told a US news network that he “signed off on weapons three years ago that have yet to go into [the] country," and that Taiwan is “not prepared for this" and is “incapable of fighting their own war if invaded.”

Learn more

📹 Russian Msta-S crews in combat as part of the special military operation

▪️ The artillery battery of 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzers destroyed an enemy platoon stronghold identified by reconnaissance units. The reconnaissance units confirmed that the target had been engaged.

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

How Can Growing China-Russia Ties Benefit India?

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin for informal talks tete-a-tete, confirming that Moscow and Beijing a lot of common goals and tasks. An expanding geopolitical partnership between Russia and China could prove “beneficial” for India🇮🇳 as well, as all three countries share a common stance on many global issues.

What are they? Find out on Sputnik

❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ In the Kharkov region and the LPR, up to 80 Ukrainian troops, three military armored vehicles and howitzers D-20 were destroyed;

▪️ In the DPR and the Lugansk People’s Republic, up to 95 Ukrainian military personnel, two military armored vehicles, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers, were destroyed;

▪️ In the Donetsk People’s Republic, the enemy’s losses per day amounted to 160 troops, three military armored vehicles, four cars and howitzers D-20;

▪️ In the Zaporozhye region and the DPR, the enemy’s losses amounted to more than 30 Ukrainian troops, two pickups, as well as a D-30 howitzer;

▪️ In the Kherson region, more than 40 Ukrainian military personnel, three cars, two Akatsia howitzers, as well as an artillery system produced in the USA;

▪️ During the day, the Russian Army defeated 95 artillery units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on fire positions, troops and equipment in 107 regions. In addition, three radar battery stations of the US AN/TPQ-37 production were destroyed;

▪️ Russian Aviation fighters in the DPR shot down Su-25 forces of the Air Forces of Ukraine in an air battle;

▪️ Air defense destroyed 31 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

📹 The Prime Minister of Japan was shown arriving by train in Ukraine on Japanese TV.

▪️ According to local media reports, Fumio Kishida will hold talks with Volodymyr Zelensky today.

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

⚡ Xi Jinping has arrived at the Kremlin for talks with President Putin

📹🇷🇺🇨🇳 Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shook hands before the talks

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

🇷🇺 Russia has reasons to fear that a part of the US military assistance to Ukraine may end up on the black market, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said.

The US administration announced Monday that it will provide Ukraine with a new $350 million military assistance package that includes ammunition for Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), howitzers as well as Bradley combat vehicles, among other equipment.

🗣 "We have serious concerns that some of the defense products may end up on the black market. Where will weapons pop up? Who will bear responsibility when materiel falls into the hands of some terrorist groups and criminal organizations?" Antonov told reporters.

📌 He said such a policy jeopardizes the security of the entire Europe, increasing the risk of a direct clash between Russia and NATO.

Subscribe to @SputnikInt