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Putin says Russia wants to end Ukraine war, all armed conflicts with…

"Our goal is not to spin the flywheel of military conflict, but, on the contrary, to end this war. We are striving for this and will continue to strive," Putin told reporters.   President  Vladimir Putin  said on Thursday that Russia wants an end to the war in Ukraine, and all armed conflicts end with diplomatic negotiations. "Our goal is not to spin the flywheel of military conflict, but, on the contrary, to end this war. We are striving for this and will continue to strive," Putin told reporters. "We will strive for an end to this, and the sooner the better, of course." Speaking a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to the White House, Putin told reporters: "I have said many times: the intensification of hostilities leads to unjustified losses." Russia has persistently said it is open to negotiations - prompting intense scepticism from Ukraine and its ally the United States, who suspect it wants to buy time after a ser...

Twitter's "New CEO" Thanks Elon Musk For "Taking A Chance On Her"

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  A day after billionaire Elon Musk declared, as dramatically as his bid to buy the microblogging platform, that he would step down as chief executive of Twitter Inc, a Twitter user has gone viral for her satirical thread on becoming the company's next CEO. Bess Kalb, an Emmy-nominated comedy writer, shared a five-post thread on Twitter thanking Elon Musk for "taking a chance" on her. "Can finally announce: I am humbled, honored, and frankly still in shock to be the new CEO of Twitter," she wrote, tagging the world's second richest person. Her post doesn't immediately declare or come across as parody, which would be much to Elon Musk's ire, especially considering the account suspension rampage he went on after several accounts impersonated him. Twitter users engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying it as a "parody" account will be permanently suspended without a warning, he had said. As the thread goes on, the parodic intent of ...