News Wire | March 2, 2023 Archive

‘Havana Syndrome’ Not Caused by Energy Weapon or Foreign Adversary, Intelligence Review Finds

By Shane Harris & John Hudson | The Washington Post (free)

The mysterious ailment known as “Havana syndrome” did not result from the actions of a foreign adversary, according to an intelligence report that shatters a long-disputed theory that hundreds of U.S. personnel were targeted and sickened by a clandestine enemy wielding energy waves as a weapon.

Blinken Has Rare Encounter With Russia’s Lavrov at G-20 Meeting in India

By John Hudson | The Washington Post

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a brief encounter Thursday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Group of 20 largest industrialized nations meeting in the first face to face conversation between the two diplomats since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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