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Your daily horoscope: December 27, 2024

  HOROSCOPES IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY Although most things will come easy to you this year one thing will be very hard to master and that is what you must focus on. While others coast along within their comfort zone you will be striking out in new directions and making a name for yourself. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Mercury in your fellow fire sign of Sagittarius makes it easy to talk things through with partners and colleagues and that’s good because there will be some serious challenges to deal with over the next few days. You will handle them all with ease. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21): If you push yourself just a little bit harder today the momentum you create will carry you through the weekend and well into next week. By the time the new moon arrives on Monday you will be eager to set your sights high and do something amazing. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21): There is no point trying too hard to impress other people today because your efforts will most likely be wasted. It wou...
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Tensions Flare at Eurasian Economic Union Meeting


 A tightly-scripted meeting of the Russia-dominated Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) took an unexpected turn on Thursday when Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko engaged in a heated exchange during a live broadcast.

The altercation occurred at a resort near St. Petersburg, where leaders from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan gathered for the EEU summit. Pashinyan, who joined the meeting via video link after testing positive for COVID-19, responded to Lukashenko's insistence that he visit Belarus for the next meeting by stating his intention to attend via video call. This prompted Lukashenko to press for an explanation and even offer to send a plane to fly the Armenian delegation to Minsk.

Pashinyan pointed to his earlier decision to freeze high-level visits to Belarus over Lukashenko's support for Armenia's rival, Azerbaijan. "I don't think this is the right format for discussing these issues," Pashinyan added. But Lukashenko kept arguing, and Pashinyan snapped back, leading to a tense moment watched in stony silence by Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders.

The EEU, formed a decade ago to encourage stronger business ties and facilitate trade between its members, has been marred by economic and other disputes between members. This latest incident underscores the ongoing challenges within the union.


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