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World War Impossible Today Says Kremlin's Spokesman
A major war is currently impossible because of the nuclear parity, Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview Thursday, answering a question on a potential world war with the use of nuclear weapons.
"Can a war happen? Putin said it clearly [during the Direct Line] that this is unlikely. We are being safeguarded by the nuclear parity," Peskov said.
Academy welcomes 842 new members, half of them women
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on July 1 invited 842 members from 59 countries to the Oscars organization and, for the first time, reached gender parity in its new class of inductees.