Category: 4. World

North Korea Makes RussianLanMandatory School Subject

Beginning with the new academic year, the Russian language has become a mandatory subject in North Korean schools from the fourth grade. The reminder came from Russia’s…

Emma Pengelly and Yi Ma
BBC Verify

We have been looking at social media footage, witness accounts and official statements to build a timeline of the deadly Hong Kong tower…

Russia Demands Global Acknowledgment of Territorial Realities Before Peace Talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that dialogue with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is conducted respectfully. Quoted by RIA Novosti, he…

The first-ever American pope’s first trip abroad started off with a distinctly American moment, when Pope Leo XIV was gifted a baseball bat formerly owned by Chicago White Sox legend Nellie Fox.

CBS News correspondent Chris Livesay was among…

As Russia enters a fourth winter of full-scale war against Ukraine, the invasion is increasingly reshaping daily life across the country, from nightly air raid sirens in central regions to mounting economic strain in households, industries…

Tributes are being paid to a 12-year-old girl who died nine days after a Russian strike on her family’s apartment building in western Ukraine last week.

“Her mother was killed, and her sister is still in the hospital. Now Adriana is in a place…

Kyiv, Ukraine
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Tributes are being paid to a 12-year-old girl who died nine days after a Russian strike on her family’s apartment building in western Ukraine last week.

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Election-winner Andrej Babis went to Prague Castle on Wednesday to present President Petr Pavel with his list of cabinet nominees.

They included Filip Turek, the candidate for the post of Czech environment minister put forward by the euroskeptic…