The Russian air strike that killed Ukrainian mother Anna Yefymenko near Kyiv on May 18 was part of a swarm of hundreds of Shahed drones launched by Russia that night.
She was killed while protecting her four-year-old son, Mark, with her body…
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Rare Humpback Whale Calf Sighting Makes Migration Routes More Mysterious Than Once Thought
Some humpback whales are born in warmer waters. Others are born on the way. That’s what a study in Frontiers in Marine Science seems to suggest, anyway, after showing that hundreds of East Australian humpback whales are actually born…
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Does The EU Still Have The Sanctions Cards Needed To Hurt Russia
With the ink still drying on the European Unions freshly printed17th sanctions packageon Russia, work is already underway on a next step that European leaders say will bemassive.
But some analysts warn that, in many ways, the EU has already used…
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Does The EU Still Have The Sanctions Cards Needed To Hurt Russia?
With the ink still drying on the European Union’s freshly printed 17th sanctions package on Russia, work is already underway on a next step that European leaders say will be “massive.”
But some analysts warn that, in many ways, the EU has…
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Mourners Honor Ukrainian Mother Killed While Protecting Her Young Son
Neighbors and family gathered in the Ukrainian community of Vasylkiv, outside Kyiv, to mourn a mother who died on May 18 while shielding her 4-year-old son from a Russian air attack. Anna Yefymenko, 27, was killed in the air strike on the…
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A Shark’s Strong and Flexible Cartilage Could Help Us Create Advanced Materials
Sharks don’t have bones. Instead, their skeletons are made from mineralized cartilage that helps them constantly move through water. To understand the internal “sharkitecture” that helps keep these animals strong and graceful, researchers…
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New EU-UK Agreements Have Common Thread: Russia
The first EU-UK summit since Brexit over five years ago moved Britain closer to the EU, but without crossing any well-known Brexit red lines such as rejoining the EUs customs union or single market.
The May 19 meeting in London came as one of the…
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Indian author scripts history with International Booker Prize win
Indian writer-lawyer-activist Banu Mushtaq has scripted history by winning the International Booker prize for the short story anthology, Heart Lamp.
It is the first book written in the Kannada language, which is spoken in the southern Indian state…
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