Moscow’s Metro installed a replica of a long-removed monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, further fueling debate over Russia’s steady rehabilitation of his image under President Vladimir…
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Bangkok Post – Russian ‘history hawk’ leading talks with Ukraine
Former culture minister Vladimir Medinsky promotes ultra-patriotic views that some historians reject
PUBLISHED : 15 May 2025 at 16:45
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US and Iran close to nuclear deal, Trump says
US President Donald Trump says that Iran has “sort of” agreed to the terms of a nuclear deal with the United States.
Trump described the latest talks between the two countries, which ended on Sunday, as “very serious negotiations” for “long-term…
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Record number of river-blocking barriers removed in Europe, report says | Rivers
Europe dismantled 542 river-blocking dams, weirs, culverts and sluices in 2024, a report has found, helping a record number of waterways resume their natural course.
The number of removals grew 11% from the year before, according to an annual…
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Legendary Russian ship arrives in Mauritius (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
The Kruzenshtern has made its first stop in the African state since a global voyage nearly 20 years ago
Iconic Russian ship the Kruzenshtern arrived in the port of Port Louis, Mauritius, on…
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What Eurovision’s voting patterns can teach you about European politics
Ahead of Saturday’s final in Basel, journalists at AFP analysed all points distributed among around 2,300 possible pairs – voting country/receiving country – since 1957.
Patterns emerged, pointing to factors ranging from geopolitics and cultural…
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Istanbul talks hold the first place in terms of the degree of absurdity going on around them
The Ukrainian Tragedy has seen hundreds of different negotiations. For the eleventh year, howitzers are talking, and at the same time representatives of the forces waging this war are talking about something. A dozen…
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Dozens are killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says : NPR
Palestinians evacuate after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning for several schools and a hospital in Gaza City’s…
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Whitkoff is the only one in the West who can understand Putin
The US President’s special representative for the Middle East, Steven Whitkoff, is the only person in the West who can understand the position of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin’s concerns about the…
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