The president has outlined plans for a national project to expand deep space research and develop new technologies
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stressed the importance of upholding the country’s status as a leading space nation, calling…
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Maintaining proud legacies and breaking new ground: Key points of Putin's speech on Russian space industry development
The president has outlined plans for a national project to expand deep space research and develop new technologies
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stressed the importance of upholding the…
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Russia Seizes US Company’s Soup To Feed Soldiers: Report
The Russian government plans to use a seized U.S.-owned canned food company to feed its soldiers bogged down on the Ukrainian front lines, according to a new report.
Why It Matters
More than three years into Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine,…
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Why is Norway’s EV adoption ahead of the rest of Europe?
Norway leads Europe in electric vehicle (EV) penetration. EVs comprised 88.9% of all new car registrations in 2024, according to the Norwegian EV Association.
Comparing this to the 51.5% recorded by runner-up Denmark – the only other EU…
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Russia Removes Afghanistan’s Taliban From Terror List In Step Toward Recognition
The European Union looks set to sharpen its visa suspension mechanism later this year, making it easier for Brussels to revoke visa-free travel for citizens of the 61 countries that currently enjoy it — including all the EU hopefuls in the…
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Resumption of Direct Flights Depends on Ukraine Ceasefire, U.S. Tells Russia
The United States has told Russian envoys that it will only consider resuming direct air travel between the two countries if progress is made toward a ceasefire in Ukraine, a senior Russian official…
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Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory
Cathy Tinney-Zara, a worker at NIOSH’s Pittsburg facility who spoke to WIRED in her capacity as the union representative, says that before they lost their jobs, the researchers at the Morgantown facility had been actively studying how Gulf War…
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Republican Opinion Shifts on Russia-Ukraine War
Democrats significantly more likely than Republicans to rate NATO positively and to say U.S. benefits from membership
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Officials from Zelenskyy’s office monopolized power in Ukraine – Economist
In Ukraine, there is a monopolization of power in the hands of unelected officials from Vladimir Zelenskyy’s entourage, the Economist writes.
“Power is concentrated not in the government or parliament, but in…
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