Poland Wants More US Bases and Weapons to Fend Off Russia
A key transfer hub for war materiel to Ukraine, Poland now wants more weapons of its own in the event the war spills over its borders.
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More than half of the world will be overweight or obese by 2035 - report
More than half of the world's population will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, according to a new report.
Putin signs bill to suspend last nuclear arms pact with US
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a bill formally suspending the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States, amid soaring tensions with Washington over Moscow's action in Ukraine.
At least 20 torture centers in Kherson were directly financed by the Kremlin, international lawyers say in a new report
Electric shock torture and waterboarding are among the criminal acts described by Ukrainian women and men imprisoned at the torture sites in Kherson.
A case in Switzerland may unravel how Russian president Vladimir Putin hides his ‘enormous assets’
Putin's critics speculate that Russia's president could be among the world's wealthiest people.
Little Mermaid in Denmark vandalised with colours of Russian flag
Copenhagen police open investigation into statue’s defacement seen as support for Moscow in war in Ukraine
Ukraine war: Over 100 Russian tanks destroyed in fighting in Vuhledar, says Kyiv
Ukraine war: Over 100 Russian tanks in fighting in Vuhledar, says Kyiv
Japan just found 7,000 islands it didn't know it had
Russia could run out of money in 2024, says billionaire Oleg Deripaska
Russia says Ukrainian saboteurs launch cross-border attack
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian officials accused Ukrainian saboteurs of crossing into western Russia and attacking local villages Thursday, an accusation that Ukraine denied, warning that Moscow could use the claims to justify stepping up its own assaults in the ongoing war .
U.S. approves potential sale of arms worth $619 million to Taiwan
The United States has approved the potential sale of missiles and related equipment to Taiwan worth $619 million to be used by its F-16 fighter jets, the Pentagon said on March 1.
Wave of poison attacks on schoolgirls alarms Iranians
Hundreds of Iranian girls in different schools have suffered "mild poison" attacks over recent months, the health minister said, with some politicians suggesting they could have been targeted by religious groups.
Russian man detained over daughter’s pro-Ukraine drawings | Russia
Alexei Moskalyov charged with ‘discrediting Russian army’, while daughter taken into care
A mysterious fleet is helping Russia ship oil around the world. And it's growing | CNN Business
A new Moai, one of Easter Island's iconic statues, was found in the bed of a dry laguna in a volcano crater, the Indigenous community that administers the site on the Chilean island has said
US slams Israeli minister’s ‘disgusting’ comments about Palestinian village.
The US on Wednesday lambasted Israel’s finance minister for “repugnant, irresponsible, and disgusting” comments after he called for wiping out the
In an Epic Battle of Tanks, Russia Was Routed, Repeating Earlier Mistakes
Kherson torture centres were planned by Russian state, say lawyers
Investigators say sites set up during occupation of Ukrainian city were part of ‘calculated plan to terrorise’ locals
China reports human case of H5N1 bird flu
A woman in eastern China has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, the strain of avian influenza which has spread around the world and worried experts. The news comes just a week after two people in Cambodia were infected with a similar variant. The latest case is a 53-year-old woman from Jiangsu province in eastern […]