Russia plans to launch own space station after quitting ISS
The project would mark a new chapter for Russian space exploration and an end to more than two decades of…
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Russia launches satellite to monitor climate in Arctic
The Arctic has warmed more than twice as fast as the global average over the last three decades and Moscow…
Europe’s refugee crisis is worsening during the pandemic. The reaction has been brutal
Coronavirus has left countries such as Tunisia facing serious economic hardship and unemployment, while others, including Libya, are dealing with…
Alexey Navalny was poisoned, Berlin hospital says
Berlin’s Charite Hospital noted that the Kremlin critic was suffering from “intoxication by a substance from the group of cholinesterase…
Belarus: The choices facing Putin are all fraught with risk
But this weekend’s two phone calls with Putin — the first sought by Lukashenko after days of unprecedented protest following…
Madeleine McCann: German police search garden near Hanover
Officers are searching a garden area near the city, Julia Meyer, a spokeswoman for the state prosecutor in Braunschweig, told…
Russia report says UK took its ‘eye off the ball’ on meddling
British security services were distracted by the post 9/11 terrorist threat and didn’t give sufficient priority to Russia’s attempts to…
Russian voters overwhelmingly back a ploy by President Vladimir Putin to rule until 2036
Russians went to the polls Wednesday to cast ballots in a nationwide referendum on constitutional amendments. The vote paves the…
Putin rewrites World War II history – and does battle over historical memory
On Thursday, the US magazine National Interest published an essay by Russian President Vladimir Putin, about the legacy of the…