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The Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine are endeavouring to spread propaganda and exert psychological influence on Ukrainian citizens living under Russian occupation by connecting them to Russian World TV, a Russian satellite television service, Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence says. Source: Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence Quote: “Residents of the occupied areas of Kherson Oblast are being connected en […]

Japan’s national drink is a complex and often delicate bouquet of interesting flavors that has no business being as delicious as it is. No single place in Japan can claim ownership of sake but, if we were to compile a list, the Fushimi District would be an easy contender for the top spot. Located in […]

A high-level Russian military commander died in a Sevastopol hospital in Russia-occupied Crimea on Feb. 14 after being wounded, according to a statement by the local government of Dagestan, a republic of Russia. The report doesn’t specify where and when the injury occurred. Colonel Magomedali Magomedzhanov, from Dagestan, was reportedly the deputy commander of the […]

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani believes that Ukraine should become a NATO member in the future, though he says such a move is too risky and, therefore, impossible before the war ends. Source: Reuters, citing Tajani on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, as reported by European Pravda Details: “The message to Russia is […]

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has called on the Israeli authorities to allow the population crammed into the south of the Gaza Strip to return to their homes further north. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Shtayyeh issued a warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attempt to force Palestinians across the […]

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili believes that the timing of the announcement of the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was not a coincidence, but a message from Russia. “I think that it was no coincidence that the death of Navalny was announced a few hours or minutes before the start of the Munich conference,” the […]

At least 127 Palestinians have been killed and 205 injured in the past 24 hours as a result of Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Health Ministry in the territory said on Sunday. By the ministry’s count, this means that 28,985 Palestinians have died in the coastal strip since the beginning of […]

Ukrainian forces defeated a Russian offensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Feb. 17, killing 70 troops and injuring 80, the Operational Command West reported on Feb. 18. The offensive involved 30 pieces of equipment and a “fairly large” number of enemy troops. Ukraine destroyed 18 pieces of Russian equipment, including three tanks, according to the report. […]

Marieme and Ndeye were not expected to survive for more than a few days when they were born. Now aged seven, they are thought to be the only growing conjoined twins in Europe. While both girls have their own unique personalities and moods, they rely on each other to survive. “When you are told from […]

Tributes have been left at an art installation designed to replicate the cell of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. His death in an Arctic Circle jail was announced by Russia’s prison service earlier this week. Navalny, a vociferous critic of President Vladimir Putin, had been in prison since January 2021. The artwork, in Dorchester Abbey […]