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US Senator Says Democracy Doesn't Put Food On Table, S Jaishankar Responds
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday took a dig at the West and said it treated democracy as a Western characteristic.
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Ukraine Admits It Lost Two-Thirds Of Its Captured Territory In Russia's Kursk
Ukraine conceded Thursday that it was holding barely a third of the territory in Russia's western Kursk region that it initially captured during a shock offensive last year.
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Historical Records Unveil 16th Century Transylvania’s Climate Struggles
Centuries-old records from Transylvania offer insight into the extreme climate events of the 1500s. Researchers examined handwritten manuscripts in multiple languages to trace shifts in temperature, droughts, and floods. The study reveals how people endured environmental hardships, including famine and disease. Evidence suggests the Little Ice Age ...
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How To Fix Democracy? Ancient Philosopher Plato May Have An Answer
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the "cradle of democracy".
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North Korean Troops "Blowing Themselves Up" To Avoid Capture In Ukraine
After an intense battle with Russian forces this week, Ukrainian special forces were scouring dead bodies from the snowy western terrain of the Kursk region, where they discovered corpses of over a dozen dead North Korean enemy troops.
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France Confirms First Case Of Mpox Variant
France has detected its first case of a new mpox virus, the health ministry said on Monday. A case of the clade 1b variant was confirmed in the western Brittany region.
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Solar Storm Sparks Northern Lights Across Western Hemisphere on New Year's Eve
Solar storms on New Year’s Eve sparked breathtaking auroras across the US and Europe, with vibrant displays visible as far south as California, Austria, and Germany. Two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) struck Earth’s magnetic field, causing geomagnetic storms that reached G3 levels on January 1.
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Ukraine Unveils New 700 Km Range "Rocket-Drone" To Strike Deeper Into Russia
Ukraine showed off a new locally-produced "rocket-drone" on Friday which it said could fly 700 km (430 miles) - more than twice the longest range attributed to missiles supplied by Western allies.
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War-Hit Ukraine Sees Influx Of Western War Tourists
Before the war, Ukraine already hosted tens of thousands of tourists every year in Chernobyl, which saw the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986.
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"Lives In West Are Just Too Easy": Ukraine Sees Influx of Western War Tourists
Spanish traveller Alberto Blasco Ventas looked out at Ukraine's destroyed Irpin brige, blown up to stop Russian troops in 2022 and now a hotspot for thrill-seeking tourists visiting the country.
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Sweden Says Won't Be Intimidated By Putin's Warning To West
Sweden will not be intimidated by Russia's provocations, Defence Minister Pal Jonson said Friday after President Vladimir Putin hinted at strikes on Western countries supplying weapons to Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Hints At Strikes On West In "Global" Ukraine War
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a "global" war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries.
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Russia Launches ICBM At Ukraine In Stern Message To Kyiv, Western Allies
Russia has fired an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile or ICBM at Ukraine a day after Vladimir Putin changed Moscow's nuclear doctrine.
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After US Missile, Ukraine Fires UK's 'Storm Shadow' Into Russia: Report
Ukraine's armed forces fired British cruise missiles at military targets inside Russia for the first time, a Western official familiar with the matter said, as the 1,000-day conflict enters a new phase.
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Ukraine Foreign Minister Calls Russia's Nuclear Threats "Saber-Rattling"
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga urged Ukraine's Western allies Tuesday to remain "clear-eyed and not give into fear" in the face what he termed Russian "saber-rattling" over its nuclear weapons.
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US Senator Says Democracy Doesn't Put Food On Table, S Jaishankar Responds
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday took a dig at the West and said it treated democracy as a Western characteristic.
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Ukraine Admits It Lost Two-Thirds Of Its Captured Territory In Russia's Kursk
Ukraine conceded Thursday that it was holding barely a third of the territory in Russia's western Kursk region that it initially captured during a shock offensive last year.
-
Historical Records Unveil 16th Century Transylvania’s Climate Struggles
Centuries-old records from Transylvania offer insight into the extreme climate events of the 1500s. Researchers examined handwritten manuscripts in multiple languages to trace shifts in temperature, droughts, and floods. The study reveals how people endured environmental hardships, including famine and disease. Evidence suggests the Little Ice Age ...
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How To Fix Democracy? Ancient Philosopher Plato May Have An Answer
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the "cradle of democracy".
-
North Korean Troops "Blowing Themselves Up" To Avoid Capture In Ukraine
After an intense battle with Russian forces this week, Ukrainian special forces were scouring dead bodies from the snowy western terrain of the Kursk region, where they discovered corpses of over a dozen dead North Korean enemy troops.
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France Confirms First Case Of Mpox Variant
France has detected its first case of a new mpox virus, the health ministry said on Monday. A case of the clade 1b variant was confirmed in the western Brittany region.
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Solar Storm Sparks Northern Lights Across Western Hemisphere on New Year's Eve
Solar storms on New Year’s Eve sparked breathtaking auroras across the US and Europe, with vibrant displays visible as far south as California, Austria, and Germany. Two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) struck Earth’s magnetic field, causing geomagnetic storms that reached G3 levels on January 1.
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Ukraine Unveils New 700 Km Range "Rocket-Drone" To Strike Deeper Into Russia
Ukraine showed off a new locally-produced "rocket-drone" on Friday which it said could fly 700 km (430 miles) - more than twice the longest range attributed to missiles supplied by Western allies.
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War-Hit Ukraine Sees Influx Of Western War Tourists
Before the war, Ukraine already hosted tens of thousands of tourists every year in Chernobyl, which saw the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986.
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"Lives In West Are Just Too Easy": Ukraine Sees Influx of Western War Tourists
Spanish traveller Alberto Blasco Ventas looked out at Ukraine's destroyed Irpin brige, blown up to stop Russian troops in 2022 and now a hotspot for thrill-seeking tourists visiting the country.
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Sweden Says Won't Be Intimidated By Putin's Warning To West
Sweden will not be intimidated by Russia's provocations, Defence Minister Pal Jonson said Friday after President Vladimir Putin hinted at strikes on Western countries supplying weapons to Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Hints At Strikes On West In "Global" Ukraine War
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a "global" war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries.
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Russia Launches ICBM At Ukraine In Stern Message To Kyiv, Western Allies
Russia has fired an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile or ICBM at Ukraine a day after Vladimir Putin changed Moscow's nuclear doctrine.
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After US Missile, Ukraine Fires UK's 'Storm Shadow' Into Russia: Report
Ukraine's armed forces fired British cruise missiles at military targets inside Russia for the first time, a Western official familiar with the matter said, as the 1,000-day conflict enters a new phase.
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Ukraine Foreign Minister Calls Russia's Nuclear Threats "Saber-Rattling"
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga urged Ukraine's Western allies Tuesday to remain "clear-eyed and not give into fear" in the face what he termed Russian "saber-rattling" over its nuclear weapons.
