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From drought to floods, water extremes drive displacement in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 17/08/2025
» AFGHANISTAN - Next to small bundles of belongings, Maruf waited for a car to take him and his family away from their village in northern Afghanistan, where drought-ridden land had yielded nothing for years.
Car bomb kills Russian general near Moscow
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» BALASHIKHA, Russia - An explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow on Friday killing a senior Russian general, investigators said, in an attack that resembled previous killings claimed by Ukraine.
After three years of war, Trump hands Russian economy a lifeline
Alexander Marrow and Darya Korsunskaya of Reuters, Published on 24/02/2025
» LONDON - Russia's overheating economy is on the cusp of serious cooling, as huge fiscal stimulus, soaring interest rates, stubbornly high inflation and Western sanctions take their toll, but after three years of war, Washington may just have thrown Moscow a lifeline.
Kazakhstan says part of Aral Sea has nearly doubled in volume
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN) - Kazakhstan said on Monday the northern part of the Aral Sea had nearly doubled in volume since 2008, a rare environmental success story in a region plagued by pollution.
Pope under fire for comments about Russian tsars
Published on 29/08/2023
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has come under criticism for telling Russian young people to remember that they are the heirs of past tsars such as Peter the Great, whom President Vladimir Putin has held up as an example to justify the invasion of Ukraine.
Himalayas key to climate battle
News, Sophia Kalantzakos & Kunda Dixit, Published on 15/05/2023
» In our collective imagination, the Himalayas -- the roof of the world -- are an archetype: glistening white, distant, even otherworldly. Climbing them is proof of humanity's daring, courage and drive. And yet, despite rising 6,993 metres above sea level, the summit of Mount Machapuchare in central Nepal resembled a black rock pyramid this winter, devoid of ice and snow. Glaciers near Mount Everest have turned into large lakes.
Russia blames US, Ukraine, for attack on pro-Kremlin writer
AFP, Published on 07/05/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia on Saturday blamed the US for an attack on a pro-Kremlin writer that killed his assistant and left him wounded.
Car blast wounds pro-Kremlin writer
AFP, Published on 06/05/2023
» MOSCOW: A car explosion wounded pro-Kremlin nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin on Saturday and killed one other person, authorities said, the latest in a string of attacks that Russia has blamed on Ukraine.
Russian military blogger's funeral draws hundreds
AFP, Published on 08/04/2023
» MOSCOW: Hundreds of supporters including Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the mercenary outfit Wagner, turned out Saturday for the funeral of a high-profile Russian military blogger killed in a bomb attack.
Russian cafe bomb suspect remanded in custody
AFP, Published on 05/04/2023
» MOSCOW - A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered that Darya Trepova, the suspect in the fatal bomb attack on a high-profile military blogger, be held in custody for at least two months.