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Only few days after a Chinese bulk carrier destroyed two cables in the Baltic Sea in what appears as an act of sabotage, top ...

While the world marks World AIDS Day on 1 December, HIV statistics in Russia look increasingly grim. According to the latest research published in The Lancet, while global HIV morbidity and mortality ...

"We have to train together in order to protect Norway, the Nordic region and NATO in crisis and war," Gram said during a visit to Sørreisa this week. A key issue during his stay in the north Norwegian ...

“I have five children, but that’s half the trouble. I and the children can be fine with a bonfire or with a candle, it’s not a problem. But tell me, please, what should I do with the livestock? Should ...

The Ocean 28 had been at sea for almost two months when it on the 25 November suddenly made a sharp U-turn and subsequently started to sail back and forth in the waters outside the island of Gossa.

According to Telegram channel Baza, the draft decree proposes to restrict access to information on the export of Russian oil ...

A court in the East Siberian city of Chita, located along the Trans-Siberian Railway, has sentenced local journalist Nika Novak to four years in prison, Radio Freedom reports, citing sources familiar ...