Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia was ready to talk to the United States about a peace initiative discussed between the US and Ukraine, and contacts could take place on Thursday. After talks with top US diplomats in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Ukraine said it was ready to accept a 30-day ceasefire and … Read more
Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Thursday it has taken over Sudzha, the biggest town in the Kursk region that has been overrun by Ukrainian forces since the surprise cross border offensive in August 2024. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visits a command point for the Kursk group of troops involved in the counteroffensive in the Kursk region. … Read more
Russia has presented the US with a list of demands for a deal to end its war against Ukraine and reset relations with Washington, according to two people familiar with the matter. It is not clear what exactly Moscow included on its list or whether it is willing to engage in peace talks with Kyiv prior to … Read more
The US influencer who sparked outrage when she ripped a wild baby wombat away from its distressed mother for a social media video is having her visa reviewed by the Australian government. Australia’s Minister for Immigration Tony Burke said the department is reviewing the video of Samantha Jones, also known as @samstrays_somewhere on Instagram, to … Read more
A blast from the past! Archeologists unearthed fossilized bone fragments in a cave in Spain that may represent a previously unknown species — making it the oldest-known human fossil ever discovered in Western Europe. The left cheekbone and upper jaw of a partial skull belonging to an extinct human species were discovered at the Sima … Read more
The two little girls of an Israeli hostage are calling on President Trump to help save their father from Hamas captivity and bring him home. Omri Miran’s two daughters were seen in a viral video on X addressing the US president as they drew signs of support for their father, who remains among the 59 … Read more
Germany’s foreign intelligence service in 2020 put at 80%-90% the likelihood that the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic was accidentally released from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, two German newspapers reported on Wednesday. According to a joint report by publications Die Zeit and Sueddeutscher Zeitung, Germany’s spying agency BND had indications that the institute had conducted gain-of-function experiments, whereby … Read more
Omer Wenkert, 23, described on Tuesday the brutal abuse he endured in the Gaza Strip at the hands of his Hamas captors. “They just hit you like crazy with everything they can find, whether it’s hitting your legs with the barrel of the gun, punching your face, kicking you all over. With each punch you … Read more
Somebody get Greta on the horn! Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil. The eight-mile stretch of new highway — dubbed Avenida Liberdade, or Avenue of Liberty — has gouged … Read more
MADRID — The fate of a French impressionist painting once stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish woman is in question once again after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived a case that could decide its ownership. At issue is whether the painting, Camille Pissarro’s “Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain,” should … Read more