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Four Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but four were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, according to an UNIAN correspondent. "Yesterday, the enemy made a...
World’s oldest living person has lived in three centuries
It turns out that the key to a long life is actually bacon. If the woman who has lived in three centuries says it, it's hard to argue with that statement. Susannah Mushatt Jones, who turned 116 this July, says she eats bacon every day for breakfast and continues to snack on the crunchy delight throughout the day, she tells...
What Russia wants and what it will get in Syria
The start of Russian intervention in Syria expanded configuration of forces in the Middle East and highlighted the Kremlin’s tasks in this country. Russia’s air group stationed in Latakia (Syria) performed its first airstrikes in the provinces of Hama and Homs. According to statements by the Russian Defense...
U.S. Senate passes bill allowing supply of weapons to Ukraine
A bill on defense expenditures in 2016 fiscal year which started October 1 was amended with provisions regarding military assistance to Ukraine. $300,000,000 may be available to the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide appropriate security assistance and intelligence support, including...
Syrian children don’t deserve such life or even death (PHOTO)
Four and a half years of violent conflict have destroyed entire regions of Syria. Neighborhoods have been smashed by shelling and government barrel bombs, and towns have been seized by rebels and ISIS militants, then retaken by government troops, killing hundreds of thousands and injuring even more. The United Nations now...
Turkey: Only two of Russia’s 57 air strikes in Syria hit IS
Only two of Russia's 57 air strikes in Syria have hit Islamic State, while the rest have been against the moderate opposition, the only forces fighting Islamic State in northwestern Syria, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Speaking at a school opening in Istanbul, Davutoglu said...
Klimkin asks parliament to stop misusing «Donbas’ special status» term
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin insists that Ukrainian lawmakers stop speculating about terminology related to "special status of Donbas." "There is no special status. There is a law on the peculiarities of local self-government , which was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada. The law which respective...
High-five! Dutch scientists build world’s biggest tsunami machine (VIDEO)
Dutch scientists have created the world’s biggest human-made wave generator. The Delta Flume can send waves 5 meters high, crashing down a 300-meter long, 9.5-meter deep channel. The monster machine wasn't designed to help surfers catch bigger waves, but to enhance safety against floods in the Netherlands, where half...
Two Shanghai Spires: Roofers stand on needle point hundreds of meters above ground (VIDEO)
A couple of Russian-speaking daredevil roofers who have climbed the highest structures around the world have done it again — this time they’ve scaled the tip of 80-meter high steel spires erected on a skyscraper in Shanghai. Rattling their own steel nerves in the first place, they also shot the effort on camera,...
Facebook will bring free Internet to sub-Saharan Africa with a satellite
Facebook just put some serious satellite oomph behind its Internet.org initiative, which aims to bring basic Internet access to developing countries. The company has partnered with French-based satellite operator Eutelsat in an attempt to deliver free Internet to sub-Saharan Africa using an AMOS-6 satellite, Eutelsat announced...
Ukrainian journalists address world leaders about the war in Ukraine (VIDEO)
Seven journalists and hosts of TSN news agency have recorded a video address to the most influential world leaders, where they talk about the war in Ukraine and invite the global community to find out more about it with the help of the book ‘Ukraine's War as Viewed by TSN journalists,' Ukraine Today reports....
Russians make closest contact to date with U.S. war planes over Syria: CBS News
Russian aircraft had their closest run-in yet with American war planes over Syria. The yellow aircraft are Russian, the green are American, according to CBS News. "The closest has been within a handful of miles of our remotely piloted aircraft," said Lt. Gen. Charles Brown, commander of the American air campaign, CBS...
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