From playgrounds to parade grounds: Russian schools are becoming increasingly militarized
Russia's playgrounds are becoming parade grounds. At schools from the Pacific to the Black Sea, children in nursery grade don uniforms and take part in marching practice. Older kids are being taught how to dig trenches, throw grenades and shoot with real ammunition.
2023-09-24 12:49
China Hosts Esports’ Biggest Moment With Tencent at the Wheel
China scythed nearly $600 billion off Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s market value in its crackdown on tech and gaming.
2023-09-24 09:49
How climate change threatens some of the world's most coveted real estate
Until recently, the upscale homes of the Redhill Peninsula seemed like an oasis for rich Hong Kongers aspiring to a tranquil lifestyle in an otherwise notoriously cramped metropolis of 7.5 million.
2023-09-24 07:48
AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo
More than 20 Spanish girls in the small town of Almendralejo have so far come forward as victims.
2023-09-24 07:25
Anti-monarchy campaigners stage protest inside Buckingham Palace
A group of anti-monarchy campaigners on Saturday staged what organizers are calling the "first-ever" protest inside Buckingham Palace.
2023-09-24 01:23
Landslide causes motorway to collapse in Sweden
A large chunk of a motorway in southwest Sweden collapsed overnight, causing three people to be taken to hospital with light injuries, police said on Saturday.
2023-09-23 21:51
Russell Brand makes first public comments since sexual assault allegations
Russell Brand has made his first public comments since being accused of rape and sexual assault, thanking followers for "questioning the information they have been presented with" while not addressing the claims.
2023-09-23 19:49
Azerbaijan has reclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh. What does that mean for the tens of thousands living there?
The same day that Azerbaijan celebrated the surrender of separatist Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh, many in the breakaway region's capital spent the evening throwing stacks of paper onto a fire.
2023-09-23 15:59
Poland's spat with Ukraine angered many in Europe, and was a gift for Putin
Europe's support for Ukraine faced an unexpected curveball this week as Poland -- hitherto Kyiv's staunchest ally on the continent -- seemed to declare it would stop sending arms to its neighbor.
2023-09-23 15:46
Ukraine Special Forces say strike on Russia's Black Sea Fleet HQ left dozens dead and wounded 'including senior leadership'
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said Saturday a strike on Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol had left dozens dead and wounded "including senior leadership."
2023-09-23 15:28
Never 'insult Poles again,' Poland's prime minister tells Ukraine's Zelensky
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has told Volodymyr Zelensky never to "insult Poles again" after the Ukrainian president suggested his neighbor was putting on a show over their disputes on grain exports.
2023-09-23 14:28
Ukrainian forces have broken through in Verbove, top general says
The general leading Ukraine's counteroffensive along the southern front line says his forces have broken through in Verbove -- and predicts an even bigger breakthrough to come.
2023-09-23 13:22