Videos showed Marin, Finland’s 36-year-old leader, dancing with friends in a private setting. “These videos are private and filmed in a private space. I resent that these became known to the public,” Marin told reporters in Kuopio, Finland. “I spent a night with my friends. We just partied, also in a boisterous way. I danced […]
Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters attend to a fire at an oil depot in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on August 2. Russian tanks near the settlement of Olenivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on July 29. Students at a military school write letters to Ukrainian servicemen during a lesson in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 27. Firefighters rest […]
Ukrainian officials say the Russians are moving command posts from the north of the Dnipro River to the south bank as bridges have been heavily damaged. The first deputy head of Kherson regional council, Yuri Sobolevsky, claimed on his Telegram channel that a significant portion of the Russian military command had already left Kherson city. […]
Originally, the honor was introduced by Joseph Stalin after World War II, when the Soviet population plunged by tens of millions. The award stopped with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Once it comes back in existence, a payment of 1 million rubles ($16,500) will be given to Russian mothers once their 10th […]
Father: Basil “Joe” Jagger, a teacher Mother: Eva (Scutts) Jagger Marriages: Jerry Hall (November 21, 1990-August 13, 1999, annulled); Bianca (Pérez Morena De Macías) Jagger (May 21, 1971-November 2, 1979, divorced) Children: with Melanie Hamrick: a son, 2016; with Luciana Gimenez Morad: Lucas, 1999; with Jerry Hall: Gabriel, 1997; Georgia, 1992; James, 1985; Elizabeth, 1984; […]
Nuclear experts are keen to defuse some of the more alarmist warnings, explaining that the main threat is closest to the plant itself and doesn’t justify Europe-wide alerts. Experts are particularly wary of any comparisons to the Chernobyl disaster, a repeat of which is incredibly unlikely, they said. “It’s not very likely that this plant […]
Mitarachi was visiting Greece’s wider Evros region a day after police there found 35 Syrians and three Palestinians, among them one pregnant woman and seven children, who had been hiding in Greek territory after crossing the river from Turkey. Aid agencies and media reports said the child, who was from Syria and traveling with her […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Norway in Oslo, Norway on August 15. (Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance/Getty Images) European leaders on Monday discussed a potential Schengen or European Union visa ban for Russian citizens. It was important to impose sanctions on “those who are responsible for the war, […]
Father: name unavailable publicly Mother: Yekaterina Lukashenko, milkmaid Marriage: Galina (Zhelnerovich) Lukashenko (1975-present) Children: with Galina (Zhelnerovich) Lukashenko: Viktor and Dmitry; with Irina Abelskaya: Nikolai “Kolya” Education: Mogilev Pedagogical Institute (now Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University), history, 1975; Belarusian Agricultural Academy, economics, 1985 Military service: Soviet Army Religion: has called himself an “Orthodox atheist” Other […]
On this small farm in the upper reaches of Seillans, a commune in the Var region of southern France, the fields are bare but for the parched remnants of the last harvest. Normally, aubergines, tomatoes, peppers and melons thrive here. Now, the fields lie fallow. Messelis’ reservoirs first ran empty after last winter was remarkably […]
