Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the war launched by Putin was a "case study in failure."
No archaeological dig or scientific dating has ever been undertaken to explain the mysteries.
Nigerians are struggling with surging fuel prices after newly elected President Bola Tinubu declared an end to popular subsidies, a move analysts and experts said was long overdue.On his first day in office, Tinubu kept to his campaign promise and announced an end to the long-running arrangement, which has given Nigerians access to cheap petrol.
As restrictions in Hong Kong have snuffed out what were once the largest vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, cities like London, New York, Berlin and Taipei are left carrying the candle to commemorate the June 4 anniversary.
The United States on Friday will offer to abide by the nuclear weapons limits set in the New START treaty until its 2026 expiration if Russia does the same, in order to bolster global security, two senior administration officials said.
Heatwaves tormenting parts of southern and eastern China are set to persist through June, putting power grids under strain as air conditioners are turned on full blast at homes, offices and factories in mega-cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Asia's top security meeting opened on Friday, with intensifying competition between the United States and China expected to dominate a weekend of high-level speeches, backroom military dealings and delicate diplomacy.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe dispatched a high-powered team of experts to the 2,300-year-old Sri Maha Bodhi tree in the sacred city of Anuradhapura. It included the head of the telecom regulator, his technical chief and the director of the National Botanical Gardens, along with university professors and district administrators.
When Moscow's troops attacked Ukraine in February 2022 it resulted in the severing of a smuggling highway that ran westward for hundreds of kilometres toward Europe from the border with Russia.Organised crime operations between the two nations -- sharing cultural, linguistic and historic links -- had flourished since the 1990s along with vast corruption.
Spike in boats smuggling meth out of Myanmar: UN
Chinese airlines are avoiding flying over Russian airspace in newly approved flights to and from the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware and industry officials.
The almost 600-year-old artwork depicting three angels is one of the most recognisable Russian masterpieces in the world.
Mexico police find 45 bags with human body parts in ravine
The FSB said it found "anomalies" in several thousand iPhones, including those used by diplomatic missions in Russia.
The United States is seeking to secure supplies of TNT in Japan for 155mm artillery shells, as Washington rushes weapons and ammunition to Ukraine for a counteroffensive against Russian forces, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The Wagner group has a significant influence in the CAR as it has been hired to protect the government of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra from rebels.
Messi future decision drawing near with Barca return hopes fading
In distorted Buenos Aires rental market, it's dollar vs. peso
The Pentagon has signed a contract to obtain the satellite service for wartorn Ukraine where its troops have used it for a variety of war efforts, including battlefield communication, monitoring Russian military movements and controlling their network of surveillance drones.
The United States said it will stop providing Russia some notifications required under the New START arms control treaty from Thursday, including updates on its missile and launcher locations, to retaliate for Moscow's "ongoing violations" of the accord.
The most comprehensive genomic study ever on primates - a group whose membership includes lemurs, monkeys, apes and people - has revealed pivotal genetic traits that are uniquely human while refining the timeline for our evolutionary lineage's split from our closest cousins, the chimpanzees and bonobos.
The hope for a "free China" lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to China's 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of the 34th anniversary of the crackdown.
US debt drama nears end as Senate tackles default threat
Biden trips, tumbles on Air Force stage
London Design Biennale explores design-led collaboration
Gambia has hired a U.S. law firm to explore legal action after a government-backed investigation found that contaminated medicines from India were "very likely" to have caused the deaths of children last year, the justice minister told Reuters.
Biden and top Republican McCarthy -- odd couple who saved US economy
BRICS ministers open to enlargement as Putin looms large
Ukraine's ministry of renovation and infrastructure said on Thursday the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain export deal had been halted again because Russia had blocked registration of ships to all Ukrainian ports.
U.S. President Joe Biden predicted on Thursday Sweden will join NATO "soon", speaking at the U.S.
