Erdoğan urges easing barriers to marriage ANKARA President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for the removal of obstacles to marriage as part of a broader campaign to bolster family values and reverse Türkiye's declining birth rate. "We never find it right to make marriage difficult," Erdoğan said on…

Independent TV Showing now | Culture 01:00 | Friday 09 May 2025 22:20 BST Metallica fans' reaction to their rendition of "Enter Sandman" during their first concert at Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium on Wednesday (7 May) triggered a small earthquake. Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory (VTSO)…

News FeedMonday, May 12 3:20 am Tusk says Russia ordered 2024 arson attack on Warsaw shopping centre. "We now know for sure that the great fire of the Marywilska shopping centre in Warsaw was caused by arson ordered by the Russian special services," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on X. "Some of the…

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By Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China. Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the International Business Times and well as English,…

9 May – Victory Day – has become the foundation of Putin’s war machine. What was once a day commemorating the end of World War II has transformed into Russia’s most dangerous weapon: a mythological cult that fuels aggression against Ukraine and threatens all of Europe. While many Westerners struggle…

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Xi shows he wants to be close to Putin - but not too close 5 minutes ago Laura BickerChina Correspondent Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin make it look like they're the best of friends. Xi took his place at the right-hand side of Putin, the position of a…

The Russians thought they had broken Junior Sergeant Ruslan Myronenko’s. Instead, he broke them — and came back alive, according to the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade. Russia holds over 16,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians in detention across Russia and occupied Ukrainian…

Ukrainians celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday 11 May. State institutions, charities and military personnel have joined in sending greetings on this special day. Ukrainian soldiers are sending heartfelt messages to their mothers directly from the front line. Source: Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia (Life)…

News FeedMonday, May 12 1:36 am Over 107,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine identified by media investigation. The publications' latest report covers the period of February 24, 2022 to May 8, 2025. Since it was last updated at the end of April, 2,857 additional Russian military personnel have…

Ukraine: Scenarios for the Future May 13, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Zoom Alexandra Vacroux, Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Kyiv School of Economics, (on leave from Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies for 2024-2025), returns with an update on the war in Ukraine. Three…

Scars from the world's first deep sea mining test 50 years on 14 hours ago Sofia Quaglia USGS Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal. Plunging to the ocean's abyss on the Blake Plateau,…

Polish authorities accused Russian intelligence services on Sunday of orchestrating a fire that destroyed a large shopping center last year in the capital of Warsaw. Since Russia's February 2022 offensive against Ukraine, Poland — a loyal ally of Kyiv — claims to be the target of sabotage attempts…

Ukraine's titanium reserves may account for up to 20% of the global total, positioning the country as a key player in extracting this strategic metal. Source: geologist Dr Olena Remezova, Head of the Minerals Department at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of…

Taiwan’s internet lifeline depends on just 14 undersea cables — a fragile setup now under growing strain. As incidents of cable damage rise, whether from natural causes or suspected sabotage, concerns are mounting over the island’s digital vulnerability. What are the stakes, and why is Taiwan racing…

Before deployment with the Polish Army, the newly delivered U.S. M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks will undergo deprocessing and inspection at the Wojskowe Zakłady Motoryzacyjne (WZM S.A.) in Poznań, which hosts the Abrams Regional Competence Center. This facility ensures each vehicle meets Polish military…

French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul are only possible if a clear, unconditional 30-day ceasefire takes effect from Monday 12 May. Source: European Pravda, citing a post by Macron on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details:…

In an update on her market observations, Vivat Publishing CEO Julia Orlova talks of the evolution of the Ukrainian market in wartime. Julia Orlova, CEO of Vivat Publishing in Kharkiv. Image: Vivat Editor’s note: On March 1, 2022, shortly after the opening of the Russian assault on Ukraine,…

A study led by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has found that natural hazards account for around a quarter of all recorded instances of subsea cable damage between 1965 and 2019, posing a threat to the growing infrastructure underpinning global connectivity. While human activities like…

VTCNG State And World World News World News For the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII the pomp was back in full force Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV Putin has used the memory of the Soviet war effort to whip up support for troops in Ukraine Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV Troops shouted the traditional Russian chant of…

Today, there is important news from Crimea. Here, the Ukrainians conducted a massive combined air and sea drone strike against the Crimean Peninsula, with devastating results. With Ukrainians threatening that this would be just the beginning, panic spread throughout the Russian government, as the…

Military US Navy submarines to wield nuclear cruise missiles after 4-decade gap The missile will give the US a survivable second-strike nuclear capability. Updated: May 09, 2025 07:08 AM EST Kapil Kajal 3 days ago Representative image of a sea missile. Alexyz3d/iStock The US Navy is set to make an…

The Russian army may use children's summer camps in occupied Crimea as a "human shield" against Ukrainian strikes Kyiv • UNN May 9 2025, 04:32 AM • 3108 views The ISW warned that Russia may use children's summer camps in Crimea to deter Ukrainian strikes on military facilities, using children as a…

MM Design Design Studio service available Be seen in all the right places! Eighth GPS III satellite being prepared for launch Posted on 09 May 2025. Edited by: Colin Granger. Read 371 times. Now in Florida and in final preparation for a launch is the eighth Lockheed Martin-designed and built Global…

It was meant to land on Venus in 1972 at the height of the first space race. But "Cosmos 482" failed to leave Earth's orbit and has been "parked" up there ever since. Now, 53 years later, this Soviet-era Venera mission lander is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere and come down in the Atlantic…

On May 9, 2025, a British Royal Navy patrol ship, HMS Tyne, shadowed a Russian Kilo-class submarine, identified as Krasnodar, as it transited the English Channel, a critical maritime corridor connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea. Photo credit: Russian MoD BREAKING: India’s S-400 debuts in…

by The Editorial Team May 9, 2025 in Shipping Credit: Shutterstock FacebookEmail On 9 May, the UK Government announced its upcoming largest-ever sanctions package targeting Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers. Up to 100 vessels, responsible for transporting over $24 billion worth of cargo since…

This year's storyline is about the salt peddlers — "Chumaky." This traditional form of merchant organization took place in 1170. Prince Mstislav Izyaslavych of Kyiv appealed to itinerant merchants and soldiers at the same time to defend the roads from Kyiv to the sea.

French President Emmanuel Macron has reported that he spoke last night with US President Donald Trump about a ceasefire in Ukraine. Source: Macron on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Macron stated that he welcomed Trump’s clear call for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire. He said…

The Russians have set up a monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the occupied city of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on the occasion of Victory Day. [Victory Day is a Russian holiday commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, celebrated on 9 May – ed.] Source: website of the…

Tankers See all articles Alert me about Tankers The Norns is signalled Brazil but is reportedly in Venezuela. Photo: Piet Sinke/Maasmond Martitime Satellite imagery reveals destination of mysterious shipments on Chinese-controlled tankers 9 May 2025 9:43 GMT Updated 9 May 2025 11:04 GMT in London…

Top government officials from the Province of Ontario, Canada have recently expressed interest in developing a maritime port on James Bay, which extends southeast of Hudson Bay. While a port in such a location could be built to berth mega-size ships, there will be need for negotiation between…

This week, after major container ports on the West Coast reported less ship traffic due to falling imports, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that a drop in boxship volume is a win for the American economy. "That means we lose less money . . . when you say it slowed down, that's a good…

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT), the Western-led global financial transfer system, has implemented various control measures for banks to identify those who use cryptocurrencies to assist Russia and China bypass Western sanctions, including those imposed over…