A record number of Russians applied for asylum in South Korea last year, US broadcaster CNN reported yesterday, citing a report published by the Korean Immigration Service.more

Scientists working in the Amazon rainforest have discovered a new species of snake, rumored to be the biggest in the world. A team from the University of Queensland traveled to the Ecuadorian Amazon to search for the previously undocumented northern green anaconda (Eunectes akayima), following an invitation from the Waorani people to observe anacondas “rumoured to be the largest in existence".more

In France, the situation of homeless people who gather in major cities, above all in Paris, is unprecedented and dramatic, the French weekly "L'Obs" alerted. There are already 330,000 of them in the country, twice as many as a decade ago, it stressed.more

The city of Colima, in the west of Mexico, with more than 140,000 inhabitants, is the most dangerous city in the world, according to a report published by the non-governmental Citizens' Council for Public Safety and Justice.more

Ukraine must now rein in its offensive ambitions and try to hold its ground until either Russia is weakened or its Western allies start helping it again in the right way, according to Keir Giles, an expert at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London.more

Ground-based planetary radar systems are very good at reporting Earth-threatening asteroids and comets, scientists estimate. This is important because NASA tests have confirmed that we can change the trajectory of dangerous objects near our planet.more

By portraying the invasion of Ukraine as a conflict with the West in the official narrative, the Russian government is preparing its citizens for a prolonged war and a decline in living standards, the UK Ministry of Defence said yesterday.more

Two workers, from Poland and Belgium, were killed and two injured in an accident at a bridge construction site in Lochem, the Netherlands, authorities said, as quoted by NOS station. The accident occurred when the cables on which the bridge arch was being fixed broke. The structure fell to the ground.more

In the light of recent events, Vladimir Putin may seem indestructible, but this is an illusion; Unless the West leaves Ukraine, Russia's future in this war does not look bright, says Philip Wasielewski, a former Marine officer and analyst at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI).more

Despite the heatwave and fires that hit Greece during the summer of 2023, the country recorded a record number of 32.7 million foreign tourists, according to data published yesterday by the Bank of Greece.more

The size of the Russian ground forces in Ukraine is currently approximately 470,000 soldiers - said yesterday the representative of the military intelligence of Ukraine (HUR), General Vadym Skibicki, in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine agency.more

Four people will take part in a year-long mission to help with plans to conquer Mars. The programme participants will live at the Mars Dune Alpha base in Texas. Among other things, they will be expected to work in a laboratory, grow plants, simulated spacewalks and controlled failures. Recruitment of US citizens continues until 2 April.more

The recent reform of the naturalization law provides for shortening the waiting period for obtaining a German passport from 8 to 5 years, and it will also be possible to retain your previous citizenship. The act has not yet entered into force, but the number of applications in offices is already increasing significantly, reported the daily "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung".more

The former Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, and leader of its government-in-exile, Akhmad Zakayev, during a visit to Gdansk yesterday, stressed that Russia has imperial ambitions. In his view, the potential occupation of Ukraine will result in Poland being drawn into Russia's sphere of influence.more

The Kremlin may release the body of oppositionist Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony, to his family only after the presidential elections scheduled for March 15-17, or not at all, reported the independent Russian website Moscow Times, citing government sources.more

MoneySuperMarket travel insurance has developed a ‘serene cities’ index, and it evaluated 75 cities on factors including air, light and noise pollution, traffic congestion, average sunshine hours as well as the happiness and friendliness of locals. more

An Air Serbia state airline plane flew for about an hour with a hole in its fuselage before returning to Belgrade airport, Nova TV reported yesterday. More than 100 passengers were on board.more

The temperature in the Chinese town of Tuerhong, located in the northern part of Xinjiang province on the border with Mongolia, dropped to minus 52.3 degrees Celsius on Sunday morning. This is a new cold record for the province. The previous one was recorded more than 60 years ago.more

If you are dreaming of a summer holiday, you can look no further than the list compiled by the European Best Destinations organisation. Using the votes of around one million people from 172 countries, the EBD has selected the 20 best European destinations for this year from among 500 places. The Spanish city of Marbella topped the list, ahead of Monaco and Malta in the race for the title.more

A Belize-flagged and UK-registered freighter was attacked off the coast of Yemen yesterday, Reuters reported. An explosion occurred near the vessel. The crew safely abandoned the vessel.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen yesterday expressed outrage at the death of Alexei Navalny and stressed the importance of holding those behind this in the Russian system to account, a Downing Street spokesperson reported.more

Russia is a threat to every country in Europe, but the countries that border Russia are the first to be threatened, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo pointed out in an interview with the "Rzeczpospolita".more

In Benidorm, Alicante province, the police detained a 34-year-old Polish citizen wanted on the basis of a European arrest warrant (EAW), reported the Spanish agency EFE.more

The next warning strike of Lufthansa ground staff workers this year will begin on Tuesday. The protest is to last 24 hours and will cover the seven largest airports in Germany, the Verdi trade union organizing the strike announced yesterday.more

In 2023. Spain was visited by 1.9 million Polish tourists, reported the Office of the Tourism Counsellor at the Spanish Embassy in Warsaw. Never before have so many Poles paid a visit to the country of corrida.more