April 2025

In this week’s summary: The Easter truce was in effect for 30 hours, leading to a drop in the intensity of fighting. Russian troops are storming Oleshnya and Gornal, the …

Photo: Oleksandr Klymenko / Reuters Ukrainian forces have retreated from most of the territory they once controlled in Russia’s Kursk Region. Although history will ultimately have the last word on …

Michael Gloss in a horizontally striped undershirt known as the “telnyashka” — a distinctive part of the uniform of Russia’s Airborne Troops (VDV). Photo: Personal archive / IStories Michael Gloss, …

Providing quality health care in a rural area comes with a unique set of challenges. There are limited resources, difficulties attracting the right staff, and your patient list is going …

The Bank of Russia decided to leave a key interest rate at 21% per annum. As explained in the Central Bank, the preservation of the current rate of the rate …

Last month, more than 30 media outlets reported on a global scam operation based in Tbilisi, prompting Georgian authorities to launch an investigation. But newly obtained telecom records show that …

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff will leave his job, Politico reported Thursday, in the latest shakeup to hit the upper echelons of the Pentagon’s leadership. Joe Kasper …

Donald Trump’s online store is selling merchandise emblazoned with “Trump 2028,” the year of the next US presidential election, in which the Republican is constitutionally banned from running. The 78-year-old, …

With the competitive retail and services marketplace today, small businesses are under greater pressure than ever before to stand out and be returned again and again. One of the trends …

On April 10, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, representatives of the so-called “coalition of the willing” gathered for another meeting. This informal alliance of mostly European countries is composed of …