Russia marks Cheburashka’s 60th birthday on August 20 amid both enduring love for the creature and debate over his morality and even his “ethnicity.”
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Falling water levels in the Danube River have uncovered Nazi warships in Serbia and a military motorcycle in Hungary amid a drought affecting much of Europe.
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Prominent Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery has been sentenced to a 15-year prison term for her work covering the US-Israeli war with Iran. Here are some of the images she captured of the conflict before the shock sentence was announced.
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As Kyiv struggles to counter deadly Russian missile strikes, Ukrainian officials say Moscow is once again using North Korean weaponry to hit cities in Ukraine. Here are the missiles that Pyongyang is reported to have supplied for Russia's war.
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Before-and-after satellite images released by Vantor reveal the extent of the damage to Wildberries warehouses across Russia. Dubbed the "Russian Amazon," at least 20 facilities belonging to the country's largest online retailer have been targeted by a Ukrainian drone campaign since mid-July.
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