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Ukrainian forces captured over 100 Russian troops in the largest single surrender since the start of the war two and a half years ago, according to multiple reports.The latest victory is part of a surprise incursion launched by Ukraine into Russian territory earlier this month. The surrender will not please Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was already visibly rattled during a testy televised meeting with officials earlier this week.The Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda posted a video on X Thursday, which it said came from a source at the country’s Security Service, showing dozens of Russian soldiers lying with their...

Humiliation for Putin as Over 100 Troops Raise White Flag on Russian Soil

Latin Times

Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum defended the decision to invite her soon-to-be Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to her inauguration in October, following backlash and the Ukrainian embassy's request for the country to detain him upon arrival given the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against him. "They are diplomatic letters normally sent...

Mexican president-elect defends inviting Putin to inauguration while Ukraine asks for his detention

The Independent

 Russian president Vladimir Putin will be in Mongolia on Tuesday, making his first visit to a member country of the International Criminal Court where he is wanted for alleged war crimes.It is unlikely that Mr Putin will be handcuffed and arrested upon arrival despite every ICC member state being obliged to detain people against whom arrest warrants have been issued by the world court in The Hague.Mongolia is therefore set to become the first nation to openly defy the ICC warrant against the Russian leader.The Kremlin announced last week that Mr Putin would visit Mongolia to mark the 85th...

Will Vladimir Putin be arrested in Mongolia?

Business Insider

Armenia's prime minister said it has frozen participation in all aspects of the CSTO, Putin's NATO rival, and doesn't plan to reengage.

A longtime Russian ally says it's frozen its participation in Putin's NATO 'at all levels' after a year of snubs

The Kremlin is using propaganda to downplay Ukraine's Kursk incursion and instead emphasize Russian battlefield victories, sources told outlet Meduza.

The Kremlin is trying to convince Russians to accept Ukraine's Kursk incursion as a 'new normal': report

A woman says she felt "amazing" walking down the aisle in a wedding dress that her brother had made for her from scratch. Brooke Jones, 30, married her now-husband Alex in Newport earlier this month. Her brother Reagen Evans, 28, a couture fashion designer, spent about 120 hours making her...

Bride married in dream dress made by her brother

Many Russians fleeing Ukraine’s surprise incursion are furious at Moscow’s response. Kyiv said it now controls at least 1,000 square kilometers of Russia’s Kursk province and has detained at least 100 Russian soldiers, forcing Moscow to withdraw some troops from Ukraine to counter the offensive. Kursk residents told the Financial Times that authorities failed to coordinate an organized evacuation and blamed Kremlin-backed media and internet blackouts for leaving them in an information vacuum.

Russians criticize Putin after incursion

These tragedies keep occurring in Nigeria's megacity, and yet no-one is ever held to account.

Collapse after collapse - why Lagos buildings keep crashing down

CNN senior international correspondent Frederik Pleitgen reports on Ukraine’s tactics, including their incursion into Russia, to continue to place pressure on Moscow. 

Never-before-seen video of Ukraine’s incursion into Russia

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Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

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Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

A Russian special forces unit commander told the parents of conscripts that their children would go to heaven if they died serving their country.

An elite Russian commander told Moscow's troops that they would 'go to heaven' if they died in Kursk

A beluga whale suspected of having been trained as a spy by Russia has been found dead off the Norwegian coast. The body of the animal - nicknamed Hvaldimir - was found floating off the south-western town of Risavika and taken to the nearest port for examination. The whale was...

Russian 'spy whale' found dead off Norway

An extensive search for an Indian woman who disappeared into a pavement sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur hit a snag on its eighth day, as authorities now say it is "too risky" to continue deploying divers. The incident has gripped Malaysia, with some 110 rescuers working around the clock this past...

Search for woman swallowed by 8m sinkhole now 'too risky'

Officers were called to an address by ambulance crews and are working to establish what happened.

Bodies of three children and man found - police

Fawziyah Javed's mother says the bench will be a "symbol of hope" for domestic violence victims.

Arthur's Seat memorial for woman killed by husband

Moscow is reportedly pulling some military forces out of Ukraine amid Kyiv’s surprise incursion into Russia, the biggest foreign military offensive on Russian soil since World War II.U.S. officials confirmed the withdrawal to The Wall Street Journal, though it’s not clear how many Russian troops were involved. Ukraine has also sent tanks and armored vehicles to support its own troops who stormed across the border last week into Russia’s Kursk region.Putin ordered his military to quickly expel the Ukrainian forces who crossed into Russian territory on August 6, but Kyiv claims its troops are continuing to make advances. Ukraine’s fighters...

Putin Forced to Pull Troops From Ukraine After Getting Caught Out

A group of environmentalists are trying to restore the peat bog that delivered the gruesome find.

Forty years since bog gave up dark Lindow Man secret

After buying a 200-year-old hall to renovate, Andrew and Louisa Godfrey made a heavenly discovery.

Couple renovating manor uncover 'priceless' angels

Lisa Peacock encourages anyone who thinks they have a problem to talk to a loved one and seek help.

'I hid my alcoholism for so many years'

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Russian activist speaks out in spy case after prisoner swap

The strange case of Spanish-Russian reporter Pablo González, who was accused of spying by Poland before being flown to Moscow in a prisoner swap in...

Russian activist speaks out in spy case after prisoner swap

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