Irpin: where civilians fleeing the war were allegedly targeted by Russian artillery fire.
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International law says that the Russian invasion is illegal in itself. The Russian military’s alleged conduct also breach various international legal treaties.
Defiant: Volodymyr Zelensky is rallying Ukrainians with a series of video messages as Russian assassination squads try to hunt him down.
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Volodymyr Zelensky remains in Kyiv, rallying resistance to the Russian invasion.
Experiencing skin-shade prejudice can impact on a person’s self-confidence and their relationships.
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Skin-shade prejudice can have a lasting impact both on people’s self-confidence and on who they in turn find attractive. Understanding how it works is key to resisting it.
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Genetic research has linked a number of blood proteins to severe COVID – including the enzyme that determines your blood type.
El ataque a la central nuclear, visto en una captura de pantalla de una cámara de vigilancia. YOUTUBE/Central nuclear de Zaporizhzhya.
Pueden surgir problemas si el reactor en funcionamiento se apaga, con riesgos que van desde la fusión del combustible usado hasta la explosión del núcleo del reactor. Mientras, las fuerzas rusas nos envían un mensaje: pueden atacar la planta en cualquier momento.
Flare landing on the nuclear power station, seen on a screen grab taken from a surveillance camera .
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Trouble may arise if the operating reactor is shut down, with risks ranging from a used fuel meltdown to a reactor core explosion.
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China has suggested it could negotiate on behalf of the world with Russia, but what are the implications of that?
One of thousands of anti-war protesters to be detained in Russia in recent days.
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Thousands of people are speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in a climate that does not take well to protest.
Ukrainian firefighters respond to Ukrainian military transport plane shot down during Russian invasion.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses a security threat to member states of Nato.
Russian army special forces on patrol in Chechnya in 1995.
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International responses to previous Russian military interventions have given the Kremlin understanding of the west’s likely reaction to Ukraine.
Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Brazil in 2019.
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China’s rocky relationship with the US may influence the way it reacts to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
High-level diplomacy: representatives of the US and UK on the UN Security Council talk with Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Sergiy Kyslytsya.
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The question centres on whether Russia legally inherited the permanent seat formerly occupied by the Soviet Union.
Making history: US president Richard Nixon meeting Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing in1972.
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Richard Nixon’s visit sparked a new era of collaboration but now the relationship between US and China is beginning to unravel.
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Risky life-science projects need global governance. Unfortunately, current standards and practices are not up to the task.
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‘Attention snacking’ may help keep us alert.
Armed and Security Forces of Mali servicemen stand guard on a military vehicle.
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A new wave of military coups could put the dividends of democracy out of reach in a region troubled by the effects of jihadism.
Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba is sworn in as head of state in Burkina Faso on February 16 after the January military coup.
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Arguments to suspend ECT are based on selective and poor-quality assessments of the evidence.
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Previous research on this therapy has been poorly conducted and biased.
Gay Pride parade in Kosovo in 2021.
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Promising findings in Serbia, Ukraine and Turkey show what can be achieved with a bit of information.
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It remains to be seen what the reset of the relations between the two countries will actually mean for the rest of the world.