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As Russia presses ahead with its war on Ukraine, the Kremlin is drumming up support among schoolchildren. Starting next week, students will be required to attend weekly lectures aimed at “inculcating love for the fatherland,” according to the Education Ministry.

An Australian real estate group has named Adelaide and Darwin as their top picks for property investment, with the SA capital even being hailed as an “investor’s dream”. 

More than three years into a presidency overshadowed first by his long-ruling predecessor, and then by the deadliest political violence in the country's history, Kazakhstan’s Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev is seeking a fresh mandate.

Accidental or not, Mikhail Gorbachev's actions led to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the unshackling of its republics. But on his death, many in the region remember Gorbachev not for that independence but efforts, including crackdowns, to keep the empire intact.

The EU will reduce the number of visas issued to Russian citizens and make it harder for them to enter the bloc. However, the passionate and emotive debate surrounding the issue indicates that it will also be harder for Brussels to agree on restrictive measures in the future.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, several packages of sanctions targeting Russia’s lucrative energy industry (mostly oil, gas, and coal) have been introduced by the United States, the European Union, and other Western nations.

In the winter of 1977, Livia Chereches snapped photos of the aftermath of one of modern Europe's worst earthquakes. Then the historic color slides sat in her closet for nearly half a century.

Released at the last minute by outgoing UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet, the report said that “serious human rights violations had taken place in Xinjiang that could be “crimes against humanity,” which Uyghur activists say has them feeling vindicated.

The death of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has once again exposed profound divisions among Russians. While many revile him for purportedly destroying a global superpower, others expressed deep gratitude for the unprecedented individual opportunities his liberalizations afforded them.

Soldiers from across the Soviet Union left their mark on the walls of a top secret facility built by the Nazis.