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Shackleton's ship 'Endurance' found beneath Antarctic ice, 100 years on

Rruga Ukraina e LirëFollowing similar moves in the capitals of Lithuania (Vilnius) and the Czech Republic (Prague), the Albanian capital of Tirana has renamed a section of one of its streets where the Russian embassy is located to Rruga Ukraina e Lirë (Free Ukraine Street).

The wreck of Endurance, Ernest Shackletons Antarctic expedition ship, has been found 107 years after it sank in Weddell Sea pack ice

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Welcome to Thursday, where Ukraine lashed out at Biden’s prediction about Russian intentions, Austria is betting on a new incentive for the unvaccinated, and the Australian city of Adelaide is baffled by a mysterious spate of googly eyes. We also look at Russia’s latest efforts to dismantle the REvi

• Ukraine ceasefire & first mass evacuation: The Russian defense ministry has announced a ceasefire in key cities including Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol. Previous ceasefires have failed, but on Tuesday, 5,000 people were able to successfully evacuate from Sumy. Ukraine announces p...

This is in the interest of no one.— Chinese President Xi Jinping condemned Western sanctions towards Russia during a virtual call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron. Xi said China was instead willing to "work actively" with the international community to halt the...

Yanukovych and a new "Little Russia": Putins final plan for Ukraine
Putin says he wants to "denazify" Ukraine, but his true goal is bringing the country back into Russias sphere of influence as part of an all-Russian nation. To achieve that, he will try to turn it into a second Belarus, with a pup...

The 144-foot-long wooden ship sank in 1915, forcing its 28-man crew to spend five months camped on ice floes.

The Wall Street Journal devotes its front page to President Joe Biden’s announcement of a U.S. ban on the import of Russian oil in response to its invasion of Ukraine. The leading American business daily says “will add pressure to already record U.S. gasoline prices and the economic recovery.”