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Tributes paid to former leader who oversaw his country’s vote to join EU and won Nobel peace prize in 2008

Ahtisaari helped reach peace accords related to Serbia’s withdrawal from Kosovo in the late 1990s, Namibia’s bid for independence in the 1980s, and autonomy for Aceh province in Indonesia in 2005.

Finland’s president from 1994 to 2000, Ahtisaari was a renowned peace mediator whose work was rewarded with the Nobel peace prize in 2008. He stepped back from public duties in 2021, suffering from Alzheimer's.

Martti Ahtisaari, the 10th President of Finland and recipient of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, has died at the age of 86 in Helsinki. Serving as the Finnish head of state from 1994 to 2000, Ahtisaari was renowned not only for his domestic leadership but also for his tireless commitment to global peace and diplomacy. His illustrious career in the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the United Nations laid the foundation for his impactful post-presidential endeavors.

Analysis: Taiwan Navy's First Domestically-Built Hai Kun-Class Submarine.

The President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, at today’s meeting with Governor of Russia’s Leningrad Region Aleksandr Drozdenko outlined...

Mechanical engineers in Singapore have found a non-invasive method to turn cockroaches into cyborgs.

The combination of man and machine may become a reality in the not-so-distant future. The idea of a cyborg (a character from speculative fiction in the form of a brain-machine-microprocessor hybrid, according to online dictionaries) is not new at all.

The Ukrainian conflict has become the biggest security crisis in Europe since WWII, straining defense industries’ ability to churn out weapons and equipment fast enough, and to adapt them to the rapidly changing needs of modern combat. Sputnik explores some of the DIY arms and kit invented and built by ordinary Russian soldiers and volunteers.

The Thai Navy conducts a joint training drill with China's PLA Navy.