Good riddance 2020. Hello 2021: Fireworks light deserted streets

By Reuters,

Fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House, but the harbour below was a deserted ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year th...

coronavirus , new year address

How do players cope with life under lockdown? A Kenyan in Italy responds

By Bernard Ndong,

@BernardNdong Lameck Saveya Dunde is conducting his final set of press ups in his shared apartment in Cassina De Pecchi, a town 15km North East of th...

coronavirus , Lameck Saveya Dunde

Russia commemorates end of World War II

By VOA,

Russia on May 9 commemorated the 74th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II with a military parade on Moscow's Red Squar...

Russian world war veteran calls for peace on Victory Day

By Reuters,

Centenarian World War Two veteran Nikolay Bagayev will be among Russians across the country commemorating the anniversary of the war’s end on Thursd...

Mueller report gives Democrats political ammunition but they are split on how to use it

By Reuters,

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his inquiry into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election provided extensive details on President Donald...

President Donald Trump , Special Counsel Robert Mueller

Turkey’s Erdogan lays out plans for Syria security zone

By VOA,

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in his latest effort to build support for a Turkis...

Endigan , Syria , Turkey

World rings in New Year as celebrations sweep globe

By VOA,

Fireworks displays lit up cities across the world on Tuesday as people marked the beginning of 2019. Tens of thousands of people packed New York Ci...

Big Ben at midnight , Champs Elysees , French President Emmanuel Macron , new year 2019

Trump wants the US out of Syria. But why?

By Citizen Reporter,

President Donald Trump once famously said he knew more about ISIS than US generals do. Now he wants to prove it. His big gamble on a sudden and rap...

china , US

Russian police detain hundreds protesting against pension reform

By Reuters,

Russian police detained more than 800 people protesting against planned increases to the pension age on Sunday, a rights group said, disrupting demons...

President Vladimir Putin , Russia protests

French fans give hero welcome to ‘Les Bleus’ World Cup champions

By Reuters,

Hundreds of thousands of ecstatic French fans celebrated the return of their World Cup winning football team on Monday, jumping and chanting “We Are...

fans , France , heroics welcome , WIN , World cup

With Russia done, action and attention shifts to Qatar 2022 World Cup

By Jacob Icia,

Two weeks before the end of the 2018 World Cup, 2022 hosts Qatar pitched camp in Moscow to boost their case for   the next edition. In the Fan Fe...

2018 world cup , Qatar 2022 , russia , World cup

Delirium and ecstasy as Russians party late after Spain conquest

By Jacob Icia,

Jacob Icia in Moscow, Russia Sunday evening at around 7:30pm, the cacophony that greeted the last penalty kick at the Luzhiniki Stadium that won Ru...

late , Luzhiniki Stadium , Moscow , party , Russians , victory over Spain , World cup

Yuri Gagarin, the Russian giant whose monument stands tall in Moscow

By Jacob Icia,

Moscow Chronicles, by Jacob Icia There is always a contest of pride between super powers, especially in the question of who broke through first in ...

Lenin Avenue (Leninsky Prospekt , monument , Moscow , Russian , scientist , worldcup2018 , Yuri Gagarin

Defiant Blatter attends Moscow match amid ban

By Reuters,

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter attended a World Cup match in Moscow on Wednesday, saying the tournament in Russia felt like “my World Cup”, bu...

ban , FIFA , Gianni Infantino , Sepp Blatter , worldcup2018

Mexico quakes with joy over World Cup upset win

By AFP,

Thousands of jubilant Mexico supporters partied in the streets of the capital Sunday after their team's shock 1-0 victory over World Cup holders Germa...

Mexico , quakes with joy , win over Germany , worldcup2018

Nine decades later, Lenin’s legacy lives on amongst Russians and tourists alike

By Jacob Icia,

  Jacob Icia, reporting from Moscow, Russia The most celebrated leader in Russian history Vladimir Lenin was called to be with fore-fat...

eader in Russian history , legacy , lives on Russinas , Red Square , Red Square in Moscow , Russian history Vladimir Lenin , tourists , Vladimir Lenin , Wall of Kremlin

Abandoned by time, Russian provinces cherish World Cup cheer

By AFP,

Halfway between Moscow and Saint Petersburg in a city abandoned by time, the ball pings across the slushy snow as boys emulate the stars who will shin...

Moscow , St Petersburg , World cup

World cities go dark as Earth Hour climate campaign circles globe

By AFP,

The Sydney Opera House, the Eiffel Tower and Moscow's Red Square were among the world landmarks to go dark Saturday, as part of a global campaign to r...

Australia , Moscow's Red Square , President Emmanuel Macron , Ria Novisti news agency , Sydney Opera House , Sydneysider Dianna Ali , the Eiffel Tower , UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Putin wins fourth term with record vote

By AFP,

Vladimir Putin was Monday set for another six years in power after winning a record victory in Russia's presidential election but so far only allies h...

Chinese President Xi Jinping , Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin , former reality TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak , KGB , Moscow , russia , Ukraine , Ultra-nationalist firebrand Vladimir Zhirinovsky , veteran liberal politician Grigory Yavlinsky , Vladimir Putin

North and South Korea agree to first talks in two years

By AFP,

North and South Korea agreed on Friday to hold their first talks in more than two years, hours after Seoul and Washington decided to defer joint milit...

former director of arms control at the National Security Council , Jon Wolfsthal , North and South Korea agree to first talks in two years , North Korea , North Korea and South Korea talks , North Korea leader Kim Jong Un , Panmunjom , Pyongyang , South Korea , US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley , US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis