Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.
In the east London area of Tower Hamlets, one of the most deprived parts of the city according to government statistics, a trend has arisen which sees many 16-year-olds at local schools spending large sums of money to rent increasingly flashy cars for their National Record of Achievement (NRA) ceremony.
ussians from different regions arrive at the Tus lake rich with curative black and blue mud to live in a camp, bathe in the bitter-salty water and smear themselves with mud.
John Lewis, Britain's biggest department store firm, has blamed Andy Murray's Wimbledon triumph, the first Ashes test in cricket and a heat wave for keeping shoppers out of its stores last week.
The World University Games came to a successful close on Wednesday after 12 days of fierce competition as host Russia finished atop the medal table with a record-breaking amount of 155 gold medals.
The 27th World University Games concluded Wednesday in Kazan would not only boost the Volga river city's full-fledged growth, but revitalize the apparently stagnated sports in Russia as well as help foster a stable and sound society.
Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden may apply for Russian citizenship and does not want to leave Russia until he is granted temporary asylum, a lawyer said Wednesday.
People gathered outside the Greek parliament during an anti-austerity protest in Athens, July 17, 2013, as Greece's shaky coalition government scraped through a vote on a bill to sack public sector workers.
The French like to make fun of the British, joking about their repressed ways in matters of the heart. But when it came time to debate same-sex marriage, it was France that betrayed a deep conservative streak in sometimes violent protests - while the British showed themselves to be modern and tolerant.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signalled clearly on Wednesday that he did not want a dispute over the fate of former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden to derail Russia's relations with the United States.
Russia has no legal grounds to extradite fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden, said a lawyer on Wednesday.
The relationship between Russia and the United States is more important than any intelligence scandal, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
Snowden has no plans to leave Russia soon: lawyer
Russia can't extradite Snowden: lawyer
Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has no plans to leave Russia soon and does not rule out applying for citizenship, his lawyer said on Wed.
Russia cannot extradite Snowden: lawyer
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