In August, 2022, six months after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, a cultural festival named Traditions was held outside Moscow, at the onetime summer retreat of Alexander Pushkin. The star speaker was Alexander Dugin, a scholar and a prominent…
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How much has the US given to Ukraine?
Nick EardleyBBC Verify correspondent
Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump discussed support for Ukraine Support for Ukraine has become a key issue since Donald Trump returned to the White House.
President Trump has made a number of claims about how much…
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Zelensky tells BBC Ukraine ‘ready to sign’ minerals deal with US
‘Europe has woken up’ – Leaders react after summitpublished at 19:32 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March
Image source, EPAMore reaction from other European leaders now, firstly from Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
He has posted on X…
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Zelenskyy’s White House meeting ends in blowup with Trump and Vance over Ukraine’s future
The signing of a key minerals agreement with Ukraine and a scheduled news conference Friday by President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were abruptly canceled and the Ukrainian leader’s visit cut short after an Oval Office…
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Ukrainians rally around Zelenskyy as defender of national interest after Oval Office blowout
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Soon after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy left the White House on Friday after an astonishing Oval Office blowout with President Donald Trump, Ukrainians rallied around…
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Could this be the bold new future of depression treatment?
The Flow headset looks like a prop from a science-fiction movie. It’s sleek and curvy, with two large circular pads that use electrodes to send a small electrical current into your brain.
Why would you want that to happen? Well, the company that makes the headset – and charges £400 (approx…
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What experts say about childhood vaccines amid the Texas measles outbreak
Even as Texas grapples with a measles outbreak that has already left one child dead, the childhood vaccination schedule is coming under new scrutiny by the Trump administration. The recommended list of immunizations starting at birth protects kids against more than a dozen deadly…
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Squirty gels bring the taste of cake and coffee to virtual reality
Imagine seeing cake in a virtual world, then tasting it. Researchers have taken a step toward that reality with a device that delivers virtual tastes by squirting chemicals onto the tongue.
The system, called “e-Taste,” can detect chemicals in foodstuffs and wirelessly transmit…
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As flu cases break records this year, vaccine rates are declining, particularly for children and 65+ adults
In February 2025, flu rates spiked to the highest levels seen in at least 15 years, with flu outpacing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified this flu season as…
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Texas records first US measles death in 10 years – a medical epidemiologist explains how to protect yourself and your community from this deadly, preventable disease
On Feb. 26, 2025, Texas health officials announced the death of a child in a measles outbreak – the first measles death in the United States since 2015. The outbreak was first identified in early February in Gaines County, Texas, where just 82% of kindergartners are vaccinated against…
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