The updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA4) commissioned by the Ukrainian Government, the World Bank Group, the European Commission and the UN, comes as Russia’s full-scale invasion enters its fourth year.
It covers damage…
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the UK’s Russia-Ukraine Problem — Russia in Global Affairs
Britain’s tabloid press loves to muse which party the Kremlin prefers in charge at Westminster. For years, it was thought to be a far-right party of different incarnations: Reform, UKIP, the Brexit Party, all led by Nigel Farage. The line of argument was that this…
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Ukrainian official says terms of minerals deal reached with US
What we know – and don’t know – about the US-Ukraine minerals dealpublished at 19:58 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February
Image source, Getty ImagesAs we’ve just reported, Ukraine and the US are expected to reach an agreement on a…
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The Green Anesthesia Initiative: A New Path to Sustainable Health Care
How can greener anesthesia help both patients and the environment? This is what a recent study published in The Lancer Planetary Health hopes to address as a team of researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) Medical School investigated a multitude of…
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U.S. Votes Against U.N. Resolution Demanding Russian Withdrawal from Ukraine
A showdown over Ukraine between the United States and its longtime European allies played out in the United Nations on Monday, as the United States opposed an effort to condemn Russian aggression and call for the immediate withdrawal of Russian…
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Hinting at answer to a chicken-or-egg question on evolution — Harvard Gazette
For biochemists, it’s the which-came-first question: oxygen production by photosynthesis or oxygen consumption by aerobic metabolism?
In photosynthesis, algae and plants take in sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into fuel for growth, releasing oxygen as a byproduct. Animals, on the…
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Hear patients with brain implants describe what it feels like
The third episode of The Deep End finds Jon in the operating room as he gets electrodes implanted in his brain. You’ll hear how Jon and other volunteers feel in the hours, days and weeks after their surgery, including an itch to go to the library, an urge to walk around the block and…
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Three years on from Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s art world figures are keeping up the fight for their country’s culture
The third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine marks an era of remarkable pain and resilience for Ukrainian culture and coincides with a stunning reversal of official US support for Kyiv under US President Donald Trump.
In what…
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The Art of a Ukraine Deal
Michael Froman is president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Monday will mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In the face of heroic Ukrainian resistance and hundreds of billions of dollars in Western aid,…
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What to know about the Ukraine-Russia war and efforts to end it : NPR
A rescue team gathers in front of a damaged residential building in Sumy just after a Russian drone strike that destroyed…
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