On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, Tsar Alexander II had ceded Alaska, his ...

Photographer Michael Robinson Chávez visits a city in Ukraine that was partly famous as a site for Russian travelers and intellectuals, but since 2022 has come under Russian attack.

A £1m scheme to bring a landmark building in a famous Yorkshire seaside town back into use for the first time in several ...

Archaeologists from the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (Italy) and the Underwater Archaeology Faculty in Tehran conducted the excavation work.

The 19th century was a tumultuous period in the relationship between Britain and Russia. There were passing moments of goodwill and cordiality to be sure – as when Nicholas II visited India.

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An 18th-century AD icon of St. George, a patron saint not only of England but also of Aragon, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal and Russia, can likewise be found there. Relic ...

“Russian military equipment losses in Ukraine continue to increase. Russia has lost over 3,600 Main Battle Tanks and nearly 8,000 armoured vehicles since February 2022,” the British Military ...

The European Union boosted imports of Russian liquefied natural gas against the backdrop of deepening tensions over pipeline supplies that flow through Ukraine. The bloc purchased a record amount ...

Russia announces the development of an mRNA cancer vaccine, slated for a 2025 launch. Pre-clinical trials demonstrate tumor suppression and metastasis reduction. AI integration promises to ...

Russian cancer vaccine likely to be released for public use by early 2025. Russia has developed an mRNA vaccine against cancer, Russian news agency TASS has reported. The vaccine will be ...