Reuters If Vladimir Putin's Russia had an official slogan, what would it be?
"Russia is what it is, and we're not ashamed of showing it," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov once told me in an interview.
But I recently heard an updated version from veteran pop and folk singer Nadezhda Babkina.
After receiving an award from President Putin, Babkina told an audience in the Kremlin
"Sewers can contain numerous hazards, including noxious and potentially deadly gases, unstable surfaces, flooding risks, and confined spaces," the DEP spokesperson said. "For these reasons, members of the public should never enter a pipe, drain, catch basin, manhole, or outfall."
X/US Central Command The US says it has struck and "disabled an unladen oil tanker" that was sailing towards Iran, as part of Washington's naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.
US Central Command (Centcom) said a US aircraft fired a Hellfire missile into the engine room of the Botswana-flagged M/T vessel, after its crew "ignored repeated warnings".
Centcom also released a
Getty Images US President Donald Trump has named a housing official to serve as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the country's top spy chief who oversees 18 government intelligence agencies.
Bill Pulte, part of a powerful home-building dynasty and a private equity financier, has no known background in intelligence, and his selection to temporarily fill the position is stirring controversy among lawmakers and others.
Pulte has been accused of using his role of director of the Federal
Democratic Republic of Congo's international friendly against Chile in Spain next week has been cancelled after authorities raised health concerns over the Ebola outbreak in the African nation.
Juan Franco, mayor of the city of La Linea de la Concepcion, has signed a decree which prevents the fixture from going ahead on 9 June as planned.
The decision was described as a "precautionary measure" and comes after recommendations from the Andalusian regional health service and the municipality's own medical department.
"A report by the head of the mayoralty
Getty Images The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner has been rescheduled after the original event on April 25 was suspended after a gunman attempted to access the venue, resulting in an exchange of fire with Secret Service agents.
The new event will be held on July 24 with "significantly enhanced safety measures and new access procedures", Weijia Jiang, president of the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA
Microsoft Microsoft says its new quantum chip is vastly more reliable than its previous version, paving the way for a quantum computer solving commercially useful problems within three years.
At the heart of quantum computing are qubits, which offer the promise of answering questions that defeat today's machines, but are notoriously delicate and unstable.
Microsoft says the qubits on Majorana 2, its new chip, survive for an average of 20 seconds, rather than the milliseconds of Majorana 1.
That means the new chip is 1,00
BBC Ukrainians knew a huge strike was coming. Since Russia threatened to step up attacks on the capital, Kyiv, about a week ago, many spent nights in underground shelters.
We were two floors underground, and yet we could feel and hear the massive explosions above. Then came the Russian drones, possibly carrying more explosives or scouting out the damage done by the missiles. Then more missiles.
More than 41,000 people - including almost 4,50
Getty Images Police in Italy have arrested two Pakistani nationals for the alleged murder of four migrant workers found dead in a burnt-out minivan, according to Italian media reports.
The vehicle was found at a petrol station near a village in a vast farming area in the southern Calabria region.
CCTV images showed two people blocking the van's doors from the outside and throwing liquid inside to start a fire.
Reports said there had been 14 cases of arson involving cars and minivans
Getty Images Republican Congressman Tom Kean Jr has not been seen in Washington or his New Jersey hometown for months, but he is expected to easily win his party's backing for re-election on Tuesday, after a recent endorsement from President Donald Trump.
"Tom Kean has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election," Trump wrote on social media, adding, "HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!"
Kean is running unopposed so has not needed to campaign