In a bid to stem its plunging birth rate, the Russian Education Ministry has called for the return of "romantic" events like school discos.

Ukraine's Ministry of Justice reports deaths exceeded births nearly threefold in 2024, with 495,000 deaths versus 176,600 births nationwide.

Though the numbers are hazy, at least 110,000 Russian soldiers have been injured in the war against Ukraine. More than half of them have had at least one limb amputated. They feel abandoned by the ...