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The Moscow Times reported that on April 28 (local time), the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, saw a proposal calling for video game distribution to be placed under state control. Yana ...

Last weekend did not change the situation at the Russian box office: the top three remained the same. The first place was ...

Family ties and institutionalized corruption become the core issues in Sky Atlantic’s latest British crime series, “Prisoner.” The series follows Amber Todd, prison transfer officer working for SEF ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Russian zoologist Ilia Ivanov was determined to find a way to hybridize humans and chimps, and successful hybridization of other animals convinced ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Russian zoologist Ilia Ivanov was ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Zoologist Ilia Ivanov was the Soviet researcher who proverbially flew too close to the sun when it came to the fantasy of a human-ape hybrid. Around ...

Philippines will 'definitely' comply with ICC request to arrest senator, minister says The Philippine justice minister said on Friday that the country will "definitely" submit to a request from the ...

In five years, the number of legal disputes with the HOA has increased 6.7 times, Izvestia found out. Most often they are ...

Reflecting on the disaster that struck Chornobyl on 26 April 1986, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev lamented that the “victims of the tragedy were confronted by a crisis which they could ...

Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again and again. Chernobyl is one of them. On April 26, 1986, at 1:23am, Reactor ...