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American firms in Russia paid the country $1.2 billion in profit taxes in 2023, according to figures from campaign group B4Ukraine and the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) Institute shared exclusively with Newsweek. This tax contribution makes the U.S. the largest contributor of foreign profit taxes to Russia, something a former top U.S. diplomat called "shameful."

US officials said the two intelligence bodies "changed their judgement" based on new reporting on the progress of international energy research programmes.

The mysterious illness has affected US personnel stationed around the globe in recent years.

Pope Francis was forced to apologise in May last year for using an offensive slur during a discussion with bishops about admitting gay men into seminaries.

In 1980, there were about 50,000 feral deer in Australia and by 2002 the population was estimated to have grown to 200,000. Now, the population is likely to have reached more than 2 million.

Saying it'll be the "next rabbit" etc.

Knew we had them, never knew they were becoming such a huge pest.

The German government has quietly cut funding for Zochrot and New Profile, following an earlier defunding of Palestinian NGOs. Some observers fear the move will shrink space for those critical of the Israeli government.

“For all the African heads of states, who facing the public opinion didn’t have the courage” to acknowledge the role France played, “none of them would be a sovereign country today if the French army hadn’t deployed in the region,” Macron said in a speech to the country’s diplomatic corps on Monday. “I think someone forgot to say thank you.”

The names of around 425,000 people suspected of collaborating with the Nazis during the German occupation of the Netherlands have been published online for the first time.

Researchers say they have uncovered 200 footprints dating back 166 million years ago, which belong to five separate dinosaurs. Four of the footprint tracks belonged to plant-eating dinosaurs, with the fifth belonging to a nine-metre-long predator known as megalosaurus. A worker at the quarry in Oxfordshire, England, uncovered the tracks with a digger after discovering "unusual bumps" in the ground.

Myanmar's fishermen and critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins share a rare bond working together to catch fish.

Due to destructive fishing practices, and the country's ongoing civil war, this delicate partnership is at risk of disappearing.

Taiwan is developing a hypersonic missile based on the Ching Tien (擎天) supersonic cruise missile, and a Czech-made truck has been tentatively selected as its launch vehicle, a source said yesterday.

The Ching Tien, formerly known as Yun Feng (雲峰, “Cloud Peak”), is a domestically developed missile with a range of 1,200km to 2,000km being deployed in casemate-type positions as of last month, an official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

The hypersonic missile to be derived from the Ching Tien would feature improved range and a mobile launch platform, while the latter would most likely be a 12x12 single chassis truck designed by the Czech company Tatra, they said.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe successfully made the closest approach to the Sun.

Earlier this week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 6 million kilometres of the scorching star.