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Massive Russia Earthquake Triggers Rare 'Parade' of 7 Kamchatka Volcanoes
In July 2025, a massive 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered eruptions in seven volcanoes, including Klyuchevskaya Sopka and Shiveluch. Scientists called the rare multi-eruption event a “parade of volcanoes”—not witnessed in nearly 300 years. Experts believe the quake altered crustal stress, making eruptions more likely. ...
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130 Russian Towns Could Vanish Soon: The Alarming Reason Behind Their Decline
Recent research warns that 130 small Russian towns, home to 3.4 million people, are at risk of disappearing due to negative demographic trends and declining employment opportunities.
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Why Small Tsunami Waves Still Triggers Mass Evacuations Across The Pacific
One of the ten largest earthquakes ever recorded just struck Kamchatka, the sparsely populated Russian peninsula facing the Pacific.
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Video: Russia Earthquake Shakes Operating Room, Surgeons Keep Working
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.8 -- one of the strongest ever recorded -- struck Russia's sparsely populated far eastern Kamchatka peninsula early on Wednesday, causing strong tremors and tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) across the Pacific.
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Drone Footage Shows Tsunami Flooding Russia's Severo-Kurilsk After 8.8 Kamchatka Quake
The geophysical survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences released aerial footage showing tsunami waves reaching the country's Severo-Kurilsk after a powerful earthquake struck off sparsely populated Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday.
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Russia Putting Focus On Drone Attacks On Ukraine, Increasing Production
The long-range Russian drones come in swarms each night, buzzing for hours over Ukraine by the hundreds, terrorising the population and attacking targets from the industrial east to areas near its western border with Poland.
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Putin Was Asked Why Russia Is Not Helping Iran. His Reply
While Russia and Iran have had close ties for decades, Putin said he is trying to stay neutral in the conflict as a large number of Russian-speaking people live in Israel.
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This Russian City Offers Rs 1 Lakh To School Girls For Having Children
About 320 km south of Moscow, Oryol has experienced a population slump of over 8,000 people in the past few years.
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Opinion | Sudan Is Staring At A Second Partition, Thanks To Two Warlords
In a testimony to the UN Security Council last week, the UNICEF chief disclosed that the ongoing conflict has evolved into the world's most severe humanitarian emergency, affecting 30 million individuals, two-thirds of Sudan's population
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NDTV Exclusive: Hunted Down, Massacred, Syria's Alawites Ask India For Help
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires screeching and dozens of armed men shouting, "Come out, you Alawite pigs, Nusayris!"
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Female Russian Students Under 25 Offered Rs 81,000 To Give Birth To Healthy Babies
This initiative is part of a broader effort to address the country's demographic crisis, with officials introducing financial benefits aimed at boosting population growth.
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Russia Passes Law Banning "Child-Free Propaganda" Amid Demographic Decline
Russian MPs on Tuesday passed in the final third reading controversial legislation banning "propaganda" of remaining childless, the latest measure targeting what Moscow depicts as Western liberal ideas.
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"Wiped Off The Face Of The Earth": How Russia Erased A Ukrainian City
Vovchansk had a population of about 20,000 before the war. It now lives only in the memories of the survivors who managed to flee.
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Ukraine's Population Has Fallen By 8 Million Since Russian Invasion: UN Report
Ukraine's population has declined by around eight million since Russia invaded in February 2022, sparking an exodus and sending birth rates plunging, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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Russian Prison Population Dropped By Nearly 60,000 In 2023: Report
The number of people held in Russian prisons dropped by 58,000 last year, Russian independent media reported on Friday, continuing a steady fall spurred in part by the recruitment of convicts to fight in Ukraine.
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Massive Russia Earthquake Triggers Rare 'Parade' of 7 Kamchatka Volcanoes
In July 2025, a massive 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered eruptions in seven volcanoes, including Klyuchevskaya Sopka and Shiveluch. Scientists called the rare multi-eruption event a “parade of volcanoes”—not witnessed in nearly 300 years. Experts believe the quake altered crustal stress, making eruptions more likely. ...
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130 Russian Towns Could Vanish Soon: The Alarming Reason Behind Their Decline
Recent research warns that 130 small Russian towns, home to 3.4 million people, are at risk of disappearing due to negative demographic trends and declining employment opportunities.
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Why Small Tsunami Waves Still Triggers Mass Evacuations Across The Pacific
One of the ten largest earthquakes ever recorded just struck Kamchatka, the sparsely populated Russian peninsula facing the Pacific.
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Video: Russia Earthquake Shakes Operating Room, Surgeons Keep Working
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.8 -- one of the strongest ever recorded -- struck Russia's sparsely populated far eastern Kamchatka peninsula early on Wednesday, causing strong tremors and tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) across the Pacific.
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Drone Footage Shows Tsunami Flooding Russia's Severo-Kurilsk After 8.8 Kamchatka Quake
The geophysical survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences released aerial footage showing tsunami waves reaching the country's Severo-Kurilsk after a powerful earthquake struck off sparsely populated Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday.
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Russia Putting Focus On Drone Attacks On Ukraine, Increasing Production
The long-range Russian drones come in swarms each night, buzzing for hours over Ukraine by the hundreds, terrorising the population and attacking targets from the industrial east to areas near its western border with Poland.
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Putin Was Asked Why Russia Is Not Helping Iran. His Reply
While Russia and Iran have had close ties for decades, Putin said he is trying to stay neutral in the conflict as a large number of Russian-speaking people live in Israel.
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This Russian City Offers Rs 1 Lakh To School Girls For Having Children
About 320 km south of Moscow, Oryol has experienced a population slump of over 8,000 people in the past few years.
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Opinion | Sudan Is Staring At A Second Partition, Thanks To Two Warlords
In a testimony to the UN Security Council last week, the UNICEF chief disclosed that the ongoing conflict has evolved into the world's most severe humanitarian emergency, affecting 30 million individuals, two-thirds of Sudan's population
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NDTV Exclusive: Hunted Down, Massacred, Syria's Alawites Ask India For Help
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires screeching and dozens of armed men shouting, "Come out, you Alawite pigs, Nusayris!"
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Female Russian Students Under 25 Offered Rs 81,000 To Give Birth To Healthy Babies
This initiative is part of a broader effort to address the country's demographic crisis, with officials introducing financial benefits aimed at boosting population growth.
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Russia Passes Law Banning "Child-Free Propaganda" Amid Demographic Decline
Russian MPs on Tuesday passed in the final third reading controversial legislation banning "propaganda" of remaining childless, the latest measure targeting what Moscow depicts as Western liberal ideas.
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"Wiped Off The Face Of The Earth": How Russia Erased A Ukrainian City
Vovchansk had a population of about 20,000 before the war. It now lives only in the memories of the survivors who managed to flee.
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Ukraine's Population Has Fallen By 8 Million Since Russian Invasion: UN Report
Ukraine's population has declined by around eight million since Russia invaded in February 2022, sparking an exodus and sending birth rates plunging, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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Russian Prison Population Dropped By Nearly 60,000 In 2023: Report
The number of people held in Russian prisons dropped by 58,000 last year, Russian independent media reported on Friday, continuing a steady fall spurred in part by the recruitment of convicts to fight in Ukraine.
