President Vladimir Putin has approved a law giving Russian citizens free plots of land in the country's Far East, the Interfax news agency reported Monday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel invited Japan to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Japan News website reported Monday.
Residents in the Moscow region are facing the adorable but deadly threat of rabid hedgehogs, news website Life.ru reported Sunday.
Russian investigators say they have detained three men from Central Asia whom they suspect of being behind the murder of a high-ranking police officer's family in Syzran on April 24, Russian media reported Monday.
President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law to help refugees receive Russian residency quicker, state news agency TASS reported Monday.
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On August 9, 2015, all Singaporeans at home and abroad have an excellent reason to celebrate – Singapore's 50th year of independence, or 'SG50' as we fondly refer to the jubilee. As recently as half-a-century ago when our small island-state gained independence, our future was far from certain. Today, Singapore has transformed beyond recognition thanks to the long-sighted policies of our first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, and his talented team of Ministers, and the hard work and dedication of the first generation of Singaporeans.
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What can be said about Moscow that hasn't already been said? It is an enigma; it is a beautiful, temperamental mistress; it is the end point of all roads. In a way, Moscow is indeed an end point, an apex and the largest city in all of Russia.
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