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Live Updates: Day Two of Third Russia-Africa Summit
The third Russia–Africa Summit is taking place in Moscow on October 28–29, with...
Russia-Africa Summit Live Updates: Russia, CAR Ink Landmark...
The third Russia–Africa Summit is taking place in Moscow on October 28–29, with...
Live Updates: Putin and AU Chairperson Participate in Plenary...
The third Russia–Africa Summit is taking place in Moscow on October 28–29, with...
Live Updates: Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Arrives...
The third Russia–Africa Summit is taking place in Moscow on October 28–29, with...
Vladimir Putin Speaks at 3rd Russia-Africa Forum Plenary...
The 3rd Russia-Africa Summit is taking place on October 28–29 in Moscow, where a...
Vladimir Putin Speaks at 3rd Russia-Africa Summit Plenary...
The 3rd Russia-Africa Summit is taking place on October 28–29 in Moscow, where a...
'We Are Fully Committed to Launching Russia-Africa Agro-Industrial...
"While the West has turned food and fertilizer into tools of geopolitical and geoeconomic...
Iran Urges Europe to Stop Whitewashing US's Broken Promises
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has called on European nations...
Sputnik Holds Session with African University Leaders as...
Sputnik news agency and radio broadcaster held a session on the future of journalism...
Rossiya Segodnya Media Group Expands Partnerships with...
Rossiya Segodnya signed cooperation documents with major media outlets in Algeria,...
Uralchem Group Takes Part in 13th World Potato Congress...
Uralchem Group is participating in the 13th World Potato Congress (WPC 2026), being...
Ukraine's Agents Planning Drone Attacks in Moscow Region...
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Drone attacks targeting a key component of Moscow's missile defense...
Minnesota Youth Jumps Onto Runaway School Bus and Saves...
Luckily, this 27-year-old was taking a break at work on a slow Monday in Minnesota—because...
Good News in History, October 24
Happy 41st Birthday to Wayne Rooney, former Manchester United talisman and captain...
3 Italian ‘Hobbits’ Searched for Irishman’s ‘Precious’...
A man’s misfortunate on vacation turned into a story fit for a fantasy novel, as...
Good News in History, October 23
Happy 50th Birthday to Ryan Reynolds, the always-handsome and hilarious Canadian...
A Towering Figure of Tolerance From 2,500 Years Ago Has...
This week, crews installed a 29-foot bronze statue of Cyrus the Great in Atlanta,...
Good News in History, October 22
51 years ago today, Venera 9, the Soviet Union orbiter-lander spacecraft, became...
Strangers Help 86-Year-Old Who’s Been Building a 62-foot...
An 86-year-old man named Dale has spent nearly four decades welding a 62-foot steel...
TikTok Star Is Rallying Strangers to Make an 86-year-old’s...
An 86-year-old man named Dale has spent nearly four decades welding a 62-foot steel...
Japan Successfully Launches Mission to Bring Home the First-Ever...
In a galactic step forward for planetary science, Japan successfully launched a...
Moscow Prepared to Resume Negotiations in Russia-US-Ukraine...
Moscow Prepared to Resume Negotiations in Russia-US-Ukraine Format Around November...
Scientists Discover a Simple, Low-Energy Way to Recycle...
Researchers at ETH Zurich have found a practical new method that breaks down acrylic...
10-Year-Old Dog Found after a Month Lost in Yellowstone
A 10-year-old Jack Russell terrier named Luna was happily reunited with her owners...
Winners of the 12th Andrey Stenin International Press Photo...
The winners of the 12th Andrey Stenin International Press Photo Contest have been...
Putin Expresses Interest in Restoring Economic Cooperation...
At a meeting with Witkoff, Putin expressed interest in restoring economic cooperation...
Student Plays Truly Epic Birthday Prank on High School...
There’s viral—and then there’s the video that recently dropped on social media platforms...
Sputnik Offices' Opening in Tanzania & SA to Help Expand...
On October 20, the international news agency and radio station Sputnik launched...
Isle of Jersey Expands Marine Protections to Cover 21%...
The self-governing British Isle of Jersey announced in late August it would increase...
Texas Man Finds More Than $128,000 on Top of a Bank’s ATM–and...
A man and a woman stopping at a Texas ATM noticed a bag lying atop the machine....
Brazil Ends Long Tradition of 6-Day Workweek via Constitutional...
With Brazil’s senate voting 75 to 1 in favor, one wonders what took them so long?...
Simple ‘Soil Steaming’ Found as Effective Replacement for...
A mere puff of steam could be the ticket to much larger and reliable strawberry...
Trump Believes Zelensky Does Not Want, Never Wanted Settlement...
US President Donald Trump believes that Vladimir Zelensky does not want, and perhaps...
Village Installs Knitted Traffic Cops to Slow Down Speeding...
Villagers have knitted speed cameras and life-sized traffic cops to fake-out reckless...
Good News in History, October 18
896 years ago today, Zhu Xi, a revolutionary Confucian scholar of the Song Dynasty,...
Russian Industrial & Energy Leaders Present Next-Generation...
Under the auspices of the Russian Export Center (REC) business mission, a delegation...
Coral Bleaching Reversed at Record Speed Using New Stanford...
Coral bleaching has been reversed at record speed using a new method developed at...
99-yo Woman Snags ‘World’s Oldest Wing-Walker’ Title –...
A 99-year-old has become the world’s oldest wing-walker—just three months after...
Your Positive Weekly Horoscope: ‘Free Will Astrology’ by...
Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating...
Teen’s Disaster Messaging App Can ‘Hop’ Across Bluetooth...
It’s not just homes that collapse during an earthquake, but cell towers and the...
Drape Some of This ‘Plant Armor’ Fabric Over a Strawberry...
A new textile used to cover strawberry plants more than tripled fruit yields in...
Sputnik Hosts Russia-Africa Expert Debate on Food Sovereignty
Sputnik held a roundtable discussion via videoconference linking Moscow, Ouagadougou,...
Largest Private Conservation Project in the US Hits Major...
As autumn descends upon the Great Plains of North America, the largest private land...
An Extinct Crocodilian’s Skull Was Found in the Rocks That...
A new crocodilian species has been identified from fossils recovered from a rock...
Good News in History, October 16
57 years ago today, New York’s underdog baseball crew ‘The Miracle Mets’ won the...
ESA’s New Sentinel 3C Satellite Makes its Debut with Sumptuous...
Two weeks after launching, the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel 3C satellite...
Tribe Just a Signature Away from Recovering 1,100 Ancestral...
20 years after a Washington state dam was slated for demolition, 1,100 acres of...
Woman Who Lost Her Sister Invents a Child’s Car Seat Sticker...
A sister turned her personal tragedy into a brilliant emergency safety product....
Good News in History, October 15
29 years ago today, NASA and ESA’s Cassini Mission, meant to gather data on Saturn...
Pittsburgh Water Launches Debt Forgiveness Program to Help...
Residents of Pittsburgh with outstanding debt on their water utilities can see it...
Inches Below the Forest Floor, Archeologists in Germany...
Along a series of Roman fortifications cutting across Germany just north of Frankfurt,...
World’s Heaviest Pumpkin Sets Incredible New Record at...
This seismic squash was just certified as the largest ever grown by a man at a recent...
Scientists Shocked to Discover ‘D-rex’, a Giant Fungus...
Deep in the forests of southwest China, scientists have discovered a ‘fungal giant’...
Good News in History, October 14
And, 136 years ago today, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th US President and Commander...
Stenin Contest 2026 Winners to Be Announced at Moscow Museum...
The museum will host an exhibition of winning entries from October 21 to November...
Niger’s National Communication Observatory Continues Cooperation...
Sputnik international news agency and radio conducted the second SputnikPro training...
Good News in History, October 13
95 years ago today, Cristo Redentor, or Christ the Redeemer, opened to the public...
Montana High School Softball Player Discovered Long-Lost...
A softball diamond in Montana was the scene of a larger-than-life family reunion....
‘Like Caring for a Pet’ – the App That Lets You Know if...
An open-source app has thousands of Berliners adopting and watering city trees as...
Teen’s Wish to Return Kindness She Received Sees Her Lemonade...
When summer’s heat becomes too much to bear, a glass of iced lemonade is a welcome...
Family Sells 650 Acres on East Texas Lake to Become State...
A “gem” of a landscape in eastern Texas has been sold by its multigenerational owners...
Good News in History, October 12
81 years ago today, Desmond Doss became the only conscientious objector to win the...
Statins May Protect People From Glaucoma or Blindness By...
Statins may be protecting people from more than just cholesterol, suggests new research...
Giant Tortoise Population is Thriving–Survey Finds 180,000...
A landmark survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population...
Sloth Bear Named By Julia Roberts is Flourishing After...
A sloth bear that made headlines when it was given a name by Julia Roberts after...
Good News in History, October 11
51 years ago today, Saturday Night Live premiered on NBC with George Carlin as host....
Russia Reaches Out to US Over Humanitarian Crisis in Aleshki...
Russia's Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova said she is in contact with the...
Lost Italian Statue by Trevi Fountain Artist Discovered...
A Roman artifact from the Italian sculptor responsible for the Trevi Fountain was...
NPR-Inspired Homework Leads Teen to Find Hidden Message...
From Seattle’s chapter of National Public Radio comes the remarkable story of the...
Trump Announces Deal with Putin for Russia to Supply Over...
Trump announces deal with Putin for Russia to supply over 4.8 million tons of diesel...
Australia Announces 3 New National Parks to Protect Gliders,...
More than 250 square miles of forests at the center of Victoria state in Australia...
World’s Largest ‘Glacial Archeology’ Expedition Recovers...
In a mountainous region of southern Norway, scientists are in their 20th year of...
NYC Parks Extends Late Night Soccer at 5 Fields for Night...
New York City authorities decided to leave the lights on at 5 urban soccer pitches...
Nearly 200-year-old Tortoise Becomes First to Contribute...
A giant tortoise called Jonathan reinforces what we know from humans about healthy...