Six Artists Record the Vestiges of War in the Faces of Combatants
A look at a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, “The Face of Battle: Americans at War, 9/11 to Now”
A New Poem is Commissioned to Honor the Soldiers Who Fight America’s Wars
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa writes “After the Burn Pits” for the National Portrait Gallery
Teen bitten by pet lion strolling in Russia’s Volga region
Police said the pet lion, who bit the boy, was often spotted by local residents walking with his owner, a young girl, who can be legally accountable for the incident A 15-year old boy was hospitalized after a lion attack in the town of Engels in the Volga region of Saratov, a local health official…
Elephant, giraffe and wildcats found among Muscovites’ house pets
The responsible pet ownership bill was submitted to the State Duma in the autumn of 2010 Moscow residents have been keeping strange animals in their apartments lately with an elephant, a giraffe and 300 wild cats being recorded as pets, Chairperson of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Committee on Environmental Protection Olga…
Re-enactment of WWII Battle of Berlin staged in Moscow
The audience got to see tank fights, aviation duels, as well as infantry clashes More than a hundred stuntmen, trophy German armored vehicles and restored WWII-era Soviet tanks took part in the re-enactment of the Red Army’s storming of the Reichstag along with the Battle of Berlin in Patriot Park near Moscow. According to the…