The agreements of accession to Russia will be signed this FridayThe signing ceremony of the treaties that will make Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia part of Russia will take place this Friday in the Kremlin, spokesman of the Russian Presidency, Dmitry Peskov, announced today.

The zoo in the capital Damascus, the only one remaining in Syria, will undergo a rehabilitation processThe zoo in the capital Damascus, the only one remaining in Syria after 12 years of war, will undergo a rehabilitation process that will take into account international standards, officials reported here.

Rescuers run as waves crash on the walkway as they check on residents in a seafront slum in Manila. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the evacuation of residents ahead of the storm probably helped save lives. The Philippines has begun cleaning up after Typhoon Noru swept across the northern part of the country, leaving at least five rescuers dead, floods, and power cuts but leaving the capital relatively unscathed.

Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada During the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, Nicaragua's Foreign Affairs Minister Denis Moncada asked multilateral institutions to respect the sovereignty of the countries and remain independent from the interests of the hegemonic powers.