Hungary supports China's peace plan for Ukraine, with Prime Minister Viktor Orban calling for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks, and supporting China's peace initiative presented by President Xi Jinping during his state visit to Hungary.
The second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place on May 9 in Malmö, where 10 more countries - Latvia, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Israel, Greece, Estonia, Switzerland, Georgia and Armenia - advanced to the grand final on May 11, joining the 10 countries that had qualified from the first semi-final.
Ukrainian gymnast Maria Vysocanska carried the Olympic torch on the first day of the relay in France to honor the memory of her father, who took part in the battle for Donetsk airport in 2014.
Western military instructors may be sent to Ukraine to train the Ukrainian military, as it was before the war, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said.
According to a State Department spokesperson, the United States plans to announce new aid deliveries to Ukraine in the coming weeks.
A naval mine that washed up on the coast in Odesa region was defused by a controlled explosion on the night of May 9, the Southern Military District of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported.
Oleg Kiper discussed important wartime topics with international leaders at the second International Cities and Regions Summit and signed cooperation agreements with Romanian and Moldovan partners.
After demobilization, many Ukrainian veterans face challenges in finding work and adapting to civilian life, and one solution is to start their own business, which can help them earn a living and adapt smoothly, according to a study by the Ukrainian Marketing Association on the integration of veterans into education and the labor market.
Poroshenko's 27 elected representatives in the Rada earned as much during the war as the other 374 MPs combined.
The third grant program of UAH 1,000,000 from the Vadym Stolar Foundation: Ukrainians are invited to choose priority areas.
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, winner of the Berlin Film Festival, is sentenced to 8 years in prison, flogging, fines and confiscation of property for films and statements deemed criminal against Iran's security.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 478,730 personnel and 7,429 tanks.
Ukraine will receive the first batch of 180,000 artillery shells from the allies in June at the Czech initiative.
Over the past day, 146 combat engagements took place in various sectors of the frontline, during which the enemy launched 60 missile attacks, 90 air strikes and 107 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.
The air and missile forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck 3 Russian air defense systems, 2 enemy artillery installations, 10 areas of concentration of Russian troops and an important enemy object over the past day, according to the morning report of the General Staff.
Hamas refuses to make further compromises on the terms of the ceasefire with Israel, despite ongoing talks in Cairo aimed at halting Israel's offensive in Gaza.
One woman was wounded during an enemy air strike on Zaporizhzhia district, where the occupiers made 360 attacks, hitting 10 settlements with various types of weapons.
South Korea plans to create a new ministry to address the country's record low fertility rate of 0. 72 children per woman in 2023, far below the 2.1 needed to maintain the population.
On the night of May 9, the Ukrainian Air Force shot down 17 of 20 Russian Shahed drones attacking the Odessa region from occupied Crimea.
A drone attack on an oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar Territory near Anapa caused a fire, damaging several tanks, although no injuries were reported.
The United States is considering restricting the export of patented artificial intelligence models, such as ChatGPT, to China over concerns that they could be used for cyberattacks or biological weapons development.
A 24-year-old man was killed by a grenade explosion on the street in Boryslav, Lviv region.
Telefonica Germany will transfer one million 5G customers to the Amazon Web Services cloud, marking Amazon's entry into the global telecommunications market.
Ukrainian drones attack and cause a fire at an oil depot in the Russian village of Yuryevka near Anapa.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Hungary on a state visit, marking the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and seeking to take their comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level.
Russia has deployed military biological laboratories in Africa, including near the border with Chad in the Central African Republic, probably to study and potentially use as weapons viral diseases not typical of Russia.
Biden threatens to cut off arms supplies to Israel if it enters Rafah and uses U. S.-supplied weapons against civilians.
The UK is providing £196 million to Urenco Ltd to build a plant to produce high quality low enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, which aims to undermine Russia's monopoly on the HALEU market, which is crucial for new small nuclear reactors.
NATO does not intend to send troops to Ukraine, but will increase support by providing more weapons and ammunition to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression.
Serbian President Vucic welcomed President Xi with unprecedented enthusiasm, deploying more than 6,500 police and raising Chinese flags throughout Belgrade, demonstrating Serbia's close ties to China as a counterweight to the West.
