According to the WHO, by 2050, the number of cancer cases worldwide will increase by more than 75%, with tobacco, alcohol and obesity being the main contributing factors.
Poland launches an investigation into an unidentified object that violated the country's airspace during Russia's massive attack on Ukrainian cities on December 29.
China has warned Ukraine that designating Chinese companies as war sponsors could negatively affect bilateral relations.
On February 1, the Rome Statute of the ICC entered into force in Armenia. This step makes it possible to prevent war crimes on its soil, a government official said.
The SBU exposed in Odesa region a fraudster posing as a counterintelligence officer and offering employment in the SBU for money.
Turkish banks have begun to close the accounts of an increasing number of Russian companies and impose stricter requirements on individuals as they tighten their policies toward Russian clients amid sanctions imposed in connection with the war in Ukraine.
British intelligence reports that the Kremlin has incorporated the remnants of the Wagner group into the Russian Guard to strengthen its control over them.
More than 1,100 flights will be canceled at 11 German airports on February 1 due to a strike by airport workers.
There is no shortage of electricity in Ukraine's power system. Due to technical reasons, equipment at Cherkasy CHPP was briefly shut down, but there were no disruptions in heat supply.
U. S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will appeal to Congress to support Ukraine, saying that if they do not, Putin will win.
PayPal will cut about 9% of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, due to declining profits and increased competition.
Finland did not grant asylum to any of the migrants who arrived from Russia across the border at the end of last year.
Law enforcers published video footage of the first minutes after a Russian missile strike on the center of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region.
At night, a fire broke out in the Reformed Church of the XIII-XV centuries in Novoye Selo in Transcarpathia, and firefighters saved the historic building from destruction.
The President of Lithuania warns that peace talks with Russia on its terms could again trap the West, allowing Russia to buy time and strengthen its position.
Employees of the PIC and JIT in Lviv and the region will now use body cameras to help them deal with conflict situations that may arise during military patrols and mobilization activities.
ATES guerrillas are monitoring the repair work on several ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at a shipyard in occupied Sevastopol.
The Ukrainian military destroyed two Russian Grad multiple rocket launcher systems used to shell the right bank of the Kherson region.
According to the Ministry of Justice, more than 180,000 children were born in Ukraine last year. This is almost a third less than before the full-scale invasion.
An American F-16 fighter jet crashed off the coast of South Korea on Wednesday, with the pilot safely ejecting.
The International Working Group on Ukraine's Security and Euro-Atlantic Integration was represented by Andriy Yermak and Anders Fogh Rasmussen to facilitate Ukraine's progress towards NATO membership.
Germany scrambles fighter jet to intercept Russian reconnaissance aircraft spotted over the Baltic Sea off its coast.
Poland has announced the return to the Netherlands of 18 tons of electronics intended for recycling, which it said had been illegally imported into the country.
The German climate activist group The Last Generation has announced that they will no longer be sticking themselves to the roadway on highways. Instead, starting in March, they will be organizing large "disobedience gatherings" and protesting at fossil fuel extraction sites. They aim to confront politicians and decision-makers responsible for climate destruction more directly.
A 25-year-old Lviv resident defrauded about 60 people by posting online ads for renting non-existent cottages in the Carpathians and demanding an advance payment.
Czech President Petr Pavel said that European countries should prepare for a possible Trump victory in the US elections. He believes that Trump can quickly reach an agreement with Putin that will not be beneficial for Ukraine and Europe.
Border guards in the Bukovyna region of Ukraine used a drone to detect and detain two men who were trying to illegally cross the border with Moldova. The men were from Kyiv and Dnipropetrovs'k regions.
According to British intelligence, Russian warplanes have accidentally dropped bombs on Russian territory several times this month due to fatigue and insufficient training of air and ground crews. In particular, on January 27, Russian planes dropped two bombs on Russian villages, which led to the evacuation of up to 150 people.
A 58-year-old man threatened to blow up his house with an anti-personnel mine when police officers arrived at his home in a village in Kyiv region. He now faces up to 7 years in prison for illegal possession of ammunition and explosives, as well as threats against law enforcement.
Ukraine has received 340,000 doses of oral polio vaccine from UNICEF, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to ensure that children are immunized in 2024. Polio vaccinations are given to children at the ages of 2, 4, 6, 18 months, 6 and 14 years to provide lifelong protection.
