The normally rare infection has a 50% mortality rate, and is hitting recovering COVID-19 patients. Read more here. The post BBC: India reports nearly 9,000 ‘black fungus’ cases appeared first on KyivPost.

In Crimea, water shortage has been caused by Russia’s militarization of the peninsula. Read more here. The post UkrInform: Kyiv says Crimea water shortage caused by militarization of peninsula appeared first on KyivPost.

MARIUPOL, Ukraine — Inside a small community center on the outskirts of this city in eastern Ukraine, just 20 kilometers from the front lines of Kyiv’s simmering conflict with Moscow-backed separatists, residents gather to learn the basic...

NEW DELHI — Last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the United Nations his country would make enough COVID-19 vaccines “to help all humanity.” Now India is struggling to meet its own domestic needs for the shots amid a startling sur...

It is not yet peak season on Anapa’s Black Sea coast so there is still space to spread out on its sandy beach, the pride of a resort town that may be one of the best chances many Russians get to visit the seaside this year. Read more here. The post...

Ukraine has registered 2,533 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on May 22, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to over 2.1 million. In the past 24 hours, 8,937 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 89 have...

FC Dynamo Kyiv, the top team in the Ukrainian Premier League, is launching NFT tickets for the 2021 season. The legendary football club, which has the biggest fan following in Ukraine, is also going to offer supporters unique collectible items throug...

Investigators from the Uman District Police Department have launched a criminal probe into an act of hooliganism in which two citizens of Israel who are members of the Hasidic community were wounded in Uman. Read more here. The post UNIAN: 2 citizens...

Italy won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, in a tightly fought race which saw several countries including France and Switzerland briefly take the lead as the scores were read out. Read more here. The post BBC: Eurovision 2021 in pictures ap...

Russian police detained two people at a meeting of opposition figures and municipal deputies in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, in the latest crackdown on Kremlin critics ahead of elections later this year. Read more here. The post RFE/RL: Russian polic...