President Vladimir Putin has arrived for his first-ever presidential visit to Chukotka in Russia's Far East, Russian state media reported on Wednesday.
Putin has arrived in Anadyr, the local capital of the Chukotka region.
Chukotka is the easternmost region of Russia, with a maritime border on the Bering Strait with the US state of Alaska.
US completes another round of strikes on Iran, Gulf countries under attack
The US military has struck Iran's coastal defences and missile sites as Kuwait responded to Iranian attacks while Bahrain activated its sirens early on Thursday.
Canadian wildfire smoke chokes Toronto, threatens US cities
Toronto's air quality has ranked the worst among major cities globally on Wednesday as wildfire smoke from northwestern Ontario blackened skies and spread into the northeastern United States, prompting health warnings and calls for residents to limit outdoor activities.
Bus accident kills six in China's Sichuan
A bus has plunged into a river after colliding with a road guardrail on Wednesday, killing six people and injuring 11 in China's southwestern Sichuan province, local authorities said in a notice on Thursday.
One dead, 3 presumed dead from capsized boat in San Francisco Bay
The US Coast Guard has called off its search on Wednesday for people missing from a triple-deck pontoon boat that capsized in San Francisco Bay a day earlier, leaving the casualty toll at one confirmed death and three others lost at sea.
Lebanon, Israel conclude US-brokered talks in Rome
Lebanon and Israel concluded US-brokered talks in Rome on Wednesday, with a US official saying they had made progress on implementing a plan that could see Israeli forces begin to withdraw from some parts of southern Lebanon within days.
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