Moscow has been selling 8.9 billion roubles ($120.8 million) of foreign currency per day to plug a budget deficit that has soared because of lower oil and gas revenues amid the conflict in Ukraine.
Mexico doesn't produce the synthetic opioid, says President Lopez Obrador, claiming Americans, including single-parent families and parents who kick grown children and elderly out of homes, are turning to fentanyl due to social decay.
As global temperatures rise, permafrost is melting rapidly, unearthing a host of ancient viruses and bacteria — a troubling scenario that poses a risk to public health.
The poisoning incidents have been reported at more than 30 schools in at least four Iranian cities since November, prompting some parents to take their children out of school.
The crew's six-month science mission will encompass about 200 experiments and technology demonstrations, from research on human cell growth to controlling combustible materials in microgravity.
While many learning centres have since reopened, lessons are also continuing in tent schools set up by volunteers and Turkish authorities in the quake-hit zone.
The nine-metre-long passage was discovered near the main entrance of the 4,500-year-old tomb, the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.
Most of the animals being rescued and provided medical care "have suffered cuts, bruises, infected wounds, infected eyes, dehydration, starvation and shock," says animal charity.
