China-Russia relations Learn more Leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have agreed that 2024 and 2025 are to be Years of Culture Exchanges between people are 'as important' as political relations between countries, analyst says China-Russia relations Laura Zhou. On a windy afternoon in March, as the was under way in , a crowd of mostly young Chinese celebrated the end of winter in Beijing - Russian-style.

The government will kick off its One Family One Soft Power (Ofos) project in June, and aims to create 20 million jobs with a minimum annual salary of 200,000 baht, said Paetongtarn Shinawatra, chairwoman of the National Committee on Soft Power Development and the Pheu Thai Party's leader. Ms Paetongtarn provided an update on Ofos, saying the initiative's up-skilling and re-skilling courses will be provided to citizens free of charge, with registration starting in early June via an online channel on an application or website, and an onsite channel at local offices of the National Village Fund and the Urban Community Office.

When it came to finding shelter, our early ancestors simply had to make do. Case in point? In the deserts of Saudi Arabia, some of them apparently sought refuge from the oppressive heat by living in the underground remnants of volcanic activity. As detailed in a new study published in the journal PLOS One, archaeologists have discovered the remnants of human habitation in a lava tube, where molten rock once tunneled its way through the Earth — a fascinating example of old-meets-new, since scientists have recently suggested that astronauts could build a base inside similar structures on both the Moon and Mars.