On this day in 1939 the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed. Since 2011, 23 August has been a day to commemorate the victims of totalitarian dictatorships.
GANSU. KAZINFORM - Having overcome mountain passes of Kunming and crossed the border of Shaanxi Province, the members of Xi an-Almaty bike ride arrived in Gansu Province on day four, Kazinform cites the New Silk Road public fund.
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Oppenheimer was the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, a childhood prodigy turned brilliant theoretical physicist. But he was also a communist sympathiser, cursed with hubris and accused of spying. An acclaimed new film starring Cillian Murphy unpicks his complex legacy.