The Diomede Islands, located in the Bering Strait between Russia and the United States, are home to one of the most ...

Russia banned Amnesty International on Monday by classing it as an "undesirable organisation" for backing Ukraine against Russia, drawing a rebuke from the group which said it would redouble ...

The Diomede Islands—Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (USA)—are just 3.8 km apart but nearly a day apart in time, divided by the International Date Line. In winter, one can theoretically walk ...

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 7, 2025 While Russia and the United States of America may seem far apart on the global map, their closest point is just 2.4 miles (approximately 3.8 kilometres) apart.

The distance between them is just less than three miles and one of the island apiece is territory of the US and Russia. Russia has Big Diomede, which was home to a military base during the Second ...

The international dateline runs between the islands – another arbitrary border separating them. Big Diomede, he joked, is “tomorrow”.

Traveling between what would later become Russia and Alaska didn’t always require the sea to freeze over, however. Around 25,000 years ago, Earth was experiencing its most recent ice age, and ...

Talk of a takeover of Greenland may seem fanciful. But it wouldn’t be the first time the U.S. was able to procure a piece of the Arctic. The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867.

These two islands are divided by the International Date Line which creates a 22-hour time gap between them. This unique situation creates a natural travel time and offers the opportunity to travel ...

Those on board planes which cross the International Date Line (IDL) will effectively 'travel back in time', due to departing from their destination on 1 January but touching down in a place where ...

Russian TV host Vladimir Solovyov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, recently called for Alaska's return to Russia during a recent Russian-state media program.

This became moot in 1995, however, when the International Date Line was moved to the east of Kiribati, and that country's easternmost time zone (GMT+14) is now the world's earliest.