[ad_1] After all-night air raid alarms, a weary Kharkiv woke up Saturday morning to a heavy gray sky and the disconcerting news that the Russian Army continued to press its advance on nearby Ukrainian territory. All night, dull explosions from…
[ad_1] Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the UN food agency said Saturday. The World Food Program said it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of…
[ad_1] Canada’s top envoy in Moscow says relations with post-Soviet Russia are likely as bad as they’ve ever been, as the war in Ukraine grinds on and Vladimir Putin enters his fifth term as president. In her first media interview…
[ad_1] Dutch contestant Joost Klein has been expelled from Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest final after a complaint by a member of the production crew, organizers said, adding to the headaches for host Sweden as it also grapples with anti-Israel protests.…
[ad_1] This week, Chris Aylward, the national president of Canada’s largest public sector union, warned Canadians that they were facing “a summer of discontent.” Mr. Aylward, of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, had joined with leaders from three other…
[ad_1] On Saturday, acts representing 25 countries will compete at the Eurovision Song Contest, the high-camp competition that is also world’s most watched cultural event. The winner is chosen by a combination of votes from music industry juries in participating…
[ad_1] The weekend trip is, in theory, the perfect break. Two nights someplace else, just a small duffel bag and limited logistics standing between you and a reset. Leave on Friday, come back Sunday, fill the hours in between with…
[ad_1] The stakes could hardly be higher. This July, for the first time in more than a decade, Venezuelans will vote in a presidential election with an opposition candidate who has a fighting — if slim and improbable — chance…
[ad_1] Ncuti Gatwa’s time has, in fact, been a long time coming. That’s partially because the Sex Education star was first cast as the new lead in the long-running Doctor Who series back in 2022. But it’s also because his…
[ad_1] The Biden administration believes that Israel has most likely violated international standards in failing to protect civilians in Gaza but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of military aid, the State Department told Congress on…