Who Knew About Prigozhin’s Wagner Revolt Before It Happened?
As details emerge about the aborted rebellion in Russia last weekend led by Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, it is becoming clear that some Russian officials and...
Mark Your Calendars: ‘Barbenheimer’ Is Coming
Barbie is everything. He’s just … Robert Oppenheimer. That’s right. The main character competing with Barbie for attention right now isn’t Ken, her plastic significant...
Welcome Aboard the Aquidaban, the Floating Jungle Supermarket
Up the wooden gangplank in a single-file line, nearly an entire Indigenous village squeezed onto the Aquidaban’s front deck. The Tomárahos had taken the boat...
Death Toll Climbs in Kramatorsk Restaurant Hit by Russian Missile
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Rescuers were combing through the rubble in Kramatorsk on Wednesday as the death toll from a Russian missile strike on a popular...
Protests and Sorrow After Fatal Police Traffic Encounter in France
In a working class Paris suburb, two police officers confront a 17-year-old driver in a canary yellow Mercedes who was stopped in traffic. They shout...
Conservative Court, Moderate Decision – The New York Times
Yesterday, the Supreme Court took a step in a high-profile case to preserve democratic checks and balances. The details of the case, Moore v. Harper,...
Wagner’s Mutiny Has Century-Old Echoes of Another Russian Debacle
As Russian soldiers braced in their trenches in Ukraine, a charismatic military leader suddenly marched his forces on the capital. He promised to save the...
The Miles of Obstacles Slowing Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
Three weeks in, Ukraine has made little progress toward one of its main lines of attack in southern Ukraine. Russia has a crucial ally: the...
Debris From Russian Missile Kills Two in Kyiv Apartment Building
Russian forces fired more than 20 missiles at Ukraine’s capital in a predawn assault on Saturday that left at least three people dead. Kyiv, the...
Your Wednesday Briefing – The New York Times
Prigozhin arrives in Belarus The mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin arrived in Belarus yesterday, according to Belarusian state media, ending days of speculation over his whereabouts...
German Defense Minister Vows Stronger Geopolitical Role Ahead of U.S. Visit
In an interview before his first official visit to Washington, Germany’s defense minister staked out a broad geopolitical vision, taking pains to indicate that his...
Putin Casts Mutiny as Proof of Solidity, as Belarus Opens Doors to Rebels
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Tuesday tried to recast the weekend rebellion by the mercenary chief Yevgeny V. Prigozhin as a heroic episode...
E.U. Border Agency Considers Pulling Out of Greece Over Migrant Abuses
The human rights chief at the European Union’s border agency said last week that it could suspend operations in Greece over chronic rights abuses against migrants,...
Your Wednesday Briefing: Wagner Chief in Exile
Prigozhin arrives in Belarus Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, arrived in Belarus yesterday, state media reported. The Russian authorities dropped criminal...