Your Friday Briefing: A Major Ukrainian Offensive
Ukraine mounts a major attack in the south A senior U.S. official said that the Ukrainian assault in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia appeared to...
Zelensky Visits Ukraine’s Flood Zone, Where Residents See ‘Horror’ Float By
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine visited the flood-stricken city of Kherson on Thursday, trying to rally the region’s emergency workers, who were struggling under Russian...
U.S. Suspends Food Aid for Ethiopia, Citing Widespread Theft
The United States on Thursday suspended all food aid to Ethiopia, where its contributions feed an estimated 12 million people, citing “widespread and coordinated” theft...
Kherson is hit by Russian shelling hours after a Zelensky visit.
Russian forces shelled the flood-stricken city of Kherson on Thursday, striking close to an evacuation point, only hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the city...
Wildfire Smoke From Canada Is Expected to Reach Norway
The smoke from wildfires in Canada that has blanketed large parts of North America this week and created hazardous breathing conditions was expected to shift...
Pope Francis Is Doing Well After Abdominal Surgery, Vatican Says
Pope Francis spent a “day of rest” on Thursday and his recovery was “progressing well,” the Vatican said Thursday evening, a day after he underwent...
Wildfire Smoke Envelops the U.S.
Residents of the western U.S. and Canada have become grimly accustomed to smoke-clogged air from wildfires during the summer months. This week, the problem has...
Satellite Images Show Scale of Flooding From Ukraine Dam Collapse
New satellite images released by Planet Labs late on Wednesday offer some of the clearest glimpses yet of the scale of flooding in cities and...
Stabbing in France Critically Injures 4 Children, Shocking Country
A knife-wielding man stabbed four children and two adults at a park and a playground in southeastern France on Thursday, in an attack that horrified...
Behind a Rare Clash, a Fight Over Faith in China
Walking through Nagu, a small town in the mountains of southwestern China, the signs of a vibrant Muslim community are ubiquitous. Loudspeakers broadcast passages from...
Cross-Border Skirmishes Heighten Anxiety for Ukrainian Villagers
The forests around Vovchansk were burning, white smoke drifting through the pines and billowing above the treetops where artillery shells had started fires. Vovchansk and...
Your Thursday Briefing – The New York Times
Flooding deepens the misery of Ukraine’s war zone Flooding along more than 50 miles of the Dnipro River after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam...
Canada Wildfires Renew Calls for a National Fire Service
Hundreds of blazes have overwhelmed local resources and renewed calls for a national firefighting service in Canada, where wildfire emergency response management is handled by...
Disaster Upon Disaster: Flood Deepens Misery in Ukraine War Zone
Oleksiy Kolesnik waded ashore and stood, trembling, on dry land for the first time in hours, rescued on Wednesday morning after spending the predawn sitting...