Russia-Ukraine War A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. While Ukrainian officials and analysts said ... 05/14/2024 - 9:11 pm | View Link
Ukraine and Russia at War as he concluded a two-day visit aimed at reassuring the country reeling after Russia opened up a new front in its war last week. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy postponed all his foreign trips as ... 05/14/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
US accuses Russia of using chemical weapons in Ukraine The State Department accused Russia on Thursday of using chemical weapons in Ukraine, following a new set of sanctions against the country. Russia violated the Chemical and Biological Weapons ... 05/2/2024 - 5:02 am | View Link
U.S. accuses Russia of using chemical weapons in Ukraine, in breach of global ban The U.S. accused Russia of using chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops. The U.S. State Department also assessed that Russia has used "riot control agents," or tear gas, as a method of warfare in ... 05/1/2024 - 8:50 pm | View Link
Russia Warns 'America Has Chosen the Path of War' Over Ukraine "With their decision, local politicians are actually deciding the fate of an entire country, which is being used as a 'battering ram' against Russia." While the U.S. has portrayed the conflict as ... 04/24/2024 - 6:21 am | View Link
Gina Rinehart, Australia’s wealthiest person, is less than thrilled about a recent painting of her being exhibited at one of Australia’s largest art museums. But her reported attempts to get the unflattering portrait taken down is backfiring: the piece, part of a collection of portraits by an acclaimed indigenous artist, has been defended by the museum, the arts industry, and—perhaps worst for her—social media users, who have given it more attention than ever.
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The portrait features Rinehart, who is 70 years old, with a misshapen head, downturned lips, and a double chin.
For the last decade, with the support of our partners at Rolex, TIME has made a study of emerging leadership in all its many forms—not just statesmanship and intellectual achievement, but also cultural prominence and athletic triumph. The latest class of Next Generation Leaders, spanning eight countries and six continents, is no exception to that tradition of variety.
And yet amid such rich diversity, this cohort finds commonality in the way their leadership is expressed.
Last year, an internet shutdown in the state of Manipur, India, lasted a staggering 212 days when the state government issued 44 consecutive orders to switch off access across all broadband and mobile networks. The shutdown affected a population of 3.2 million, and made it more difficult to document rampant atrocities committed against minorities during bloody violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo tribes, which included murder, rape, arson, and other gender-based violence, says Access Now, a digital rights watchdog that publishes an annual report on internet shutdowns around the world.
THE HAGUE — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other party leaders agreed on a coalition deal early Thursday that veers the Netherlands toward the hard right, capping a half year of tumultuous negotiations that still left it unclear who will become prime minister.
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The “Hope, courage and pride” agreement introduces strict measures on asylum seekers, scraps family reunification for refugees and seeks to reduce the number of international students studying in the country.
“Deport people without a valid residence permit as much as possible, even forcibly,” the 26-page document says.
Wilders cried victory on what he called “a historic day,” claiming he had made sure the three other coalition parties, including the one of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte, had accepted the core of his program.
“The strictest asylum policy ever,” Wilders exulted.
(DALLAS) — Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that shift came about remained a mystery.
Now, a new study estimates that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed the Earth about 180 million years ago, about halfway through the creatures’ time on the planet.
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Warm-blooded creatures — including birds, who are descended from dinosaurs, and humans — keep their body temperature constant whether the world around them runs cold or hot.
(SAO PAULO) — While flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside, another scourge has spread across the region: disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need.
Among fake postings that have stirred outrage: That official agencies aren’t conducting rescues in Brazil’s southernmost state.