Putin extends rule after harshest crackdown since Soviet era

President Vladimir Putin sealed his control over Russia for six more years yesterday with a highly orchestrated landslide in an election that followed the harshest crackdown

Crowds flock to polling stations in apparent protest

Russians crowded outside polling stations at midday yesterday on the last day of a three-day presidential election, apparently heeding an opposition call to protest against President Vladimir Putin, who

European Union announces $8 billion package of aid for Egypt

The European Union yesterday announced a $8 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic pressure and conflicts in neighboring countries could drive more

Hundreds in Mexico City stretch out for a ‘mass nap’ to commemorate World Sleep Day

Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City last week were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight. Lolling with bright blue yoga mats, sleeping

Report claims Yemen’s Houthis have hypersonic missile

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim to have a new, hypersonic missile in their arsenal, Russia’s state media reported yesterday, potentially raising the stakes in their ongoing attacks on shipping in

A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years, but locals want to tear up the street

The inhabitants of Copenhagen’s freewheeling Christiania neighborhood plan to dig up the aptly named Pusher Street, in their latest attempt to stop illegal hashish sales

Pi Day celebrated around the world with a slice of pie or even pizza

Math enthusiasts around the world, from college kids to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day yesterday, which is March 14 or 3/14 — the first three digits of an

Religious freedom group ends trip early after rabbi ordered to remove his kippah

A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom ordered a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public,

Putin warns again that Russia is ready to use nukes if its sovereignty is threatened

President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened, issuing another blunt warning to the West just days

Top Polish leaders to visit White House, hoping to spur US to help Ukraine more

President Joe Biden is hosting Poland’s president and prime minister for White House talks today with the Polish leaders looking to press Washington to break its

Ukraine’s first Oscar is hailed as a reminder of war’s horrors as Russian drones strike buildings

Ukraine awoke Monday to another day of war — Russian drones blasted buildings in the Kharkiv and Odesa regions — but also the news it had won

Oscars get audience bump from ‘Barbenheimer’, but ratings aren’t a blockbuster

Barbenheimer” brought a bump not a boom to Oscars ratings. An estimated 19.5 million people watched Sunday night’s 96th Academy Awards ceremony on ABC. That’s the

A ship loaded with tons of food is on its way to Gaza Strip

A ship carrying 200 tons of food is on its way to the embattled Gaza Strip from Cyprus to test the opening of a sea corridor to the besieged

‘Oppenheimer’ crowned best picture at an Academy Awards shadowed by war

  Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowned best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as

‘Barbie’ ballad ‘What Was I Made For?’ makes Billie Eilish the youngest person to win two Oscars

 What were Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell made for? Winning awards, apparently. The sibling duo’s “Barbie” blockbuster ballad “What Was I Made For?” won

On Russian TV ahead of the election, there’s only one program: Putin’s

Thousands of Russians braved the cold for hours earlier this month to honor the opposition politician Alexei Navalny after his funeral. They chanted anti-war slogans and covered

Al-Qaida’s Yemen branch says leader Khalid al-Batarfi dead in unclear circumstances

The leader of Yemen’s branch of al-Qaida is dead, the militant group announced late Sunday, without giving details. Khalid al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty

Palestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan with hunger worsening

Palestinians began fasting for Ramadan yesterday as the Muslim holy month arrived with cease-fire talks at a standstill, hunger worsening across the Gaza Strip and no end in

‘Oppenheimer’ crew keeps it low key, other winners revel at Vanity Fair’s after-party

Christopher Nolan stood as staid and nonchalant as ever as crowds surrounded him and music pulsed. His celebration was limited to casually holding a best directing Oscar, his first, and one of seven on the night for his film.

Election leaves the country uncertain of its future but heartens Europe’s radical right

Portugal's inconclusive general election results mean weeks of political uncertainty ahead and give fresh energy to Europe's shift toward the radical right. A surge in support for a populist party in

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