At Ukraine’s largest art museum, a race to protect heritage

The director of Ukraine’s largest art museum walked its hallways, supervising as staff packed away its collections to protect their national heritage in case the Russian invasion

Russians besiege Ukrainian ports, war refugees top one million

Russian forces captured the strategic Ukrainian port of Kherson and besieged another yesterday in a bid to cut the country off from the sea, as the two sides headed

Kyiv shrines, memorials with powerful symbolic value at risk

Kyiv, bracing for a potentially catastrophic Russian attack, is the spiritual heart of Ukraine. Among the sites at risk in the Ukrainian capital are the nation’s

1975 Comic genius Chaplin is knighted

Silent film legend Charlie Chaplin has become Sir Charles after a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The star of such films as The Kid and The Great Dictator was knighted

Tightrope walking on Taiwan question leaves Washington no room for error

On Feb 28, 1972, during then United States President Richard Nixon’s visit to China, the two governments signed in Shanghai the first of three joint communiques that culminated

Russia, Ukraine ready for new talks on war

As Day 7 of the Russia-Ukraine conflict dawned, Russia continued its attacks on crowded Ukrainian cities and a lengthy convoy of Russian tanks and other vehicles advanced

FM Lavrov embodies Moscow’s steely posture

As Russia’s top diplomat during the invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is embodying the Kremlin’s defiant posture with a mixture of toughness and

1966 BBC tunes in to colour

The BBC has announced plans to begin broadcasting television programmes in colour from next year. Britain will be the first country in Europe to offer regular programming in colour.

New Zealand protesters set fires as police break up camp

Thick black smoke billowed across the grounds of New Zealand’s Parliament and sirens blared yesterday as retreating protesters against coronavirus vaccine mandates set fire to tents,

Oil tops $110 a barrel, ruble sinks to cents as Ukraine war rages

Oil prices surged above $110 per barrel yesterday as Russian forces stepped up attacks on Ukrainian cities. Global stock markets were mixed as investors waited to hear the

Russia bombs Kharkiv as convoy nears Kyiv

Russian shelling pounded civilian targets in Ukraine’s second-largest city again yesterday and a 40-mile convoy of tanks and other vehicles threatened the capital — tactics Ukraine’s embattled

At rare UN session, Russia is pressed to stop war in Ukraine

Ambassadors from dozens of countries yesterday backed a proposal demanding that Russia halt its attack on Ukraine, as the U.N. General Assembly held a

2000 Pinochet escapes torture trial charges

Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is heading home after being told the UK would not extradite him on torture charges. After 16 months of legal wrangling,

Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propaganda

None of the U.S.-owned tech companies have responded with an outright ban of those outlets. Instead they’ve offered more modest changes: limiting the Kremlin’s reach, labeling

Hollywood halts releases in Russia, including ‘The Batman’

Warner Bros. is halting the release of “The Batman” in Russia, just days before it was to open in theaters there, as Hollywood moved to cease distribution

Russia bombs Kharkiv and convoy nears Kyiv

Russian shelling pounded civilian targets in Ukraine's second-largest city again today (Tuesday] and a 40-mile convoy of tanks and other vehicles threatened the capital — tactics Ukraine's embattled president said

Ukraine slows Russian advance as talks are underway

Outgunned but determined Ukrainian troops slowed Russia’s advance and held onto the capital and other key cities — at least for now. In the face of stiff

Ukraine war forces United Arab Emirates to hedge

The United Arab Emirates campaigned hard for a seat on the U.N. Security Council in the country’s international push to highlight the 50-year anniversary of

1950 Communist spy jailed for 14 years

A top nuclear scientist has been jailed for fourteen years at the Old Bailey for spying for the Soviet Union. Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs, 38, a civil servant from

US-EU sanctions will pummel the Russian economy

The Biden administration, in extraordinary and rapid cooperation with allies over a period of three days, has doubled down on its vow to impose “severe

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