How War Has Wreaked Havoc on Ukraine’s Classrooms
Students have been forced to attend classes underground or online, especially in regions near the front line. Experts say ...
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Here’s a closer look at the family tree of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch
Elena was previously married to Russian oil billionaire Alexander Zhukov. The couple had a daughter, Dasha Zhukova, in 1981 before their ... Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch, a 2008 book by ...
‘Thatcher would have hated me’: Harriet Walter on playing Maggie as a ‘360-degree human’
Harriet Walter on playing Maggie as a ‘360-degree human’ - INTERVIEW: The star of new docudrama ‘Brian and Maggie’ sits down with Helen Coffey to talk modern politics, playing ‘horrible’ women, and wh ...
Moo Deng, the Toddler Hippopotamus, Is Still a Star
The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old, is Thailand’s biggest celebrity, and the crowds keep flocking. What explains her charm?
‘Donbas is fiction’ — Kateryna Zarembo’s book dismantles Russian myths about Ukraine’s east
For some, Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts evoke images of coal mines, industrial sprawl, and Russian-speaking culture ...
Russia killed this novelist – her book couldn’t be more urgent
Vladimir Putin’s shameless invasion of Ukraine has blown up far more than cities and villages. It has exploded millions of ...
A Russia-like crackdown has jailed dozens in Georgia, with human rights groups sounding the alarm
Over 40 Georgians have been jailed on criminal charges stemming from anti-government protests that have roiled the South ...
A Russian spy ship caught fire off Syria’s coast, officials say. Here’s audio of its broadcasts
Our ship is in difficulty, so keep your distance, he instructs another vessel over the radio. “Warship on your course,” he ...
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Russia likely lost 1,500 troops a day for the last 3 months, straining its ability to replace them
Russian battlefield casualties — dead and injured — have risen to more than 1,500 a day over the last three months, posing serious problems when it comes to replacing their numbers, military ...
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Three NATO members still rely on Russia to manage their electricity grid. They’re about to pull the plug
That meant that just a few months after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, all three countries were able to stop buying electricity from Moscow. But Russia was still in ...
US aid cutoff poses new challenges to rights groups and independent media from Russia and Belarus
Burakova, who formerly headed a legal aid group in St. Petersburg backed by exiled tycoon-turned-opposition-figure Mikhail ...