The report crackled across the Indianapolis police radio on a recent morning: Two aggressive pit bulls, no leashes in sight, were roaming, a caller complained. Then came an alert about a motorist, possibly armed, en route to Indianapolis, reportedly with homicidal thoughts. Later, the police were dispatched to look into reports of overdoses, suicidal people…
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The widow of Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist killed by Saudi operatives at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018, was granted political asylum late last month, more than three years after she fled to the United States. “I feel great and that I’ve taken the right decision to come to this country,” his…
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The European Commission (EC) said on Thursday that it will make the final EUR1.5 billion payment of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine as part of the EUR18 billion package for 2023. “Today we unlocked the final payment of EUR1.5 billion of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the year, bringing the total to EUR18…
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An event dedicated to Ukrainian children illegally deported by Russia was held in New York: the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Verizon building were illuminated in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, and a Ukrainian children’s choir sang carols in the passage of the Central Railway Station. “Today in New York, the…
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Not many outsiders come to Belarhi, a remote agricultural village in northern India. Yet during reporting trips there for the recently published series India’s Daughters, New York Times journalists were always shown great hospitality. On our first trip to the village in March 2022, my colleague Shalini Venugopal Bhagat and I arrived to find Arti…
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The prisoner exchange track is working, but has slowed down for specific reasons on the part of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. “I can’t tell you what complicated this process (prisoner exchange). It wouldn’t be very ethical. You’re right, the process is complicated. Maybe the authorities really do not communicate much, I…
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Two enemy informants who scouted the bases and the frequency of rotation of the Defense Forces in Donetsk region received prison sentences. “First of all, the invaders tried to identify possible locations of air defense complexes and warehouses with weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. They also collected…
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Koons did not reply to several requests for comment made by telephone and email to his studio and his gallery, Pace. Golan’s criticism of the Rail over the handling of her essay is one of several recent cases in which writers have accused a publication of yielding to pressure from a subject or killing a…
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As of December 2023, some 19% of Ukrainians surveyed are ready for territorial concessions, but the majority of respondents believe that Ukraine should not give up its territories, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on November 29 – December 9, 2023. “After May 2023, there…
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The cyber attack on Ukraine’s largest mobile operator Kyivstar is likely one of the most destructive cyber attacks on Ukrainian networks since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, as Ukrainian government resources and emergency services were affected, according to a report from the UK Defense Intelligence on the social network X (formerly Twitter). “On…
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