Category: Trends

Comment on this story Comment BRUSSELS — The European Union is assessing the increase in COVID-19 cases in China following Beijing’s rollback of its strict anti-infection controls in an attempt to streamline the testing of travelers from China in the 27 EU nations. The European Commission said Thursday that the BF7 omicron variant prevalent in […]

Comment on this story Comment KYIV, Ukraine – Explosions rocked cities across Ukraine early Thursday morning, as Russia continued its unrelenting pummeling of the country’s energy infrastructure, launching dozens of missiles and hospitalizing at least three people in the capital, Ukrainian officials said. Air raid sirens sounded out across Ukraine at 6 a.m. Washington Post […]

Comment on this story Comment JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated the most right-wing government in Israel’s history on Thursday, launching a turbulent chapter of national division that pits newly influential ultrareligious, ultranationalist politicians against an opposition that warns the country’s democracy is in peril. The new government returns Netanyahu — Israel’s longest-serving leader, […]

Comment on this story Comment JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu was set to return to office Thursday at the helm of the most religious and ultranationalist government in Israel’s history, vowing to implement policies that could cause domestic and regional turmoil and alienate the country’s closest allies. Netanyahu’s new government has pledged to prioritize settlement expansion […]

Comment on this story Comment CARACAS, Venezuela — At the start of 2019, as President Nicolás Maduro was claiming reelection in a vote widely condemned as fraudulent, the head of the country’s legislature stood before an electric crowd of thousands in John Paul II Plaza here in the Venezuelan capital and presented himself as the […]

A fresh barrage of Russian strikes battered Ukraine on Thursday, wounding at least three people including a teenager in Kyiv and cutting electricity in the west. On Thursday morning, blasts were reported across the vast country including in the Ukrainian capital, the second city Kharkiv in the east and the western city of Lviv on […]

Comment on this story Comment After two recent flights from China brought almost 100 coronavirus-infected passengers to Milan, Italy on Wednesday announced that all arrivals from China would be tested, with positive cases to isolate. The United States the same day mandated pre-departure testing for such passengers, days after Beijing moved to reopen its borders […]

KYIV — Air raid sirens were ringing in Kyiv and other regions across Ukraine on Thursday morning, as officials reported that more than 100 missiles were incoming in several waves. A series of loud booms could be heard in Kyiv, and local officials said that air defenses were working in the Kyiv, Odessa and Zhytomyr […]

Comment on this story Comment Israeli forces killed more Palestinians in the West Bank in 2022 than in any year since the United Nations began systematically recording fatalities in 2005, after the last major Palestinian uprising. The surging violence, experts warn, reflects a combustible mix of on-the-ground and generational changes — and could escalate further […]

A months-long examination by The Washington Post of Ukraine’s successful Kharkiv and Kherson counteroffensives involved interviews with more than 35 people, including Ukrainian commanders, officials in Kyiv and combat troops, as well as senior U.S. and European military and political officials. Here are some key findings: 1. Ukrainian Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky suggested the Kharkiv […]