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Comment on this story Comment ROME — Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley has announced he will step down from his role as executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, ending a six year term heading the world’s largest humanitarian organization. Beasley, a Republican, served one term as South Carolina’s governor from 1995 to […]

Argentina won the 2022 World Cup final against France, beating the defending champion during a penalty kick shootout after the teams reached full time with a 3-3 tie. The game had headed into 30 extra minutes in a 2-2 tie. Argentina scored four of the penalty kicks to France’s two.  The anticipated match marked Lionel […]

Comment on this story Comment KYIV, Ukraine — When Russia invaded Ukraine, the homeland of his parents and grandparents, David felt obligated to leave Israel and fight against Vladimir Putin, the man he views as a modern Hitler. After praying on a recent Shabbat in Kyiv’s oldest synagogue, David, 56, said he was proud to […]

Adam Bates, a former Army Ranger wounded in Afghanistan in 2009, foreground, demonstrates walking techniques for Anatoliy Kirda, left, Oleksandr Fedun, center, and Ruslan Tyshchenko, right. The Ukrainian soldiers getting replacement limbs at Medical Center Orthotics and Prosthetics in Silver Spring, MD. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) America’s most recent wars led to profound advancements in […]

Comment on this story Comment VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ Jesuit order on Sunday asked any more victims to come forward with complaints against a famous Jesuit artist who was essentially let off the hook by the Vatican twice despite devastating testimony by women who said he sexually and spiritually abused them. The Jesuits asked […]

Comment on this story Comment User-generated content has been essential to coverage of the war in Ukraine since it began in February. Soldiers, civilians, aid workers and other witnesses have posted footage of fighting and destruction in real time, making this war one of history’s most visually documented. “With such prevalent access to the internet, […]

Comment on this story Comment Ukraine revealed its entry to the 2023 Eurovision song contest over the weekend, choosing the winning song live from a Kyiv metro station that doubles as an underground bomb shelter. Ukrainian fans and a panel of judges picked electronic music duo Tvorchi and their song “Heart of Steel” to represent […]

Comment on this story Comment BUENOS AIRES — There were going to be tears either way. But on Sunday afternoon, after a three-hour rollercoaster of a World Cup final match that saw Argentina scrape by a win, they were tears of joy. Thousands, if not millions, streamed into the streets of this capital city as […]

Comment on this story Comment UnlockThis article is free to access. Why? A fast-spreading covid-19 outbreak in China has researchers predicting a surge in virus-related deaths next year, with several analyses forecasting more than 1 million fatalities in a country that until now has largely kept the coronavirus in check. Earlier this month, China dramatically […]

This was Lionel Messi’s World Cup tournament, the whole way through. On Sunday, however, his superstar counterpart for France, Kylian Mbappé, did everything he possibly could to deny the greatest player of his generation his elusive first World Cup title. But in the end, not even a Mbappé hat trick, in perhaps the most dramatic […]