Category: Trends

Comment on this story Comment KYIV, Ukraine — The Russian military reported on Monday that it shot down a Ukrainian drone approaching an airbase deep inside Russia, the second time the airbase has been targeted this month, raising questions about the effectiveness of Russia’s air defenses if drones can fly that far into the country. […]

Comment on this story Comment KATHMANDU, Nepal – The former leader of Nepal’s Maoist rebels, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, widely known as Prachanda, said Monday he would form a new government as prime minister, signaling a potential foreign policy shift in the Himalayan nation caught between international powers. As leader of the Communist Party of Nepal […]

Comment on this story Comment QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistani forces on Monday expanded their search for the perpetrators behind multiple attacks that killed six troops and wounded 17 civilians in a restive southwestern province the previous day. The top government official in the southwestern Baluchistan province, Abdul Aziz Uqaili, said there a total of nine […]

Comment on this story Comment CAIRO — The patriarch behind Abou Tarek, one of Egypt’s most famous restaurants, has always been able to depend on koshary. A mix of pasta, rice, lentils, chickpeas, fried onions and spicy tomato sauce, koshary is one of the cheapest and most popular foods in Egypt, so packed with carbs […]

Comment on this story Comment MUKACHEVO, Ukraine — An authoritarian leader, known for suppressing political opposition and using his national press as his own mouthpiece, insists that Ukrainians who speak his language need protection and financial assistance, and he allows his government to issue passports, illegally, to Ukrainian citizens. Residents of border towns get their […]

Comment on this story Comment TOKYO — Heavy snow in large swaths of Japan has killed 17 and injured more than 90 people and left hundreds of homes without power, disaster management officials said Monday. Powerful winter fronts have dumped heavy snow in northern regions since last week, stranding hundreds of vehicles on highways, delaying […]

FRANKFURT, Germany — Rescue workers were searching for two missing people after an avalanche swept across ski trails in western Austria on Sunday, the dpa news agency reported. Initially up to 10 people were feared missing based on video from a witness, but eight of those individuals had been identified and were no longer feared […]

TORONTO — A bus rolled over on an icy highway in British Columbia on Christmas Eve, killing four people and injuring three dozen, Canadian authorities said Sunday. A statement from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the bus crashed on Highway 97C east of Merritt. It said the accident was still under investigation but it […]

December 25, 2022 at 3:32 p.m. EST Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas for the first time on Dec. 25 at a church in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Heidi Levine) Comment on this story Comment KYIV, Ukraine — Nadiya Zalenetska rushed into the small chapel with a pink bundle in her arms — her 2-month-old daughter, Lyubov, wrapped in […]

King Charles III evoked memories Sunday of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as he broadcast his first Christmas message as monarch in a speech that also paid tribute to the “selfless dedication” of Britain’s public service workers, many of whom are in a fight with the government over pay. Charles, 74, also empathized in […]