ATHENS — Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Monday that Greece would ban the sale of spyware, after his government was accused in a news report of targeting dozens of prominent politicians, journalists and businessmen for surveillance, and the judicial authorities began an investigation. The announcement is the latest chapter in a scandal that erupted […]
Month: November 2022
Latest Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates
Damage at a residential building in Arkhanhelske, a town in the northern part of the Ukrainian region of Kherson, on Sunday.Credit…Hannibal Hanschke/EPA, via Shutterstock KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces are stepping up their efforts to make life unbearable for civilians across the occupied southern Kherson region, where power was cut on Sunday night and Ukrainian […]
COP27 Live Video and News: UN Leader Warns of ‘Climate Hell’
Alaa Abd El Fattah during his 2015 trial. Credit…Khaled Desouki/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — The world leaders, government negotiators, climate scientists and other dignitaries are unlikely to see his name anywhere in Sharm el Sheikh, the beach resort city hosting the COP27 summit. But Alaa Abd El Fattah, Egypt’s most […]
A Messy Marital Split Tarnishes a Roman Soccer Legend
ROME — Once upon a time, Francesco Totti, the crowned prince of Italian soccer, celebrated a goal by ripping off his jersey and revealing a T-shirt reading, “You’re the One,” a proclamation of eternal love for Ilary Blasi, a showgirl who stole his heart. The two got married on live television, had three children and […]
At COP27, Developing Nations Have a Message for Polluters: Pay Up
In Pakistan, flooding this summer killed 1,700 people and left one-third of the country underwater. In Fiji, entire villages are retreating inland to escape rising seas. In Kenya, persistent drought has killed livestock and devastated livelihoods. They are among scores of developing countries that face irreversible damage from climate change but have done little to […]
Michael Basman, Chess Master Known for ‘Bad’ Openings, Dies at 76
Antranig Basman said his father “studiously avoided promotions” because he had no desire to take on responsibilities that would interfere with his real passion. In 1980 Mr. Basman was awarded the title international master, the second-highest in chess after grandmaster, by the International Chess Federation, the game’s governing body. He left the civil service around […]
Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates
At the International Military-Technical Forum in Moscow in August. Russia is the world’s second largest arms exporter after the United States.Credit…Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times Arms sales have long been an important part of Russian foreign policy. But those sales were declining before the invasion of Ukraine, and analysts say that the war […]
The War in Ukraine Could Dent Russia’s Clout as an Arms Dealer
During that period, South Korea sent warships to the Philippines and Thailand, submarines to Indonesia, and combat and trainer aircraft to the Philippines and Thailand. Russia also lost a few potential deals. Indonesia canceled an order for 11 Russian fighter jets last year, buying American and French planes instead. For many Southeast Asian nations, the […]
Far Right’s Rise in Israel Driven by Anxiety and Fear
LOD, Israel — The sectarian unrest between Arabs and Jews that swept across Israeli cities in May 2021 helped end Benjamin Netanyahu’s last term in office. Seventeen months later, fallout from that same unrest has helped put him back in power — at the head of one of the most right-wing coalitions Israel has ever […]
Astronomers Find a Black Hole in Our Cosmic Back Yard
Almost but not quite in time for Halloween, astronomers announced on Friday that they had discovered the closest known black hole. It is a biggie, a shell of yawning emptiness 10 times as massive as the sun, orbiting as far from its own star as the Earth is from ours. Not to worry, however: This […]