KYIV — As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its 10th month, Russian artillery pounded the strategic southern port city of Kherson two weeks after retreating from it, killing at least 10 civilians and wounding dozens more — and on Friday, triggering a hospital evacuation. Russian forces shelled the city and surrounding area 49 times on […]
Month: November 2022
Ukraine Says Nuclear Power Plants Are Back Online: Live Updates
An oil tanker in Novorossiysk, Russia, last month.Credit…Associated Press Diplomats from the European Union did not agree Thursday on final details of a policy to help limit Russia’s revenue from oil, after a setback the day before to efforts led by the United States and Ukraine’s allies to curb the flow of cash financing Russia’s […]
Qataris Say Criticism of Country Amid World Cup Is Rooted in Stereotypes
When the singer Rod Stewart was offered more than $1 million to perform in Qatar, he said, he turned it down. “It’s not right to go,” Mr. Stewart told the The Sunday Times of London recently, joining a string of public figures to declare boycotts or express condemnation of Qatar as the Gulf nation hosts […]
Under Missile Strikes, Ukrainians Haul Water, While Surgeons Work in the Dark
KYIV, Ukraine — In the crowded operating room, the surgeons had made the long incision down the middle of the child’s chest, cut the breastbone to spread the rib cage and reach the heart. Then the lights went out. Generators kicked on to keep life-support equipment running on Wednesday night, and nurses and surgical assistants […]
Ukraine Scrambles to Restore Services After Disruptive Russian Strikes: Live Updates
Cars driving through Kyiv on Wednesday after Russian missile strikes on energy facilities across Ukraine.Credit…Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine — Utility crews worked through the dark night in snow and freezing rain to stabilize Ukraine’s battered energy grid on Thursday after another destructive wave of Russian missile strikes, restoring essential services […]
Anwar Ibrahim Is Prime Minister of Malaysia, After a Wait of Decades
After days of political chaos, Malaysia has a new prime minister, its fifth in less than five years. The country is now relying on a veteran politician to bring back political stability while leading a polarized electorate — split between one faction that sees itself as modern and multicultural, and another that is driven by […]
Russia-Ukraine War: G7 and Allies Fail to Agree on Price Cap for Russian Oil
Emergency personnel responding to the site of a strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday.Credit…Andrew Kravchenko/Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — A barrage of Russian missiles hit Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and leaving Kyiv and other cities without power, in what appeared to be one of the most damaging attacks in weeks. The […]
Judge Slaps Down Bolsonaro’s Late Bid to Overturn Brazil’s Election
RIO DE JANEIRO — For more than a year, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil had warned that he might not accept a loss in last month’s presidential election. Then he lost. In response, he reluctantly agreed to begin the transition of power — while his allies inspected the election results for evidence of anything amiss. […]
Earth Now Has 8 Billion Humans. This Man Wishes There Were None.
“It was very nice news for me that this kind of group existed, because one usually, with this kind of philosophy, feels alone,” said Mario Buenfil, 73, a water engineer in Mexico City who has been involved with the movement for 20 years. Still, the words “voluntary human extinction” often elicit reactions of spluttering horror, […]
2 Bomb Attacks in Jerusalem Kill 1 and Wound at Least 18
JERUSALEM — Two blasts in Jerusalem killed a teenager and injured at least 18 other people during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, the Israeli police said, in what were the first bomb attacks on Israeli civilians in more than six years. The police said that the first explosion occurred at a bus stop in […]