A bus in southwestern Pakistan plunged into a ravine and caught on fire, killing at least 40 people aboard, a government official said on Sunday. The bus had been traveling overnight between Quetta, the capital of Balochistan Province, to the port city of Karachi when it crashed into a pillar of a bridge and fell […]
Month: January 2023
British Airline, Flybe, Collapses a Second Time
The British carrier Flybe, once the largest independent regional airline in Europe, canceled all flights on Saturday after filing for bankruptcy protection for a second time, marking what may be the final chapter for the chronically troubled company. “We are sad to announce that Flybe has been placed into administration,” the company said in a […]
To Fix Its Problems in Ukraine, Russia Turns to the Architect of the War
In rare public comments, mimicking Mr. Putin’s propaganda, General Gerasimov portrayed Russia as a victim of Western aggression, without explaining his strategy to neutralize the perceived threat. “Our country and its armed forces today are opposing practically the entire collective West,” he said in an interview with the Russian newspaper Arguments and Facts published on […]
Move Over, Pablo Neruda. Young Chileans Have a New Favorite Poet.
In October 2019, more than a million Chileans took to the streets in what became the country’s biggest ever protest. Few things united them: Some demanded better education, others greater Indigenous rights. They had no leaders or symbols. But as the dust settled, one image slowly emerged as a prominent emblem. A mural in downtown […]
Expert Panel Votes for Stricter Rules on Risky Virus Research
An expert panel on Friday endorsed a sweeping set of proposed changes to the federal government’s program for regulating experiments that involve tinkering with risky viruses and other pathogens. The move sets the stage for a closely watched decision by the Biden administration about its approach to protecting against lab disasters that could kick off […]
Russia Outlaws a News Site and a Rights Group, Stifling Critical Voices
A Moscow court abolished one of Russia’s oldest rights groups. Russian prosecutors banned the work of a group of journalists in exile, labeling it an “undesirable organization.” And on Friday, President Vladimir V. Putin used the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day to restate false claims justifying the invasion of Ukraine, as his government used the […]
At Least 5 Killed in Shooting at a Jerusalem Synagogue
At least five people were shot dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem on Friday night in the deadliest attack in the city in several years. The Israeli police said that a gunman started firing at about 8:15 p.m. at people at a building used as a synagogue in Neve Yakov, an Israeli settlement in […]
Russia-Ukraine War: Live Updates – The New York Times
Journalists for the independent news site Meduza in an apartment office in Riga, Latvia, in 2021.Credit…Janis Pipars for The New York Times Russian officials continued their campaign to stifle press freedom on Thursday, labeling the independent news website Meduza an “undesirable organization” and effectively outlawing its content. The move made Meduza the latest journalistic outlet […]
UNESCO Designates Odesa a World Heritage Site Amid Russian Attacks
The United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, has designated the historic center of Odesa as a World Heritage Site and classified it as being “in danger” during a committee session in Paris on Wednesday, in a nod to the historic importance of a Black Sea port that Russia has battered with missiles as it tries to […]
Newly Discovered Asteroid Passes Close to Earth
A small asteroid flew very close to Earth on Thursday night, less than a week after astronomers discovered the object. The asteroid, named 2023 BU, was scheduled to pass over the southern tip of South America at 7:27 p.m. Eastern time. The asteroid is fairly small — less than 30 feet across, about the size […]