LILONGWE, Malawi — Cyclone Freddy, the longest-lasting tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, swept in from the southeastern coast of Africa and traveled to the landlocked nation of Malawi, where by Monday it was responsible for at least 66 deaths, the Red Cross said. Large swaths of Blantyre, the second-largest city in Malawi, […]
Month: March 2023
Gary Lineker to Return to BBC Soccer Show ‘Match of the Day’
Even those more sympathetic to the BBC said the agreement was a humiliating retreat for its management, which did not count on Mr. Lineker’s colleagues walking out in a dramatic, and destabilizing, act of solidarity. Inside the Media Industry “It’s a cave-in,” said Alan Rusbridger, a former editor of The Guardian. “They didn’t think it […]
A Female Mossad Agent’s Treasure Trove of Photos
On Oct. 8, 1965, the chief of Israel’s foreign intelligence service, the Mossad, presented the country’s prime minister with a plan to assassinate several leading Palestinian militants based in Beirut, Lebanon, with letter bombs. “It will be a woman doing it,” said the Mossad chief, Meir Amit, according to transcripts of the meeting with the […]
Latest Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates
A police officer near a residential building destroyed during a Russian attack last week in Avdiivka, in Ukraine’s Donbas region.Credit…Evgeniy Maloletka/Associated Press Russian forces have stepped up their shelling of Avdiivka, a town in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, according to Ukrainian officials, as Moscow pursues its broader offensive to seize more land in the east. […]
Your Monday Briefing – The New York Times
Limiting the effects of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse The U.S. is racing to contain the consequences of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the largest American bank to fail since the financial crisis in 2008. Federal regulators announced that the government would ensure that all depositors of Silicon Valley Bank would have access to all […]
Administration to Approve Huge Alaska Oil Project on Monday, Two Officials Say
“It’s insulting that Biden thinks this will change our minds about the Willow project,” said Kristen Monsell, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group. “Protecting one area of the Arctic so you can destroy another doesn’t make sense, and it won’t help the people and wildlife who will be upended […]
Spiraling Dispute With Star Host Puts BBC’s Reputation on the Line
As an English soccer star, Gary Lineker was renowned for never having been penalized with a yellow or red card in his 16-year career. As a politically opinionated sports broadcaster for the BBC, Mr. Lineker has tangled regularly with the officials, and his suspension over a Twitter post on immigration this week escalated into a […]
Ukraine Steps Up Calls for Evacuation of Northeast Town Under Relentless Russian Shelling
Ukrainian authorities over the weekend stepped up calls for civilians to evacuate Kupiansk, a town just miles from the front line in the Kharkiv region of northeast Ukraine that has come under relentless Russian shelling. Ukrainian troops drove Russian forces out of much of the Kharkiv region when they mounted a rapid counteroffensive in September […]
With Fingerprints, DNA and Photos, Turkey Seeks Families of the Missing
When a powerful earthquake struck southern Turkey last month, a lawyer concluded that her relatives had been buried in the rubble of their collapsed apartment. Three days later, rescue workers recovered the bodies of her mother and brother, she said, but days, then weeks, then a month passed with no sign of her father. His […]
BBC in Turmoil as Revolt Over Gary Lineker’s ‘Match of the Day’ Suspension Spreads
LONDON — The BBC scrambled to rearrange hours of programming in real time on Saturday after the suspension of the popular host of its cornerstone soccer program set off a revolt by on-air talent, forcing the broadcaster to curtail major portions of its weekend sports coverage and leaving it to face accusations that Britain’s culture […]