KYIV, Ukraine — As Ukrainian officials celebrate the arrival of more advanced Western air-defense systems and claim growing success at shooting down Russian rockets and drones, they are warning that Moscow is buying new long-range weapons against which Kyiv’s forces have little defense — specifically, ballistic missiles from Iran. With movement on the ground slowing, […]
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Russia Reactivates Its Trolls and Bots Ahead of Tuesday’s Midterms
Follow our live coverage of the 2022 Midterm elections for the latest news and updates. The user on Gab who identifies as Nora Berka resurfaced in August after a yearlong silence on the social media platform, reposting a handful of messages with sharply conservative political themes before writing a stream of original vitriol. The posts […]
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Nov. 8, 2022 Climate change does not lend itself to easy documentation. Like nature itself, it can move slowly. Change can come in increments, and it is not always clear what to make of it. Did that species die out because our home is growing too warm? Or was another cause the primary factor in […]
Greece to Ban Sale of Spyware After Government Is Accused of Surveillance
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 […]
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 […]