President Salome Zourabichvili of Georgia called Mr. Putin’s decision “unacceptable” and a “provocation.”Credit…Tomasz Wiktor/EPA, via Shutterstock TBILISI, Georgia — President Vladimir V. Putin on Wednesday ordered the restoration of direct flights from Russia to the mountainous former Soviet republic of Georgia starting May 15 and abolished visa requirements for Georgian nationals, in the latest sign […]
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African Countries Made Huge Gains in Life Expectancy. Now That Could Be Erased.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Hannah Wanjiru was plagued by dizzy spells and headaches for years. After a half-dozen costly trips to the doctor, she was finally diagnosed with high blood pressure. It took two more years — and some fainting spells — before she started to take medication. By then, her husband, David Kimani, had been […]
Ukraine Attacks Russia in the Kharkiv Region, Swiftly Making Gains
Sweeping south from positions in the Kharkiv region in Ukraine’s northeast, Ukrainian forces have made their largest gains since routing Russia from Kyiv in April.