President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has signed two laws that strictly reinforce his country’s national identity, banning Russian place names and making knowledge of Ukrainian language and history a requirement for citizenship. The moves late Friday were Ukraine’s latest steps to distance itself from a long legacy of Russian domination, an increasingly emotional subject since […]
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Centuries of Stargazing Leave Jesuit Names Written in the Heavens
Centuries after the Holy See muzzled Roman Catholic stargazers for questioning the centrality of the Earth in the cosmos, Jesuit astronomers from the Vatican’s in-house observatory are increasingly writing their names in the heavens. The Vatican, run by Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope in history, recently announced that three more Jesuit scientists from its […]
Russia Names a New General for the War in Ukraine
The appointment of Gen. Sergei Surovikin, 55, comes as Moscow’s troops face serious setbacks on the battlefield.