LONDON — Nurses across Britain went on strike on Thursday for the first time in the 74-year history of the National Health Service, underscoring critical challenges facing the long-revered system after years of underfunding and as the government contends with a burgeoning fiscal crisis. On a bitterly cold day, nurses and their supporters walked on […]
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Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine Warns Russia Is Seeking Iranian Missiles as Battle in Skies Escalates
A Ukrainian air-defense team on the front lines in the Mykolaiv region, in southern Ukraine, in late October.Credit…Finbarr O’Reilly for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine — Even 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 […]
Live Updates: Ukraine Steps Up Information War, Seeking to Exploit Russian Setbacks
The Ukrainian military said Russian soldiers were demoralized and redoubled calls for them to surrender. The claims could not be verified but showed how Kyiv was hoping its recent advances could turn the tide in the war.