2022’s top stories This was a year where the news cycle sometimes seemed relentless, and the ping of yet another alert typically brought more shocking news. The Russian invasion of Ukraine devolved into a long and desperate slog that is now estimated to have killed more than 40,000 civilians and displaced up to 30 million […]
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Your Monday Briefing – The New York Times
An incredible World Cup final In what may have been the most extraordinary World Cup final ever, Argentina beat France in large part because of Lionel Messi, who played a career-defining game. In what he said would be his last World Cup game, Messi scored two of the team’s three goals as well as the […]
What Russia Got Wrong – The New York Times
Nearly 10 months into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has suffered great losses. Its military has faltered against a foe that, before the war, appeared much weaker. A team of Times journalists published an account this weekend of how Russia so badly mismanaged its invasion, based on interviews, intercepted phone calls, documents and secret battle […]
Your Monday Briefing – The New York Times
The prince caught up in a far-right conspiracy theory Prosecutors and intelligence officials in Germany have accused Prince Heinrich XIII of hosting meetings at his hunting lodge in Bad Lobenstein, in the state of Thuringia, where they say he and a band of far-right co-conspirators plotted to overthrow the German government and execute the chancellor. […]
Your Thursday Briefing – The New York Times
25 arrested in Germany over plot to overthrow government A nationwide far-right terrorist network in Germany planned to storm the German Parliament, detain lawmakers and execute the chancellor, according to German prosecutors and intelligence officials. Thousands of police officers and special forces personnel fanned out across the country yesterday to raid 150 homes and arrest […]
A Clash of Rights – The New York Times
The Supreme Court is struggling to draw a line between two kinds of rights: those afforded to gay people and protections for free speech. Yesterday, the justices heard a highly anticipated case about whether a Colorado website designer who opposes same-sex marriage should be compelled to serve gay couples. The designer, Lorie Smith, said she […]
Russia-Ukraine War: Live Updates – The New York Times
Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine at a ceremony on Friday in Turin, Italy, honoring ATP players on their retirement.Credit…Matthew Stockman/Getty Images TURIN, Italy — When professional tennis took a few minutes on Friday night at the ATP Tour Finals to honor a handful of players who had announced their retirement from the sport this year, one […]
Russia-Ukraine War: Live Updates – The New York Times
A Ukrainian soldier during fighting in the city of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s Donetsk region this month.Credit…Finbarr O’Reilly for The New York Times Buoyed by its recent success in retaking the southern city of Kherson, Ukraine has pressed its counteroffensive in the eastern province of Luhansk even as winter approaches. But the fighting there over villages […]
Your Tuesday Briefing – The New York Times
Iran’s deadly crackdown on youth protesters Hundreds of minors in Iran have been beaten and detained for joining the protests calling for social freedom and political change that have convulsed the country for the past two months, and at least 50 have died in the crackdown, according to Iranian lawyers and rights activists. Iranian officials […]
Senate Control – The New York Times
Democrats sealed control of the U.S. Senate last night when the incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto won a close race in Nevada to give the party 50 seats in the chamber, with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tiebreaking vote. Democrats could still gain a true majority in the Senate, depending on the outcome of the […]