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How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin’s Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City
On a foggy morning a few months ago, Valentyn Dmytrovych Yermolenko, an aging Ukrainian fisherman with a bad back and...
Day 25: That Time an Orthodox Jew Celebrated Christmas
The first and only time that Alex Edelman’s family celebrated Christmas, their tree was topped not by a star, but...
How Does Pompeii Maintain Its Ruins? Hungry Sheep.
The men walked down the Via Vesuvius, which runs alongside the House of Leda, just below the slope upon which...
Taliban Bar Women From NGOs, Threatening to Worsen Crisis
Even for groups that remain in Afghanistan, the loss of women humanitarian workers could seriously hinder the delivery of aid,...
Storm Batters Canada, Leaving Thousands Without Power
Every province and territory in Canada issued an emergency weather warning on Saturday, as winter storms left thousands without power,...
Fuel Tanker Wedged Beneath Overpass Explodes Near Hospital in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — A gas tanker that got stuck beneath a low overpass outside of Johannesburg exploded in a massive plume...
At Least 7 Killed in Kherson Shelling, Fueling Anger Over Christmas Strikes
Bridget Brink, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, condemned the “brutal” strike on a city whose citizens had “already suffered so...
Putin Wants Fealty, and He’s Found It in Africa
BANGUI, Central African Republic — In early March, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its third week, a Russian diplomat...
Akmal Mamarakhimov From The Surkhandarya Region of Uzbekistan Gifted a New School to Children
Unlike the times before, this year, the Day of Knowledge in Uzbekistan’s far southern settlement of Angor was celebrated not...
Threat of Invasion From Belarus Low, Says Ukraine Spy Chief
KYIV, Ukraine — The director of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said on Friday that Russia was trying to convince Ukraine...
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