Scruton’s life was animated by love—for people, for culture, for civilization. Roger Scruton in 2019. (TAC/DannyDelgado) Against the Tide: The Best of Roger Scruton’s Columns, Commentaries, and Criticism, by Roger Scruton, edited by Mark Dooley (Bloomsbury, 2022), 242 pages.“Society depends on the saints and heroes who can once again place [music, poetry and art] before…Continue Reading
A local resident walks with a bicycle in Mariupol on Friday. (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)Today at 12:20 a.m. EDT|Updated today at 5:22 p.m. EDTToday at 12:20 a.m. EDT|Updated today at 5:22 p.m. EDTPlaceholder while article actions loadOfficials in Kyiv and the western city of Lviv reported explosions Saturday, after Russia warned it would step up strikes on…Continue Reading
Placeholder while article actions loadLetizia Battaglia, a Sicilian photojournalist who risked her life to document the brutal crimes of her Italian island’s notorious Cosa Nostra Mafia, died April 13 in Cefalù, near the Sicilian capital of Palermo, her hometown. She was 87.The Associated Press reported her death, citing an announcement by officials including Palermo Mayor…Continue Reading
Placeholder while article actions loadMEXICO CITY — Rosario Ibarra, whose long struggle to learn the fate of her disappeared son helped develop Mexico’s human rights movement and led her to become the country’s first female presidential candidate, died Saturday at age 95.The National Human Rights Commission now headed by her daughter Rosario Piedra announced the…Continue Reading
Placeholder while article actions loadKHARKIV, Ukraine — The mother and grandmother of a 15-year-old Ukrainian boy could not hold back their tears. Their anguish filled the cramped hallway as they knelt over the teen’s body.Artem Shevchenko was killed by shelling in Kharkiv, a partially blockaded northeastern city where Russian shelling has increased in recent days.…Continue Reading
Placeholder while article actions loadMYKULYCHI, Ukraine — This was not where Nadiya Trubchaninova thought she would find herself at 70 years old, hitchhiking daily from her village to the shattered Ukrainian town of Bucha, trying to bring her son’s body home for burial.The questions wore her down, heavy like the winter coat and boots she…Continue Reading
The United Nations’ human rights agency said on Saturday that at least 1,982 civilians have died in Ukraine since the Russian invasion in late February. The international human-rights watchdog cautioned that actual figures could be “considerably higher,” given reporting delays from locations where intense clashes are ongoing. “Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused…Continue Reading
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Several businesses and residents have filed suit in state court in Pennsylvania seeking to overturn Philadelphia’s renewed indoor mask mandate scheduled to be enforced beginning Monday in an effort to halt a surge in COVID-19 infections. The lawsuit, filed in Commonwealth Court on Saturday, said Philadelphia lacks the authority to impose such…Continue Reading
Russian billionaires are heading for Turkey to flee Western sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Published On 16 Apr 202216 Apr 2022A yacht linked to a Russian aluminium tycoon arrived in a bay near the southwestern Turkish resort of Gocek on Saturday, as more Russian billionaires head for Turkey to flee Western sanctions over Russia’s invasion…Continue Reading
A crush before the 1989 FA Cup semifinal between Liverpool and Nottingham at Hillsborough Stadium led to the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.Published On 16 Apr 202216 Apr 2022Manchester City apologised to Liverpool and condemned supporters who chanted during a minute’s silence to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster on Saturday. Referee Michael…Continue Reading
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