International News (Page 628)

Ukraine’s food supply chain is “falling apart” under stress from Russia’s invasion, potentially undermining food security around the world, the United Nations warned on Friday.Driving the news: The World Food Program said wheat shipments were largely on hold from both Russia and Ukraine, which combined account for 30% of the world’s wheat trade.Jakob Kern, a…Continue Reading

Hundreds of people are still trapped underneath a theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, that was being used as a civilian shelter before it was bombed by Russian forces earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a televised address on Friday.The latest: Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine’s top human rights official, said 130 people had been rescued…Continue Reading

LVIV, UKRAINE — Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge flag-waving rally at a Moscow stadium Friday and lavished praise on his troops fighting in Ukraine, three weeks into the invasion that has led to heavier-than-expected Russian losses on the battlefield and increasingly authoritarian rule at home. Meanwhile, the leader of Russia’s delegation in diplomatic talks…Continue Reading

Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune. The Indiana Dunes National Park plans to set and monitor six prescribed fires in the region this spring. Fires planned for March 16 at Mnoke Prairie and at West Beach were the…Continue Reading

NUEVA YORK — El comediante Pete Davidson ha renunciado a un breve viaje al espacio en una cápsula de Jeff Bezos. La estrella de “Saturday Night Live” ya no podrá participar en el vuelo, que se ha demorado casi una semana, dijo el jueves la empresa de viajes espaciales de Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin, que…Continue Reading

It’s true: My wife has been hitting me. And throwing things. And shaming me. I feebly apologize and promise to do better, but then quickly relapse, and the cycle starts over. Can this marriage be saved? Such is our nightly routine when we meet up on the couch around 10:15 to watch TV. Within minutes,…Continue Reading

Abrumado por una feroz resistencia en Ucrania y por devastadoras sanciones económicas, el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin está usando un lenguaje que recuerda la retórica empleada en las farsas judiciales de la época de Josef Stalin en la década de 1930. En un inquietante discurso pronunciado el miércoles, Putin describió a sus opositores como “mosquitos”…Continue Reading

California is considering legislation that would make the state a legal refuge for transgender youth and their families under threat for gender-affirming surgeries in other states.  The bill, introduced by state Sen. Scott Wiener, would legally protect parents who support their children’s access to transgender health care by blocking out-of-state court judgements removing the children…Continue Reading

Rep. Lance Gooden introduced a bill that would expose Russian and Chinese funding of American think tanks and nonprofits.  The “Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act,” introduced Thursday, would require nonprofits and think tanks to disclose foreign donations over $50,000.  It would also require the Treasury Department to make “publicly available in a…Continue Reading