International News (Page 885)

Russia is officially blocking Facebook access after the platform took steps to stop Kremlin-backed media outlets from spreading misinformation about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The move highlights the repression underway in Russia as its government looks to quell dissent against its escalating war. In announcing its decision Friday, the Russian agency that regulates the country’s mass media,…Continue Reading

In this stunning spoken-word performance, poet and “freedom-forging futurist” Naima Penniman celebrates the wonders of the natural world and humanity’s connection to it. “I wonder if the sun debates dawn some mornings,” she says…Continue Reading

Brittney Griner of the United States in action with Ezinne Kalu of Nigeria during a women’s basketball game at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, July 27, 2021. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) The Russian Federal Customs Service announced on Saturday that its agents had detained an American basketball player after finding cannabis oil in vaping cartridges in…Continue Reading

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022. (Umit Bektas/Reuters) Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky made requests for lethal aid and additional sanctions against Russia in a Zoom call with members of Congress on Saturday, according to multiple reports. Zelensky requested planes that Ukrainian pilots are trained to…Continue Reading

Russian President Vladimir Putin at his annual end-of-year news conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2020. (Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Reuters) Russian president Vladimir Putin said his country would view a declaration of a no-fly zone in Ukrainian airspace as “participation” in the ongoing war, in comments to a group of…Continue Reading

A British Museum exhibition offers a sterling chance for education and aesthetic enchantment, but ditch the climate-change rants in the catalogue. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE E nough already with the Morozovs, Gauguin, Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Vuitton. “What’s happening in Peru,” you might be thinking. That’s ancient Peru. Sprinting textually from Paris to the British Museum,…Continue Reading

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is every bit as much Moscow’s man as he is Beijing’s. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE R ussia has invaded Ukraine. China continues to threaten Taiwan. And their friends in Tehran, who are on the verge of a new nuclear deal with the U.S., are no doubt pleased. The Islamic Republic,…Continue Reading

The White House is hopeful for a rebound after a strong week, with bipartisan support for backing Ukraine, a strong jobs report, COVID-19 restrictions eased and the confirmation process for its Supreme Court nominee underway.President BidenJoe BidenEnergy & Environment — Russian takeover sparks nuclear jitters On The Money — Job growth booms in February Senate…Continue Reading

Senate Democrats on Saturday called on the Biden administration to end the use of Title 42, a Trump-era immigration rule enacted in the early days of the pandemic to immediately expel migrants at the border under a public health emergency.Senate Majority Leader Chuck SchumerChuck SchumerWe can’t pass up the opportunity to lower drug prices Senate passes cybersecurity…Continue Reading