Washington and Kyiv said that “highly productive” discussions over a proposal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, would continue, but the details remained unclear.Emergency workers at the site of a Russian strike that hit a residential building in Ternopil, in western Ukraine, on Friday.
The Kremlin’s leader is standing back as Ukraine and Europe scramble to negotiate changes to a U.S. proposal to end the war.An image released by Russian state media last week shows President Vladimir V. Putin inside the Kremlin on Wednesday. He has said Moscow was content to pursue its interests “th
With Russia looming, governments race to rebuild armed forces that shrank after the Cold War, grappling with hard issues of economics, politics and military strategy.Finnish Army conscripts at a training exercise in Helsinki. Finland maintained conscription after the fall of the Soviet Union.
A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.The RT control room in Moscow in 2018. Kremlin-owned media outlets in Mexico have expanded greatly in recent years.
The defense secretary called the senator’s remarks urging troops not to follow illegal orders “despicable, reckless, and false.”“Our laws are clear,” Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain and astronaut, said in a video. “You can refuse illegal orders.”
President Trump said he would visit Beijing for the first time since returning to office after holding a call with Mr. Xi, China’s leader.President Trump said his call with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, touched on Ukraine, China’s exports of chemicals used to make fentanyl and its purchases of farm pr
President Trump tried to keep the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, out of prison. He failed, and now he is moving on.President Trump during a bilateral meeting with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in October.
These simple recipes for roast turkey, stuffing, pie crust and more will set you up for a spectacular meal.
Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors.Harnavpreet Gill is an engineer at Conifer, a California start-up that makes motors that do not use rare earth materials.
In a world of GPS and car-hailing apps, some Londoners still want to drive a traditional black cab. First, they must memorize thousands of city streets.
Differences of opinion, complicated by unease over President Trump’s immigration policies, are creating tense divisions among Venezuelans in South Florida.A convenience store in Doral, Fla. Venezuelans’ ties to South Florida date back decades, but their numbers grew significantly during the Chávez e
Women with common pregnancy complications are at increased risk for cardiovascular and metabolic health problems later in life. But many patients remain unaware of the connection.Tania Saiz, 52, survived a stroke five years ago. She later learned that a long-ago pregnancy complication had put her at
Those with the sleep condition were more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. But one treatment was found to help.
The San Quentin Giants’ opponents are impressed. But what about the parole board that decides the players’ fate?San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, was recently downgraded from high-security to low-security.
Married for three decades, the actors get together as characters in the second season of “A Man on the Inside.”
His Grammy-winning records as well as his starring role in the cult movie “The Harder They Come” in 1972 boosted a career spanning seven decades.Jimmy Cliff performing in Le Castellet, France, in 1976.
A giant of Jamaican music, he gained international renown through the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” and helped establish reggae’s themes of struggle, resistance and uplift.Jimmy Cliff onstage in 2013. The Jamaican musician helped transform ska into reggae, and bring his island’s sounds worldwide
Conservation can be tough when a property is passed down informally over generations. A growing effort is helping families sort it all out.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sara Bareilles, Joshua Henry, Jeanine Tesori, Jason Robert Brown and New York Times writers and editors pick 13 songs to seal the deal.
Caregivers are at the brink of despair.
“If America hasn’t broken your heart, you don’t love her enough,” the New Jersey senator argues.
Some storms could make for sloppy travel before the holiday.Storms may create challenges for some travelers across the country.
Mr. Cotton oversaw the rebuilding of LaGuardia Airport and several other major infrastructure projects in the New York City region.Rick Cotton has overseen the start of a $19 billion overhaul of Kennedy International Airport.
The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of bloodshed involving minority groups.Syrian soldiers walk past an abandoned movie theater in downtown Homs on Friday. Homs has long been a microcosm of Syria’s sectarian fault lines
