Large Military Airplane Crashes in Russia, Moscow Says
A large Russian military transport plane crashed on Wednesday in the Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine, state news agencies said, citing a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry.…
A Lincoln Trove Lands at the Library (Pie Safe Included)
The New York Public Library’s grand research library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street is home to Virginia Woolf’s walking stick, Charles Dickens’s desk chair and the original Winnie-the-Pooh. But…
A Nationwide Shutdown Tests Milei’s Tough Medicine for Argentina
It has been six weeks since President Javier Milei took office in Argentina, and since then, gas prices have doubled, inflation has soared and the value of the national currency…
Opinion | The What-Ifs of Trump’s New Hampshire Win
Like his victory in Iowa last week, Donald Trump’s defeat of Nikki Haley in New Hampshire was substantial enough to remove any real doubt about the outcome of the primary…
Opinion | We Are Normalizing Trump. Again.
Over the past nine years, Donald Trump has been variously described as narcissistic, mendacious, authoritarian, unbalanced, ignorant, incompetent, egotistical and racist — as someone who demonizes minorities and fans ethnic…
An Olympic Dream Falters Amid Track’s Shifting Rules
Maximila Imali, a top Kenyan sprinter, did not lose her eligibility to compete in the Paris Olympics because she cheated. She did not fail a doping test. She broke no…
Apple’s Next Big Thing | naked capitalism
Yves here. I know we are supposed to care about Apple’s plans for new product lines, because in fairness, the iPhone was close to revolutionary and perhaps Apple without Steve…
Honed at Home in Yemen, Houthi Propaganda Is Going Global
Soon after Yemen’s Houthi militia hijacked a commercial ship in the Red Sea, taking it and its 25-member crew hostage, the armed group used the vessel to record a music…
Barnard College’s Restrictions on Political Speech Prompt Outcry
Three weeks after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College in New York posted a statement on its departmental…
How a Ragtag Militia in Yemen Became a Nimble U.S. Foe
For years, the scrappy Iran-backed Yemeni rebels known as the Houthis did such a good job of bedeviling American partners in the Middle East that Pentagon war planners started copying…