Opinion | ‘That’s What I Would Have Liked, to Live in a Wild Sea’
I first met Carmen, the subject of the short documentary above, while researching a film I was planning to make about euthanasia, which was legalized in Spain in 2021. Her…
For Russia, Repelling Incursion Matters Less Than Advancing in Donbas
The barrage of airstrikes that Russia launched against Ukraine over the past two days, with hundreds of drones and missiles, provided punishing evidence of Moscow’s enduring military might. Yet for…
With Hezbollah-Israel Conflict Contained, Iran’s Next Move May Be Modest
As rockets and missiles streaked across Lebanese and Israeli skies on Sunday, the moment people across the region lived in fear of seemed as if it might have arrived: all-out…
The Big Border Change Harris Isn’t Talking About
Good evening. Tonight, my colleague Hamed Aleaziz, who covers immigration, looks at why the sharp drop in border crossings isn’t playing a bigger role in the presidential campaign. Plus, I…
Nasdaq and CF Benchmarks to Drive Development and Adoption of Digital Asset with New Index Options
Nasdaq® Bitcoin Index Options (XBTX) will track CME CF Bitcoin Real-Time Index, providing added transparency, accessibility and reliability to cryptocurrency ecosystem New York , Aug. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —…
Special Counsel Revises Trump Election Indictment to Address Immunity Ruling
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday issued a pared-down version of an indictment accusing former President Donald J. Trump of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, stripping out some charges and tweaking…
Judge Pauses Biden Administration Program That Aids Undocumented Spouses
A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked on Monday a Biden administration program that could offer a path to citizenship for up to half a million undocumented immigrants who are…
Deadly Landslide Strikes Ketchikan, Alaska
A violent landslide has raced down a forested hillside in Ketchikan, Alaska, killing one person and injuring three. “In my 65 years in Ketchikan, I have never seen a slide…
How Telegram’s Founder Went From Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg to Wanted Man
More than a decade ago, when Russia pushed Pavel Durov to shut down the pages of opposition politicians on a Facebook-like site he had created, the tech entrepreneur responded online…
‘Twilight Love’: Shanghai’s Lonely and Retired Are Looking for Love
For Shanghai’s lonely and retired, love is elusive. Divorced or widowed residents gather in a dating corner in People’s Park every weekend looking for a chat. They mill about an…