Iran has denied the agency access to cameras and other monitoring equipment intended to track the progress of its nuclear program, making it very difficult
Month: August 2022
Griner Will Be Sent to a Russian Penal Colony. What Does That Mean?
Some prisoners are tortured, or beaten by fellow inmates. Some have to work 16-hour days. A few are forced to watch Russian propaganda on repeat.
Brittney Griner’s trial nears an end with closing arguments.
Aleksandr Boikov, one of Ms. Griner’s lawyers, said on Wednesday that the defense would deliver its closing arguments on Thursday, since it has finished its
How Heat Waves are Changing Tourism in Europe
It was the middle of July, peak summer travel season, and the news from Europe wasn’t looking good: A heat-induced “surface defect” briefly closed the
Senate Overwhelmingly Votes to Add Sweden and Finland to NATO
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a treaty that would expand NATO to include Finland and Sweden, with Republicans and Democrats linking arms
Ukraine Builds a Case That Killing of P.O.W.s Was a Russian War Crime
ODESA, Ukraine — Five days after an explosion at a Russian prison camp killed at least 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war, evidence about what happened
Giant Floods Destroy and Renew Environments
The bosque along the middle Rio Grande in New Mexico is the largest such cottonwood forest in the country, stretching nearly 200 miles across New
The U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Russians, Including a Woman Close to Putin.
WASHINGTON — The State Department on Tuesday announced a major new round of sanctions on dozens of Russian companies and individuals to further punish Moscow
Zelensky Says Civil Partnerships For Same-Sex Couples May Become Legal
President Volodymyr Zelensky, responding on Tuesday to a citizen petition that called for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Ukraine, raised the prospect of “civil
Living Side by Side, Ukrainian and Russian Sailors Are Tested by War
There’s an unwritten code among sailors: Do not talk about politics and religion when at sea. But soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, it became clear