Moscow took sharp action on Friday to curb inflation, fearing the effects of ever higher spending on the war in Ukraine and of a weakening
Month: July 2023
Only Early Birds Will See Acropolis as Workers Strike Over Heat
The suffocating heat in Athens has forced its top attraction, the Acropolis, to close to tourists in the afternoons for the second time this month,
Mariupol State University Holds Graduation at Its Campus in Exile
In the before times, there were caps and gowns and canapés, but Mariupol State University could offer only a pared-down ceremony on Thursday for the
Your Friday Briefing – The New York Times
Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine’s ports Days after Russia renounced a multinational deal that had allowed desperately needed grain to make it to the
As Russia Steps Up Attacks on Grain Ports, U.S. Warns of Possible Ruse
Russia on Thursday stepped up its aerial assaults on Ukrainian ports critical to the world’s food supply, as the White House warned that the Kremlin
What Russia’s Grain Deal Actions Mean for Ukraine
Russia warned on Wednesday that it would consider any ship sailing around Ukrainian ports a military target, days after Moscow pulled out of a yearlong
Spain, Facing a Future of Drought, Turns to Medieval Solutions
High in Spain’s southern mountains, 40 or so people armed with pitchforks and spades cleared stones and piles of grass from an earthwork channel built
Ukrainian Children With Cancer Fight Their Own War Within a War
Eighteen-month-old Mykola clutched his mother’s finger as he toddled up the hallway of the national children’s hospital in Kyiv, his still-unsteady legs eager to keep
Russia Hits Grain Ports and Threatens Ships Headed to Ukraine
As Russia resumes its blockade of ships carrying food from Ukraine, its military bombarded Odesa and an adjoining port late Tuesday and early Wednesday —
Britain’s Spy Master Says Putin Cut a Deal With Prigozhin to End Revolt
The head of Britain’s intelligence agency, MI6, said on Wednesday that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had “cut a deal” with Yevgeny V. Prigozhin,