Britain was under strong wind warnings, including a tornado watch, as a winter storm swept over the country on Sunday, bringing potential “danger to life”
Month: January 2024
Overlooked No More: Beatrix Potter, Author of ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. With “The
SpaceX Axiom Astronaut Launch: How and When to Watch
A private astronaut mission is scheduled to launch on Thursday to the International Space Station. But unlike on earlier such flights, none of the passengers
Johnson Casts Doubt on Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, Defying Biden
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday dug in against President Biden’s efforts to revive stalled legislation to send aid to Ukraine, saying the Republican-led House would
The War Has Reined In Ukraine’s Oligarchs, at Least for Now
For weeks, they fended off Russian assaults, holed up in a vast steel mill under barrages of missiles and mortars. And when the Ukrainian troops
‘The Social Contract Has Been Completely Ruptured’: Ireland’s Housing Crisis
Before sunrise each day, Aoife Diver, a teacher in Dublin, gets into her car and drives for up to 90 minutes from her uncle’s house
Russia Regains Upper Hand in Ukraine’s East as Kyiv’s Troops Flag
The Ukrainian soldier stared at the Russian tank. It was destroyed over a year ago in the country’s east and now sat far from the
After U.S.-Led Strikes in Yemen, How Wide Will the Middle East War Get?
From the outbreak of the Israeli-Hamas war nearly 100 days ago, President Biden and his aides have struggled to keep the war contained, fearful that
Edward Jay Epstein, Author and Stubborn Skeptic, Dies at 88
Edward Jay Epstein, an iconoclastic author whose deeply researched books challenged conventional wisdom about controversies ranging from whether John F. Kennedy was killed by a
Heiress Seeks 50 Austrians to Give Away $27 Million
In the coming days, about 10,000 Austrians will find an invitation in their mailboxes from an heiress asking for their help spending 25 million euros,