Andriy Yermak had ensured internal discipline in Ukraine’s wartime politics. He also led the country’s peace negotiations, which now must go on without him.A Ukrainian soldier in the eastern Donbas region. Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s former chief of staff, had negotiated to soften
Even if a peace can be reached, it won’t be easy to solve the problem of Ukrainian civilians languishing in Russian jails. This is one prisoner’s story.Mykola Zakhozhyi and his wife, Iryna. “The uncertainty was killing me,” Ms. Zakhozha said. “I neither slept nor ate. I bended away from my children,
The attack came as U.S. officials were expected to hold peace talks with Ukrainian and Russian officials in the coming days.A house that was struck by a Russian drone in Kyiv on Saturday.
The South African government is investigating how more than a dozen men unwittingly ended up on the front line in Russia’s war on Ukraine.Smoke rising after shelling in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine in 2024.
President Trump’s ever-growing vision has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project.President Trump walking on the White House roof with James McCrery, whose firm created the initial designs for the new ballroom, in August.
Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and partnering with cocaine traffickers. He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.Juan Orlando Hernández, then the president of Honduras, speaking at the United Nations in 2019. President Trump announ
The upcoming election in Honduras shows how politicians must balance cooperation with the Trump administration with their obligation to undocumented citizens in the United States who may be deported.Delmar Méndez, 53, his partner and their 3-year-old son were deported from the United States in Febru
The university will pay $75 million to regain its research funding and end investigations, the second highest payment by a school facing pressure from the administration.Northwestern University reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay the federal government $75 million.
Red ribbons adorned one city, while blue ribbons hung in another town — all to honor the National Guard members who were attacked in Washington this week.A vigil was held on Friday for Specialist Sarah Beckstrom in Webster Springs, W.Va. Specialist Beckstrom died in a shooting while she was on duty
They were the latest restrictive changes to the immigration system after this week’s shooting of two National Guard members.U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents check migrants’ documents at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in El Paso in January.
Prosecutors say members of the Somali diaspora, a group with growing political power, were largely responsible. President Trump has drawn national attention to the scandal amid his crackdown on immigration.Joseph H. Thompson, center, the federal prosecutor overseeing the cases, at the U.S. District
After Beijing reshaped the political order in Hong Kong in its image, the fire has become a test of how well that new system can govern in a crisis.Rescue and retrieval workers at the Wang Fuk Court towers in Hong Kong, on Friday.
I needed to stop thinking that I knew more than the author and give in to whatever ride they had spent years planning.
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Segev Kalfon in Ramat Gan, this month.
The new law seeks to prevent retailers from ripping off consumers by using artificial intelligence and their personal data to charge them higher prices.The New York law, which represents a significant step in the nationwide push to regulate how businesses use their customers’ data, drew criticism an
Rescue efforts across the nation of 23 million have been hampered by disruptions in transport and telecommunications.People wading through a flooded street in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, on Saturday.
Malaysia launched a “year of enforcement” in response to a surge in undocumented migrants, many of them from Myanmar. Some faced nightmarish fates.A migrant detention center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2023.
