House Republicans escalate their war on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg
The House Judiciary Committee is holding a field hearing Monday near the offices of the New York DA who charged former president Donald Trump a few weeks ago
SpaceX calls off launch of Starship
Elon Musk’s company plans to use the giant rocket to send astronauts and cargo to the moon and, ultimately, Mars
Death toll soars past 180 as generals battle across Sudan
Airstrikes and shelling intensified on Monday in parts of the capital Khartoum and the adjoining city of Omdurman
US and allies conduct more drills in face of North Korean threat
The exercises could trigger a belligerent response from North Korea. Pyongyang condemns U.S. military drills with its Asian allies
China turns to high-rise solution to maintain world’s most voracious pork market
The Chinese dietary staple is of such economic importance to Beijing that the government has encouraged construction of multi-storey buildings dedicated exclusively to pig farming
Russia constructs 800 km of defensive lines to head off Ukrainian counteroffensive
Kyiv’s NATO allies are speeding up the delivery of specialized vehicles to overcome a chain of obstacles not seen in Europe since World War II
Russian opposition activist given 25-year prison sentence
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Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr., who twice survived poisonings he blamed on the Kremlin, has been behind bars since his arrest a year ago
Fentanyl experiments, crypto payments and feeding people to tigers: A look inside the criminal empire of El Chapo’s sons
The heirs of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán have transformed the Sinaloa Cartel. According to the Department of Justice, the drug lord’s children have overseen a massive increase in fentanyl being trafficking from Mexico into the United States
Dominion defamation case: Fox’s election lies go on trial
Rupert Murdoch’s network has been accused of defaming the voting machine company by spreading false accusations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Opening arguments have been delayed while a last-minute deal is negotiated
Ten great movies that resurrect the myth of Dracula
The premiere of ‘Renfield,’ with Nicolas Cage playing the Transylvanian vampire, brings one of the most fascinating villains of the horror genre back to the big screen
Alexandre Lacroix wants ‘a philosophical definition’ of perfect sex
In his new book, the French philosopher defends a creative and political vision of intercourse, denouncing how pornography has devalued our sex life
In Tennessee, expulsions of Black lawmakers echo a decades-old protest movement
Two young Black Tennessee state legislators have gone from neophyte politicians to national prominence. They’re being heralded as living echoes of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s
The Argentine factory that creates footwear with tires: ‘Our shoes are garbage’
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In Argentina, wheel replacement produces more than 130,000 tons of waste. The company Xinca is turning them into sneakers
G7 talks may measure allies’ reaction to US documents leak
The Biden administration says it’s seeing minimal damage from the disclosure of highly classified documents related to the war in Ukraine and U.S. views of its allies and partners