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Taliban soldiers stand guard on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: Reuters Human Rights Watch called for the release of two UN staffers and six NGO workers in Afghanistan following a string of Taliban detentions in recent weeks. HRW said on Wednesday that six male staff working with the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation … Read more
Tributes to the former premier recalled his spirited style and his efforts to integrate China into global commerce, in contrast with the rigidity of the Xi era.
The “Repo Man” director Alex Cox returns with an unabashedly weird western, where he plays a mysterious stranger in an Arizona border town, circa 1890.
On Aug. 2, Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East will witness a solar blockbuster with extra-long totality. If you want to see it, book soon.
The chance to see the hideaway from the hit queer hockey romance lured me to Canada’s cottage country. But it was the glistening lakes and weep-worthy sunsets that won me over.
At the Whitney, Mabel Dwight’s caricatures from the 1930s, some gentle and some acidic, show her mastery of lithography and the democratic gesture.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcomed on board a missile cruiser “Varyag” as he observes a military drill of Pacific fleet, in Russia’s far eastern Sakhalin Region, Russia. Photo: Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup, a Japan-claimed island at the end of the Kuril chain near the island of Hokkaido, Russian media said on … Read more
Spain Urges Eclipse Watchers to Be Wary of Wildfire Risks
The full eclipse will last the longest
Blumenthal says carrier has gone more than 200 days without a port call, setting a record for consecutive days at sea US Senator Richard Blumenthal on Wednesday demanded answers from Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao over conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has remained at sea for more than 250 … Read more