‘Get the Stretcher!’ Life and Death on Ukraine’s Front LineDONETSK REGION, Ukraine — Between the cracks of mortar fire and the metallic bangs of Russian self-detonating mines, Yurii, a Ukrainian Army medic, readied an intravenous line for the soldier sprawled on the stretcher below him....See More »
In Putin’s Russia, the Arrests Are Spreading Quickly and WidelyThey came for Dmitri Kolker, an ailing physicist, in the intensive care ward. They came for Ivan Fedotov, a hockey star, as he was leaving practice with a film crew in tow. They came for Vladimir Mau, a state university rector, the week he was...See More »
James Bardeen, an Expert on Unraveling Einstein’s Equations, Dies at 83James Bardeen, who helped elucidate the properties and behavior of black holes, setting the stage for what has been called the golden age of black hole astrophysics, died on June 20 in Seattle. He was 83. His son William said the cause was cancer....See More »
His Union Went on Strike. His Interviews Went Viral.LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has branded him a “union baron,” but Mick Lynch, the union leader who is orchestrating the largest railway strikes in Britain in three decades, has emerged from work stoppages that disrupted the plans of...See More »
‘Everything in Hong Kong, Has Changed’: A Road to ReinventionHONG KONG — On the day that Hong Kong was returned to China a quarter century ago, the noodle maker of Queen’s Road worked as he had done for days and decades before, mixing flour and water into sustenance for a city filled with refugees from the mai...See More »
‘Everything in Hong Kong, Has Changed’: A Road to ReinventionHONG KONG — On the day that Hong Kong was returned to China a quarter century ago, the noodle maker of Queen’s Road worked as he had done for days and decades before, mixing flour and water into sustenance for a city filled with refugees from the mai...See More »
Where TikTok-Like Dance Challenges Meet Network TVEven by the razzle-dazzle standards of TV talent competitions, “Dancing With Myself” sets an impressive scene. Two stacked rows of room-size cubes, trimmed in shimmering lights, fill the stage — “Hollywood Squares” meets “Saturday Night Fever.” At...See More »
China’s Leader Hails a Hong Kong, ‘Reborn from Ashes’ Amid CrackdownHONG KONG — Since the pandemic erupted in 2020, China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, has been hunkered down in a virus-free bubble within his country’s closed borders. On Thursday, he left the safe confines of the mainland for the first time, arriving in...See More »
U.S.T.A. and the Armory Show to Bring 5 Artists to the U.S. OpenArmory Off-Site, a program of the Armory Show, has partnered with the United States Tennis Association to showcase sculptural works at the U.S. Open by five artists from marginalized communities. The works will be displayed throughout the site of...See More »
Consumer spending was weaker than reported, a bad sign for the economyConsumer spending was weaker in early 2022 than previously believed, a sign that cracks may be forming in a crucial pillar of the U.S. economy. Spending, adjusted for inflation, increased 0.5 percent in the first three months of the year, the...See More »
TikTok Is Flooded With Health Myths. These Creators Are Pushing Back“It is possible to work with brands and still remain fact-based and science-based,” she said, but she acknowledged that “part of it is necessity — because debunking was taking up so many of my hours.” Ms. Wong quit her job in 2019 to devote herself...See More »
An F.C.C. commissioner pushes Apple and Google to remove TikTok, from their app storesA member of the Federal Communications Commission has asked Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app stores, citing concerns that the popular Chinese-owned video app could send American data back to Beijing....See More »
A Canine Companion So Nice It (Maybe) Evolved Twicehttps://tnewstimes.com/2022/06/29/world/a-canine-companion-so-nice-it-maybe-evolved-twice/
Thieves Hit TEFAF Art Fair in Daylight HeistOn Tuesday morning, Marian Bies-de Wolf was working at TEFAF, the world’s pre-eminent fine art and antiquities fairs, when she saw a group of men running through its corridors. It was a strange sight, she said in a telephone interview, since...See More »
Scotland’s Leader Calls for Independence Vote, Challenging Judges to Stop ItLONDON — Scotland’s first minister on Tuesday announced plans for a referendum next year on Scottish independence, reopening the battle over her country’s future and challenging Britain’s top judges to prevent her from holding it. The announcement...See More »
Amid Attacks and Thefts, Some Retail Workers Want to Fight Backhttps://tnewstimes.com/2022/06/28/business/amid-attacks-and-thefts-some-retail-workers-want-to-fight-back/
Global Food Crisis Tests Western Resolve to Retain Russia SanctionsWASHINGTON — In Yemen, the price of bread surged 35 percent the week Russia invaded Ukraine. Wheat mills lacking grain in Lebanon have halted operations in recent months, forcing bakeries to shutter. And in Kenya, cooking oil is scarce. As the...See More »
CRISPR, 10 Years On: Learning to Rewrite the Code of LifeTen years ago this week, Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues published the results of a test-tube experiment on bacterial genes. When the study came out in the journal Science on June 28, 2012, it did not make headline news. In fact, over the next few...See More »
A missile strike hit a crowded shopping center in central UkraineKYIV, Ukraine — A shopping center in Ukraine’s central Poltava region was hit by a Russian missile strike on Monday afternoon, the Ukrainian authorities said. Visit Here for More...See More »
Colorado Avalanche Unseat Tampa Bay to Win the Stanley CupTAMPA, Fla. — Ten teams over the last three years have attempted to eliminate the Tampa Bay Lightning in the postseason as they pursued a dynasty. They tried in the 2020 bubble, they tried in Canada, in North Carolina, across the state of Florida...See More »
Russian Strike on Kyiv Looms Over G7 SummitTELFS, Austria — Leaders of the Group of 7 nations said Sunday they would stop buying gold from Moscow and discussed a new American proposal to undercut its oil revenues, even as Russian forces rained missiles on Kyiv for the first time in weeks....See More »
An Innovator Sold Jordan’s National Dish in a To-Go Cup. Controversy Ensued.AMMAN, Jordan — The idea struck the restaurateur like a bolt of lightning after he spilled food on his suit while eating in his car Visit Here...See More »