Flood-Battered Italian Region May See More Violent and Frequent Storms

The floods that submerged the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna this month, killing 15 people, leaving…

Twitter spaces team downsized from 100 to 3: Report

The Twitter Spaces team, which formerly had as many as 100 employees, has been reduced to…

Summer’s Unofficial Start

When I picture time passing, I think of a calendar — specifically, a full-year calendar printed…

Barely Noting War in Public, Putin Acts Like Time Is on His Side

Pro-Ukrainian fighters stormed across the border into southwestern Russia this past week, prompting two days of…

Covid Is Coming Back in China; Lockdowns Are Not

In December, China abruptly abandoned its draconian “Zero Covid” policies, battered by a surge of infections…

A Kurdish Turkish Writer on the Tensions Between Politics and Art

The momentous Turkish presidential election, whose second round will take place on Sunday, has more than…

Donald Trump’s aides ‘were aware of Feds visit’, moved out boxes from his house: Report

The report, citing people familiar with the move, further claimed that Trump and his aides also…

Ukrainian Soldiers Have Started Training on U.S. Abrams Tanks, Pentagon Says

The first group of about 400 Ukrainian soldiers has started training in Germany on how to…

Bill Gates’ alleged Russian lover was in contact with a Kremlin spy: Report

Days after it was revealed that disgraced paedophile Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates for…

Morning brief: Biden optimistic on raising debt ceiling, Brazil to host COP30 in 2025, and more

With the debt default deadline looming, US President Joe Biden indicated his government was on the…