Politics

Ukraine’s Crimea Lies at the Heart of Russia’s Invasion—and Trump’s Peace Plan

May 9, 2025

KYIV, Ukraine—One of the central points of tension in President Trump’s strained efforts to end the war in Ukraine is a Black Sea peninsula that Russian President Vladimir Putin has placed at the heart of his national project. For over a decade, successive U.S. administrations, including Trump’s first, decried Russia’s armed seizure of Crimea in […]

FBI Swept Congressional Baseball Game Shooter’s Left-Wing Extremist Motives Under Rug, House Report Says

May 9, 2025

The House Committee on Intelligence released a report Tuesday alleging the FBI withheld critical information confirming the political motivation of the 2017 Congressional baseball game shooting. The report alleges the FBI, under then-Acting Director Andrew McCabe, “improperly classified” information on the investigation that would have undermined the official “suicide by cop” conclusion, while also failing […]

Jail for ‘key cog’ in cryptocurrency scam in which investors in Singapore lost S$1.1mil

May 9, 2025

SINGAPORE: He was the chief executive of a firm that offered investment schemes, claiming to have 300,000 physical mining machines capable of generating revenue by mining cryptocurrencies. But this turned out to be a hoax. Lu Huangbin’s firm, A&A Blockchain Technology Innovation, was in fact running a Ponzi scheme. According to his charges, the company […]

Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal: When Real Madrid beat me, they can talk

May 9, 2025

Laurens: Pedri is currently the best midfielder in the world (0:57) Open Extended Reactions Lamine Yamal said his critics can't touch him while he's winning after boasting about Barcelona's superiority over Real Madrid in the aftermath of Saturday's Copa del Rey final victory. Yamal, who set up two goals in the 3-2 extra time win […]

Ukrainians in Territories Occupied by Russia Wonder About Their Future : State of the World from NPR : NPR

May 9, 2025

Ukrainians in Territories Occupied by Russia Wonder About Their Future : State of the World from NPR At the heart of a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is what, if any, Ukrainian territory Russia will be allowed to keep. Moscow asserts that four Ukrainian provinces are more culturally Russian than Ukrainian. We go […]

Putin’s 3-day ceasefire goes into effect ahead of Victory Day celebrations

May 9, 2025

The Russian president said the ceasefire will be in effect from May 8 to May 10. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony following talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 7, 2025. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony following talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at […]

Rights Groups Spotlight Russia’s Abuses in Crimea

May 9, 2025

Click to expand Image Crimean Tatars holding their flag during rallies near the Crimean parliament building on February 26, 2014, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Crimea. © 2014 Baz Ratner/Reuters A series of policy discussions and events in Brussels between May 12-16, 2025, will spotlight the grave violations of international human rights […]

What challenges await the next pope? Chicago Catholics weigh in

May 9, 2025

As 133 Catholic cardinals —including Chicago’s Blase Cupich — enter the Sistine Chapel Wednesday to begin deliberating and electing a new pope, whoever emerges as pontiff from this conclave takes on a job that has changed dramatically in the last 12 years. On top of internal problems like fewer priests and the ongoing fallout of […]

What to know about the Eurovision Song Contest as Switzerland prepares to host

May 9, 2025

LONDON (AP) — Get out the glitter balls, sew on the sequins and prepare to party: The Eurovision Song Contest approaches. The 69th annual musical extravaganza takes place in Basel, Switzerland in May. It will see acts from 37 countries vie for the continent’s musical crown in a contest that has been likened to a […]

Conclave: The divides behind the scenes in the Vatican

May 9, 2025

The divides behind the scenes in the Vatican ahead of the conclave 9 hours ago Share Save Aleem Maqbool Religion editor Share Save BBC The Vatican's Santa Marta guesthouse has 128 rooms. From 7 May, it will be filled with cardinals participating in the conclave to elect the next Pope. But one room in the […]