As Zelensky Heads to Washington, Russia Targets Kyiv With Missiles

The Ukrainian leader will be appealing for more military support from the United States as an emboldened Russia steps up its attacks on his country. Source link

Israel-Hamas War: Israel Says Strikes Are Targeting Three Hamas Strongholds

The fighting has intensified in the south, with tens of thousands of Gazans fleeing to the border with Egypt, where the U.N. has warned that the humanitarian situation may collapse.…

Kenya Hit by Third Major Blackout in Four Months

The outages have raised widespread concerns in a country already grappling with discontent over a worsening economic situation. Source link

What Ails Offshore Wind: Supply Chains, Ships and Interest Rates

A few years ago, interest in offshore wind energy was so strong that developers proposed spending tens of billions of dollars to plunk hundreds of turbines the size of skyscrapers…

Will Guatemala’s President-Elect, Bernardo Arévalo, Actually Take Office?

When the anticorruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo won a landslide victory in Guatemala’s presidential race, voters streamed into the capital of Central America’s most populous country to celebrate. But as Mr.…

What It Feels Like To Be the Target of China’s Water Cannons

The Filipino fishers on wooden boats waved at our vessel, a Philippine fisheries boat, from less than a mile away, but no one on our ship dared to move. Encircling…

Monday Briefing – The New York Times

A ‘dire’ situation at the Gaza-Egypt border Tens of thousands of Palestinians have gathered near Gaza’s border with Egypt, as they attempt to flee Israel’s complete siege of the Gaza…

Gazans Mass at Border for Safety, but Find Only More Peril

The last point of refuge for Palestinians fleeing from Israel’s relentless siege of Gaza is collapsing under the weight of tens of thousands of people seeking food and shelter, stirring…

Zelensky to Visit Washington With U.S. Aid to Ukraine in Doubt

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will travel to Washington on Tuesday for a last-ditch lobbying effort with President Biden and members of Congress aimed at securing billions of dollars of…

Shlomo Avineri, Israeli Scholar Skeptical About Peace, Dies at 90

Shlomo Avineri, an Israeli political scientist, historian and former government official whose pessimism about resolving the conflict with Palestinians did not stop him from advocating measures to ease it, died…