Month: May 2022
Pope Francis seen using wheelchair for the first time for mobility reasons
The Pope has been pictured using a wheelchair – the first time he’s used one in public due to the knee pain that he has been suffering.
Read MoreElon Musk Secures $7.1 Billion in New Financing for Twitter
Elon Musk has secured about $7.1 billion of new financing commitments for his proposed $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc., the company said in a filing Thursday. The commitments come as the Tesla Inc. billionaire marshals capital to bankroll one
Read MoreRussia Steps Up Attacks on Ukraine Railways, Other Infrastructure
Moscow is seeking to disrupt deliveries of Western weapons as its offensives in the east of Ukraine appear to have stalled.
Read MoreDemocracy Can Still End Big Tech’s Dominance Over Our Lives
Just two decades ago barely 25% of the world’s information was digital. Today, nothing escapes this web. It is our shared fate and privilege to live at the dawn of information civilization. What kind of future will this be? What
Read MoreThe Memories That Sustain Me on Mother’s Day
I keep replaying my favorite memory of my mother: I was 11 and we were vacationing on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, about a four-hour drive from our hometown of Sarajevo, Bosnia. After spending all day at the beach—swimming, playing
Read MoreAnti-Putin Russians Are Leaving, With a Push From the Kremlin
Many Russians who are designated “foreign agents” by the government view it as another form of repression that makes living in the country, or returning to it, untenable.
Read MoreAustralian PM urges calm after Solomons leader cites ‘invasion’ threat
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged a calm response Thursday after the Solomon Islands’ leader cited an “invasion” threat and said his nation was being treated like an infant wielding a handgun. Morrison, who faces federal elections May 21, has
Read MoreDonald Trump’s Incredible 55-0 Primary Winning Streak is Set to End – Newsweek
Donald Trump’s Incredible 55-0 Primary Winning Streak is Set to End Newsweek
Read MoreIraq sandstorm sends more than 1,000 to hospital
More than 1,000 Iraqis were rushed to hospital with respiratory ailments on Thursday due to a sandstorm, the seventh to hit the country in the past month, state media said. Residents of six of Iraq’s 18 provinces, including Baghdad and
Read MoreLegendary Morozov art collection back in Russia after hit show in Paris
Russia said Thursday that a sprawling collection of artworks by the likes of Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse and Monet — the so-called Morozov Collection — has been safely returned after the show proved a runaway success in Paris. Nevertheless, the
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