Shortly before the end of his visit to New York this week to attend the United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped by The New York Times for a meeting with editors and reporters hosted by A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher. The roughly hourlong conversation, of course, was dominated by a discussion of Mr….
A “Dumbo” octopus, with ear-like fins similar to the 1940s Disney cartoon character, has been seen in a broadcast on a EVNautilus live stream, which is exploring the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the north Pacific Ocean. The octopus can live at depths of up to 7,000 metres and has been filmed by a remotely-operated…
Reports in January claimed that a sea urchin species off Eilat was dying rapidly. Eilat, Israel: The Red Sea’s spectacular coral reefs face a new threat, marine biologists warn — the mass death of sea urchins that may be caused by a mystery disease. Because the long-spined creatures feed on algae that can suffocate corals,…
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Among the hundreds of trains criss-crossing Ukraine’s elaborate railway network every day, the Kyiv-Kramatorsk train stands apart, shrouded in solemn silence as passengers anticipate their destination. Every day, around seven in the morning, passengers of this route leave the relative safety of the capital and head east to frontline areas where battles…
Poland and Ukraine have been trading verbal jabs during their dispute over grain exports Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky should never again slander Poland on the world stage, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has warned, as Kiev and Warsaw continue to feud over grain exports. “I want to tell President Zelensky never to insult Poles again,…
THREE prisoners have escaped from an unlocked police van in a slapstick moment after officers apparently stopped for a cup of tea. The detainees were seen peeking through the vehicle’s windows before fleeing after cops in charge of them nipped out for a break. 4 The inmates were seen fleeing the blue police van parked…
Comment on this storyComment DNIPRO, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces and their armored vehicles punched through Russia’s main defensive line on the war’s southern front and are operating on the other side, a local commander said Saturday, in a modest but crucial gain for Kyiv as it seeks a major breakthrough in its grueling counteroffensive. A…
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Bangladesh’s foreign minister has said his country was not “bothered” by the US visa curbs on unnamed Dhaka officials for undermining the election process as part of Washington’s push for free and fair general elections slated to be held early next year. “The US is a democracy, so are we,” AK Abdul…
American spy agencies provided information to Ottawa after the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in the Vancouver area, but Canada developed the most definitive intelligence that led it to accuse India of orchestrating the plot, according to Western allied officials. In the aftermath of the killing, U.S. intelligence agencies offered their Canadian counterparts context…
For the first time since recent hostilities began in Nagorno-Karabakh, journalists have been allowed to report from the region. It has been at the centre of more than three decades of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In recent days, at least 200 ethnic Armenians died as Azerbaijan’s army swept into the enclave. About 60 Azerbaijan…