Havana residents watched from shore on Saturday as Russian warships arrived for the second time in as many months, in a visit that Cuba called routine. Cuban authorities sent shots into the air to signal their welcome, while curious fishermen watched from Havana’s waterside promenade as the ships advanced up the bay. Russian residents were...
Ukrainian Olympians are entering the Paris Games with their hearts filled and their minds set on honoring those who couldn’t make it to France this summer because of the ongoing war with Russia. On Wednesday, a display with sports equipment was set up at Parliament Square in London to honor the 487 Ukrainian athletes killed...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress Wednesday afternoon as his country continues to fight against the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza. The war began Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a fatal attack on Israeli civilians, an onslaught that killed more than 1,300 and resulted in the taking of...
Dr. Steven Pinker, a Harvard psychologist and prolific author, has often been described as a cheerleader for science, reason, and humanism. He is often maligned by his critics as a defender of the status quo. Much of his research focuses on slow and steady incremental improvements that have defined rapid human development, both in the...
On this day in history, July 23, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant died at his family cottage in New York. The 18th president of the United States had a complex and compelling upbringing and time in the White House. Grant was a West Point graduate — later to become president of the United States, according to...
Approximately 200 people were arrested after anti-Israel agitators gathered in the Cannon Rotunda on Tuesday afternoon to protest the Israeli government. Video shows a large group of protesters wearing red shirts sitting in circles in the Cannon House Office Building’s rotunda. Demonstrators clapped and chanted as police officers were seen apprehending fellow protesters, who were...
President Biden will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, after Israeli officials were confused if the two leaders would meet at all. Axios journalist Barak Ravid originally reported on X that Netanyahu’s team was unsure if their meeting with Biden – which was slated for Tuesday – would take place. An Israeli...
The future remains uncertain for a young Afghan child whose family was killed in a U.S. night raid in Afghanistan five years ago. A Virginia appellate court voided the adoption of the Afghan war orphan, nicknamed “Baby Doe” in court documents, by U.S. Marine Maj. Joshua Mast and his wife Stephanie Mast on Tuesday. The...
The Potsdam Conference shaped the diplomacy of the end of World War II. And on this day in history, July 17, 1945, following Nazi Germany’s surrender in the war, President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began meeting at Potsdam, a suburb of Berlin, Germany, in the...
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