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The Russian military issues little in the way of reporting on the Ukraine war, suggesting things are not going as planned. / The Washington PostDid Russian state media accidentally...
Russian troops pour into Ukraine and launch missile strikes on major cities. Tracking the attack with maps. / BBC NewsMatthew C. Klein explains why Europe is at greater risk...
The Biden administration is investigating ways to train Ukrainian forces remotely, should the country fall to Russia—though it may not be legal, and may make the US a...
The head of NATO: "We now have war in Europe on a scale and of a type we thought belonged to history." / AxiosA stream of Ukranians flee the...
Biden enacts sanctions against Russia in response to Putin sending troops into eastern Ukraine. / BuzzFeed News "Although the day would end with advancing columns of Russian armor in...
Putin orders troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, after recognizing them as independent states. / CNNOpinions differ on whether it's an "invasion" of the country. /...
Average daily Covid cases continue to fall in the US, with total infections hovering near 100,000—down from more than 800,000 a day five weeks ago. / Associated Press US...
Ikea claims the majority of its timber is sustainably harvested, yet it's the largest landowner in Romania, where illegal cutting is rampant. / The New Republic The National...
Japan plans to relax its border control measures after two years of lockdown, though not for tourists. / The GuardianHong Kong, sticking to its "zero Covid" ambitions, identifies more...
Putin says Russia doesn't want war, but now there's a genocide to address. The White House says this is the fake crisis we told you about. / ...
Sandy Hook families have settled with Remington in the first case of a gun manufacturer being held liable for a mass shooting in the US. / ABC News An...
Russia's plans to withdraw some of its troops from the border with Ukraine in a possible threat de-escalation. / The GuardianCanada invokes rarely-used special measures to end protests...
A UK minister says Europe is closer to war than at any point over the past 70 years. / The GuardianSee also: Russia is engaged in the largest military build-up...
Pfizer and the FDA pull back from a plan to expedite the review of a Covid-19 vaccine in young children. / STATCoups and Covid-19 loom large at an African...
What we know about the fast-spreading variant of the Omicron variant that's already circulating in 69 countries, including the US. / Vox New York City is set to fire 3,000...
Ford and Toyota stop some production as anti-coronavirus mandate protesters block US-Canada border crossings. / Reuters One problem facing Ottawa: towing a big truck without driver cooperation is virtually...
Total worldwide Covid cases reach 400 million, just over a month after hitting 300 million. / Reuters Johnson & Johnson has halted—for now—production of its single-dose Covid...
Governors in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, and Oregon announce the end of their statewide school mask mandates. / CNNAnya Kamenetz: A post-masking consensus may be closer than it appears....
In the US, there have been more school shootings in the 2021-22 school year so far than at any point in the past decade. / Reuters A 2012 Supreme Court...
"Viral fragments with novel patterns of mutations appeared repeatedly." NYC sewage hints at Covid's future. / The New York Times Newly filed tax records show one of the...
The US added 467,000 jobs in January despite the omicron variant surge. / The Washington PostShares of Facebook parent company Meta plunge in the biggest one-day decline for a stock...
Biden revives the "cancer moonshot" program he led as vice president, and this time aims to cut death rates by more than half over the next 25 years. / The...
Assailants attacked Guinea-Bissau's government palace for hours on Tuesday, but the coup was thwarted. / The Associated PressWhat local power tells us about national politics in South Africa,...
The US State Dept. has ordered embassy family members to depart Belarus after a Russian troop buildup on the country's border with Ukraine. / CNN According to new...