‘Slower burn.’ Russia dodges economic collapse but the decline has started
Six months after invading Ukraine, Russia is bogged down in a war of attrition it didn’t anticipate but it is having success on another front — its oil-dependent economy is in a deep recession but proving far more resilient than expected.
Darya Dugina’s death provides a glimpse into Russia’s vast disinformation machine — and the influential women fronting it
Darya Dugina, who died in a car bomb explosion outside Moscow, was one of a number of influential Russian women on the front lines of Russia’s disinformation war, representing the public face of a wider propaganda effort at home and abroad.
From Brad Pitt to Lil Nas X, more men are turning to skirts
Celebrities have been pictured wearing them in recent months, but according to male skirt enthusiasts the trend has been on the rise for years.
Daniel Ricciardo to leave McLaren at end of F1 season
Daniel Ricciardo’s underwhelming time at McLaren will end after the 2022 Formula One season and a year before the Australian’s contract had been due to expire, both parties said on Wednesday.
8-year-old boy paralyzed in Highland Park shooting no longer requires IV pain medicine and feeding tube, family says
The 8-year-old boy who was severely injured in the Fourth of July parade mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, no longer requires IV pain medicine and antibiotics and can now eat without a feeding tube, his family said Tuesday.
Florida Democrats to decide Tuesday who would be best to take abortion fight to DeSantis
On this, the Democratic candidates for Florida governor agree: New restrictions on abortion in the Sunshine State and uncertainty about the future of women’s health across America have reinvigorated their voters and elevated the urgency to their effort to knock off Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall.
Pence’s 2024 hopes loom over potential testimony to Jan. 6 committee
Key members of the House committee probing the January 6, 2021, insurrection are dialing up pressure on former Vice President Mike Pence — whom pro-Donald Trump rioters demanded be hanged on that dark day — to testify to their committee.
Daughter of Russian who was inspirational force behind Putin’s invasion of Ukraine killed in car explosion – Russian state media
Darya Dugina, the daughter of influential Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin, was reportedly killed on Saturday when the car she was traveling in exploded near the village of Bolshiye Vyazemi, Moscow Region, according to Russian state news agency TASS, citing Andrei Krasnov, head of the Russky Gorizont (Russian Horizon) social movement and a personal acquaintance of the woman’s family.
Ten months after the ‘Rust’ shooting, Alec Baldwin says he still thinks about it every day
Alec Baldwin says he doesn’t believe he or anyone else will face criminal charges in the fatal shooting last year on the “Rust” movie set — a tragic episode he says “has taken years off” his life and has cost him professionally.
North Korea rejects South’s aid offer, calls President Yoon ‘really simple’
North Korea has rejected South Korea’s offer of economic support in exchange for denuclearization, saying the proposal suggests President Yoon Suk Yeol is “really simple,” state media KCNA reported Friday.