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Middle East Crisis: Blinken Says Rafah Fighting Threatens Aid Gains in Gaza

16. 5. 2024 |

Live Updates: Slovakia’s Leader Survives Surgery After Shooting, Deputy Says

16. 5. 2024 | Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot five times in what officials said was a politically motivated assassination attempt. The deputy prime minister told the BBC the surgery appeared to have gone well. A suspect is in custody.

Putin Is Selling Victory, and Many Russians Are Buying It

15. 5. 2024 | Vladimir Putin’s message to his country appears to be taking hold: that Russia is fighting against the whole Western world — and winning.

Who Is Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia?

16. 5. 2024 | Much of the discussion of Mr. Fico’s leadership has focused on his ties to President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary.

King Charles III and a History of Polarizing Royal Portraits

15. 5. 2024 | Jonathan Yeo’s painting of King Charles III has prompted both admiration and bemusement, but it’s far from the first royal portrait to divide opinion.

Wildfire Nears Canada’s Largest Oil-Producing Area, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate

15. 5. 2024 | The fire, near Fort McMurray, Alberta, has put the community, which is haunted by the costliest wildfire in Canadian history, on high alert.

Dutch Right-Wing Parties Reach Preliminary Deal to Form a Government

15. 5. 2024 | The agreement excludes the populist politician Geert Wilders from becoming prime minister.

Ukraine Fights to Hold Off Fierce Russian Assaults in Northeast

15. 5. 2024 | While Ukrainian officials and analysts said that a Russian advance across the border appeared to be slowing, President Volodymyr Zelensky canceled his participation in international events.

Swiss Court Convicts Ousman Sonko, Ex-Gambian Minister, of Crimes Against Humanity

15. 5. 2024 | Ousman Sonko, who served under an autocratic president now in exile, was found guilty of multiple counts of intentional homicide, torture and false imprisonment against citizens of the West African country.

A France in Shock Confronts the Violence in Its Midst

15. 5. 2024 | The ruthless assault that freed a prisoner and set off a manhunt has turned attention to a multibillion-dollar drug trade fueling gang warfare.

First, He Conquered Paris. Now, a Japanese Chef Wants to Become a Brand.

15. 5. 2024 | Kei Kobayashi, who earned three Michelin stars in France, has come home to build an empire.

What Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Did for Singapore

15. 5. 2024 | Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is stepping down after nearly 20 years, oversaw astounding successes, but some Singaporeans want a different kind of politics.

Thursday Briefing

16. 5. 2024 | Here’s what you need to know.

Slovakia Has Charted Its Own Course Since the Fall of the Soviet Union

16. 5. 2024 | Slovakia is one of two nations born out of the former Czechoslovakia, a multiethnic nation established at the end of World War I.

Putin-Xi Summit

16. 5. 2024 | China’s backing will be crucial to President Vladimir V. Putin as he intensifies his offensive in Ukraine. But his host, Xi Jinping, has other competing priorities.

Attempted Assassination of Slovakia’s Robert Fico Puts Europe on Edge

16. 5. 2024 | Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin and Viktor Orban, was shot multiple times on Wednesday, stoking fears that Europe’s polarized politics were tipping into violence.

Thursday Briefing: Slovakia’s Leader Was Shot

15. 5. 2024 | Also, mixed reviews for King Charles’s portrait.

Blinken Warns Fighting Could Undo Aid Gains in Gaza

15. 5. 2024 | The secretary of state said active fighting in the area was taking a toll after Israel had taken some steps to improve assistance.

U.S. Suspends Funding for Group at Center of Covid Origins Fight

15. 5. 2024 | The decision came after a scorching hearing in which lawmakers barraged EcoHealth Alliance’s president with claims of misrepresenting work with Chinese virologists.

A.T. Ariyaratne, a Hero in Sri Lanka for Helping the Poor, Dies at 92

15. 5. 2024 | He built Sarvodaya, an organization that battled dismal living conditions in his country’s villages and championed peace and mediation during a vicious civil war.

Zdroj: The New York Times - https://nytimes.com
08:11:43 | 16.05.2024