#washingtonpost.com. × Trump’s attack on Zelensky stirs fear of major U.S. shift on Russia. While Trump was sympathetic toward Vladimir Putin during his first term, he now appears to be upending generations of U.S. caution toward the Kremlin.
#Feb.20.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump Jr. hunting party investigated over killing of protected duck in Italy. Activists said video showed Trump Jr. with a dead ruddy shelduck, a protected species, near the Venice Lagoon. His spokesman said the group had the necessary permits.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Bodies of Bibas family, symbol of hostage horrors, to be returned, Hamas says. Shiri Bibas and her sons Ariel, 4, and baby Kfir were filmed being taken from their kibbutz on Oct. 7, 2023. Her husband Yarden was freed recently.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Echoing Kremlin, Trump blames Zelensky for war, angering Ukrainians. President Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelensky has low approval ratings and that elections are needed, statements also made in the past week by the Kremlin and disputed by Ukrainians.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Live briefing: Hostage families question delay in ceasefire talks as Hamas proposes to free all captives. Hostage families demanded clarification from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over stalled Phase 2 ceasefire talks, saying their loved ones are at risk.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × The Russian mercenary. Soldiers from the Wagner Group have helped Vladimir Putin advance his aim of restoring Russian power in Africa. But on the ground, they’ve learned hard lessons.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × The American soldier. At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in retreat.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × The militia commander. The advancing tide of Islamist extremism has prompted the rise of pro-government militias. The result has been a vicious cycle of escalating violence.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × The coup leader. As many Africans sour on the West, a new generation of military officers are seizing power, vowing to build strong and sovereign nations. But at what cost?
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Australia’s spy chief warns of rising antisemitism, intolerance. Australia’s social cohesion is eroding, according to a sobering intelligence assessment that also warned of growing foreign interference and espionage.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × How we reported these stories. Washington Post journalists faced numerous challenges in reporting from the Sahel region of Africa, including hostility from locals and restrictions on access.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × The defiant broadcaster. Military strongmen have silenced their critics and muzzled the media, threatening, arresting and exiling those who speak out for democracy. A few still dare.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Putin raised the anti-woke banner long before it flew over Washington. Vance’s Munich speech matched many of the issues long promoted by Russia including anti-migrant rhetoric, curbing abortion and equating “cancel culture” with free speech infringement.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Medical evacuations from Gaza slow amid uncertainty over right of return. Doctors and aid workers say President Trump’s proposal to empty Gaza of its inhabitants is raising concern about those who need to seek care abroad.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Climate change is robbing Pacific islands of another resource: Tuna. Fourteen Pacific island nations will receive $107 million to adapt their tuna-dependent economies as climate change pushes the fish farther from their shores.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Column | Under Trump, U.S. diplomacy finds its own ‘wolf warriors’. China’s “wolf warrior” approach to geopolitics wasn’t effective diplomacy — a lesson Trump’s representatives on the global stage may relearn the hard way.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Chinese military helicopter flies within 10 feet of plane, video shows. Journalists on the Philippines’ plane filmed the helicopter coming dangerously close. Beijing has become increasingly aggressive in the contested South China Sea.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Brazil charges Bolsonaro with leading plot to seize power, kill rivals. Former president Jair Bolsonaro is accused of plotting the assassination of political rivals and a military takeover of Latin America’s largest country.
#Feb.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Paquita la del Barrio, whose songs took aim at machismo, dies at 77. The Mexican singing star was known for hits including “Rata de Dos Patas,” in which she likened her former lover to a two-legged rat, a snake and a cockroach.
#Feb.18.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Pope Francis, still hospitalized, has pneumonia in both lungs. Concerns grew over a “complex” infection plaguing the 88-year-old pontiff.
#Feb.18.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Gil Won-ok, memory keeper of wartime sex slavery by Japan, dies at 96. Born in Japanese-occupied Korea, she was among the last surviving “comfort women” forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers in World War II.
#Feb.18.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Live briefing: Hamas says it will release six living hostages and the bodies of four others. Hamas said the bodies included members of the Bibas family, believed to be Shiri Silberman Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir.
#Feb.18.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × What are Ukraine’s rare minerals and why is Trump eyeing them?. The White House floated a proposal to secure U.S. access to half of Ukraine’s mineral resources after the war, reportedly including lithium, graphite and uranium.
#Feb.18.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump wants Greenland and Gaza. That might embolden China on Taiwan.. Trump’s transactional style is unnerving many in Taiwan, who fear it will encourage Chinese leader Xi Jinping in his ambitions to take control of the island.
#Feb.18.2025 ×
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