#washingtonpost.com. × Tears and shock in Ukraine and Europe after heated Zelensky-Trump meeting. “I’m just crying because of what I hear,” one Ukrainian lawmaker said of the meeting, echoing the reactions of others on the continent.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × State Department warns travelers about drugging-dating scam in Brazil. There were at least 40 cases last year in which thieves drugged travelers in their hotel rooms so they could steal their belongings.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Gazan civilians released from Israeli detention say they endured abuse. Some released detainees have come back to find their homes destroyed and family members killed. Israel says it releases civilians not involved in fighting.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Pope retirement questions percolate as Francis marks two weeks in hospital. Pope Francis said previously that he might retire if facing extreme health issues. The Vatican reported that his condition is complicated but not critical.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Israel underestimated Hamas before Oct. 7 attack, military probe finds. Unlike the Israeli military, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has not launched a comprehensive commission to review the failures of Oct. 7, 2023.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump revives Monroe Doctrine in U.S. relations with Western Hemisphere. Some governments want to challenge President Trump, some want to emulate him. But most just want to stay out of his way.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × What are Ukraine’s critical minerals actually worth? No one knows.. Trump’s meeting with Zelensky comes as Washington and Kyiv hammer out a mineral deal, with war aid on the line. But the value of Ukraine’s minerals remains murky.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × As Trump eyes birthright citizenship, ‘birth tourists’ see opportunity. President Donald Trump’s stalled attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship has done little to slow the popular practice of “birth tourism” among Brazilians.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × With new U.S. stance, Russians envision a return to normalcy — and Ikea. As Russian and U.S. officials suddenly appear to be getting along and agreeing with each other, Russians dare to imagine life returning to normal.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Column | In the age of Trump, global authoritarianism continues its advance. Two studies released this week, by Freedom House and the Economist Intelligence Unit, found international democracy in retreat.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × A giant pothole plagued his commute. He put an upside-down statue in it.. James Coxall used his daughter’s old jeans, shirts and shoes to make it look like someone was stuck in a pothole, which his English county filled days later.
#Feb.28.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88. His 1972 match against Bobby Fischer, the American chess star, became known as the “Match of the Century.”
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Andrew Tate is back in the U.S. What’s next for his trafficking charges?. Self-described misogynist influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate still face charges of human trafficking and rape in Romania and the U.K.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Hungary’s Orban to ban public Pride march, escalating anti-LGBTQ push. “The country does not have to tolerate Pride marching through downtown Budapest,” Orban’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, said at a Thursday news briefing.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Donald Trump accepts ‘unprecedented’ second state visit invite from King Charles. The royal family may be one of the most effective cards the British government can play with Trump, who is a known royal enthusiast.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Mexico extradites 29 drug suspects to U.S. as Trump threatens sanctions. Those extradited reportedly include Rafael Caro Quintero, long sought in the killing of a U.S. narcotics agent.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × In Canada’s auto capital, uncertainty and hurt feelings amid Trump’s threats. Trump’s threats of tariffs and annexation have rattled Windsor, Ontario, stirring unease and leaving business leaders struggling to navigate the uncertainty.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Kurdish militant leader jailed by Turkey tells his movement to disarm and dissolve. Abdullah Ocalan’s appeal raised the prospect of an end to a conflict between Turkey and the PKK that since the 1980s has killed an estimated 40,000 people.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Austrian parties agree on coalition government without far-right party. The Freedom Party has sought to join the rising tide of hard-right movements across Europe by tapping into voter anger over immigration, inflation and the European Union’s influence.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × North Korea sending more troops to fight for Russia, Seoul says. North Korea originally sent 12,000 troops to support Russian forces in Kursk and estimates are that up to a third of them were killed or wounded.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Andrew Tate and brother, accused of trafficking, leave Romania for Florida. Romania allowed the travel after pressure from Trump officials, said a person familiar with the case. The brothers, vocal Trump supporters, were detained in 2022.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Thailand repatriates 40 Uyghurs to China, despite human rights concerns. Human rights groups warned that the Uyghurs, who were held in Bangkok for more than a decade, will face mistreatment from Chinese authorities back in Xinjiang.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × ‘White genocide’ in South Africa is not real, court rules in estate case. The ruling blocked a bequest to help fund a reputed white-supremacist group and comes after claims by President Trump that White landowners there face discrimination.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Amid low birth rates, war and emigration, Ukraine’s numbers are dwindling. In addition to the struggle against Russia, Ukraine faces a more existential battle, its birth rate is plunging and people are leaving the embattled nation in droves.
#Feb.27.2025 ×
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