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Russia Sends Navalny Associate to Prison for ‘Extremism’
[ad_1] A court in Siberia on Friday sentenced an ally of the jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny to nine years in a penal colony for running an “extremist organization,” according to her legal team. The sentence signals the Kremlin’s willingness to continue cracking down on members of Mr. Navalny’s political group years after it was banned in Russia.…
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How Russia Silences Dissent about the Ukraine War
[ad_1] Just days after invading Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed a censorship law that made it illegal to “discredit” the army. The legislation was so sweeping that even his spokesman acknowledged it was easy to cross the line into prohibited speech. In the first 18 months of the war, the law scooped up a vast array of…
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Deadly Plane Crash in Nepal Caused by Pilot Error, Report Finds
[ad_1] A plane crash that killed dozens of people in Nepal in January was caused by a pilot who pulled the incorrect levers while trying to land, the country’s investigators said Thursday. The pilot changed the propeller angle instead of that of the wing flaps, causing a Yeti Airlines plane to lose momentum and fall, killing all 72 people on…
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In U.K. Town, a New Way of Caring for Older People
[ad_1] For 12 years after her husband died, Norma Fitzgerald tried to maintain her independence, living alone in an apartment on the outskirts of Hull, in northern England, despite her mobility worsening as she reached her mid-80s. Then one day in the spring of 2022, she suddenly grew dizzy. Her legs gave out, and she collapsed on her apartment floor,…
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Friday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] ‘Screams without words’ A two-month investigation by The Times, including interviews with more than 150 people, uncovered painful new details about the attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7, established a pattern of gender-based sexual violence and identified at least seven locations where Israeli women and girls appeared to have been sexually assaulted or mutilated. Israeli officials say that, in…
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How Life at Sea’s 3-Year Cruise Unraveled
[ad_1] Kara and Joe Youssef sold their two apartments, withdrew their life savings, gave up most of their belongings and, in late October, set out for Istanbul for the trip of a lifetime: a three-year cruise around the world, scheduled to depart Nov. 1. But in late November, after months of behind-the-scenes chaos, the Youssefs were stuck in Istanbul, with…
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Friday Briefing: A Pattern of Rape and Torture on Oct. 7
[ad_1] Hamas weaponized sexual violence Israeli officials say that everywhere Hamas terrorists struck on Oct. 7 — a rave, military bases along the Gaza border and kibbutz after kibbutz — they brutalized women. A two-month investigation by The Times established that the attacks against women were not isolated events, but part of a broader pattern of gender-based violence. For months,…
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‘Almost Naked’ Party in Moscow Angers Russian Conservatives
[ad_1] Tearful apologies, revoked sponsorships, canceled performances and two weeks in jail for wearing a sock on the genitals. A widening crackdown on the participants in an erotic celebrity party in Moscow underscores an accelerating conservative shift in a country where hedonism has long been tolerated in return for the acceptance of shrinking political freedoms. The scandal broke last week…
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Israel Expresses Regret for Civilian Casualties in Al Maghaz
[ad_1] The Israeli military said on Thursday that it had caused “unintended harm” to “uninvolved civilians” in two strikes this week on a densely packed Gaza Strip neighborhood, where, the local health authorities said, dozens were killed. It was a rare admission of fault by the military over its conduct of the war. The military said it was targeting Hamas…
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Israeli-American Thought to Be a Hamas Hostage Was Killed on Oct. 7, Family Says
[ad_1] Judih Weinstein Haggai, a 70-year-old who was believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas, was actually killed during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, her family and Kibbutz Nir Oz said in statements on Thursday. Ms. Haggai’s husband, Gadi Haggai, had also been listed as a hostage but the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum announced last week…
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