Category: News

  • Amid Battle, Ukraine Is Favored to Win Eurovision Track Contest

    Amid Battle, Ukraine Is Favored to Win Eurovision Track Contest

    [ad_1] For 11 weeks, Ukrainians have been braving conflict, destruction and loss. However on Saturday, they could possibly be celebrating victory: The nation’s rousing, hip-hop infused music “Stefania” is favored to win the Eurovision Track Contest, the cultural phenomenon that helped launch Abba and Celine Dion and is watched yearly by 200 million individuals. “Stefania,”…

  • Robert C. McFarlane, High Reagan Aide in Iran-Contra Affair, Dies at 84

    Robert C. McFarlane, High Reagan Aide in Iran-Contra Affair, Dies at 84

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON — Robert C. McFarlane, a former adorned Marine officer who rose in civilian life to be President Ronald Reagan’s nationwide safety adviser after which fell from grace within the Iran-contra scandal, died on Thursday in Lansing, Mich. He was 84. Mr. McFarlane, who lived in Washington, was visiting household in Michigan on the…

  • Russian Courtroom Extends Brittney Griner’s Pretrial Detention, Her Lawyer Says

    Russian Courtroom Extends Brittney Griner’s Pretrial Detention, Her Lawyer Says

    [ad_1] A court docket in Russia on Friday prolonged the pretrial detention of the W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner till June 18, her lawyer stated. Ms. Griner, probably the most adorned athletes in girls’s basketball, has been in Russian custody since mid-February on drug prices that may carry as much as 10 years in jail. The…

  • How Each Senator And Governor Ranks In accordance To ‘Reputation Above Alternative’

    How Each Senator And Governor Ranks In accordance To ‘Reputation Above Alternative’

    [ad_1] PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. After a couple of three-year hiatus, FiveThirtyEight’s Reputation Above Alternative Senator and Reputation Above Alternative Governor rankings are again! Based mostly on Morning Seek the advice of’s approval rankings for each senator and governor within the nation (now up to…

  • We’re Hiring A Half-Time Analysis Assistant

    We’re Hiring A Half-Time Analysis Assistant

    [ad_1] FiveThirtyEight is looking for a diligent, well-organized and sort Analysis Assistant to assist monitor down and enter polls and different election knowledge, in addition to contribute analysis to political tales and initiatives.  This part-time place performs a crucial function in supporting FiveThirtyEight’s political protection and interactive initiatives like our presidential approval tracker and pollster…

  • Slain Al Jazeera journalist to be laid to relaxation in Jerusalem

    Slain Al Jazeera journalist to be laid to relaxation in Jerusalem

    [ad_1] Placeholder whereas article actions load JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Palestinians attended the funeral on Friday in Jerusalem for an Al Jazeera journalist who witnesses say was shot lifeless by Israeli forces earlier this week whereas overlaying a army raid within the occupied West Financial institution. The Israeli army mentioned its preliminary investigation confirmed {that…

  • After 200 Years of Neutrality, Sweden Weighs Becoming a member of NATO

    After 200 Years of Neutrality, Sweden Weighs Becoming a member of NATO

    [ad_1] Russia’s invasion of Ukraine created new fears, and the Swedes, dragged alongside by Finland, are anticipated to use, reluctantly, to affix the alliance and its collective protection. Might 13, 2022 TOFTA, Sweden — The Gotland regiment of the Swedish Military was going by means of its paces, training methods to use its Swedish-designed light-weight…

  • U.S. Embraces Finland’s Transfer Towards NATO Membership. What About Ukraine?

    U.S. Embraces Finland’s Transfer Towards NATO Membership. What About Ukraine?

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON — In embracing Finland’s, and shortly Sweden’s, transfer to hitch NATO, President Biden and his Western allies are doubling down on a wager that Russia has made such an enormous strategic mistake over the previous three months that now’s the time to make President Vladimir V. Putin pay a significant value: enduring the…

  • Finland Strikes to Be a part of NATO, Upending Putin’s Ukraine Warfare Goals

    Finland Strikes to Be a part of NATO, Upending Putin’s Ukraine Warfare Goals

    [ad_1] BRUSSELS — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has stated stopping NATO’s enlargement helped drive him to invade Ukraine. However on Thursday, Finland declared its unequivocal intention to hitch, not solely upending Mr. Putin’s plan however inserting the alliance’s latest potential member on Russia’s northern doorstep. The declaration by Finland’s leaders that they are…