Artillery shelling, stressed-out technicians and power supply disruptions increase the chances of catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest.
Indonesian First Lady, Iriana Widodo.
Presidential Secretariat Office
The presence of the first ladies in diplomatic activities shows the existence of feminine norms in the midst of political masculinity in the state leadership.
A view of destroyed Russian military vehicles installed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 24, 2022. Kyiv authorities banned mass gatherings in the capital for fear of Russian missile attacks. Independence Day fell on the same day as the six-month mark in the war.
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Aug. 24, 2022 marked both the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union and the six-month mark of war. As they have for more than three decades, Ukrainians showed resilience.
US president Joe Biden speaks with his ‘old friend’, CIA director William J Burns (left), during a national security team meeting in the White House.
Adam Schultz/White House Photo/Alamy
With a formidable Kremlinologist in charge and Donald Trump out of the presidential picture, has the CIA regained its influence amid the ‘new cold war’?
Russian tanks and military systems are exhibited in Kyiv on Aug. 22, 2022.
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Ukraine is marking its 31st year of independence on Aug. 24, 2022. A scholar of protest movements explains why Ukrainians have never taken its independence for granted.
Zhanna Dynaeva and Serhiy Dynaev stand with a cat inside their house, which was destroyed by Russian bombardment, in the village of Novoselivka, Ukraine, Aug. 13, 2022.
AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka
A scholar of humanitarianism sums up what she saw on the ground during a five-week research trip to Poznań, Lublin, Warsaw, Krakow and several smaller cities along the Poland-Ukraine border.
Bakers in Nigeria recently increased bread prices.
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Bakers in Nigeria might go on strike again to protest rising cost of operations.
Private companies have launched dozens of imaging satellites – like the two small boxes in the middle of the photo – into orbit in recent years.
NASA/Steve Jurvetson
Private satellite companies have boomed in recent years, and many experts have wondered what role they would play in a conflict. They have proved to be invaluable to Ukraine in recent months.
A Ukrainian war crimes investigator photographs the aftermath of a Russian missile attack in Zatoka, Ukraine, on July 26, 2022.
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Other recent conflicts that resulted in war crimes allegations help explain how complex it will be to gather evidence of war crimes in Ukraine – and provide answers for families of victims of the war.
A soldier’s body lies next to a destroyed Russian truck on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 25, 2022.
AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda
Many images from the Ukraine war are compelling and distressing depictions of the human costs of war.
A variety of factors have caused the U.S. inflation rate to increase over the past few years, from the pandemic to the war in Ukraine.
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Rising inflation rates due to supply-side factors – COVID-19, Ukraine and supply chain shortages – make countering inflation difficult for the central bank.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and G7 ambassadors visit the port of Odesa, a vital export hub for Ukraine’s agricultural products.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / EPA-EFE
The long-term economic outlook for Ukraine as it manages the effects of the Russian invasion
The first ship out of Odesa since the start of the Russian blockade was the Sierra Leone-flagged ship Razoni, carrying 26,000 tons of corn.
EPA-EFE/Turkish Defence Ministry handout
In terms of stated war aims, some sort of Russian ‘victory’ — albeit a costly one — is closer than the sort of victory upon which Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pinned his hopes.
Youthful patriotism: Russia’s sense of its own history remains unclear.
REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina