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Religion
"Do not touch churches," the pope said in his weekly prayers, one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the ban into law.
Aug. 25
Zelensky
Zelensky joked that he might not answer Duda's calls after the Polish president suggested phoning to ask him not to attack retreating Russian forces.
Aug. 25
US
For more than 300 years the Moscow elite presumed that Ukrainians like the whole of the West swallowed the fiction of Russian benevolence and shared prosperity – now they know they didn’t.
Aug. 25
War in Ukraine
Polish journalist Monika Andruszewska was injured in Kramatorsk while driving near the site of a Russian rocket attack.
Aug. 25
Top News
Americans often appear to be bubbling over with optimism and superficial good cheer. Set against Ukrainians’ near-Spartan stoicism in the middle of a war, the contrast is striking.
Aug. 25
War in Ukraine
Donald Trump’s running mate in the presidential elections has been spreading long debunked Russian propaganda to ingratiate himself with the anti-Ukrainian wing of the Republican Party.
Aug. 25
F-16
The Czech company Inflatech has added an inflatable F-16 Viper fighter aircraft to its range of decoys but are Ukraine’s Air Force markings significant?
Aug. 25
Venezuela is still in post-election turmoil as the democratic opposition continues to contest the result giving victory to 'usurper' Maduro.
Aug. 25
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Aug. 25
War in Ukraine
For the first time on my visits to Ukraine I felt a little nervous overnight on Aug. 23, 2024, concerned as to how Russia would choose to mark Kyiv’s Independence celebration on the next day.
Aug. 25
Sidebar Stories
My journey from learning Polish while teaching Polish pilots to fly the F-16 to finally taking steps to learn Ukrainian and the Language Lab where my experiments in Slavic linguistics led me.
Aug. 25
Zelensky
Zelensky briefed Scholz on the current situation at the frontline and outlined Ukraine's ongoing needs, particularly in terms of armored vehicles and air defense systems.
Aug. 25
War in Ukraine
Russian troops attacked a hotel in Kramatorsk, wounding two journalists and leaving a third missing in the rubble. The injured journalists are citizens of Ukraine, the USA, and Great Britain.
Aug. 25
Verkhovna Rada
The security committee of the Czech Senate called for an investigation into the possible involvement of Orthodox churches in Russian influence operations.
Aug. 25
Life in Ukraine
Despite crippling injuries at the hands of Russian aggression, Ukrainians remain undaunted. Superhumans Center, outside Lviv, bears witness to this unbreakable spirit.
Aug. 25