Putin’s Internet Blackout: A Chaotic Drive to Cut Off Russians From the World
Of all the examples of growing repression in Russia during four years of war in Ukraine, few have touched more people than deepening internet restrictions.
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Thomas
on March 2026
Europe Has a ‘Guns vs. Butter’ Problem. War in Iran Makes It Worse.
A weapons factory in Herstal, Belgium, this year. Most European countries have realized that they need to spend a lot more on guns to reduce their military dependence on the United States.
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Thomas
on March 2026
Offensive vs. Defensive: On Iran, the Distinction Matters for Britain’s Leader
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain at a meeting in London on Monday. “We will not be drawn into the wider war,” he told lawmakers in mid-March.
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Thomas
on March 2026
A Cat-and-Mouse Game of Russian Internet Restrictions and Evasion
With the authorities blocking apps and websites, Russians are trying to find workarounds.
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Thomas
on March 2026
When Will Japan’s Cherry Blossoms Bloom? A.I. Can Help Answer That
Visitors gathered beneath cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo last week.
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Thomas
on March 2026
He Led Congo for 18 Years. Now, Joseph Kabila Is a Hunted Man.
Joseph Kabila returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo last year, to territory controlled by rebels.
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Thomas
on March 2026
Israel Passes Law to Hang Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks
Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, the national security minister, and other Israeli hard-liners had campaigned on a promise to execute Palestinian militants.
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Thomas
on March 2026
Why Did the U.S. Allow a Russian Oil Tanker Through Its Cuba Blockade?
A satellite image taken last week of the port and oil terminal at the entrance of the Bay of Matanzas in northwestern Cuba.
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Thomas
on March 2026
Luis Carlos Rúa Fought Colombia’s Corruption in an Elephant Costume. Now He’s a Senator.
Luis Carlos Rúa, in his white elephant character costume, at an abandoned government construction site in Pereira, Colombia.
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Thomas
on March 2026
Lawsuit Accuses Americans of Political Killings for Hire Overseas
Aden, Yemen, in 2018. It became the capital in exile for the internationally recognized Yemeni government, and was badly damaged by airstrikes in 2015.
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Thomas
on March 2026
Israel Pulls Battalion From West Bank After Soldier Talks of ‘Revenge’
Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank earlier this month.
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on March 2026
Kuwaiti Tanker Full of Oil Struck Off Dubai Day After Trump’s Threats
Can the ‘Dubai Dream’ Survive the War? Residents Say Life Goes On.
U.S. Senators Press Taiwan to Raise Military Spending, as China Protests