Section: Time (USA)
Why Ukraine Still Can’t Break Ties With Russian ‘Aggressor State’
One afternoon in late February, Gennady Kernes, the mayor of Kharkov, Ukraine’s second largest city, pushed his wheelchair away from the podium at city hall and, with a wince of discomfort, allowed his bodyguards to help him off the stage. The day’s session of the city council had lasted several hours, and the mayor’s pain...
Inside the Factory Caught In Ukraine’s War with Russia
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Pope Francis’ Latest Mission: Stopping Nuclear Weapons
The Vatican has long opposed nuclear weapons, but Pope Francis is making the cause one of the top diplomatic priorities of his two-year-old papacy. In December, the Vatican submitted a paper calling for total nuclear disarmament to the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons. In January, Pope Francis touted nuclear...
Meet the Pro-Russian ‘Partisans’ Waging a Bombing Campaign in Ukraine
Soon after midnight on April 1, a separatist group calling itself the Kharkov Partisans issued another one of its video warnings to the Ukrainian government. It claimed that within the next 48 hours a bomb would explode far behind the front lines of the war in eastern Ukraine. “As of now, the earth will begin to burn beneath your feet,” said the...
A World Leader and a Pop Star Are Neck-and-Neck in the TIME 100 Reader’s Poll
Russian President Vladimir Putin and South Korean pop star Lee Chae-rin are tied for first place in the TIME 100 reader’s poll. Lee Chae-rin—better known as CL—is a member of the South Korean pop group 2NE1. The group has gained popularity worldwide and is considered one of the most successful K-pop groups. CL currently has a higher...
Vladimir Putin Surges to Second in TIME 100 Poll
Vladimir Putin has surged into second place in the TIME 100 poll, far surpassing other national leaders as a nominee for the most influential figure in world politics. Russia’s bellicose president has acquired notoriety abroad and adulation at home thanks to his rumored support for Ukrainian rebels and his annexation of Crimea last year. He...
Ukraine President Lifts Objections to Vote on Regional Power
(KIEV, Ukraine) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government’s previous position. Russia-backed separatists, however, dismissed Poroshenko’s gesture as meaningless. The...
Masses Brave Rain for Pope’s Easter Message in St. Peter’s Square
(VATICAN CITY) — In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on Sunday praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer, while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. Cautious hope ran through Francis’ “Urbi et Orbi” Easter message, a kind of...
At Least 54 Dead, 15 Missing as Trawler Sinks Off Eastern Coast of Russia
A Russian trawler capsized in the waters just off the country’s Kamchatka peninsula on Thursday, leaving at least 54 dead and another 15 still missing. A total of 63 people from the Dalniy Vostok have been rescued by other fishing vessels, Russian news agency TASS reported. Of the 132 on board, 78 were Russian nationals, while the rest were...
Nigerian Army Takes Boko Haram Capital and Boosts Goodluck Jonathan’s Election Chances
The Nigerian army said on Friday that it re-taken the town of Gwoza where the Islamist militant group Boko Haram had maintained its headquarters. “These successful operations have culminated in the dislodgment of terrorists from towns and communities in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno states,” military spokesman Chris Olukolade told the BBC. He said that...
