WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday said vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial — in the same spot where Trump had a stage built and hosted crowds for his July 4 celebration. Trump made the accusation in a social media
Earlier this week, organisers of the song contest updated their rules to state that if a country involved in an armed conflict wins the competition, it will be ineligible to host it the following year. The amendment was approved by the contest’s governing body, following feedback from participating broadcasters after Eurovision 2026 in Vienna. It
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations estimates that more than 16,000 civilians detained by Russia during its war in Ukraine are still being “deprived of their liberty,” many held incommunicado and on grounds that don’t comply with international law. “Widespread and systematic torture and ill-treatment” of both Ukrainian civilian detainees and prisoners of war by
WASHINGTON — Russia has released an American military veteran who spent more than four years in prison under abusive conditions and was said to be gravely ill and at risk of dying, a group advocating for him said Tuesday. Robert Gilman is on his way to a U.S. military hospital in Texas, where he will
Downing Street has backed calls for Fifa to investigate, with the Prime Minister’s official spokesman saying: “The World Cup may not be ours, but the Falkland Islands definitely are. Our commitment to the Falklands will never waver.” Argentine President Javier Milei called the players’ action “understandable” and “valid,” according to media reports. But he also
