Irina Podnosova is one of the many former peers of the Russian president who has landed a top job in the Kremlin. Both Irina Podnosova and Vladimir Putin studied law at Leningrad State University, from… Putin’s ex-classmate gets Russia’s Supreme Court top job
According to SIPRI, France now has 11 percent of the global arms market. France is now in second place behind the U.S. | Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images France is now in second place behind… France overtakes Russia as world’s No. 2 arms exporter
Visitors walk down Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland in Anaheim. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) The Anaheim City Council unanimously approved Disneyland’s multibillion-dollar expansion plan early Wednesday, allowing the theme park to build… Massive Disneyland expansion to add new rides, restaurants and hotels wins OK
Only five states offer statewide heat protections for outdoor workers. Some of the nation’s hottest states, including Texas, Arizona and now Florida, do not. Florida will become the second state to stop local governments from… Florida joins Texas in banning local heat protections for outdoor workers
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to stub out cigarettes for future generations — but a chunk of his own MPs are railing against it. The policy means it will be illegal to sell tobacco products… Britain just agreed the world’s toughest smoking ban. Conservatives hate it.
APRIL 17, 2024 12:53 PM CET BY GABRIEL GAVIN Russia will pull out all of its nearly 2,000 troops from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, the Kremlin said in a surprise announcement just six months after they watched a… Russia announces total withdrawal of troops from Nagorno-Karabakh
People walk by as supporters of Jan. 6 defendants gather outside of the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Tuesday, with conservatives expressing various degrees of skepticism… Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters
Janine Kibwana, Ebola survivor and mother of five, sits in her living room in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Researchers studying the DRC’s most recent Ebola outbreak say that a new vaccine can dramatically… Ebola vaccine cuts death rates in half — even if it’s given after infection
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Of all the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 14th is a big one. It’s shaped all of our lives, whether we realize it or not: Roe v. Wade, Brown… The 14th Amendment
Evy Leibfarth navigates a slalom course at Montgomery Whitewater Park in Alabama. She won an Olympic trial there and punched her ticket to the Paris games this summer. Montgomery Whitewater Park MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Tammy… Alabama holds its first ever U.S. Olympic trial for a sport that’s little-known there