Switzerland on Wednesday banned imports of Russian gold and gold products, on the heels of similar moves by the European Union and the United …
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The U.S. Senate is poised to vote to accept Sweden and Finland into NATO.
WASHINGTON — The Senate was expected to give final approval on Wednesday to a treaty that would expand NATO to include Finland and Sweden, with …
Continue readingWelcomed by Taiwan, Pelosi Leaves Rising Tensions With China in Her Wake
After weeks of silence ahead of a high-stakes visit to Taiwan, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was anything but understated on Wednesday during a day of …
Continue readingWith Scully in the Booth, California Baseball Took Root
At the end of the 1957 baseball season, Brooklyn Dodgers management packed up for a long-threatened move across the continent. Into the …
Continue readingRichard Tait, Co-Inventor of the Board Game Cranium, Dies at 58
Richard Tait, an entrepreneur, business executive and venture capitalist who helped invent the board game Cranium, a familiar part of American …
Continue readingYour Thursday Briefing: Tensions Rise as Pelosi Leaves Taiwan
We’re covering a severe drought in Mexico and China’s response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Nancy Pelosi, the U.S. House speaker …
Continue readingUkraine Builds a Case That Killing of P.O.W.s Was a Russian War Crime
ODESA, Ukraine — Five days after an explosion at a Russian prison camp killed at least 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war, evidence about what …
Continue readingIt’s Been a ‘Summer of Disasters,’ and It’s Only Half Over
“We’re naming summer ‘Danger Season’ in the U.S.,” wrote Kristy Dahl, the principal climate scientist for the Union of Concerned Scientists, in …
Continue readingWith Climate Deal in Sight, Democrats Turn Hopes on Sinema
WASHINGTON — As Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Democrat of Arizona, took her turn presiding over the Senate floor on Tuesday, Senator Joe Manchin III of …
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