6 d. ago Russian strikes hit Ukrainian rail services, killing one and wounding 30

Smoke on the Platform: A Morning in Shostka After the Drones The air in Shostka tasted of metal and diesel the way winter tastes of coal — sharp, persistent, intrusive. At the town railway station, a carriage lay on its side like a fallen animal, its windows blown out, its blue-and-yellow seats singed. Smears of […]

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8 d. ago Two people killed after attack outside synagogue in Manchester

A Sacred Day Shattered: Morning at Heaton Park On a crisp autumn morning in Crumpsall, north Manchester, the hush of Yom Kippur was broken by sirens and shock. Families had gathered inside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue for one of the most solemn days of the Jewish calendar — a day of fasting, reflection […]

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2 w. ago Zelensky reports three people killed in Ukraine by Russian strikes

A Dawn of Sirens: When the Sky Became a Theater of War On a humid morning that began like any other for many Ukrainians, the sky turned into a stuttering nightmare. Air-raid sirens clawed through the streets of Kyiv, smoke rose in the distance, and within hours officials counted what they described as one of […]

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3 w. ago Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 32 people, including 12 children

A City under a Gray Sky: Gaza City’s Latest Night of Loss There are nights that carve themselves into the memory of a city—nights that smell like gunpowder, dust and something much harder to name. Last night was one of those nights in Gaza City. Medical staff at Shifa Hospital say at least 32 people […]

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4 w. ago Russian outlets accuse Ukraine of orchestrating drone incursion into Poland

Under the Radar: A Night of Drones, Doubt and Poland’s Crackling Airspace When the first alert lit up control rooms and kitchen radios in eastern Poland, it was the kind of small, sharp interruption that instantly feels larger than itself. “At 03:17 I woke up to the siren and news on the radio,” Maria Kowalczyk, […]

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4 w. ago US official: People praising the killing of Kirk unwelcome in America

A Campus, a Coffin, and the Country That Fractured Around Them On a clear Utah afternoon, where the air usually tastes of pine and possibility, a single bullet cut through a lecture hall and through the brittle peace of a nation already riven by politics. Charlie Kirk, 31, a lightning rod for conservative youth activism, […]

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