As Russian missiles hit their towns and tanks roll through their streets, many Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homeland. In an exodus that is unparalleled in recent European history, more than 1.2 million Ukrainians have sought sanctuary in neighboring countries since the Russian invasion began last week, UN …
Read More »Russian Troops Have Entered Kyiv, Putting Ukraine’s Democratically Elected Government In The Crosshairs
Fighting broke out in the streets of Kyiv on Saturday morning as Russian troops moved further into the Ukrainian capital, imperiling one of Europe’s most populous cities and its democratically elected seat of government. Local officials urged residents to stay indoors due to active fighting and take precautions to avoid …
Read More »‘Menswear Guy’ Marks a Shift in Twitter’s Main Characters
Menswear guy. The lingerie addict. The weird, NSFW woman who has a fascination with wolves. Depending on your interests—and often not even that—you have likely encountered one or more of these people during your sojourns on Twitter in the past few weeks. It’s part of the platform’s effort to shift users away …
Read More »A Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Is Now A War Zone. Here’s What That Means.
Fears of a major nuclear reactor disaster in the middle of the war in Ukraine took on a frightening possibility on early Friday. With the world riveted to security camera views of a fire, and fighting, at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, fears of damage to the reactors ricocheted around …
Read More »The Biden Administration Has Been Planning To Tell Mexico That A Trump-Era Policy Could Soon End And Attract More Immigrants To The Border
Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security have been planning to tell Mexico that a controversial Trump-era border policy enacted during the pandemic may come to an end as soon as April, which could lead to an increase of immigrants coming to the border and a strain on resources, …
Read More »BuzzFeed is the latest publisher to embrace AI-generated content
CNet’s AI SNFAU turned out to be merely the first pebble kicked down the slippery slope. In a Thursday morning internal memo acquired by the Wall Street Journal, Buzzfeed Chief Executive Jonah Peretti announced plans to embrace AI in both editorial and business operations and utilize text generation systems similar …
Read More »Ukrainians Are Desperately Trying To Flee Kyiv As The Russians Advance: “It’s An Absolute Nightmare”
They threw themselves, and whatever possessions they were able to take with them, onto the departing train Monday at Kyiv’s central railway station as Russian forces continued to inch closer to the capital city. In the chaos, a young mother was separated from her daughter when a police officer hoisted …
Read More »Aaftab Poonawala planned to dump body parts in HP, got cold feet: Delhi cops
Aaftab Poonawala, who allegedly killed his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and chopped her to pieces in May last year, had initially planned to dispose of the body parts in Himachal Pradesh, where the two had holidayed earlier, according to a chargesheet filed by Delhi Police. To this end, he had …
Read More »Facebook And Twitter Have Been Blocked In Russia
Facebook and Twitter on Friday were blocked in Russia, amid President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing military invasion of Ukraine. In a statement issued on Friday, Roskomnadzor, the country’s communications regulator, explained the decision was made to “block access to the Facebook network” after at least 26 cases of “discrimination against Russian …
Read More »This Is What It Was Like In Ukraine When Russia’s Attack Changed Everything
There’s no mistaking the rumble and blinding flash of an airstrike when it explodes in the still, early morning hours. I learned that the hard way on Thursday, when a series of three or four Russian cruise missiles attacked a military airfield just 2,000 feet from where I was struggling …
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