Navalny’s Widow Addresses Husband’s Death, Vows to Lead Anti-Putin Opposition
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Tractors roll into downtown Prague as Czech farmers Join Protests
PRAGUE — Hundreds of Czech farmers drove their tractors into downtown Prague on Monday, disrupting traffic outside the Agriculture Ministry, as they joined protests against high energy costs, stifling bureaucracy and the European Union’s Green Deal. Farmers across Europe have taken to the streets this year, including in Poland, France, Germany, Spain and Italy, to fight …
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Miami Expects Trophies From Messi’s First Full Season in Major League Soccer
Miami, Florida — Lionel Messi and Inter Miami get the new Major League Soccer season under way on Wednesday with pressure on the Argentine star to deliver trophies for his club and more eyeballs on the league. The World Cup winner joined Inter from Paris Saint Germain in mid-July, the biggest name ever to move to …
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Strike Closes Eiffel Tower in Blow to Tourists Ahead of Paris Olympics
Paris — The Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited tourist sites in the world, closed on Monday as staff went on strike in protest against the way the Paris monument is managed financially, disappointing the crowds below. The strike comes as Paris prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, which begin on July 26 and …
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Russian Opposition Just Lost Its Brightest Star. What’s Next?
LONDON — Alexei Navalny was asked four years ago what he’d tell Russians if he were killed for challenging President Vladimir Putin. “You’re not allowed to give up,” he told a documentary maker. “If they decide to kill me, it means we are incredibly strong and we need to use this power.” Russia’s prison agency announced …
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Japan Pledges Support for Ukraine Reconstruction
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Berlin Film Fest Grapples With Nazi Past, Far-Right Threat
BERLIN — This week’s Berlin international film festival is wrestling on- and off-screen with the weight of the Nazi past and the menace of a resurgent far right. The 74th Berlinale, as the event is known, has a reputation for confronting political realities head-on with high-profile movies and hot-tempered debates. German director Julia von Heinz brought …
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‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Stirs Up $27.7 Million Weekend at Box Office
New York — Paramount Pictures’ Bob Marley biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” outperformed expectations to debut at No. 1 at the box office with a $27.7 million opening weekend, while Sony’s “Madame Web” flopped with one of the lowest debuts for a movie centered on a Marvel character. Both films launched in theaters on Tuesday to …
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‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 7 Prizes, Including Best Picture, at British Academy Film Awards
London — Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month. Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” took five prizes and Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” won three. Christopher Nolan won his first best director …
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Avdiivka’s Fall Intensifies Reactions Over US Aid Package for Ukraine
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China Tells Ukraine It ‘Does Not Sell Lethal Weapons’ to Russia
Beijing — China’s foreign minister has told his Ukrainian counterpart that Beijing does not sell lethal weapons to Russia for its war against Ukraine, a statement said Sunday. Wang Yi told Dmytro Kuleba during a meeting on the sidelines of a major security conference in Munich on Saturday that China “does not take any advantage of …
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China Agrees to Lift Ban on Spanish Beef Imports
Cordoba, Spain — China has agreed to lift a ban on imports of Spanish beef, the foreign ministers of both nations said Sunday after talks. Since 2000, Beijing has imposed a ban on the European Union from exporting beef products due to the emergence of several cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or “mad cow” disease, in …
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Russian Authorities Detain Mourners Paying Tribute to Navalny
Russian authorities are detaining people mourning the death of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. He died in custody at an Arctic Circle penal colony late last week. Western leaders blame Russia. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more. …
And the Winner Is… London Rolls Out Red Carpet for BAFTA Film Awards
London — Hollywood stars descended on London on Sunday for the annual BAFTA Film Awards, where U.S. historical drama “Oppenheimer,” one of the highest-grossing films of 2023, leads nominations for Britain’s top movie honors. The three-hour epic about the making of the atomic bomb during World War Two has 13 nods, including for the night’s top …
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German Labor Union Calls on Lufthansa Staff to Strike Tuesday
Berlin — A labor union in Germany has called on ground staff for Lufthansa to walk off the job at seven airports on Tuesday following a similar strike earlier this month. The Ver.di union said Sunday that the one-day strike will affect the airports in Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa’s two main hubs, as well as Berlin, …
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Navalny’s Death Reverberates Around the World
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Hungary’s Government Declines Offer to Meet US Senators Seeking Approval for Sweden’s NATO Bid
BUDAPEST — A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators made an official visit to Hungary’s capital Sunday and called on the nationalist government to immediately approve Sweden’s request to join NATO. Hungary is the only one of NATO’s 31 existing members not to have ratified Sweden’s bid. The Hungarian government faces mounting pressure to act after delaying …
Turkey Detains Company Director as Part of Inquiry Into Gold Mine Landslide that Left 9 Missing
Istanbul — Authorities in Turkey detained Sunday the director of the company managing a gold mine where a massive landslide in the country’s east left nine workers missing, local media said. A huge landslide engulfed Tuesday the Anagold Madencilik company’s Copler mine in the town of Ilic in Turkey’s mountainous Erzincan province, trapping the workers under …
Solemn Monument to Japanese American WWII Detainees Lists More Than 125,000 Names
Los Angeles — Samantha Sumiko Pinedo and her grandparents file into a dimly lit enclosure at the Japanese American National Museum and approach a massive book splayed open to reveal columns of names. Pinedo is hoping the list includes her great-grandparents, who were detained in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II. “For a lot …
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Ukraine Shoots Down 12 Drones, a Missile and a Plane
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Russia Detains 400 As Country Mourns Alexei Navalny, Putin’s Fiercest Foe
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London’s Iconic Underground Map Getting an Update
LONDON — For anyone with even a passing acquaintance with London, the city’s Tube map is as iconic as the red buses or the black cabs. But for the past few years, there’s been something not quite right about the map originally designed by Harry Beck in 1933 — a collection of orange train lines, mostly …
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Nepal Pursues Sacred Items Smuggled Abroad
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s gods and goddess are returning home. An unknown number of sacred statues of Hindu deities were stolen and smuggled abroad in the past. Now dozens are being repatriated to the Himalayan nation, part of a growing global effort to return such items to countries in Asia, Africa and elsewhere. Last month, four …
UN Court to Weigh Consequences of Israel Occupation
The Hague, Netherlands — The U.N.’s top court will from Monday hold hearings on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967, with an unprecedented 52 countries expected to give evidence. Nations including the United States, Russia, and China will address judges in a weeklong session at the Peace Palace in The Hague, …
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