The EU has reached a preliminary deal to conduct a military training mission in Ukraine, the country’s foreign minister said Monday following a meeting with his EU counterparts. The agreement comes amid US warnings that Russia has decided to invade Ukraine, which is currently surrounded by up to 190,000 Russian troops. “We reached an agreement … Read more
Dimitri Bourriau, wants to keep a photographic trace of old theaters so “nobody forgets them” These fascinating photographs show the abandoned and crumbling theaters of Europe. Dimitri Bourriau, 38, says he has visited over a thousand abandoned places around the world, but has a passion for former show halls. The Paris-based photographer’s work has seen … Read more
Press play to listen to this article PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is taking an almighty gamble by styling himself as the world leader who can strike a peace deal with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a meeting on Monday. If he pulls it off, he’ll be the hero who prevented the invasion … Read more
US special forces conducted a “counterterrorism mission” in northwest Syria, the Pentagon said early Thursday. “The mission was successful. There were no US casualties. More information will be provided as it becomes available,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a brief statement. More information would be released as available, Kirby said. The Pentagon did … Read more
On a cool day in late September, half a dozen Chinese engineers entered a conference room in the heart of the United Nations district in Geneva with a radical idea. They had an hour to convince delegates from more than 40 countries of their vision: an alternative form of the Internet, to replace the technological … Read more
