Zelensky Walks Back Nuclear Threat, Blames Translation
BBC says Ukrainian President meant preemptive sanctions, not “preemptive strikes."
Large Explosion Destroys Part Of Key Bridge Linking Russia To Crimea — Zelensky: This Is ‘The Beginning’
Crimean Bridge has been temporarily suspended, and “personnel of the Russian emergencies ministry and the road service are working on the site to contain the blaze," says Russian official.
Donald Trump and Herschel Walker: The Unholy Alliance
Republicans sink to a new low in defending Walker.
Wonking Out: A Jobs Survey Full of Good News
There are reasons for optimism about inflation.
Russia names a new commander for the war in Ukraine.
After Secret US Talks Fail, A Hidden War in Africa Rapidly Escalates
Months of discreet American diplomacy have failed to stop the fighting in northern Ethiopia. Now, the civil war is plunging into its most alarming phase yet.
Russian shelling has again forced the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant offline, Ukrainian officials say.
The Facts and Fictions of Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’
The 1934 opera, revived this season at the Metropolitan Opera, stoked the ire of the Soviet state, or so the story goes. But archives tell a more interesting tale.
A Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin Sculpture Is Reinstalled in Japan
Technically, it’s a replica of the polka-dot plastic creation that was damaged by a storm last year. But regardless, people are happy.
Page Turners
Fall is the perfect time to hunker down and read deeply.