Russia Is Not Winning
At the current rate, Russia will control all of Ukraine in about 118 years.
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Photos of Carnival 2025 Around the World
Images from some of this year’s varied Carnival parades and celebrations
The Man Who Would Remake Europe
Germany’s incoming leader is an unlikely force for change.
The Putinization of America
Trump’s deference to the Russian dictator has become full-blown imitation.
What Trump Is Really After in the Middle East
Don’t let “Trump Gaza” fool you.
The Hostage I Knew
Oded Lifshitz would have said to look unflinchingly on Israeli and Palestinian pain.
Winners of the 2025 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest
A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored underwater images
Hamas’s Theater of the Macabre
The terrorist group has dragooned its hostages, Jewish and not, into perverse performance art.
The Axis of Resistance Keeps Getting Smaller
Iran may be losing its grip on Iraq, too.
How America Wasted Its Most Powerful Economic Weapon
If world leaders had been clearer about the sanctions Putin would face, they might have deterred his invasion of Ukraine.