Germany’s Deutsche Welle broadcaster declared ‘undesirable’ in Russia

Germany’s Deutsche Welle broadcaster declared ‘undesirable’ in Russia

Moscow has labelled Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) an “undesirable organization,” effectively banning its activities in the country. The move follows a recommendation by the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, DW reported on Sunday. A government statement posted on Telegram on Saturday said the General Prosecutor’s Office now considers DW to be…

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The Best Things I Ate in 2025

The Best Things I Ate in 2025

Trends in restaurants are like trends in art: cumulative, ambient, much more evident in retrospect than they are in the chaos of the present. If 2024 was the year that the French resurgence really took hold, bathing New York City in cream and caviar, maybe 2025 was the year of the scrappy, auteurish indie: restaurants…

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Israeli foreign minister slams Australia after Sydney attack

Israeli foreign minister slams Australia after Sydney attack

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar sharply criticized the Australian government following the shooting at a Hanukkah event in Sydney on Sunday. “I’m appalled by the murderous shooting attack at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia,” Saar wrote in a post on social media platform X. He said the Jewish community had been targeted and that…

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‘Stop evading, stop delaying’: 200 former hostages, families urge Netanyahu to start Oct. 7 probe

‘Stop evading, stop delaying’: 200 former hostages, families urge Netanyahu to start Oct. 7 probe

Security camera footage showing the entrance to Moshav Ein Habesor during the October 7, 2023, massacre. (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/VIA SECTION 27A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT) In a letter, the groups demanded “truth, justice, and accountability,” saying only a state commission has the legal authority to investigate decision-making before and after the attack. More than 200…

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Teen Rebellion Immortalized, Through the Eyes of Chris Steele-Perkins

Teen Rebellion Immortalized, Through the Eyes of Chris Steele-Perkins

The British photographer Chris Steele-Perkins died, in September, at the age of seventy-eight, after a groundbreaking and globe-spanning career, leaving behind a catalogue that ranges from images of war-torn Afghanistan during the mid- to late nineties to scenes from Japan in the early two-thousands. But Steele-Perkins, a member of the Magnum photo agency, was particularly…

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