Stories from The New York Times for the 4th week of August 2022

August 22 A photo provided by the Russian government said to show investigators at the site of a car bombing outside Moscow.Russian Investigative Committee/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A brazen attack near Moscow rattles Russians Russia has opened a murder investigation into the car bombing that killed Daria Dugina, 29, a hawkish political commentator who

Bloomberg looking at the 4th week of August 2022

August 22 Ukraine is showing off wrecked Russian tanks in Kyiv for this year’s Independence Day celebrations. It’s not the military display President Vladimir Putin had in mind when he launched Russia’s invasion. The war that Russia — and some of Ukraine’s allies — expected to end in days with a victory parade for Putin

The Independent looking at the 2nd week of August

August 08 Armed police sent to heart attack patients as crisis-hit NHS buckles under surging demand Police officers are being forced to cover for other services – including responding to ambulance calls – as the NHS buckles under surging demand.   The chief inspector of the UK’s forces warned that up to a third of

Our selection of Things you need to know The Week: July 18 – July 24

July 18 Zelensky fires Ukraine top prosecutor and spy chief Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Sunday that he had fired the country’s top prosecutor and the head of its domestic intelligence agency, in the biggest shakeup of his government since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Zelensky’s government announced the dismissals of the prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova,

Trump is proven wrong by the judge

Donald Trump has always wanted the world to believe that he has the law and the right in his own hands. But this time, he will have to back down. Before and during his presidency, Trump regularly lied to the whole world and misled many people. Shamelessly, he thought he could get away with all