Dam Breached in the Dead of Night Upstages Ukraine Offensive
The 24 hours before Tuesday’s flooding of the Dnipro River basin were already dramatic, as Ukraine appeared on the cusp of a counteroffensive. But nothing compared to what appeared to be a horrific escalation of the war as up to 18 million cubic meters (4.8 billion gallons) of water poured through a massive breach in the Kakhovka dam. - Putin said Russia will begin moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, ramping up a confrontation with the US and its NATO allies.
Destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam Will Haunt the Environment
The explosion unleashed an enormous environmental disaster that cut freshwater and electricity supplies for millions of people, flooded dozens of towns and spilled at least 150 tons of machine oil into the Dnipro River. Laura Millan explains that the impact could burden Ukraine’s southern region for decades. Russian Elite Is Souring on Putin’s Chances of Winning His War
There is a sense of deepening gloom among Russia’s political and business elite about the prospects for Putin’s war in Ukraine. While nobody’s willing to stand up to the president over the invasion, absolute belief in his leadership has been shaken by it, sources say.  Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on April 19. Photographer: Gavriil Grigorov/AFP/Getty Images Trump Tried to Hide Documents, Share Secrets, Indictment Alleges
The federal indictment lays out the relentless efforts Trump used to hide government documents from authorities at his Mar-a-Lago home. It alleges the former president engaged in a conspiracy with a close aide to resist returning classified materials, even after receiving a subpoena requiring him to do so. - The charging papers show how the famously unfiltered former president’s own words helped prosecutors build a case against him.
 This photo in the indictment shows boxes of records in a storage room at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on Dec. 7, 2021. Source: Justice Department What Trump’s Indictment Means for His 2024 Presidential Run
The indictment is the latest of the legal woes hampering Trump’s run for the White house. Erik Larson writes that the cases, including a New York state felony indictment for falsifying business records and a jury’s verdict that he is civilly liable for sexual assaulting a woman, could produce more unflattering revelations — and adverse verdicts — that no presidential candidate would welcome. - Read about the key milestones leading up to the indictment filed in federal court in Miami, as documented in public court filings and previous reports by Bloomberg News.
California Puts Slavery Reparations to an $800 Billion Test
The state of California is studying how it may provide compensation for the legacy of slavery and discrimination in the US. But as Karen Breslau outlines, the effort is filled with complexity and raw emotion, and who is to be compensated, and by whom, is far from resolved. US, Canada Wildfire Risk Raised by Rapid Melting of Arctic Ice
As millions of people in New York and other major North American cities choke on acrid smoke, they could look for an explanation farther north than the wildfires ravaging Quebec — to the Arctic. Danielle Bochove writes that rising temperatures in the region are contributing to the weather conditions that make wildfires more likely to occur.  An orange haze at the Empire State Building in New York City on Wednesday. Photographer: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images | 
No comments:
Post a Comment