Alexander Katiraie
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World Cup Qualifiers Become a Venue for European Protests of Israel
Israeli soccer officials expected the demonstrations to persist even after a cease-fire took hold in Gaza.
Published: October 12, 2025, 3:45 pm
Orban’s ‘Propaganda State’ in Hungary Is Starting to Show Cracks
The Hungarian leader has secured power by keeping control over the news media. Now, a political opponent is starting to show the limits of his tactics.
Published: October 12, 2025, 9:00 am
She Studies the Russian ‘Red Man’ Whose Bloody War Evokes Soviet Tyranny
After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the revival of its violent, anti-democratic ways.
Published: October 12, 2025, 2:59 am
The eye-watering costs of the Dezi Freeman manhunt revealed as locals turn on police: 'Living in a warzone'
Hundreds of heavily armed officers remain stationed across Victoria's high country supported special operations units, in what locals describe as a 'war zone' that has turned their tiny town into a fortress.
Published: October 12, 2025, 3:32 am
Retail tycoon fined $1.4m for erecting gate at mansion that blocked access to public beach
John Levy has been ordered to remove the fence after a years-long debate with the California Coastal Commission over a host of alleged permit violations.
Published: October 12, 2025, 2:45 am