Lithuania’s national opera house had stopped showing Tchaikovsky’s 1892 masterpiece in solidarity with Ukraine over the war with Russia. Then a new minister expressed fondness for the Russian composer, igniting a furor.
In the West African nation of Niger, killings by insurgents have surged since the military seized power in a coup, expelled U.S. and European troops and stopped negotiations with Islamist groups.
Women are challenging the law that prevents them giving their kids both family names without father’s consent When 43-year-old Rebecca Lee took her birth mother’s Korean surname, it was a revelation. “I was adopted and got a Dutch name but I never felt completely Dutch,” she says. “When, a few years ago, I first went…
Automatic cameras in the Brazilian rainforest show images of the Massaco people, who are flourishing despite environmental threats Read more on this story: New images show Brazil’s uncontacted people are thriving – but with success comes a new threat Remarkable images taken by automatic cameras in the Brazilian rainforest reveal an isolated community that appears…
Police search for two men after 23-year-old found dead on Railway Parade in Caboolture, north of Brisbane Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A manhunt is under way after a 23-year-old woman was fatally shot in south-east Queensland overnight after she was allegedly chased down a street by two men….
Opposition leader says there is now a ‘definite absolute majority’ of MPs who want Deeming to be welcomed back Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Victorian Liberal MPs will vote again on whether to readmit Moira Deeming to the party room after an extraordinary backflip by state leader John Pesutto….
Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, US military says The Associated Press U.S. Super Hornet Shot Down Over Red Sea in Friendly Fire Incident; Aviators Safe USNI News 2 U.S. Navy pilots eject safely after fighter jet shot down over Red Sea by likely “friendly fire,” officials say CBS News…
The sinking comes less than four days after another boat capsized in the country’s north-east, leaving 25 people dead A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in north-eastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and more than 100 others missing, officials and eyewitnesses said on Saturday. Twenty people…
Magnitude 6.1 quake shakes country’s main island as RAAF flights carrying 144 passengers land in Brisbane and Sydney Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Vanuatu has been hit by another earthquake after hundreds of Australians landed on home soil from the islands and the federal government announced a new round…
Ohio State vs. Tennessee score: Live game updates, College Football Playoff scores, first-round coverage CBS Sports Ohio State vs Tennessee live updates: Time, how to watch CFP game The Columbus Dispatch Ohio State Sending Massive Message Against Tennessee in CFP Sports Illustrated FB PREVIEW: #7 Vols Head North for Playoff Battle Against #6 Buckeyes University of Tennessee Athletics OSU…
