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Russia-Ukraine War : Ukraine’s Increased Attacks in Crimea Target Russian Combat Capabilities
Ukraine’s military said it struck air defense systems in its latest attacks on the Russian-occupied region as Russian officials claimed they thwarted a Ukrainian assault on a patrol boat in the Black Sea.
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Politicians Charge Millions to Send Migrants to U.S. Through Darién Gap
The Biden administration vowed to “end the illicit movement” of people through the Darién jungle. But the number of migrants moving through the forest has never been greater — and the profits are too big to pass up.
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After Libya Floods, a Chaotic Scramble for Rescuers
“The situation is still very bad — there is a mismanagement of the crisis,” said one volunteer. Thousands of people died, and many are still missing, after heavy rains led to the collapse of two dams.
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Ukraine Intensifies Attacks on Russia in Crimea and Black Sea
Claims of damage to Russian air defenses and warships reflect Ukraine’s growing strategy of degrading the Kremlin’s ability to use the region as a staging area that is vital to its war effort.
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Spain’s Female Soccer Players Call Off Wage Dispute Strike
The breakthrough in the labor dispute, which has delayed the start of the season and has added to a turbulent period in Spanish soccer, was an agreement over minimum pay.
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Review: Nairy Baghramian’s Colorful and Unsettling Met Facade
With “Scratching the Back,” the artist creates the most colorful and unsettling Facade Commission yet, chipping away at the gray stones of the museum.
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Ruth Asawa: Solid Form Meets Thin Air
The sculptor of sublimely coiled wire helped erase boundaries between art, craft and the decorative arts. A long-awaited show of drawings at the Whitney explores her luminous connections.
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Brick by Brick, a Sculpture at Storm King, by Way of Africa
Martin Puryear’s newest and most complex work, “Lookout,” draws on the ancient method of Nubian vaulting, and the artist’s own history.
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TIFF 2023: Hit Man, Knox Goes Away, Next Goal Wins
Richard Linklater returned to the fest circuit this year with one of his best films, the wonderfully entertaining “Hit Man,” a movie that straddles comedy, noir, and even true crime thriller to even become a meta-commentary on the playful form of acting in the first place. Most of all, it’s a revelation for star/writer Glen…
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TIFF 2023: Backspot, Nyad, Lee
Several films at this year’s festival featured women—real and fictional—who push back against expectations of what women should be while also pushing their minds and bodies to the limit. In D.W. Waterson’s “Backspot” a young woman pushes herself to the extreme after joining an elite cheer squad. Similarly, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s “Nyad”…