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Russia Shakes Up Military Leadership Again
A general named just three months ago to lead Russian forces in Ukraine has been replaced with a Kremlin insider who helped orchestrate the invasion.
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‘A Wild Card’: Son of Uganda’s President Jostles to Succeed His Father
General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has been positioning himself as Uganda’s next leader. But his provocative tweets have unnerved Ugandans and put his father in a bind.
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In Israel, Netanyahu’s Hard-Right Agenda Gains Steam
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is pushing to upend the judiciary, entrench Israeli control of the West Bank and strengthen ultraconservative Jews, fueling protests and deepening Israel’s divisions.
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A Vital Question for Brazil’s Democracy: Where Were the Police?
Their early inaction in Sunday’s riot shows how security forces can help empower violence and deepen the threat to democracy.
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Kyiv Workers Find Their Way Online Even as Ukraine Faces Power Outages
Sporadic power outages have people resorting to makeshift office spaces in the Ukrainian capital. Stores have set up power hubs, and workers are getting comfortable doing their jobs in home furnishing displays.
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Ann Gillen: Sculpting in Plain Sight
The ideal of art as a public good has fortified her long career and some 30 commissions around New York.
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Can the Sydney Modern Change How a ‘Sporting Nation’ Sees Itself?
An extension to the Art Gallery of New South Wales brings 21st-century design to a city that has often had a love-hate relationship with future-forward art.
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Calling All Youth Music Mixologists from Chicago: Enter the Lyric’s Opera Remix Competition
Chicago’s Lyric Opera is looking for talented young artists to sample vintage opera recordings in order to create their own remixed track. RogerEbert.com’s publisher, Chaz Ebert, is on the board of the Lyric Opera and said she is especially excited about this opportunity to extend opera participation to a younger audience in a very creative way.…
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The Final Season of Servant Untangles Its Messy Family Tree
“Everything is decaying,” growls the mysterious Uncle George (Boris McIver) in the season three finale of Apple TV+’s greatest secret weapon, “Servant”: “The house is filled with parasites.” And indeed, for three seasons of the M. Night Shyamalan-produced show (he directs the occasional episode, and the whole show is suffused with his exacting, Hitchcockian style),…
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Shin Ultraman
For some moviegoers, the Japanese superhero-vs.-monsters mashup “Shin Ultraman” arrives with high expectations. Ultraman is a now decades-old and multi-franchise-topping “tokusatsu” icon. And even if you don’t know the character’s name, you might recognize him by sight, particularly his skin-tight silver jump-suit, his Lite-Brite bug eyes, and his dorsal fin-shaped bullet head. The title of…