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NIKOPOL, Ukraine — Along most of the front line in Russia’s war in Ukraine, when one side lets loose with an artillery attack, the other shoots back.But not in Nikopol, a city...

CHENNAI, India — Amul Vasudevan, a vegetable hawker in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, thought she was going to go out of business.The state had forbidden retailers to use disposable...

Natasha, 46, a mother of six children, milking a cow at her home in Donetsk Province, Ukraine.Credit...Mauricio Lima for The New York TimesTwo of Natasha’s children by a corral for the cattle.Credit...Mauricio...

Book-banning attempts have grown in the U.S. over the past few years from relatively isolated battles to a broader effort aimed at works about sexual and racial identity. Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth...

Gangs are increasing their chokehold on Haiti’s capital, using bulldozers to raze entire neighborhoods, overwhelming poorly armed police and taking their violence to within blocks of the seat of government.While Haitians have...

LONDON — Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, faced new scrutiny over the financing of his charities on Saturday after a report found that one organization had accepted a donation of...

They have handed out Russian passports, cellphone numbers and set-top boxes for watching Russian television. They have replaced Ukrainian currency with the ruble, rerouted the internet through Russian servers and arrested hundreds...

The covered bodies on Friday of people killed when an explosion tore through the barracks of a prison camp in Russian-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine. Credit...Alexander Ermochenko/ReutersAs international outrage swelled, Ukraine on...

TORONTO — It is a crime to renege on a promise to wear a condom during sex without a partner’s knowledge or consent, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled this week.The decision...

ODESA, Ukraine — For the Russians, the Ukrainian fighters held prisoner at Correctional Colony No. 210 are a trophy. For the Ukrainians, they are war heroes.Why either side would want any of...