London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest in the world, was closed early Friday after it lost power because of a fire at a nearby electricity substation, the airport’s operator said. Heathrow said it would be closed until 11:59 p.m. local time. It was not immediately clear how many flights would be affected. Dozens of … Read more
In recent weeks, a flurry of international visitors attempting to enter the United States from other countries have been denied entry at border checkpoints, leading to either deportations to their home countries or days or weeks of detention. A 28-year-old British woman arrived in Britain earlier this week after she was held at an immigration … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s former first minister and once one of Britain’s most prominent politicians, is no longer being investigated over allegations of embezzlement at the Scottish National Party, which she led until two years ago. The Scottish police, in a statement, lifted a cloud that had been hanging over Ms. Sturgeon since her arrest and … Read more
Hugues Oyarzabal, one of Europe’s most accomplished surfers and among the first to record spectacular feats from inside the curl of a wave using digital cameras, died on Feb. 21 at his home in Biarritz, France. He was 39. His parents, Charles and Lucette Oyarzabal, said he had taken his own life. Friends told The … Read more
Ukrainian Strike Hits Air Base Deep Inside Russian Territory
An analysis made this week of Russian attitudes toward a possible cease-fire with Ukraine suggests that the Russian public is ready to end the war but skeptical of any concessions Moscow may have to make. Combined with new polling in Ukraine, the analysis by a Massachusetts-based company, FilterLabs, shows how difficult selling the terms of … Read more
President Trump’s intensifying conflict with the federal courts is unusually aggressive compared with similar disputes in other countries, according to scholars. Unlike leaders who subverted or restructured the courts, Mr. Trump is acting as if judges were already too weak to constrain his power. “Honest to god, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Steven Levitsky, … Read more
Britons are bracing for a burst of higher inflation for much of this year as many household bills jump next month, a revival of the cost-of-living pressures that have squeezed household budgets in recent years. Next month, the average annual energy bill is set to rise 6.4 percent as the price cap resets. Water bills, … Read more
Ukraine attacked an airfield deep inside Russian territory overnight, officials said on Thursday, as the two sides traded strikes amid efforts by the Trump administration to hammer out details of a partial cease-fire. The attack on the Russian airfield came hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spoke to President Trump and accepted the Kremlin’s … Read more
During a call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine this week, President Trump floated a highly unusual idea: The United States could take control of Ukrainian nuclear power plants. “The United States could be very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise,” the White House said in a statement after the … Read more