Europe|Fighting Flares Between Azerbaijan and ArmeniaThe governments of both countries reported action with tanks, military helicopters and artillery in a rapid escalation of a long-simmering conflict.A military convoy the disputed mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in 2017. Fighting between Azerbaijanis and Armenians flared in the region on Sunday.Credit...Celestino Arce/NurPhoto, via Getty ImagesSept. 27, 2020Updated 9:52 a.m. ETMOSCOW —…
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris, marking the first time he’s ever publicly thrown his weight behind a political candidate.With the exception of a brief flirtation with a 2020 presidential run himself, Johnson, 48, often takes great pains to remain apolitical at a time when Hollywood is…
ANALYSIS President Trump has been confronted with a series of false and unfounded conspiracy stories from the same liberal establishment that condemns the QAnon phenomenon, according to an analysis of the president’s nearly four years in office. The press has lambasted the right-wing mystery persona of QAnon and its internet-driven conspiracy theory that a cabal…
President Trump and Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett walk along the Rose Garden Colonnade on Saturday. The focus on the court just weeks before the election could help energize conservatives in key states. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Trump and Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett walk along…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…