Each spring, Georgia’s village of Didi Chailuri revives Berikaoba, a pagan rite with masked berikas, music and wrestling, hoping for fertility and good harvest.Continue Reading
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Exactly who tracked El Mencho, the world’s most wanted and feared drug lord, to a heavily armed safe house in a remote Sierra Madre town is a secret, for now. The Mexican government has revealed only that its air force and special forces commandos descended onContinue Reading
KREMLIN FILES/ANALYSIS: Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 did not emerge from a strategic vacuum. It was the culmination of over a decade of experimentation in hybrid warfare, and of increasingly rigid assumptions inside Russia’s intelligence services. From Crimea and the Donbas in 2014, through Syria and aContinue Reading
Dutch humanitarian organizations have warned of an increasing number of attacks and suspicious incidents that may be tied to Russian sabotage efforts, NOS reports. According to LifeLine Ukraine, Ukrainian intelligence last year prevented a planned attack on the organization’s office. A woman was reportedly offered $5,000 to carry out anContinue Reading
Slovakia is stopping emergency electricity deliveries to Ukraine, Prime Minister Robert Fico has announced. This comes ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. He says the decision is a response to the suspension of Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline. The measure takes effect onContinue Reading
Deadly outbreaks of retaliatory violence have rocked Jalisco since the Sunday raid, killing at least 73 people Published February 23, 2026 3:49PM (EST) The Mexican army announced that it had killed powerful drug lord Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera in an operation that sparked a wave of violence in various partsContinue Reading
Jeanine Pirro has decided to stop pursuing the case against six Democratic lawmakers over a social media video, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Diplomacy continues despite the significant United States military build-up., Diplomacy continues despite the significant United States military build-up. More talks are planned for Thursday between Iran and the United States, which is mobilising its largest military force since the invasion of Iraq more than two decades ago. Amid mixed messagesContinue Reading
Slovakia had issued a two-day ultimatum to Ukraine to reopen the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline., Slovakia had issued a two-day ultimatum to Ukraine to reopen the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline so that it could receive Russian oil deliveries. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said his country will halt emergency electricity suppliesContinue Reading
The White House is set to impose a 15 percent tariff through Section 122 after the US Supreme Court ruled against The Traitor., The White House is set to impose a 15 percent tariff through Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 after the US Supreme Court ruled againstContinue Reading
At the BAFTA Film Awards, a guest with Tourette syndrome involuntarily shouted a racial slur during the BBC’s broadcast., NewsFeed At the BAFTA Film Awards, a guest with Tourette syndrome involuntarily shouted a racial slur during the BBC’s tape-delayed broadcast, prompting apologies after it aired unedited. The BBC did cutContinue Reading
More than 40 million people are waking up under blizzard warnings on Monday as a powerful winter storm moves up the East Coast. Travel bans, school closures and thousands of flight cancellations are already in effect from the Mid-Atlantic through southern New England. Snow began as rain in some areasContinue Reading
Silicon Valley’s move-fast-and-break-things ethos has collided with medicine’s slow and restrained, follow-the-evidence philosophy. The reverberations were swift and deep. In its wake: a health care system flooded with new artificial intelligence tools. Imaging algorithms flag subtle abnormalities on mammograms and CT scans. Predictive models forecast no-shows and streamline hospital schedules.Continue Reading