"Russia could not take and hold a city like Mariupol, so they destroyed it, as if to say 'perhaps we cannot conquer you, but we can at least punish you.'"
Former police chief Val Demings, in her quest for the Senate seat held by Marco Rubio, will have to improve on past Democratic failures in the state with Latinos.
NASIRIYAH, IRAQ
A heavy sandstorm blows through southern Iraq on May 5 leaving everything covered in a thick sheet of orange dust. The fifth such storm to hit the country within a month, it grounded flights and left thousands hospitalized with respiratory problems. Sandstorms, while common in the region, have become far more frequent in recent years thanks to record low rainfall, soil degradation and climate change.
In an interview with Newsweek, former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says a "division of the world into two camps, an autocratic and democratic camp, is inevitable."
"She's the original influencer," Emmy Rossum tells Newsweek's Parting Shot about Angelyne, whom she portrays in her new Peacock original series Angelyne (May 19).
"This is the worst point that I've seen the PA since its creation," Ghaith al-Omari, former Palestinian National Authority negotiations adviser, tells Newsweek.
MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin responds to argument that the Biden administration is calling for gag order as it is "keenly aware" it will lose 2024 election.