Новости за 13.06.2022

For our contributor, the nearly 115-year-old Brown Chapel in Selma, Alabama, is more than a historical marker. It’s an ongoing call for justice and a promise of progress.

Do beauty and bravery go together? As values they’re not opposite, if sometimes incongruous. But in the remote southwest corner of Saudi Arabia, their pairing makes perfect sense.

The first anniversary of a diverse governing coalition shows that the value of equality can be put into practice.

The commissioner of human rights got tripped up in the divide between China’s authoritarian take on human rights and that of the liberal West.

McDonald’s Russian successor, Vkusno-i Tochka, opened its first restaurant on Sunday. Now owned by a Siberian entrepreneur, the 'Tasty, period' brand is expected to spread across the country. Fifteen of the former McDonald’s were set to reopen in Moscow on Sunday.

In an effort to limit cash flow to Moscow, Western nations cut energy imports from Russia. But some oil-hungry Asian countries are opening their spigots for Russian oil and Moscow is rewarding them with steep discounts.

As the U.S. grapples with recent gun violence, March for Our Lives returned to the streets Saturday to protest the NRA and to push for gun control. On the Mall in Washington, D.C., survivors of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, shooting led a rally attended by thousands.

The 2022 Tony Awards highlighted tales of triumph and heartbreak Sunday night as Broadway proved diversity is a formula for success. The season also marked a return to theaters after nearly two years of pandemic-mandated shutdowns.

In response to mass shootings, 10 Republicans joined Democrats in the U.S. Senate in a breakthrough deal on modest gun curbs, steps to improve school safety, and mental health programs.

After the first round of voting Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance is expected to keep its parliamentary majority but with a much smaller number of seats, according to projections.