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According to the Ukrainian news outlet Pravda, government press secretary Andriy Yusov claimed during a recent telethon that over 1.2 million people had called a surrender hotline run as part of the country’s project, “Hochu Zhit,” which translates to “I want to live,” or visited its corresponding website to inquire about their options. He further claimed that “the lion’s share of them are people who are in the territory of the so-called Russian Federation....

Measured against the numbers or his own promises, Bush’s economic policies look like a failure. Overall economic growth has averaged .7 percent a year during Bush’s first term in office, the worst since the 1930s. Personal income, after allowing for taxes and inflation, has grown by only 1.2 percent, another post-Depression low. Three million more Americans are out of work than in 1989. Little wonder that 80 percent of the public consistently says the nation is on the wrong track, a finding that reflects deep anxieties over America’s economic health....

And now, here’s something we hope you’ll really like! If those magic words rekindle memories of mirth in front of the Philco, then start smirking again: Moose and Squirrel, our heroes from the wittiest cartoon series ever, are finally back. After years of exile in the 7 a.m. rerun slot in Bangor, after only an occasional cult retrospective, Rocky and Bullwinkle are enjoying a renaissance. Last month, Disney’s Buena Vista Home Video released six 40-minute cassettes....

Richards, the CEO of Grassroots America, a nonprofit devoted to social-justice issues, has continued walking the halls of Congress since then, pushing members to end the war in Iraq. Cloy is due to be deployed to Iraq later this month despite his injuries, she says, and has threatened suicide if he is to be deployed again. She spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Eve Conant about her son, the politics of the war and her newfound place in the antiwar limelight....

In her compelling book Halfway Heaven (219 pages. Doubleday. $23.95), Melanie Thernstrom offers an eloquent explanation of how these two lives intersected so tragically. A Harvard graduate whose father teaches history at the university, Thernstrom is an insider who draws a disturbing portrait of an institution poorly equipped to handle the emotional problems of students from different cultures. Tadesse sought help from Harvard’s counseling center. Yet no one apparently understood her emotional fragility....

With their striking African-American images, these cards definitely don’t get lost in the shuffle. Foster and H. Russell Smith, both Detroit attorneys, came up with the idea after one of their weekly card games, when Foster said, “I’m tired of playing with jacks, queens and kings that don’t look like us.” They formed the company Blacks Factor and two years ago began manufacturing decks whose face cards reflect the various features, hairstyles and fashions of African Americans....

Chris Harley, a marine biologist from the University of British Columbia, told CBC on Monday that he was “stunned” by the putrid stench of death and the sight of tens of thousands of dead clams, snails, mussels and sea stars at a Vancouver beach in late June. Harley said that more than 1 billion aquatic creatures may have perished along the coast of the Salish Sea alone, an area that includes sections of western British Columbia and Washington state....

The big question now is: just how permanent was this shift? Were the elections a fluke, or a sign of things to come? So far, the evidence looks promising. In the last 20 years most of Latin America has gone democratic, and those gains seem to have been consolidated. Consider the signs: no military stepped in because it didn’t like a result, and losing candidates (except in Mexico) accepted their defeat, even when the margins were razor thin....

The shock of Redstone’s apparent coup didn’t last long. Certainly, the Blockbuster deal was impressive. Almost overnight, it would create one of the world’s most powerful media and entertainment conglomerates, with holdings ranging from some 3,600 video stores to the Nickelodeon and Showtime cable channels. But when traders worked the new numbers on Paramount, they came away shaking their heads. To defeat a rival bid from Barry Diller, chief of the QVC home-shopping network, the 70-year-old Redstone was offering $105 a share for the venerable company–in cash....

A thousand years of Anglo-French antagonism made counterattack inevitable. “Mrs. Cresson has sought to insult the virility of the British male because the last time she was in London she did not get enough admiring glances,” said Anthony Marlow, a Tory member of the House of Commons. “I wanted to put down a motion saying, ‘This House does not fancy elderly Frenchwomen,’ but I was told this was out of order....

In a video posted to Instagram by Ronald Rael, the University of California architecture professor who came up with the seesaw project alongside San Jose State design associate professor Virginia San Fratello, children can be seen on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border playing together on three bright pink seesaws built between Ciudad Juárez in Mexico’s Chihuahua State and El Paso, Texas. Calling the project “one of the most incredible experiences” of his and San Fratello’s careers, Rael described how powerful it was to see a moment so “filled with joy, excitement and togetherness” unfold at the border wall....

Dell XPS 12 Features vs HP Envy X2 features Firstly, Dell’s XPS 12 Processor is Intel Core i5, while HP’s Envy x2 processor is Intel Atom Dual-Core. Even though both run Windows 8, the Intel Atom processor series have generally been used in their HP MINI models, along with various other cell phones. Second, the processor speed on Dell’s Ultrabook is 2.7GHz whereas the HP doubles-as-tablet laptop is configured to a 1....

In this post, we have listed complete guide to help you to understand how to use Fitbit Pay. What Is Fitbit Pay? Fitbit Pay is a feature, which lets you add debit or credit card to Fitbit Ionic and Versa. You can make contactless payment from your watch. Fitbit can be used with various credit and debit cards from reputed banks across the world. To make sure that your card works, you can check the bank list of Fitbit Pay...

The term “metaverse” is often referred to as a singular entity called “The Metaverse” (similar to “The Internet”). However, as of right now, there isn’t just one metaverse. There are a variety of metaverse platforms to choose from. The metaverse is often associated with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). However, you do not need an expensive VR headset to access the Metaverse. In fact, most metaverse platforms can be accessed using your PC....

People often express surprise or amusement upon hearing that I am a Murray fan. I’ve always been a Rafa girl, through and through, but I remember when Murray became a close second. It was 2008, the fourth round match of Wimbledon, Murray (then seeded 12) against Richard Gasquet (seeded 8). He was two sets to love down, absolutely outplayed in a brilliant display of tennis by Gasquet, and it didn’t look good....

With that in mind, here’s a look at some of the fun that may be ahead in 2019: GRUDGE MATCH: Oscar De La Hoya comes out of retirement at the age of 46 to meet UFC chief Dana White in a grudge match that will cost $99.95 on pay-per-view. Both fail to make weight, though, and decide to settle their differences the old fashioned way — on Twitter. CHARLIE HUSTLE: Manny Machado signs a record contract with the New York Yankees, then declares he has changed his attitude and will run out groundballs until further notice....

The Soviets understand these risks. Nuclear bombs and artillery shells, unfortunately, are quite durable and portable, and not very difficult to arm. Last week we learned that the commander of Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces withdrew mobile nuclear missiles from their launch positions because he feared some errant commander would try to fire them. Now Yevgeny Velikhov, science adviser to Soviet President Gorbachev, has called for “the international community to play a role in controlling the Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenal while the country faces the possibility of political collapse....

As chief counsel to the Civil Rights Movement, the young Thurgood Marshall became the scourge of white supremacists. No lawyer in the 20th century did as much as he to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson, the separate-but-equal reading that gave the Constitution’s sanction to Jim Crow. Thirty-two times he brought cases before the court; 29 times he walked out of the building with victories. In Brown v. Board of Education, he finally knocked the slats from under segregation....