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The Russian authorities have issued sparse details of what they said happened to Aleksei A. Navalny, the opposition leader who they announced had died in prison.

As Russian forces breach a supply line and seek to encircle opposing soldiers, Ukraine’s commanders maneuver to “more advantageous positions.”

Aleksei A. Navalny died in prison, the Russian authorities said. The anticorruption campaigner rose to become the most prominent critic of President Vladimir V. Putin.

An American director’s adaptation of the beloved novel is resonating with moviegoers, who may recognize some similarities in its satire of authoritarian rule.

The system’s map is a tangle of orange lines, without clear names or separate colors. That’ll change this year.

The system’s map is a tangle of orange lines, without clear names or separate colors. That’ll change this year.

The death toll on Wednesday was the highest in months of cross-border fighting, and amplified fears that the cross-border clashes could escalate into a full-fledged war.

The crop-devouring pests love arid conditions and the occasional downpour. Global warming is offering more of both.

Doctors at Walter Reed said Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III was in a critical care unit. The Pentagon said he had transferred his duties to his deputy.

The grand opening of a temple in Ayodhya was both a religious ritual and a made-for-TV spectacle for a broadcast media co-opted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.