Brunello Cucinelli Keeps Chickens, and Many Books, at His 17th-Century Italian Villa
The fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli grew up in an ancient stone farmhouse outside the town of Castel Rigone in Umbria, Italy. It didn’t have …
Beijing Olympic Ratings Were the Worst of Any Winter Games
An average of 11.4 million viewers watched the Beijing Olympics on NBC Universal platforms each night — the smallest prime-time audience on …
U.S. Troops in Poland Brace for Possible Ukrainian Evacuees
WASHINGTON — Many of the nearly 5,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division who arrived in Poland last week are working with Polish forces to …
Highlights from Putin’s address on breakaway regions in Ukraine.
It was a seminal, hourlong speech that threatened to clear the way for war. On Monday night President Vladimir V. Putin said he would recognize …
In Photos: Eastern Ukraine on Monday.
Soldiers and residents tried to prepare for a possible escalation of war in the eastern part of Ukraine.
Israel Says Police Didn’t Hack Civilians Without Court Approval
TEL AVIV — The Israeli justice ministry announced Monday that its weekslong investigation had found no evidence to suggest the Israeli police had …
On the ground: A column of Russian vehicles, and soldiers without insignia.
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Multiple military vehicles and soldiers with no insignia were seen parked on highways on Monday, in the vicinity of …
Boris Johnson warns that Russia is planning the biggest war in Europe since 1945.
Russia is planning “the biggest war in Europe since 1945,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain told the BBC on Sunday, warning that a …
U.S. still sees an invasion as imminent, dimming hopes for a Biden-Putin summit.
WASHINGTON — Top American officials said on Monday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine remained imminent amid continued troop movements …