By Sarah K. Burris When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his invasion of Ukraine he cited the “self-cleansing of society” and the “purification” of the motherland. It led foreign policy experts to fear that the invasion was part of a larger war of genocide. By the end of May, Russian state TV was threatening to […]
By Agence France-Presse The trial of US basketball star Brittney Griner, detained in Russia since February, opened on Friday as tensions rage over Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. “The trial has started,” Polina Vdovtsova, the spokeswoman for the court in the town of Khimki outside Moscow, told reporters. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and WNBA […]
By New York Daily News “Lightyear,” the much-anticipated “Toy Story” spinoff, has reportedly been banned in 14 countries over a brief same-sex kiss. The Disney-Pixar computer-animated adventure film starring Chris Evans as the voice of Buzz Lightyear features a kiss between Alisha, voiced by the actress Uzo Aduba, and her wife Kiko. The United Arab […]