One is a deft comedy about the misadventures of two young brides in rural India.... The other is a delicate tale about the intersecting lives of three women in cosmopolitan Mumbai. And both films might have a shot at winning Academy Awards — a rare prospect for a country that produces more than 1, 000 movies a year but has found the topmost industry honors hard to come by. With small budgets and unconventional plots, “ Laapataa Ladies ” and “ All We Imagine as Light ” have captivated audiences.

Уважаемые коллеги! 22 и 23 апреля в Институте языкознания РАН будет организовано рабочее совещание Проблемной группы по теории грамматики, посвящённое дифференцированному маркированию аргументов. Программа Программа рабочего совещания доступна по этой ссылке.

Despite no evidence of widespread fraud or major irregularities, conspiracy theories have proliferated among his allies that voting systems were somehow manipulated to favor Democrat Joe Biden.... The partisan review last summer of the 2 million ballots cast in Maricopa County, Arizona, which included a hand count, took several months and hundreds of people to complete.“ If you have a jurisdiction with 500 voters, you might be OK.... It took hundreds of people five days to count just the votes

Early data from South Africa, where the variant was first detected, suggests it may have already peaked there and that it is less severe than earlier variants.... Rather, it is to create enough of a resistance to deter an invasion in the first place. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — former Soviet nations north of Ukraine — all have programs encouraging rifle ownership for some civilians and formal training to fight as partisans after an occupation.... Tributes have poured in. ARTS AND IDEASThe

Before the pandemic, visitors to New York City from other countries peaked at 13.5 million a year in 2019.... Stocks slumped around the world Monday as Evergrande and other worries weighed on investors. The company rode China’s property boom that urbanized large swathes of the country and resulted in nearly three-quarters of household wealth being tied up in housing.... And the property market is slowing down, with less demand for new apartments. Crisis: Evergrande now owes money to lenders, s

We’re covering W.H.O. worries about the vaccine gap and tensions between Ukraine and Russia. Will boosters worsen the vaccine gap?... In some countries with low vaccination rates, supply is only part of the story.... Ukraine has only slightly more troops in its entire military....

“ If the world doesn’t respond and act now, when will it ever act?... The stories about the trade route featured in the latest Travel issue of T, The Times’s style magazine, have been in the works for a year, long before the pandemic changed the world — but they have more lessons for us right now than you might think.... It is among the places around the world that are starting to welcome people again, although masks are required and social distancing rules mean fewer visitors are allowed in.