Bonfires, dancing, pets: How Ukrainians are staying warm during the toughest winter in years

Kateryna Skurydina goes to bed wearing thermal underwear, two jumpers and a scarf. She covers herself with a down duvet and two blankets. But her secret weapon is her cat, Pushok.

Judge puts limits on federal agents in Minnesota, as protests cool with the weather

As temperatures plummet in Minnesota, the struggle between the Trump administration and opponents of Operation Metro surge are playing out indoors, as a preliminary injunction issued by a US District ...

U.S. Snowboarder Nick Baumgartner hoping for his 5th Winter Olympics

It’s an age old question in sports: would you prefer to have youth on your side… or experience? American snowboarder Nick Baumgartner definitely has the latter. At the age of 40, he won gold in the ...

Everything we know about the Winter Olympic hockey venues that caused the NHL to think twice

Hockey will once again be a flagship sport as next month’s Winter Olympics, not least because of the reintroduction of NHL players which will see some of the world’s best stars compete for a medal.

‘We hope they will give us heat’: Bitter winter cold bites for Kyiv’s residents as Russia steps up attacks

Ukraine battled Sunday to restore power to tens of thousands of people left without heating in bitterly cold temperatures, after a week of intense Russian attacks that have brought the country’s ...

Hundreds of thousands of households in Kyiv are without power after Russian strikes, as temperatures drop well below freezing

An intense wave of Russian drone attacks has left hundreds of thousands of households in the Kyiv region without power, ...

Chloe Kim says she’s ‘good to go’ for Winter Olympics despite labrum tear in shoulder

Snowboarder Chloe Kim says she’s “good to go” for the Milan Cortina Olympics despite tearing the labrum in her shoulder during a training run last week in Switzerland.

At Milan Fashion Week Men’s, Ralph Lauren speaks to a younger crowd

The American stalwart took its latest men’s runway show to Milan, where it showcased the full scope of its offering as a new generation discovers the brand.

Winter Olympics hockey venues might not be fully finished for competition, official admits

The head of the International Ice Hockey Federation said parts of the main hockey rink for the Milan Cortina Olympics might not be fully finished on time, but the playing surface, practice facilities ...

The 39 best products we tried in December, from cozy winter boots to luxurious candles

In December, our editors tried numerous products from cold-weather fashion picks and jolly holiday gifts to hydrating beauty products.

Trump wants to slash funding for federal climate and weather research. Congress is about to tell him ‘No’

Congress is poised to reject President Donald Trump’s “astounding” proposed cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as well as NASA’s Earth science programs.

No doctor’s appointments or Google Maps: Why Verizon’s massive outage was such a big deal

Tess Coward, a 27-year-old PR professional based in New York City, woke up feeling under the weather on Wednesday. But ...