Unpublished Newswire

One afternoon in October, almost four years into Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, I was sitting in the sleek, modern offices of PEN Ukraine in Kyiv. We had gathered for a week-long series of meetings with writers, journalists, and human rights activists, and to visit scenes of Russian crimes in liberated areas around the country. Wartime realities made themselves apparent from one of our first sessions, in which delegates were to give brief presentations introducing ourselves and our work. Just as I was called upon to speak, our phones lit up with alerts. “Attention!” they blared...

Gavin McKenna's first experience at the world junior hockey championship ended in bitter heartbreak nearly a year ago. The 18-year-old Canadian forward and five fellow returnees from the Ottawa horror show are looking to make amends.