Johnson Takes Aim at Next Big Political Threat: Soaring Prices in U.K.
LONDON — His job seemingly secure despite new revelations over lockdown parties in Downing Street, Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday moved to confront another big threat…
International
U.S. Aims to Constrain China by Shaping Environment Around It, Blinken Says
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said Thursday that despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China remains the greatest challenger to the United States and its…
Who Is Protected Against Monkeypox?
For a world weary of fighting the coronavirus, the monkeypox outbreak poses a key question: Am I at risk? The answer is reassuring. Most children and adults with healthy immune…
America’s Gun Problem
In every country, people get into arguments, hold racist views or suffer from mental health issues. But in the U.S., it is easier for those people to pick up a gun and shoot…
In China, concerns grow over the economic impact of ‘zero Covid.’
Since the Omicron variant of the coronavirus arrived in China, the government has maintained harsh lockdowns, mass testing and border restrictions, arguing that such measures are…
Will Colombia Elect Its First Leftist Leader?
A large and loud youth electorate hungry to transform one of Latin America’s most unequal societies could propel Gustavo Petro, a former rebel, to the presidency. May 26, 2022…
Film on Expulsion of Kashmir’s Hindus Is Polarizing and Popular in India
SIKAR, India — A group of boys are playing cricket on a snowy field in Kashmir, a war-scarred, Muslim-majority region contested between India and Pakistan. As the boys play,…
Through a Recession and a Pandemic, the Book Business Is Thriving in Buenos Aires
Every year when she was growing up, Carime Morales’s family would take two days from their winter holidays in Buenos Aires and go shopping for books, largely on Corrientes…
Your Thursday Briefing
New details from a deadly shooting.
11 Newborns Killed in Hospital Fire, Senegal’s Leader Says
At least 11 newborns were killed after a fire tore through a neonatal unit of a regional hospital in the West African nation of Senegal, the country’s president, Macky Sall,…
Gambia Says it Will Prosecute Former President for Murder
BANJUL, Gambia — Many of the Gambian citizens who testified in recent years that their former president was responsible for a wide range of atrocities never thought they would…
A Doomed River Crossing Shows the Perils of Entrapment in the War’s East
BELOKHOROVKE, Ukraine — Out on the riverbank, the scene of mayhem unfolded under a baking spring sun: blown-up tanks, the detritus of pontoon bridges, heaps of branches shorn…
After Mass Gun Killings, Other Nations Changed Course — to Notable Effect
The world over, mass shootings are frequently met with a common response: Officials impose new restrictions on gun ownership. Mass shootings become rarer. Homicides and suicides…
Some universities and schools in the U.S. are reimposing indoor mask mandates.
As coronavirus cases have increased across the United States, some universities and public school systems have reimposed indoor mask mandates on their campuses, a sign that while…
Your Thursday Briefing: A Texas School Shooting
Good morning. We’re covering a school shooting in Texas, Russia’s narrowed focus in Ukraine’s east and diplomacy in Africa. A deadly school shooting in Texas Nineteen…
E. Gerald Corrigan, Who Helped Ease ’87 Stock Crash, Dies at 80
E. Gerald Corrigan, who as the aggressive president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank helped cushion Wall Street’s crash in the late 1980s, died on May 17 in a memory-care…
E. Gerald Corrigan, Who Helped Ease ’87 Stock Crash, Dies at 80
E. Gerald Corrigan, who as the aggressive president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank helped cushion Wall Street’s crash in the late 1980s, died on May 17 in a memory-care…
Israel Tells U.S. It Killed Iranian Officer, Official Says
At the funeral in Tehran for a colonel in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, thousands of mourners packed the streets around the cemetery chanting “Death to Israel” and…
In the U.S., Backlash to Civil Rights Era Made Guns a Political 3rd-Rail
I am a mother of two young children, and I wish I could say that the pain that parents in Uvalde, Texas, feel this morning is unimaginable to me. But the truth is it that although…
Johnson Says He’s Humbled by ‘Partygate’ Report but Will Go On
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson presided over a disorderly workplace in which there were rampant violations of coronavirus restrictions, according to a long-awaited…
Video: Parliament Scrutizines Boris Johnson Over ‘Partygate’ Report Findings
The Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer, denounced the “hubris” of Boris Johnson’s government, while the leader of the Scottish National Party in Westminster, Ian Blackford,…
Video: Johnson Says He’s Been ‘Humbled,’ Following Sue Gray Report
After the release of a report into lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain apologized to lawmakers, but reiterated that he did not…
Dozens of Migrants Die After Boat Sinks Off Tunisian Coast
Seventy-six migrants were presumed dead after their boat, which departed from Libya, sank off the coast of Tunisia, the United Nations migration agency said on Wednesday.…
Putin visits the wounded at a military hospital in Moscow, in a first since the Ukraine invasion.
President Vladimir V. Putin visited wounded soldiers on Wednesday and announced a raft of new social welfare measures and military benefits — an apparent effort to show Russians…
‘Not Again’: A Weary Europe Greets Monkeypox With a Touch of Fatalism
LONDON — With the cost of living soaring, a devastating war in Ukraine and the coronavirus still circulating, many Europeans had already been feeling anxious and drained. Then…
‘Quantum Internet’ Inches Closer With Advance in Data Teleportation
From Santa Barbara, Calif., to Hefei, China, scientists are developing a new kind of computer that will make today’s machines look like toys. Harnessing the mysterious powers of…
Putin visits the wounded at a military hospital in Moscow, in a first since the Ukraine invasion.
The Kremlin on Wednesday released brief clips of President Vladimir V. Putin visiting the wounded at a military hospital in Moscow, the first time he has made such a visit since…
Video: Pope Francis Calls for Gun Control After Texas School Shooting
Pope Francis was among the many world leaders commenting on the massacre, saying he was “heartbroken” by the killing of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in…
China Seeks Sweeping Regional Deal With Pacific Island Countries
SYDNEY, Australia — China is pursuing a regional agreement with Pacific island nations that would expand Beijing’s role in policing, maritime cooperation and cybersecurity…
Biden Administration, Settling a Long Fight, Plans to Block a Mine in Alaska
In 2020, the Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit for the project that was seen as critical for it to proceed. The company seeking to build the mine, the Pebble Limited…