Mediators Push to Restore Cease-Fire in Gaza After Overnight Strikes
GAZA CITY — International mediators stepped up efforts Wednesday to broker a longer-term truce between Israel and Hamas, the militant group that dominates the Gaza Strip, after…
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An 18th-century villa is again a stage for history.
A storied villa on the shores of Lake Geneva is sometimes described as having “a certain sense of mystery about it,” but there was little mystery this week about why the…
A Guide to Ranked-Choice Voting
New York City’s mayoral campaign is one of the highest profile instances of a ranked-choice election in the U.S. Rather than selecting only one candidate, voters can instead…
American tourists could soon be allowed freer travel to Europe.
The European Union is expected to recommend lifting the ban on nonessential travel for visitors from the United States on Friday, opening for American tourists just in time for…
China Denies Radiation Leak at Reactor but Admits Fuel Rod Damage
SHANGHAI — The Chinese government said on Wednesday that “about five” of the uranium fuel rods inside a nuclear power plant in southeastern China had been damaged, but added…
Encounters With Ghosts on Georgia’s Golden Isles
Into the swamp Stories of slave revolts at once inspire and sadden me. Not long ago, I read that some enslaved Black people who managed to escape plantation life headed into the…
Biden is expected to raise issues of human rights and digital disruption.
President Biden and his aides have been careful to lower expectations for the blockbuster part of his first trip abroad as president: his meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin…
Zimbabwe Releases Local Reporter Working for The New York Times
JOHANNESBURG — A freelance reporter working for The New York Times was granted bail and released from a Zimbabwe jail on Wednesday, three weeks after the authorities arrested…
North Korea Is Facing a ‘Tense’ Food Shortage
SEOUL — North Korea is bracing itself for a possible food crisis in the coming months. Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, issued a rare warning about a “tense” food…
Where Did Hideki Tojo’s Body Go After His Execution? A Mystery Is Solved.
For more than 70 years, the location of the remains of Hideki Tojo, the Japanese prime minister who led his country’s war effort during World War II, had been an enduring…
Your Wednesday Briefing
Days into new government, Israeli planes bomb Gaza The Israeli military conducted airstrikes in the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, in response to incendiary balloons sent into…
Biden Names U.S. Ambassador Nominees to Israel and Mexico
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Tuesday announced his long-awaited first slate of ambassadors, including his nominees for key posts to Mexico, Israel and NATO, as he made his…
In Geneva, Putin Wants Respect. Biden Might Just Give Him Some.
GENEVA — When President Biden, standing at NATO headquarters on Monday, referred to President Vladimir V. Putin as “a worthy adversary,” ears perked up in Moscow. The…
Israel ends its indoor mask mandate after a robust vaccination campaign.
Israel will no longer require people to wear masks indoors, removing one of the country’s last remaining coronavirus restrictions as infections continue to decline there,…
Your Wednesday Briefing
We’re covering cycles of restriction and isolation amid lagging vaccine rates in Asia, and hopeful but cautious dynamics ahead of Biden and Putin meeting. Asia was the pandemic…
Video: Israeli Far-Right Groups March in Palestinian Areas of Jerusalem
Far-right Jewish activists waved flags and marched through Palestinian areas of Jerusalem on Tuesday. Controversy over the demonstration’s approval was a first test of frailties…
Video: Israeli Police Detain Palestinians Ahead of Far-Right Flag March
Several Palestinians were arrested in Jerusalem on Tuesday as Israeli police cleared the route of a far-right Jewish march through Palestinian neighborhoods which celebrates…
Once, Superpower Summits Were About Nukes. Now, It’s Cyberweapons.
GENEVA — For 70 years, meetings between American presidents and Soviet or Russian leaders were dominated by one looming threat: the vast nuclear arsenals that the two nations…
China, Its Military Might Expanding, Accuses NATO of Hypocrisy
China’s former leader, Deng Xiaoping, famously used an old proverb to describe the country’s foreign policy after the end of the Cold War: “Hide our strength, bide our…
China, Its Military Might Expanding, Accuses NATO of Hypocrisy
China’s former leader, Deng Xiaoping, famously used an old proverb to describe the country’s foreign policy after the end of the Cold War: “Hide our strength, bide our…
Hungary Adopts Child Sex Abuse Law That Also Targets L.G.B.T. Community
BUDAPEST — Hungary’s Parliament voted on Tuesday to adopt legislation that would increase sentences for sex crimes against children, but critics say the law is being used to…
Hungary Adopts Child Sex Abuse Law That Also Targets L.G.B.T. Community
BUDAPEST — Hungary’s Parliament voted on Tuesday to adopt legislation that would increase sentences for sex crimes against children, but critics say the law is being used to…
Police Suspended for Jailing Workers Who Denied Them Free Food
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The burger restaurant would seem to have little power against the police. Local officers had grown accustomed to getting free food from its intimidated…
Russia, Once a Space Superpower, Turns to China for Missions
Luna 27 and Chang’e-6, for example, are planned to drill into the surface and return samples to Earth — a feat China already accomplished last December with Chang’e-5 and…
Far-Right March Tests New Israeli Coalition, Amid Hamas Threats
JERUSALEM — Israel’s fragile new coalition government faced a first test of its unity after it gave permission for far-right Jewish activists to march through Palestinian…
Scientists Report Earliest Known Coronavirus Infections in Five U.S. States
When did the coronavirus arrive in the United States? The first infection was confirmed on Jan. 21, 2020, in a resident of Washington State who had recently returned from Wuhan,…
Scientists Report Earliest Known Coronavirus Infections in Five U.S. States
When did the coronavirus arrive in the United States? The first infection was confirmed on Jan. 21, 2020, in a resident of Washington State who had recently returned from Wuhan,…
Suicide Blast at Military Training Camp in Somalia Targets New Recruits
MOGADISHU — At least 10 people were killed and 20 wounded in an attack on a Somali Army training camp where new recruits were gathering on Tuesday morning, the authorities said,…
Unvaccinated in Pakistan? You might lose your cellphone service.
Concerned about the slow pace of coronavirus vaccinations, the Pakistani authorities have decided to take drastic measures, including blocking people’s cellphone service in two…
Fake coronavirus tests may have helped fuel Indian outbreaks.
The Indian authorities launched an investigation after an internal government report concluded that some private agencies responsible for coronavirus testing on pilgrims at a…
