In Nahel M., a Stranger Killed by Police, French Protesters See Friend and Kin
They called him their son, their brother, their friend, and they came by the thousands to grieve, to vent and to revolt. Most of the...
As Putin Poses for Selfies, U.S. Says Russia May Have Detained a Top General
Days after an aborted rebellion in Russia by a mercenary group presented a dramatic challenge to his leadership, President Vladimir V. Putin made highly choreographed...
Can Russia Tame Wagner in Africa Without Destroying It?
Hours after Yevgeny V. Prigozhin and his Wagner mercenary group ended their rebellion on Saturday, officials with the Russian Foreign Ministry phoned the president of...
Your Friday Briefing: Top U.S. Court Rules Against Affirmative Action
A blow to affirmative action in the U.S. The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that race-based admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina...
Russia Appears to Have Detained Surovikin in Post-Mutiny Crackdown, U.S. Says
U.S. officials, citing early intelligence reports, say that Russian authorities appear to have detained a top general under suspicion that he was involved in or...
3 People Are Stabbed in a University Gender Studies Class in Canada
A recent graduate of the University of Waterloo in Ontario was charged with assault on Thursday, accused of stabbing a professor and two students in...
Is Botswana Getting a Raw Deal From De Beers Diamonds?
Botswana produces more of the world’s diamonds than any country but Russia. But Botswana, a small landlocked nation in southern Africa, keeps only 25 percent...
Sweden Is Condemned in the Muslim World for Allowing Burning of Quran
The burning of a Quran outside a mosque in Sweden on one of the holiest days in Islam sparked outrage Thursday in many Muslim countries...
Even King Charles Is Feeling Pinched by Rising Prices
LONDON — King Charles III has vowed to streamline the royal family, which would make it less of a burden on British taxpayers. But a...
What to Know About Canada’s Exceptional Wildfire Season
Follow our live updates on the Canadian wildfires and air quality. Canada is burning. That, at least, is the perception around the world as hundreds...
Russia’s Storied Tchaikovsky Competition Is Diminished by War
The International Tchaikovsky Competition, one of the world’s most prestigious music contests, is typically a bustling, Olympics-style gathering that every four years brings talented young...
Mexico’s Heat Wave Raises Concerns for Deaths and Energy Grid
The heat wave scorching Texas and other parts of the United States has also brought triple-digit temperatures across Mexico, especially in the country’s northern states....
On Ukraine’s Front Lines – The New York Times
The Wagner paramilitary group’s brief mutiny in Russia and the fallout from it has eclipsed attention on the war in Ukraine over the past few...
Israel’s Push to Expand West Bank Settlements, Explained
Efforts by Israel to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank have intensified this year, reflecting the agenda of the country’s right-wing government and...