‘A Terrible Tragedy’: Uganda Reels From Deadly Terrorist Attack
The militants reached the private boarding school compound just before midnight, as students were going to bed, on a partly cloudy night in a small...
Pope Francis Thanks Well-Wishers for Support During Hospital Stay
Pope Francis prayed with a crowd of thousands in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, two days after he was discharged from a Rome hospital, giving...
The Taliban Government Runs on WhatsApp. There’s Just One Problem.
Late one night two months ago, a team of Taliban security officers assembled on the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital to prepare for a raid on...
The Tyranny of Relentless Positivity
I spend a lot of time — maybe you do, too — thinking about happiness. What is it? How can I get more of it?...
10 Minutes From Their Destination, a Crash Took Their Lives
It was supposed to be a fun escape: a group of elderly people from a sleepy town in Manitoba traveling by bus to a casino...
Readers in Asia: Tell Us About Your Hometown’s Foods
I love talking about the foods of New York City, where I was born and raised. But that’s not just bagels and pizza. Instead, when...
Addicts Went in for Treatment. Instead They Were Enslaved.
The Indonesian anti-corruption investigators began hunting for the powerful local official after they caught two of his aides taking a $40,000 bribe. Their six-month investigation...
Reading Spy Fiction, and About Those Who Wrote It
A friend asked me recently how I managed to read all the things I recommend in my Friday newsletter. Was this newsletter a collective effort,...
Uruguay Has a Large Bronze Nazi Eagle. It’s Turning It Into a Dove.
An approximately 700-pound bronze Nazi eagle that once adorned a German warship and in recent years became the subject of a court case in Uruguay...
Irma Capece Minutolo, Opera Singer and Partner to Exiled King, Dies at 87
Irma Capece Minutolo, a Neapolitan beauty queen and opera singer whose relationship with the exiled Egyptian king and world-renowned hedonist Farouk I became fodder for...
Deadnaming Children Would Be Allowed Under School Policy
For almost two years, the province of New Brunswick has had a policy that required teachers to use the preferred names and genders of schoolchildren....
As Floodwaters Recede, Ukrainian Authorities Brace for Possible Disease Outbreaks
Nearly two weeks after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southeastern Ukraine the floodwaters are receding, but local officials are grappling with a new...
Russia, Learning From Costly Mistakes, Shifts Battlefield Tactics
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — The team of soldiers had been out of their Ukrainian armored personnel carrier for only a matter of minutes when the tree line...
At Least 11 Killed as Storm Batters Brazil With Heavy Rain
A winter storm slammed the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul with torrential rain on Friday, killing 11 people, leaving 20 missing and...