‘We Have Been Going Backward’
Central Tehran is ablaze this week with posters and billboards of the six candidates in Friday’s presidential election, and the streets are jammed with buses...
From Hacker to Hunted Figure, the Polarizing Legacy of Julian Assange
In his two-decade odyssey from Australian hacker to new-age media celebrity, hunted figure, perennial prisoner and finally, a free man, Julian Assange has always been...
Trump Eyes Bigger Trade War in Second Term
In March 2018, a day after announcing sweeping tariffs on metals imported from America’s allies and adversaries alike, President Donald J. Trump took to social...
The Etiquette of Remembering Your Friend’s Pet’s Name
Kiyomi Lowe regularly hears people mispronounce her name or sometimes forget it altogether. “I get Naomi, Kaiomi, sometimes Kimmy,” she said. It doesn’t bother her:...
Thursday Briefing
Thursday Briefing...
The King and Keir: Is Charles About to Get a Prime Minister He Likes?
Nearly 20 years ago, a wry young human rights lawyer, Keir Starmer, told a documentary filmmaker that it had struck him as “odd” to receive...
North Korea Says It Tested Multi-Warhead Missile Technology
North Korea said for the first time on Thursday that it had tested technology for launching several nuclear warheads with a single missile, days after...
Bolivia’s Military Is Accused of ‘Coup Attempt’
Bolivia’s Military Is Accused of ‘Coup Attempt’...
Thursday Briefing: Evan Gershkovich’s Trial
Evan Gershkovich’s trial began in Russia Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter and a U.S. citizen, has already endured 15 months in a notorious...
Bolivia’s Military Accused of Coup Attempt
Members of Bolivia’s military gathered on Wednesday outside the presidential palace, the country’s president, Luis Arce, said on the social media platform X, in what...
Brazil Becomes the Largest Nation to Decriminalize Marijuana
Brazil decriminalized marijuana for personal use on Wednesday, making the nation of 203 million the largest to take such a measure and the latest sign...
I.C.C. Convicts Senior Jihadist Police Leader of Atrocities in Timbuktu
Judges at the International Criminal Court convicted a Malian jihadist on Wednesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during a nine-month occupation by...
What the Court’s Ruling on Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox Means for Israel
The Israeli Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday that ended a decades-old exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews from serving in the country’s military could herald a seismic...
What the Court’s Ruling on Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox Means for Israel
The Israeli Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday that ended a decades-old exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews from serving in the country’s military could herald a seismic...