South Africa Runs Out of Insulin Pens as Global Supply Shifts to Weight-Loss Drugs
South Africa’s public health care system has run out of the human insulin pens that it provides to people with diabetes, as the pharmaceutical industry...
As President Takes Oath, 4 Challenges for South Africa’s New Government
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa is scheduled to be sworn in on Wednesday for a second term, launching an administration that will be unlike...
Wednesday Briefing
Wednesday Briefing...
Putin and Kim Jong-un, Autocrats Brought Closer by War, Meet in Pyongyang
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, in his first visit to the country in nearly a quarter-century on...
Who Owns Alexander the Great? It’s a Diplomatic Minefield.
The center of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, a Balkan country born just 33 years ago as an independent state, is awash in history....
Nancy Pelosi Meets With Dalai Lama, Despite China’s Criticism
A high-level U.S. congressional delegation, including the former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, met with the Dalai Lama at his Indian home on Wednesday, a visit...
Tom Cole, House G.O.P. Spending Chief, Prevails Against Right-Wing Challenger
Representative Tom Cole, the veteran Oklahoma Republican and chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, fended off a primary challenge on Tuesday from a well-funded right-wing...
Wednesday Briefing: Biden’s Plan to Help 500,000 Immigrants
Biden will give protections to undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens President Biden announced sweeping new legal protections yesterday for undocumented immigrants who have been living...
Split by Politics and Protests, Georgia Lets Soccer Carry the Flag
Georgia’s road to its first game in the European soccer championship had been a long one, more than 30 years in the making. So when...
What Is Israel’s Daily Pause in Some Combat, and Is It Helping Gazans Get Aid?
Has the pause made a difference? Aid groups say the pause has appeared to take hold, but will not automatically translate into the free flow...
A Massacre Threatens Darfur — Again
This is one of the main cities in Darfur, a region once synonymous with genocide. Now, it is on the brink of another catastrophe. A...
Putin Will Head to North Korea as Ukraine War Redefines Ties With Kim
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will head to North Korea for the first time in 24 years on Tuesday after vowing to bring ties...
French Court Strikes Down Ban of Israeli Companies at Arms Show
A court in Paris ruled on Tuesday that France’s decision to bar Israeli companies from one of the world’s largest weapons shows was discriminatory and...
Kenyans Protest Proposed Tax Hikes
Hundreds of Kenyans flocked to the center of the capital, Nairobi, on Tuesday to protest a proposed finance bill that many fear will significantly raise...