Mexico Joins List of Latin American Nations That Have Elected Female Presidents
The presidential election in the United States this year is, yet again, a contest between two men. But in Latin America, as Mexico’s milestone election...
Floods Break Dams and Submerge Highways in Southern Germany
After a weekend of heavy rains, severe floods in regions of southern Germany led several towns to declare states of emergency and to evacuate their...
Brexit Champion Says He’ll Run for Parliament, Jolting U.K. Election
Nigel Farage, the pro-Brexit campaigner and serial disrupter of British politics, announced plans on Monday to run as a candidate in Britain’s general election next...
In Delhi’s Parched Slums, Life Hangs on a Hose and a Prayer
Before the water tanker rolled into one of New Delhi’s largest slums, Arvind Kumar was pacing between the gate of a public school and a...
Israel’s Offensive in Southern Gaza Strains Ties With Egypt: Live Updates
Top News For weeks, talk-show hosts and newspaper columnists across Egypt’s government-managed media spoke with one voice: Any Israeli “occupation” of the Philadelphi Corridor, a...
A Myanmar Rebel Group Is Accused of Persecuting Rohingya
International courts are still investigating the Myanmar military’s slaughter of the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that the United States has called a genocide....
In Former Soviet States, a Tug of War Between East and West
In Georgia, protesters waving European Union flags have rallied against what they see as their pro-Russia leaders. Moldova’s government is pushing to join the bloc,...
What Are Eco-Friendly Ways to Control Backyard Bugs?
The National Pest Management Association, a trade group, defends backyard spraying, citing the importance of controlling diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks. “Trained pest control...
Another Milestone in Mexico: Its First Jewish President
Mexico elected its first Jewish president over the weekend, a remarkable step in a country with one of the world’s largest Catholic populations. Yet if...
In Former Soviet States, a Tug of War Between East and West
In Georgia, protesters waving European Union flags have rallied against what they see as their pro-Russia leaders. Moldova’s government is pushing to join the bloc,...
Mexico Elects Its First Female President
new video loaded: Mexico Elects Its First Female President Claudia Sheinbaum was projected to win the presidential race in a landslide victory, which was a...
Arrest Threatens Nepal’s Standing as South Asia’s Model for Free Speech
In a region sliding toward authoritarianism one country after another, the small Himalayan nation of Nepal was a shining exception. Political debates remained largely free,...
What to Know About Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s Newly Elected President
Claudia Sheinbaum’s list of accolades is long: She has a Ph.D in energy engineering, participated in a United Nations panel of climate scientists awarded a...
Monday Briefing
South Africa rejected the party that ended apartheid The African National Congress lost its political monopoly in South Africa for the first time since vanquishing...