The punishments for Mr. Lai, a media tycoon, and other leaders over an unauthorized peaceful protest point to what critics say is the shrinking space for dissent in Hong Kong.
Khaleel Seivwright built himself a wooden shanty while living on a West Coast commune. Then he started building similar lodgings for homeless people in Toronto to survive the winter.
The prince’s death is the monarchy’s dress rehearsal for the far more consequential passing of the queen, a reckoning that seems likely to reverberate in British history.
The Russian government announced the diplomats’ expulsion and a travel ban for some U.S. officials in a response to sanctions. But the moves, so far, seem intended to avoid escalation.
Pakistan’s military stayed allied to both the Americans and Taliban. But now the country may face intensified extremism at home as a result of a perceived Taliban victory.
Paraguay desperately needs Covid-19 vaccines, which China could supply. That has led the South American nation to reconsider its relationship with Taiwan, which precludes it from dealing with Beijing.
By Ernesto Londo?o
PhotoCreditZhao Tianqi/Visual China Group, via Getty Images
John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, is pressing China to do more to address global warming. But he faces an emboldened Beijing leadership that thinks the United States has lagged behind.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany will exit the world stage in less than six months, and the fight for her seat is pitting the leaders of two sister parties against one another.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is the first foreign leader to be invited to the Biden White House, where he is likely to be pressed to more fully address Beijing’s threat to stability in the region.
By Motoko Rich
PhotoCreditEuropean Union Delegation in Vienna, via Getty Images
Another round of Vienna talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear accord is considered to be positive despite an apparent Israeli attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility.
?Qué pasará con las mujeres y las minorías? ?Es posible que el presidente afgano se aferre al poder? Estas y otras dudas apremiantes surgen en un país temeroso al empezar a retirarse el ejército de Estados Unidos.
Hace casi un cuarto de siglo, un acuerdo político ayudó a pacificar Irlanda del Norte después de décadas de amargo conflicto. Pero nuevos problemas están despertando viejas enemistades.
En comparación con el a?o anterior, cuando las mezquitas de todo el mundo estaban cerradas debido al coronavirus, esta vez habrá restricciones —pero también familiares y amigos— en el mes santo.
El ataque a una ni?a de 13 a?os en Venezuela y el arresto de su madre y la profesora que la ayudaron a interrumpir el embarazo han suscitado un debate nacional sobre la legalización del aborto en el país.
By Julie Turkewitz,?Isayen Herrera and Meridith Kohut
Aunque desde hace mucho los viajeros han tenido que demostrar que están vacunados para ciertas enfermedades, el registro se está sofisticando y los expertos predicen que la verificación electrónica será habitual.
Developers knocked down the Carlton Tavern six years ago to make way for luxury apartments. After a legal fight, they were ordered to rebuild it, brick by brick.
The island’s Indigenous hunting cultures are circumscribed by ancient rituals and modern legal restrictions. We join a hunt as Taiwan’s constitutional court considers a case on Indigenous rights.
Groups of boars have become an unavoidable presence in Haifa. Some human residents are charmed, but others are annoyed or frightened and now carry sticks on walks.
The pi?ata industry, dependent on social gatherings, has seen sales plummet. Some artisans, in a creative bid to survive, have added coronavirus figures to their lineups of superheros and princesses.
