Venezuela Opposition Figure, Long Confined, Flees Country
The Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López fled the country Saturday after spending the past six years in jail, house arrest and diplomatic asylum, his...
Venezuela Opposition Figure, Long Confined, Flees Country
The Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López fled the country Saturday after spending the past six years in jail, house arrest and diplomatic asylum, his...
As Lawlessness Roils Nigeria, Police Chief Vows to Take Back Streets
LAGOS — Nigeria’s police chief on Saturday ordered the mobilization of all police resources to reclaim public space after more than two weeks of...
After pausing for safety concerns, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have...
Late-stage coronavirus vaccine trials run by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have resumed in the United States after the companies said Friday that serious...
Turning 100, a Former Spanish Soldier Laments the Curse of His...
CARDEDEU, Spain — Andreu Canet turns 100 next month. And his birth year, as it turned out, was a curse.Having been drafted into Spain’s...
In South Korea, Draft Resisters Still Go to Prison. But Now...
SEOUL, South Korea — Like thousands of other Jehovah’s Witnesses who refused to join the military because of their religious beliefs, Lee Seung-ki will...
Deadly Explosion Hits Kabul Tutoring Center
KABUL, Afghanistan — A deadly explosion struck a tutoring center in Kabul on Saturday, puncturing a relatively peaceful period in the Afghan capital even...
Here’s a look at Vermont’s approach to the virus.
The starkest sign of Vermont’s success is that it has not recorded a single Covid-19 death in more than two months.Vermont is succeeding partly...
Covid-19 Deaths: The Price for Not Wearing Masks is Perhaps 130,000...
Universal mask use could prevent nearly 130,000 deaths from Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, in the United States through next spring, scientists...
Trump continues to take swipes at pandemic-stricken New York.
In the final weeks of the presidential race, President Trump cannot seem to stop harping on New York City.“Look at what’s happened to New...
Bangkok Is Engulfed by Protests. What’s Driving Them?
BANGKOK — Protests in Thailand that began as a student-led revolt against the military’s influence on the classroom have ballooned to encompass a sweeping...
‘We Need the Curfew to Avoid The Worst’: Milan Imposes Curfew
As coronavirus cases continue to rise across Italy, Milan has set a curfew to curb the rising cases in the region.
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Poland Becomes a “Red Zone’ as Coronavirus Cases Rise
Poland, which has reported 64,783 cases of the coronavirus in the past seven days, will enact a number of new restrictions, Prime Minister Mateusz...
Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
Hospitals are filling up. Again.In an ominous sign of the strength of latest coronavirus surge, hospitals across the U.S. and Europe are reaching capacity...
Oil Industry Expresses Concern, Not Alarm, About Biden Comments
The timing of the transition is hard to pin down, in part because the energy industry has been undergoing rapid change in recent years....
Libya’s Cease-Fire Agreement is ‘Fundamental’ to Ending Conflict, Says U.N.
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A Francophile’s Unexpected Love Affair With Canadian Wine
It began with grape-guzzling bears.I was on vacation in British Columbia’s pristinely beautiful Okanagan winemaking region this summer when I asked Severine Pinte, a...
How Bolivia Overcame a Crisis and Held a Clean Election
LA PAZ, Bolivia — As Election Day neared, candidates fretted over the possibility of fraud. Voters across Bolivia questioned the solidity of the electoral...
The Final Debate – The New York Times
Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up.Good morning. Biden and Trump meet in their final debate, and we break it down...
Libya’s Two Main Factions Agree to a Cease-Fire
GENEVA — Libya’s two main warring factions agreed to a cease-fire on Friday, raising hopes for an end to years of bloody turmoil that...
In Xi’s Homage to Korean War, a Jab at the U.S.
SEOUL, South Korea — First China’s leader, Xi Jinping, visited the national military museum in Beijing and hailed the country’s “victory in the war...
Your Friday Briefing – The New York Times
The final U.S. presidential debateIn their final debate before the U.S. election, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden offered starkly different forecasts...
Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
The virus is now ravaging rural areasUnlike the surges in the spring and summer, when cases were concentrated mainly in cities and suburbs, many...
Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say
The trends for older children are much harder to discern. But over all, they suggest a greater chance for infections to spread without careful...
Your Friday Briefing – The New York Times
Europe’s hospitals are filling upPoland has turned its largest stadium into an emergency field hospital. The numbers of Covid-19 patients in Belgium and Britain...
Neo Rauch’s New Rule: ‘Never Answer a Critic’
LEIPZIG, Germany — Last spring, the German newspaper Die Zeit received a surprising piece of reader mail, from Neo Rauch, one of the country’s...
The C.D.C. updates its definition of ‘close contact’ in relation to...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its definition of what it means to be in close contact with an infected person and...
In Munich, a Theater’s Ambitious New Era Starts Mid-Pandemic
Masks were the only things worn by the otherwise naked performers in “Habitat/Munich,” a dance piece choreographed by Doris Uhlich on one of the...
