Vladimir Putin Thinks He Can Get Away With Anything
It is now an established fact, confirmed by laboratories in Germany, France and Sweden, that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent developed...
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‘I Live Like an American Here!’
HAMBURG, Germany — A Turkish friend told me the other day about his summer travels to his home region in southeastern Anatolia, a particularly poverty-stricken...
How a Savior of Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, Became Its Captive
KIGALI, Rwanda — As the manager of a five-star hotel where 1,268 people sheltered from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina was known for...
War Crime Risk Grows for U.S. Over Saudi Strikes in Yemen
WASHINGTON — The civilian death toll from Saudi Arabia’s disastrous air war over Yemen was steadily rising in 2016 when the State Department’s legal office...
At U.S.A.I.D., Juggling Political Priorities and Pandemic Response
WASHINGTON — The coronavirus was spreading around the world, and officials at the United States Agency for International Development were anxious to rush humanitarian aid...
George Bizos, Anti-Apartheid Lawyer Who Defended Mandela, Dies at 92
George Bizos, who fled the Nazi occupation of his native Greece at age 13 to become one of South Africa’s most prominent human rights lawyers,...
The Best Answer to Chaos in Bolivia Is Socialism
Bolivia is moving ever closer to the edge of a military regime. At every turn since Evo Morales was ousted last November, the interim president,...
Why Calls to Boycott ‘Mulan’ Over Concerns About China Are Growing
Disney’s live-action remake of “Mulan” has drawn a fresh wave of criticism for being filmed partly in Xinjiang, the region in China where Uighur Muslims...
U.S. May Ban Cotton From Xinjiang Region of China Over Rights Concerns
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is weighing a ban on some or all products made with cotton from the Xinjiang region of China, a move...
Joe Biden’s China Journey
WASHINGTON — On a steamy August day along the Chinese coast, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. stepped off a minibus at a seaside compound for...