Kim Jong-un Offers South Korea Rare Apology for Killing of Official
ImageKim Jong-un in a photo released by North Korean state media this month. Mr. Kim said he was “deeply sorry” for the killing of a...
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Israel Tightens Holiday Lockdown, Restricting Prayers and Protests
JERUSALEM — Warning that his country could be approaching “the edge of the abyss,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu imposed an even tighter lockdown than the...
Battles Over Voting Rules Fuel Concern About Postelection Fights
With less than six weeks until Election Day, laws governing how Americans vote remain in flux in many battleground states, with the two parties locked...
N.J. Will Borrow $4.5 Billion as Pandemic Pain Hits States
New Jersey officials on Thursday approved a budget that hinges on borrowing $4.5 billion to cover basic operating costs, making the state one of the...
Trump Wants You to Think You Can’t Get Rid of Him
Living under a president who daily defiles his office and glories in transgressing the norms holding democracy together is numbing and enervating. It’s not emotionally...
China Has a New Plan to Tame Tibet
Before Xinjiang, there was Tibet. Repressive policies tested there between 2012 and 2016 were then applied to the Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in northwestern...
Political Incompetence Can Be as Deadly as Covid-19
MADRID — Politicians here seem to be mystified as to why Spain is, once again, the European country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. They...
China’s Pledge to Be Carbon Neutral by 2060: What It Means
Environmentalists have welcomed the pledge by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to speed up reductions in emissions in the world’s top-polluting nation and reach carbon neutrality...
In the Epicenter of Mexico’s Coronavirus Epicenter, Feeling Like a ‘Trapped Animal’
IZTAPALAPA, MEXICO — The man in the vegetable stall next to Christopher Arriaga’s died first. A longtime customer was next, then another. A few days...
Belarus Needs New Elections, Says Opposition Leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
Video by Alexander Stockton and Adam B. Ellick Video My husband was jailed for daring to run against our president. So I ran in his...