What Caused the Beirut Explosion? What We Know
A pair of explosions, the second much bigger than the first, struck the city of Beirut early Tuesday evening, killing at least 100 people, wounding...
Tag : Politics and Government
New Nominations to U.K. House of Lords Raise Old Concerns of Cronyism
LONDON — One is a Russian-born British newspaper baron whose father was once a K.G.B. officer. Another is a retired cricket player who goes by...
Colombia Supreme Court Orders Ex-President Álvaro Uribe Detained
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombia’s Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday the detention of a former president and longtime giant of Colombian politics, Álvaro Uribe, amid an...
Is Microsoft Sure It Wants to Buy TikTok?
Microsoft has emerged in recent days as the leading suitor for the fast-growing but embattled social media app TikTok. What the company may be buying...
N.Y.C. Health Commissioner Resigns After Clashes With Mayor Over Virus
New York City’s health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, resigned on Tuesday in protest over her “deep disappointment” with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s handling of the...
Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline Snag Biggest Coronavirus Vaccine Deal Yet
The French drug maker Sanofi said on Friday that it had secured an agreement of up to $2.1 billion to supply the U.S. federal government...
When Covid Subsided, Israel Reopened Its Schools. It Didn’t Go Well.
JERUSALEM — As the United States and other countries anxiously consider how to reopen schools, Israel, one of the first countries to do so, illustrates...
‘I Am Scared’: Italian Sex Workers Face Poverty and Illness In the Pandemic
MILAN — When the mayor of Modica, a Sicilian town known for its chocolates and churches, learned that a sex worker in the area had...
Juan Carlos, Spain’s Former King, Quits Country Amid Multiple Investigations
The former king of Spain, Juan Carlos, announced on Monday he was abandoning his country amid a Spanish court investigation into a lucrative business contract...
Poland’s Supreme Court Declares Presidential Election Valid
Poland’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the results of President Andrzej Duda’s narrow victory in presidential elections last month, the country’s closest contest since the...