Category: World
In Taiwan, Voters Choose President as China Tensions Loom
The Taiwanese politician Lai Ching-te has for years been reviled by China’s Communist Party as a dangerous foe who, by its account, could drag the…
New York Food Delivery Workers, Overlooked in Life, Are Honored in Death
After the brass band packed up its instruments, Sergio Solano and two other food delivery workers walked a white bicycle to an overpass within view…
Israel-Hamas War Live Updates: Houthi Attack in Red Sea Is Shot Down
As he toured the Middle East this week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken sounded optimistic on the prospect of Arab governments joining together to…
Christian Oliver, ‘Speed Racer’ Actor, Dies in Plane Crash
The film and television actor Christian Oliver, his two children and a pilot were killed on Thursday when the small plane they were traveling in…
Japan Earthquake Survivor in Her 90s Rescued After Five Days
Police and other rescue workers pulled a woman in her 90s out from under a collapsed house on Saturday in western Japan, five days after…
Canada’s Boreal Forests Badly Damaged by Logging
Canada has long promoted itself globally as a model for protecting one of the country’s most vital natural resources: the world’s largest swath of boreal…
Killing of Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut Carries Risks for Israel: Israel-Hamas Live Updates
Many Israelis welcomed the assassination of a top Hamas official in Beirut as a necessary, even inevitable, step in the campaign to destroy Hamas that…
Ana Ofelia Murguía, Mexican Actress and Voice in Disney’s ‘Coco,’ Dies, 90
Ana Ofelia Murguía, one of Mexico’s most acclaimed actresses, whose voice acting as Mama Coco in Disney’s animated movie “Coco” brought her international recognition, died…
At These Schools, Arab and Jewish Students Share Their Feelings, With Each Other
In a classroom decorated with Hebrew and Arabic letters, a group of third graders — their eyes closed, their hands placed facing up on their…
The Year in People: Our 12 Favorite Saturday Profiles of 2023
A teenager jailed in Egypt, determined to bear witness to the abuses he suffered during years of detention. A proponent of peace in Colombia, shadowed…