HONG KONG — The 65-year-old woman crouches in a field and holds up a head of cabbage. Behind her, two friends sway back and forth, cucumber and radish in their hands. “This rotten cabbage, let’s pull it out, eat it, achieve some foodie freedom,” Guo Yifen, the woman with the cabbage, raps in a low […]
Month: November 2022
Ukraine Raids Holy Site Amid Suspicion of Orthodox Church Tied to Moscow
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian security services on Tuesday raided one of the holiest sites for Orthodox Christians, saying they were scouring a 1,000-year-old monastery in the heart of Kyiv for Russian saboteurs among the clerics and weapons amid the relics, even as pilgrims prayed in the caves below. The hunt for Russian spies at […]
Photos from China’s Latest Covid-19 Lockdowns
Less than a month after softening pandemic restrictions, China has reinstated some “zero-Covid” policies in an effort to control a new wave of infections surging across the country. Covid-19 cases have climbed almost every day since late October, and China recently recorded its first coronavirus-related death in months. In response, officials have closed businesses, resumed […]
Ukrainian Raid on Monastery Sharpens Conflict Over Russian Church: Live Updates
The skyline in Frankfurt, Germany. Europe, North America and South America are expected to be hardest hit next year by a range of economic issues, the O.E.C.D. said.Credit…Michael Probst/Associated Press Higher inflation and slower growth are the heavy price that the global economy is paying for Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Organization for Economic Cooperation […]
China Factory Fire Kills 38
A fire swept through a two-story factory in central China on Monday, killing 38 people in one of the most deadly fires in the country in recent years. According to a statement from local officials, the fire started at around 4 p.m. at Kaixinda Trading, a wholesaler that deals in a range of goods, in […]
UN Inspectors Report New Shelling Damage at Zaporizhzhia Plant
International nuclear inspectors reported significant damage from weekend shelling at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant but found key equipment intact and “no immediate nuclear safety or security concerns,” the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday. Even so, the scope of the damage “is a major cause of concern as it clearly demonstrates the sheer intensity of […]
Powerful Earthquake Kills at Least 162 in Indonesia; Toll Expected to Mount
BANGKOK — A powerful earthquake struck Indonesia’s main island of Java on Monday, killing at least 162 people, injuring hundreds more and shaking tall buildings in the capital, Jakarta, 60 miles away. Many people were believed to be still trapped beneath the rubble, leading to fears that the death toll would sharply increase. The magnitude […]
UN Stresses Need to Protect Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant: Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates
The aftermath of a deadly Russian missile attack in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, in July.Credit…Efrem Lukatsky/Associated Press At least 437 children are among more than 8,300 civilians who have been killed in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February, the country’s prosecutor general said on Saturday in a grim new accounting of the war’s toll. […]
Would You Pay $1,000 to See the World’s Biggest Lizards?
PADAR ISLAND, Indonesia — The tourists arrived by the boatload, ready to climb 900 steps to the summit of remote Padar Island for their sunrise reward: a sweeping vista of turquoise bays set off by white-sand beaches. In the distance, they could see Komodo Island, where the world’s largest lizard, the fearsome Komodo dragon, roams […]
Canada Imposes Sanctions on Haiti’s Former Leader and Other Officials
Canada announced sanctions on a slew of powerful politicians in Haiti over the weekend, part of a broad push to punish officials believed to have ties to the increasingly dominant gangs terrorizing the Caribbean nation. Among those targeted by the measures was Michel Martelly, who was president from 2011 to 2016 and remains influential in […]