SEOUL — North Korea started the new year by launching a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, as its ruling Workers’ Party wrapped up a meeting to discuss policy goals for 2023. The missile was fired from Pyongyang, the capital, at 2:50 a.m. on New Year’s Day and flew 248 miles before falling in waters off […]
Month: December 2022
Explosions Hit Ukraine as People Prepare for New Year’s Celebrations: Live Updates
Journalists held up signs listing the name of their media outlets to be called on to ask questions of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a news conference in Kyiv in April.Credit…David Guttenfelder for The New York Times President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Thursday signed into law a bill that expands the government’s regulatory […]
Pope Benedict XVI Dies – The New York Times
The retired Pope Benedict XVI, left, with Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2020.Credit…Vatican Media, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Pope Benedict XVI, the eminent German theologian and conservative enforcer of Roman Catholic Church doctrine who broke with almost 600 years of tradition by resigning and then living for nearly a decade behind Vatican […]
Juan Guaidó Is Voted Out as Leader of Venezuela’s Opposition
CARACAS, Venezuela — The opposition legislature in Venezuela voted on Friday to terminate its interim government, ending the leadership of Juan Guaidó, who for years had served as the face of resistance to the country’s authoritarian government. The vote was a blow to the United States, which had steadfastly backed Mr. Guaidó. It was the […]
Ukraine Defeats Russian Drone Swarm, as NATO Head Says Kyiv Needs More Arms
For the second day in a row, Russia launched an aerial barrage at Ukraine on Friday, but the Ukrainian military said it had intercepted all of the attacks, as the warring nations wage a lethal struggle of shifting offensive and defensive tactics. The latest assault used 16 Iranian-made drones overnight, all of which were shot […]
U.S. Saw Continuing Drop in Murders in 2022
At the start of this year, America’s crime trends looked grim: Murders had spiked at a record speed in 2020 and increased further in 2021. But now that the year is ending, it’s clear that the violence has eased. Murders in large U.S. cities are down more than 5 percent so far in 2022 compared […]
In the Pacific, Outcry Over Japan’s Plan to Release Fukushima Wastewater
To soothe Pacific concerns, Japanese authorities emphasize that their analysis shows that the wastewater plan is safe. Almost all radioactive particles will be removed from the wastewater before it is released, except for a hydrogen isotope called tritium that Japanese experts and others say poses a relatively low health risk. “By diluting the tritium/water mixture […]
How Bad Is China’s Covid Outbreak? It’s a Scientific Guessing Game.
As Covid barrels through China, scientists around the world are searching for clues about an outbreak with sprawling consequences — for the health of hundreds of millions of Chinese people, the global economy and the future of the pandemic. But in the absence of credible information from the Chinese government, it is a big scientific […]
White Men Charged in Attack on Black Teenagers at Pool in South Africa
Working-class white farmers frequently raise concerns about being killed or driven off their land. Black laborers have lamented the strenuous working conditions and unrealized promises of land ownership that were supposed to materialize in a democratic South Africa. After video of the violence at the pool surfaced, President Cyril Ramaphosa released a statement calling on […]
Ukraine Rocked as Russia Launches New Wave of Strikes: Live Updates
Russian strikes hit several locations in Kyiv and around Ukraine as Russia launched what appeared to be one of its biggest strikes to date.Credit…Laura Boushnak for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine — Explosions rocked towns and cities around Ukraine on Thursday morning and electricity went out in several regions as Russia launched what appeared […]