Sudan’s health system is collapsing In the third week of brutal fighting in Sudan, health care services are rapidly unraveling in the nation’s capital, Khartoum. Hospitals have been shelled, and two-thirds of those in Khartoum have closed, according to the W.H.O. More than a dozen health care workers have been killed, officials say, and basic […]
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As Hospitals Close and Doctors Flee, Sudan’s Health Care System Is Collapsing
With the battle for control of Sudan entering its third week, health care services are rapidly unraveling in the nation’s capital, Khartoum, a grim consequence of the brutal fighting that has raised fears the conflict could devolve into a wider humanitarian crisis. The total collapse of the health care system could be days away, the […]
Biden Praises ‘Absolute Courage’ of U.S. Journalist Detained in Russia
President Biden has called for the release of Evan Gershkovich, an American Wall Street Journal reporter imprisoned in Russia, praising his courage and saying the United States was working tirelessly to bring him home. Mr. Gershkovich was detained in Russia last month and accused of espionage, a charge that his employer and the United States […]
Many in U.K. Greet King Charles’s Coronation With a Shrug
When King Charles III is crowned on Saturday, he will undergo a ritual so rare in modern British history that it last occurred 70 years ago, roughly the wait between sightings of Halley’s comet. And yet the coronation has yet to capture the imagination of a Britain preoccupied by other concerns. Images of the new […]
Large Fire Burns at Crimea Fuel Depot After Suspected Drone Attack
At the same time, Russian forces have been building up their defensive positions across the already heavily militarized peninsula. Satellite photographs published by private firms in recent weeks reveal a growing network of trenches and other fortifications. On Saturday, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military intelligence service said the fire at the fuel depot in Sevastopol […]
A Once-Promising Green Energy Technology Hits a Roadblock
As part of The Times’s coverage of the global climate summit last year, I wrote an article about a project in Nova Scotia designed to create renewable electricity from the Bay of Fundy’s exceptional tides. Now, a regulatory roadblock means that the pilot project may soon shut down. The Bay of Fundy’s extraordinary tides have […]
Sudan’s Conflict Ignites Fears of Civil War in Darfur
After a cease-fire faltered in Sudan’s capital, two weeks of fighting between the country’s army and a paramilitary group have reignited violence in Darfur, a region scarred by two decades of genocidal conflict that left as many as 300,000 people dead. A cease-fire scheduled to end on Sunday night fell apart on Saturday as the […]
‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Arrives
If you ask any kids who grew up reading Judy Blume, they’ll tell you precisely what they learned from each of Blume’s books; which taboo rites of passage each book introduced; probably even where they were, physically and developmentally, when they first stumbled on this information. They might very well remember the precise page number […]
BBC Chairman Resigns, Deepening Turmoil at UK’s Broadcaster
LONDON — Deepening the political turmoil that has engulfed Britain’s public broadcaster, the chairman of the BBC, Richard Sharp, resigned on Friday after an investigation concluded that he failed to disclose his involvement in arranging a nearly $1 million loan for Boris Johnson while he was prime minister. Mr. Sharp, a former banker at Goldman […]
Deadliest Russian Attack in Months on Ukraine’s Cities Kills at Least 25
Dmytro raced to the room where two of his children had been sleeping, after a Russian missile thundered into his apartment building in Uman, Ukraine, before dawn on Friday. He forced the door open and stared into oblivion. “There was no room behind the door. Just a cloud of fire and smoke,” he said. By […]