When players representing Iran and the United States take the field at the World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday, millions of fans will be dissecting every move — not just passes, fouls and headers, but also whether the Iranian players sing the national anthem, celebrate any goals or speak about the protests shaking their country. […]
Exhumed Grave Near Kherson Shows Brutality of Russia’s Occupation: Live Updates
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on the banks of the Dnipro River in August.Credit…David Guttenfelder for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine — Following a string of Ukrainian military successes in the south, the Kremlin sought on Monday to tamp down speculation that Russian forces would withdraw from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex, with President Vladimir […]
Tech Turmoil Complicates Canada’s Policing of the Online World
Back in the spring my colleague Cade Metz, who covers artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality and other new technologies for The New York Times, declared Toronto to be “the third-largest tech hub in North America.” Toronto moved into that position, he reported, because of investments by global technology giants including Google, Apple, Amazon […]
Shabab Gunmen Storm Somalia Hotel, Trapping Government Officials
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Gunmen wearing suicide vests and believed to be members of a militant group attacked a hotel popular with government officials in the capital of Somalia on Sunday, according to the police. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but security forces rescued dozens of civilians and officials, including the fisheries minister, from […]
Mexico’s President Leads Supporters in March Through Capital
MEXICO CITY — Two weeks after tens of thousands of Mexicans protested against proposed electoral changes they say would undermine democracy, Mexico’s president on Sunday marched through the capital accompanied by massive crowds in a display of popular support for his mandate. In an early taste of the 2024 presidential election, President Andrés Manuel López […]
Landslide Kills at Least 14 at Funeral in Cameroon
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — A landslide in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, killed at least 14 people attending a funeral on Sunday, the region’s governor said. Rescuers were still searching for others who might have been swept up in the disaster, Naseri Paul Bea, governor of Cameroon’s Centre region, told reporters at the scene. Dozens of people had […]
Deadly Fire in China Fuels Protests Over Xi’s Covid Policies
The fire began with a faulty power strip in a bedroom on the 15th floor of an apartment building in China’s far west. Firefighters spent three hours putting it out — too slow to prevent at least 10 deaths — and what might have remained an isolated accident turned into a tragedy and a political […]
Beauty Over Brains: Japan’s Skin-Deep University Pageants
Yuki Iozumi was fretting about how her shoulders might look in a wedding dress. “I feel like I look too muscular,” said the tiny-framed Ms. Iozumi, 20, relating how her friends had told her that practicing karate had changed her body. “I think it’s not so feminine.” Traditional femininity was her goal. Although Ms. Iozumi, […]
Protests Erupt in Shanghai and Other Chinese Cities Over Covid Controls
“And,” he added, “for the deceased.” Smaller protests and vigils also occurred at Peking University and Wuhan University of Technology, videos, verifiable from the buildings in the background, showed. A protest also broke out in another city in Xinjiang: Korla, in the region’s north. Hundreds of residents assembled at the prefecture’s government office, as seen […]
This Country’s Top Judges Were All Foreigners. Now They’re Gone.
Until just a few weeks ago, the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, an independent country for more than four decades, had never had a chief justice who had been born there. To some, the elevation of Tetiro Semilota, the attorney general, to the role of acting chief justice was a historic moment. But to others, […]