BERLIN — Germany’s coalition government was always an awkward trio of center-left Social Democrats, climate-conscious Greens and pro-business Free Democrats. Yet in the heady days after their election victory in 2021, the parties vowed to stick to a tradition of consensus-driven politics, keeping the drama behind closed doors. Those doors have now swung open. In […]
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Guatemala’s elPeriodico Closes After Government Jails Publisher
When the newspaper elPeriodico was founded in Guatemala in 1996, the country was emerging from a brutal civil war, and there was a feeling that a small space for free thought might be opening. That opening closed this week when elPeriodico, which made a name for itself and became a frequent target for trying to hold […]
Israel’s Defense Minister Says Government Should Halt Contentious Judicial Plan
JERUSALEM — The Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant, called on Saturday night for his government to suspend its contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, arguing that the turmoil it has unleashed within Israeli society and the military has become a threat to Israel’s national security. “The rift within our society is widening and penetrating […]
Macron’s Government Survives No-Confidence Vote Amid France’s Wrath Over Pensions
PARIS — The French National Assembly rejected a no-confidence motion against the government of President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, ensuring that a fiercely contested bill raising the retirement age to 64 from 62 becomes the law of the land. The first of two motions received 278 votes, nine short of the 287 needed to pass. […]
Teacher in France Dies After Student Stabs Her, Government Says
PARIS — A teacher at a Catholic high school in a town in southwest France died on Wednesday after a 16-year-old student stabbed her, a spokesman for the French government, Olivier Véran, said. A local prosecutor, Jérôme Bourrier, said his office had opened a homicide investigation and that the student, who was not previously known […]
IVF Offers Hope in China, Even to the Government
It was a cold and overcast morning in November, but one full of promise for Guo Meiyan and her husband: They would finally get a chance to start a family. As Ms. Guo, 39, was wheeled on a gurney into a hospital room where a doctor transferred her eggs, which had been harvested and fertilized, […]
Brazilian Authorities Clear Government Offices of Rioters, Official Says: Live
Brazilians headed to the polls in October to elect a new president in a bruising runoff between two candidates offering starkly different visions for the future of Latin America’s biggest democracy. The vote came after a long and ugly campaign that pitted the right-wing incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, against the two-term former president, Luiz Inácio Lula […]
Prince Heinrich XIII and the Plot to Overthrow Germany’s Government
The crenelated hunting lodge of Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss sits atop a steep hill, looking out over homes laced with snow and Christmas lights in Bad Lobenstein. Popular with the local mayor and many nearby villagers, the prince spent his weekends in the spa town, giving an aristocratic flair to this sleepy corner of […]
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 […]
Greece to Ban Sale of Spyware After Government Is Accused of Surveillance
ATHENS — Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Monday that Greece would ban the sale of spyware, after his government was accused in a news report of targeting dozens of prominent politicians, journalists and businessmen for surveillance, and the judicial authorities began an investigation. The announcement is the latest chapter in a scandal that erupted […]