World
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The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths
About a thousand people gathered on a bright morning on the National Mall the Saturday before Thanksgiving for what has…
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As Gen X and Boomers Age, They Confront Living Alone
Jay Miles has lived his 52 years without marriage or children, which has suited his creative ambitions as a videographer…
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He Never Denied Selling Drugs. But Britain Says He’s a Slave Master, Too.
Glodi Wabelua was determined to come out different this time: “More humble. More quiet.” He was 28 and this was…
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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…
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Amid Israeli Blockade on Gaza, a Fishing Fleet Limps Along
GAZA CITY, Gaza — Not far from the edge of the port in the Gaza Strip lies its boat cemetery:…
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French Police Guard Water as Seasonal Drought Intensifies
MAUZÉ-SUR-LE-MIGNON, France — Wearing bulletproof vests and carrying guns, the gendarmes appear suddenly in the middle of farm fields misted…
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Protests Erupt in Shanghai and Other Chinese Cities Over Covid Controls
Protests spread to cities and campuses in China on Saturday night amid rising public anger at the country’s strict but…
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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,…
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At Least 1 Dead in Landslide on a Southern Italian Island
At least one person was killed and nearly a dozen were missing on Saturday on the southern Italian island of…