World
-
Former Palace Aide Makes Face-to-Face Apology to Guest Over Remarks
Ngozi Fulani, who runs a charity for abused women, said a palace aide, Susan Hussey, pressed her on where she…
-
Russian Official in Africa Wounded by Package Bomb, Moscow Says
A Russian official who has been part of his country’s push to gain a foothold in the Central African Republic…
-
Israel’s Arab Allies Signal Business as Usual, Despite Far Right’s Rise
Benjamin Netanyahu is close to forming a coalition with Israel’s far right and the Arab states that normalized ties in…
-
Angelina Jolie Ending Her Role With U.N. Refugee Agency
Ms. Jolie, who had worked with the organization for 21 years, said she wanted to connect more directly with refugees…
-
Can Child Care Be a Big Business? Private Equity Thinks So.
Some high-end chains are surprisingly profitable, and they are trying to shape child care policy in Washington.
-
Japan Moves to Double Military Spending, With a Wary Eye on China
The Japanese cabinet approved the first update to the country’s official security strategy in nine years, elevating Beijing over North…
-
A Child’s Drawing Tucked in an Agatha Christie Book Is Its Own Mystery
A true-crime blogger in Virginia found a hand-drawn card signed “To Mum, love from Kit” in a used copy of…
-
Berlin Hotel’s Huge Aquarium Bursts, With 1,500 Fish Inside
A 50-foot-high, 264,000-gallon cylindrical tank called AquaDom, housed in a Radisson in the German capital, spectacularly collapsed, spewing waves of…
-
Fire in France Kills at Least 10, Including 5 Children
Firefighters managed to put out the blaze, in a seven-floor building near Lyon, in central France. It was unclear how…
-
Death Penalty Researchers Call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’
Even as the total number of executions remained among the lowest in a generation, several high-profile failures forced states including…