The latest list of approved labels for asteroids includes nods to three more scholars of the order, as well as a pope, challenging the idea that science and religion make awkward partners.
President Emmanuel Macron of France, in his first remarks since pushing through a rise in the retirement age, was firm and unapologetic.
The legislation, which now goes to the president, also calls for life in prison for anyone engaging in gay sex. Policies to stifle L.G.B.T.Q. rights have been on the rise in several African nations.
The case of Olesya Krivtsova, a Russian student who ended up on the Kremlin’s official terrorist list, has underscored the perils of using social media to criticize the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
Even wealthier areas in the capital, Port-au-Prince, are no longer immune to violence as gangs attack police officers and destroy police stations.
Peaceful solidarity alternates with the threat of violence, and all of France waits to see which way the standoff will turn.
Artisans at the contested Jerusalem holy site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, complain of Israeli interference with their work and face a constant struggle to keep up with repairs after violence flares.
An important element of the agreement known as the Windsor Framework, a Brexit provision negotiated with the European Union, was roundly endorsed in the British Parliament.
Boris Johnson told a powerful committee that his statements over parties at his office were “made in good faith.” His political future may be at stake.
Instead of focusing on a solution to the war in Ukraine, the Chinese leader’s visit to Moscow reinforced China and Russia’s shared opposition to American dominance.
A research vessel once owned by the Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen and now by the U.S. Navy became dislodged while docked. The cause of the accident was under investigation.
After years of extreme scarcity, some Venezuelans lead lives of luxury as others scrape by. The nation of grinding hardship has increasingly become one of haves and have-nots.
Britain and the European Union have long clashed over post-Brexit rules known as the Northern Ireland protocol. Here’s how their renegotiated agreement, the Windsor Framework, will work.
Legal cases involving Donald Trump.
The Times flew a drone over a street in Antakya’s Old City to show the places that were lost — among them, a barber shop, a historic church and doner kebab shops.
The Ukrainian leader also condemned a deadly Russian missile attack against an apartment building in Zaporizhzhia.
The Florida governor has never been the internationalist that some old-guard Republicans wanted or imagined him to be. A close reading of his record reveals how he might lead the U.S. abroad.
Also, China and Russia grow closer and the U.S. waits for news of a possible Donald Trump indictment.
He is expected to meet with Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, on Thursday, according to a Kensington Palace statement shared with Polish and British news media.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia falsely claimed the material had a “nuclear component.” Many armies, including Russia’s, use it in weapons.
For decades, new plants have been blocked by powerful local interests, the owners of hot spring resorts, that say the sites threaten a centuries-old tradition.
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A war-fueled rift between the living clerics loyal to Moscow and those loyal to Kyiv is coming to a head.
What’s worse: More inflation or more turmoil?
Prices in Britain reversed a recent downward trend, rising 10.4 percent over the year through February.
Closer ties between Russia and China.
On the second day of the Chinese leader’s state visit in Moscow, Xi Jinping and Vladimir V. Putin declared an enduring economic partnership, in an effort to insulate their countries from punitive Western measures.
The tensions over the Chinese-owned social media app will come to a head on Thursday, when the company’s chief executive testifies on Capitol Hill.
In a much-anticipated study, experts described a swab that was positive for the coronavirus and contained loads of genetic material from raccoon dogs.
Older climate activists gathered in cities around the country for a day of action targeting banks that finance fossil fuel projects.
Also, an I.M.F. loan to Sri Lanka and the Japan-U.S. final in the World Baseball Classic.
The two leaders did not reveal any progress toward achieving peace in Ukraine.
At the end of a 10-week crash course at a U.S. Army base in Oklahoma, the Ukrainians are essentially running their own training in preparation for the front lines.
Amid protests in the streets and in Parliament, the French leader shows no sign of scrapping a law that raises the retirement age.
Excess M1A1 tank “hulls” are to be refitted and refurbished to make them ready on a quicker timeline for Ukraine than new tanks could be delivered.
