BOGOTÁ, Colombia — For the first time, Colombia will have a leftist president. Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and a longtime legislator, won Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, galvanizing voters frustrated by decades of poverty and inequality under conservative leaders, with promises to expand social programs, tax the wealthy and move away from an economy […]
Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh and Alex Drueke, two American veterans who traveled to Ukraine to fight Russia’s invasion.Credit…Via Darla Black, Lois Drueke The State Department said on Saturday that it had reviewed photos and videos appearing to show two Americans captured in Ukraine, although it declined to comment on the authenticity of the images or […]
Voters cast their ballots in Colombia’s presidential election, in Bogotá, on Sunday.Credit…Federico Rios for The New York Times One candidate is Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and longtime senator who is making a bid to become Colombia’s first-ever leftist president, calling for a transformation of the economic system. The other is Rodolfo Hernández, a construction […]
WASHINGTON — Many factors are to blame for the dying prospects of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. But perhaps nothing has hobbled the Biden administration’s efforts more than the legacy of President Donald J. Trump. It was Mr. Trump, of course, who withdrew in 2018 from the nuclear pact brokered with Iran by the […]
A little boy blown up by a mine at the beach. A young mother shot in the forehead. A retired teacher killed in her home. Soldiers killing and dying every day by the hundreds. Older people and young people and everyone in between. A war can be measured by many metrics. Territory won or lost. […]
LVIV, Ukraine — For many Ukrainians facing Russia’s invasion, there is hope the daily battles can be won: A soldier may beat back his enemies. A rescuer might miraculously pull a survivor from rubble. A doctor could save a life. But in one line of work, also deeply affected by this war, grief seems like […]
China launched its third and most advanced aircraft carrier on Friday, bringing the country one step closer to a modern navy capable of competing with the United States’ military naval power. The ship, named Fujian after the Chinese province that sits across from Taiwan, is the navy’s most modern and resembles the latest American carrier, […]
Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk have seen sustained fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces for weeks.Credit…Tyler Hicks/The New York Times LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — All of the bridges connecting the twin Ukrainian cities of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk are destroyed and street-by-street fighting is raging, leaving thousands of civilians largely trapped inside one of the deadliest battles of the […]
Disney’s new movie “Lightyear,” an offshoot of the “Toy Story” franchise, faces bans or restrictions in parts of Southeast Asia and the Middle East over a scene that features a kiss between two women. The animated film opens around the world this week. The United Arab Emirates has banned “Lightyear” from public screenings, and Malaysia […]
Even as coronavirus cases rise steadily in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom has announced the lifting of most of its Covid precautions as it prepares to receive roughly a million pilgrims for the annual Hajj season, the most since the start of the pandemic. Mask-wearing is no longer required in most enclosed spaces, although they will […]
