On social media on Monday, after some state-backed news outlets highlighted the line about abortion in the guidelines, some users wondered whether more restrictions were on the way. “Contraception can fail, so not finding a partner is the safest bet,” said one popular comment on the Weibo social media platform. In general, many women are […]

BERLIN — After 16 years of Angela Merkel as their chancellor, Germans scattered their votes across the political spectrum on Sunday in the election to replace her, a fractured return that heralds a messier political era in Germany and weaker German leadership in Europe. Preliminary official results gave the center-left Social Democrats a lead of […]

JERUSALEM — One night last month, a top Israeli minister traveled the winding roads of the occupied West Bank to meet Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority. The meeting between Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Mr. Abbas at the octogenarian Palestinian leader’s private residence — less than a 10-minute drive from the Israeli […]

Here’s what you need to know: ImageSupporters of the Social Democratic Party cheered as the candidate, Olaf Scholz, took the stage on Sunday in Berlin.Credit…Laetitia Vancon for The New York Times The race to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel is turning out to be a nail-biter, with the two main exit polls, released after voting ended, […]

Gira Sarabhai, an architect, designer, curator and historian who helped establish some of the most important design institutions in postcolonial India, giving her a hand in shaping generations of designers, artists and craftspeople, died on July 15 at her home in Ahmedabad, in the western Indian state of Gujarat. She was 97. Her death was […]

SEOUL — ​North Korea would consider holding a summit meeting with South Korea and declaring an official end to the Korean War if the South can restore trust with it, the North’s official news agency reported on Saturday, citing the sister of its leader, Kim Jong-un. Mr. Kim met three times with President Moon Jae-in […]

For the opposition Labour Party, which struggled to attack the government amid the national solidarity inspired by the pandemic, hitting the Tories over the high cost of living is an easy strategy. Some analysts predict a series of humiliating reversals for Mr. Johnson, starting with potential repercussions from the tax increases. “When articles are written […]

Here’s what you need to know: ImageMeng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, leaving home in August to attend an extradition hearing in Vancouver.Credit…Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press The Justice Department reached an agreement on Friday clearing the way for Huawei Technologies’ chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, to return to China. Ms. […]

The C.D.C. panel’s guidance followed weeks of internal disagreement and public debate among American health officials and advisers. In mid-August, President Biden announced plans for a booster rollout, but scientists and regulators were quick to point out there was little research on who might benefit and how the doses should be distributed. The F.D.A.’s acting […]

A senior American diplomat who oversees Haiti policy has resigned, two U.S. officials said, submitting a letter to the State Department that excoriated the Biden administration’s “inhumane, counterproductive decision” to send Haitian migrants back to a country that has been wracked this summer by a deadly earthquake and political turmoil. The diplomat, Daniel Foote, was […]