STRALSUND, Germany — Only days before Germans cast their ballots for a new Parliament and with it a new government and leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel was on the campaign trail this week — further proof that her conservatives are in a perilous position. Ms. Merkel, of course, is no longer a candidate. She is stepping […]
Lava from a volcanic eruption on La Palma, one of the Spanish Canary Islands, spread a path of havoc on Wednesday, destroying hundreds of homes, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people and prompting warnings of toxic explosions. The eruption on La Palma — the first major one there in 50 years — began Sunday, […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit southeast Australia on Wednesday morning, damaging buildings and forcing hospitals to evacuate staff members and patients. It was an unusually large quake in a country less susceptible to major temblors than neighboring countries. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths, Prime Minister Scott Morrison […]
Amid the clutches of a pandemic, the conflict in Afghanistan and deadly storms exacerbated by climate change, more than one million people were transfixed by the United Nations on Monday. Not to watch a head of state, but rather a boy band: BTS. The seven members of the Korean pop group, a multibillion-dollar act known […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s political gamble failed to pay off Monday when Canadian voters returned him to office but denied him the expanded bloc of power he had been seeking in Parliament. Unofficial election results on Monday indicated that while he would remain as prime minister, it would again be as the head […]
Here’s what you need to know: ImagePrime Minister Justin Trudeau campaigning in Peterborough, Ontario, on Saturday.Credit…Carlos Osorio/Reuters It was a political calculation. And on Monday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will find out if it succeeded. When Mr. Trudeau announced a snap election last month — two years ahead of schedule — his aides were apparently […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The first Haitians deported from a makeshift camp in Texas landed in their home country Sunday amid sweltering heat, anger and confusion, as Haitian officials beseeched the United States to stop the flights because the country is in crisis and cannot handle thousands of homeless deportees. “We are here to say welcome, […]
Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi on Sunday downplayed his state’s high Covid death rate, calling it an inadequate benchmark to measure the pandemic’s toll in the state. The state is among the top three in the nation for Covid-19 deaths per capita, behind only Florida and Alabama, according to The New York Times database. Just […]
Mr. Trudeau has many achievements since 2015 to point to. His government has introduced carbon pricing and other climate measures, legalized cannabis, increased spending for Indigenous issues, and made 1,500 models of military-style rifles illegal. A new plan will provide day care for 10 Canadian dollars a day per child. Though his popularity has diminished, […]
If Israel was going to kill a top Iranian official, an act that had the potential to start a war, it needed the assent and protection of the United States. That meant acting before Mr. Biden could take office. In Mr. Netanyahu’s best-case scenario, the assassination would derail any chance of resurrecting the nuclear agreement […]
