Coronavirus in Canada: One Continent, Two Very Different Responses to the Pandemic
Shortly after I finished my previous Canada Letter, the country’s coronavirus count topped a symbolic 1,000 cases and 12 people had died. A week later...
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Pablo Escobar’s Hippos Fill a Hole Left Since Ice Age Extinctions
When Pablo Escobar died in 1993, the Colombian drug kingpin’s four adult African hippopotamuses were forgotten. But the fields and ponds along the Magdalena River...
Military Judge in 9/11 Trial at Guantánamo Is Retiring
This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. WASHINGTON — The military judge presiding in the Sept. 11 death penalty...
Nearly a Million Children Left Behind in Venezuela as Parents Migrate
Written by Photographs by MARACAIBO, Venezuela — In their final minutes together, Jean Carlos, 8, held his mother’s hand like an anchor and promised to...
At Least 13,500 Americans Abroad Need Help Getting Home, State Dept. Says
WASHINGTON — An estimated 13,500 Americans abroad have asked the State Department for help returning to the United States as the coronavirus pandemic has resulted...
Prison Riots in Colombia Over Virus Fears Leave at Least 23 Dead
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — At least 23 inmates died in clashes with prison authorities over the weekend after what prisoners described as protests against officials for...
‘Astronaut’ Families Stressed by Straddling 2 Worlds: China and Canada
VANCOUVER — Bonnie Ye, 42, left China four years ago to marry a Vancouver man she met on a Chinese matchmaking website. Soon, her husband...
The Pandemic That Ravaged Canada and Its Lessons for Today
These days, walking around downtown Ottawa, and likely most other places in Canada, is an experience that’s both encouraging and melancholy. Canadians are taking calls...
Automakers to Close Factories in North America
With fear of infection rising among factory workers, and few customers shopping for cars, several automakers on Wednesday decided to idle their plants in the...
Asylum Seekers Say U.S. is Returning Them to the Dangers They Fled
CORTÉS DEPARTMENT, Honduras — Yovani has a strategy for staying alive: He will not let anyone know he is back in Honduras, he will move...