Hong Kong Leader Invokes Emergency Powers to Ban Masks During Protests
HONG KONG — As the government tries to quell increasingly violent protests, Hong Kong’s embattled leader on Friday invoked emergency powers to ban face masks,...
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Christchurch Shooting Suspect Drops Bid to Move Trial to Auckland
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Australian man accused of killing 51 people and wounding dozens more in a terrorist attack on two mosques in New...
Anger Grows in Hong Kong Over Shooting of Teenage Protester
HONG KONG — Raw anger was building in Hong Kong on Wednesday over the shooting of a teenage demonstrator a day earlier, the first such...
In Pictures: China’s National Day Parade Features Pomp and Artillery
China kicked off an enormous military parade in Beijing on Tuesday to commemorate 70 years of Communist Party rule and celebrate the country’s emergence as...
China, Impeachment, SpaceX: Your Monday Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering preparation in China for its 70th National Day celebrations against a...
Tanks, Missiles and No Pigeons: China to Celebrate 70th Birthday of the People’s Republic
BEIJING — Enormous flower arrangements in Beijing extol the signature promise of China’s leader to realize the Chinese Dream. Red banners urge people to “rally...
Afghans Begin Voting in Election Threatened by Violence and a Prolonged Political Crisis
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans headed to the polls on Saturday to elect the president of a country suffering through one of the most violent periods...
Are the Kids Alright in the Era of Climate Change?
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s issue is written by Isabella...
6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Indonesia
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the remote Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia on Thursday morning. Indonesian officials said the quake, which was detected at 8:46 a.m....
South Korean Clinic Performed Abortion on Wrong Woman, Police Say
SEOUL, South Korea — An expectant mother who visited a medical clinic in Seoul, South Korea, last month to receive a nutritional shot woke up...