Hiroshima 75th Anniversary: Preserving Survivors’ Message of Peace
TOKYO — The hibakusha, as the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are known in Japan, have achieved a powerful feat of...
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After Beirut Explosion, a Search for Survivors: Live Updates
Here’s what you need to know: Search is on for survivors after blast kills more than 100. Lebanese officials knew of the dangers posed by...
Melbourne is a Case Study in Navigating a Second Wave of Coronavirus
Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, is grappling with a spiraling coronavirus outbreak in a country that once thought it had the pandemic beat. It has now...
New Genoa Bridge Inauguration Is Bittersweet
GENOA, Italy — Since the dramatic and deadly collapse of the Morandi bridge over the Italian port of Genoa two years ago, builders have worked...
Body Bags and Enemy Lists: How Far-Right Police Officers and Ex-Soldiers Planned for ‘Day X’
GÜSTROW, Germany — The plan sounded frighteningly concrete. The group would round up political enemies and those defending migrants and refugees, put them on trucks...
Hong Kong Delays Election, Citing Coronavirus. The Opposition Isn’t Buying It.
HONG KONG — The Hong Kong government said on Friday that it would postpone the city’s September legislative election by one year because of the...
China Uses Coronavirus as Cover to Detain Dissidents, Activists Say
On the day of his release from prison, Wang Quanzhang, one of China’s most prominent human rights lawyers, thought he was finally free. After being...
Najib Razak, Malaysia’s Former Prime Minister, Found Guilty in Graft Trial
BANGKOK — For 45 years, Najib Razak was a master of Malaysia’s cutthroat politics. The son and nephew of prime ministers, he was elected to...
Fighting False News in Ukraine, Facebook Fact Checkers Tread a Blurry Line
MOSCOW — To understand the complexity of policing online disinformation, consider the small Ukrainian fact-checking group StopFake. Earlier this year, Facebook hired StopFake to help...
Officials Push U.S.-China Relations Toward Point of No Return
WASHINGTON — Step by step, blow by blow, the United States and China are dismantling decades of political, economic and social engagement, setting the stage...