sHow China Uses Technology to Segregate and Subdue Millions
KASHGAR, China — A God’s-eye view of Kashgar, an ancient city in western China, flashed onto a wall-size screen, with colorful icons marking police stations,...
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In India’s Election, Ailing Congress Party Is Unlikely to Find Its Miracle
NEW DELHI — For much of India’s history since independence from British rule, the Indian National Congress dominated the country’s political scene. Even when its...
News Analysis: The Choice in India: ‘Our Trump’ or a Messier Democracy
NEW DELHI — In Hungary, Viktor Orban demonized immigrants and secured an expansion of his power. In Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan purged his enemies and...
Fighting Ebola When Mourners Fight the Responders
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo — When Ebola came to this city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Janvier Muhindo Mandefu quit farming and got...
Colombian Army’s Kill Orders Put Civilians at Risk, Officers Say
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — The head of Colombia’s army, frustrated by the nation’s faltering efforts to secure peace, has ordered his troops to double the number...
Promises Made: Colombia’s Peace Deal Promised a New Era. This Is What It Looks Like.
When things go wrong, those in power often promise to make it right. But do they? This is the first in a series in which...
Matteo Salvini’s Permanent Campaign Turns to European Parliament
TARQUINIA, Italy — This time, Italy’s hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini, wowed his fans at a farming equipment fair. He filmed the adoring crowd on...
Skeptical U.S. Allies Resist Trump’s New Claims of Threats From Iran
WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration draws up war plans against Iran over what it says are threats to American troops and interests, a senior...
White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran, in Echoes of Iraq War
WASHINGTON — At a meeting of President Trump’s top national security aides last Thursday, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented an updated military plan that...
Britain’s big squeeze: ‘This Is All We Can Afford’: Shrinking Lives in the English Countryside
ALSTON, England — It was not until Trevor Robinson received a letter notifying him of a missed appointment at the hospital that he realized he...