Category: World

Canada’s parliament has passed a bill that that will cover the full cost of contraception and diabetes drugs for Canadians. The Liberal government said it is the initial phase of…

She was the rare woman in her field, and a tenured professor. But when a sexist colleague was promoted, she quit, forcing a reckoning in her profession.

Israel and Iran are fighting at a time when prices are under pressure because of weak demand in China and concerns about oversupply.

Politicians run most of the mills in the state of Maharashtra. They deny or downplay evidence of coerced hysterectomies, debt bondage and child labor in the fields.

Western companies such as Coca-Cola buy sugar from fields where workers suffer abuses. But the country has labor laws. Where was the government?

While Han Kang’s victory was celebrated as a crowning cultural achievement for her country, her work also represents a form of rebellion against its culture.

Netanyahu seems determined to lash out at any and all opponents, as if Yahweh or the US can bail him out of whatever mess results. We’ll turn first, and briefly,…

Han Kang, highly regarded in her homeland, has broken through to English-speaking readers with a book that’s a decade old.

The conversation carried the weight of the worst relationship between the United States and Israel in years.

Ethiopian Airlines appeared to foresee the deadly confusion its pilots would face if flawed software in the Boeing 737 Max failed. Boeing chose not to provide the guidance that the…