Opinion | Taiwan Is Ready to Defend Democracy. Is Trump With Us?
I don’t envy American voters. Your presidential choices have an impact halfway across the planet. Your soldiers fight and die in other countries’ wars. I know you’re tired of feeling…
A Lesson for America? Reversing Populist Policies Is Tough, Poland Finds.
He promised salvation for a country “in ruins” — an end to immigration, a civil service stripped of entrenched left-wing opponents, a judiciary purged of meddlesome judges and a news…
Brazil Cracked Down on Corruption. Now It’s Undoing the Case.
One of the largest corruption crackdowns in recent history is being quietly wiped away. Brazil’s Supreme Court is tossing out key evidence, setting aside major convictions and suspending billions of…
What Two Acclaimed Female-Directed Movies Say About Indian Cinema
One is a deft comedy about the misadventures of two young brides in rural India. The other is a delicate tale about the intersecting lives of three women in cosmopolitan…
Egypt Feuds With Travel Blogger, Issuing 1,100-Word Response to Complaints
Authoritarian governments are not known for taking kindly to criticism. And in Egypt, official skins can be especially thin: deepening repression has muffled most dissent and sent tens of thousands…
Spain Flooding: Why Did It Take So Long to Warn Residents?
Hours before a river of mud descended on towns around Valencia, trapping and killing hundreds of people, water started gushing through the small Spanish municipality of Utiel. A quiet winemaking…
Formula for Power in Modi’s India: Cash, Detentions and Luxe Resorts
The lawmakers had finished a routine assembly vote and were scattering into the Mumbai night. Nitin Deshmukh, who represented a district 350 miles away, planned to take an overnight train.…
Sectarian Violence Kills Least 25 in Northwest Pakistan
Violent clashes erupted overnight between Sunni and Shiite tribes in northwestern Pakistan, leaving at least 25 people dead and markets, homes and government properties in flames, officials and residents said…
Two men found guilty in freezing deaths of family at US-Canada border
A Minnesota jury has found two men guilty of helping smuggle an Indian family from Canada to the US in January 2022, leading to their deaths. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel and…
Pat King: Canada ‘Freedom Convoy’ organiser found guilty of mischief
One of the central organisers behind the “Freedom Convoy” protest that caused Canada’s capital to descend into gridlock for weeks in 2022 has been found guilty of mischief. Pat King,…