Estrella has long, wavy, jet-back hair. She tries to tame it with a thick-toothed comb in the backyard of her house, among the chickens, hammocks …

ABERDEEN, Scotland — It’s easy to see how vital oil is to this venerable port city on Scotland’s northeast coast. Step out the door of the small …

As Germany’s election results came into sharper focus on Monday, no party won decisive majority but the loser was clear: Chancellor Angela Merkel …

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 16 years in charge of Germany are coming to a close. Just not quite yet. On Sunday, voters cast their ballots — and …

Olaf Scholz, the S.P.D. candidate, during the election party in Berlin on Sunday.Credit…Britta Pedersen/DPA, via Associated PressA narrow …

BERLIN — After 16 years of Angela Merkel as their chancellor, Germans scattered their votes across the political spectrum on Sunday in the …

Joe Biden, once again, disappointed many of the same Black voters who were his strongest supporters. How much of this can or should Black people …

Senate Republicans say they believe the nation’s borrowing limit should be raised, and don’t want the United States to default on its financial …

Too many of our digital maps are sellouts. Just like the projection maps we’re all familiar with that inaccurately depict Greenland dwarfing …

LA PAZ, Colombia — En un cultivo de coca, escondido en la selva, media docena de jornaleros se levantan con prisa de las hamacas y se dirigen al …