Nearly 60 Reported Dead in Effort to Reach Canary Islands
Nearly 60 African migrants are believed to have drowned while trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands, the latest tragedy during a year when …
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We Count Our Blessings When Some of Them Go Missing
I have a ghost calendar for the last two years. An eerie anti-diary, of a kind you surely have as well, it records what didn’t happen: a family …
Boris Johnson Is Revealing Who He Really Is
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, bruised by scandal and faced with an alarming rise in coronavirus cases, is refusing to change …
Ukrainian Refugees’ Arrival in Britain Delayed by Red Tape, Their Families Say
LONDON — Charlotte Shevchenko-Knight flipped through old family photo albums and toured the snowy neighborhoods of the Ukrainian capital when she …
The Gates Foundation Grapples With the Age of Donald Trump
On Dec. 27, Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist, made a trip to Mar-a-Lago for dinner with Donald J. Trump. Some people around him were surprised that he had decided to go, but Mr. Gates wants to talk to whoever will listen. The dinner lasted …
‘You’re Not Helpless’: For London Women, Learning to Fight Builds Confidence
LONDON — The thwack of fists hitting hand pads echoed through the studio as pairs of women circled each other, striking blows and blocking them …
Republican Rift on Ukraine Could Undercut U.S. Appeals to Allies
WASHINGTON — As President Biden tries to forge a united allied response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, unity on the home front is strained by …
Why Joe Biden Needs More Than Accomplishments to Be a Success
No president since Ronald Reagan has achieved a more ambitious domestic legislative agenda in his first year than Joe Biden. With a razor-thin …
Palestinian Leader Abbas Appoints Deputy Amid Fears About Succession
For many ordinary Palestinians, the appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh was emblematic of how out-of-touch the leadership of the Western-backed Palestinian Authority has become.
Novak Djokovic’s tennis record made his ranking irrelevant, but he needs to care about it now
Djokovic’s ranking is an irrelevance to his wider tennis ambitions but now more than ever, he needs it to help him achieve them.