Alberta’s ‘Best Summer Ever’ Ends With an Overwhelmed Medical System
Premier Jason Kenney was roundly criticized by public health experts in June when he declared victory over the coronavirus and made Alberta the …
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Meng’s release could eliminate a source of friction between China and the Biden administration.
The deal to release Meng Wanzhou could reduce a nettlesome conflict in U.S.-China relations. President Donald J. Trump took an aggressively …
In Britain, Rising Prices and Shortages Evoke 1970s-Style Jitters
LONDON — Long lines at gas stations, rising fuel prices, empty shelves in supermarkets, and worries about runaway inflation. Britons have emerged …
Ahead of German Election, Hundreds of Thousands Demand Climate Action
BERLIN — Hundreds of thousands of young people around the world on Friday returned to the streets for the first time since the coronavirus …
Overlooked No More: Remedios Varo, Spanish Painter of Magic, Mysticism and Science
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times …
Man Convicted in Thefts of a van Gogh and a Hals From Dutch Museums
A three-judge panel in the Netherlands on Friday found a man guilty of stealing paintings by van Gogh and Frans Hals from museums in separate …
Can Macron Lead the European Union After Merkel Retires?
PARIS — After Germans vote on Sunday and a new government is formed, Chancellor Angela Merkel will leave office after 16 years as the dominant …
To His Surprise, His Play About 2 Dead U.K. Politicians Struck a Chord
LONDON — A play about two long-dead British politicians might not be an obvious winner in London’s West End. But this summer a brief run of …
Will Italy Hand a Wanted Catalan Separatist Leader to Spain?
An Italian court released the former leader of Spain’s Catalonia region on Friday, a day after his arrest, but ordered him to remain in the …
Why Sex-Positive Feminism Is Falling Out of Fashion
In her new book, “The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century,” the philosopher Amia Srinivasan, who is quickly becoming one of the …