Enraptured by the World Cup, Countries Rewrite Rules for Fans
From pubs open until dawn to abruptly declared national holidays, it seems regulations everywhere are bending to accommodate the tournament.
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It’s Day 1 of the Supreme Leader’s Funeral, and Allies Gather in Iran
Foreign dignitaries paid their respects to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday as days of ceremonies got underway.
Why the Twin Earthquakes in Venezuela Were So Deadly
A series of unlucky factors — two earthquakes in rapid succession, a fault that ruptured toward Caracas, soft ground and the shallow depth…
Long Lines for Gas Shatter the Illusion of Normalcy in Wartime Russia
“Are we in the Soviet Union now?” said one Russian, stunned and frustrated by long lwaits at the pumps.
A Hitler Bunker Faces Demolition In Housing-Challenged Berlin
Preservation experts say the move to develop the site reflects a tension in Germany between the need to preserve historically significant mo…
A Hitler Bunker Faces Demolition in Housing-Challenged Berlin
Preservation experts say the move to develop the site reflects a tension in Germany between the need to preserve historically significant mo…
China Defends Widely Criticized ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law
Rights groups and Western officials have criticized the law as a threat to Tibetans, Uyghurs and other minorities. Beijing says the measure …
Tibetan Activist Sets Self on Fire Outside U.N. in Protest Against China
Lobga Rangzen, a 52-year-old resident of Queens, died after the self-immolation. He said Beijing’s policies were “destroying the Tibetan…
Denmark Has a Big Fourth of July Party. This Year, the U.S. Is Uninvited.
Furious at President Trump over Greenland, Danish officials took the unprecedented step of pressuring organizers to cut American officials f…
U.K. Lawmakers Demand Deportation of ‘Grooming Gang’ Leader
Shabir Ahmed was handed a lengthy prison sentence in 2012 for his ties to a sexual exploitation ring.
Trump’s Huge Windfall Has Few Known Global Precedents
President Trump’s earnings in office are at a level once unimaginable for any leader of a liberal democracy, particularly a sitting Americ…