LONDON — Responding to an escalating crisis, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain reversed course this weekend and offered thousands of visas …
Five Killed in West Bank Shootouts
JERUSALEM — Israeli forces killed five Palestinians in armed confrontations in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, according to Israeli …
How China Plans to Avert an Evergrande Financial Crisis
BEIJING — In any other country, the sudden collapse of a corporate titan with more than $300 billion in debt would send shock waves across the …
Swiss Voters Approve Law Allowing Same-Sex Marriages
ZURICH — Voters in Switzerland overwhelmingly decided on Sunday to legalize same-sex marriage, making the country one of the last in Western …
For Schumer and Pelosi, the Challenge of a Career With No Margin for Error
WASHINGTON — Last week, as all outward appearances suggested gridlock on Capitol Hill, Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the …
The Week in Business: A Debt Deadline Looms
Credit…Thomas FuchsWhat’s Up? (Sept. 19-25) Planning to Pull Back The Federal Reserve indicated on Wednesday that it might soon ease measures …
Five Years After Peace Deal, Colombia Is Running Out of Time, Experts Say
LA PAZ, Colombia — On a coca farm hidden in the jungle, a half-dozen day laborers slip out of hammocks and head to work, harvesting the shiny …
This Lab Charges $380 for a Covid Test. Is That What Congress Had in Mind?
At the drugstore, a rapid Covid test usually costs less than $20. Across the country, over a dozen testing sites owned by the start-up company GS …
With Abortion Largely Banned in Texas, an Oklahoma Clinic Is Inundated
OKLAHOMA CITY — On a windy Tuesday morning, the parking lot outside a small brick building on the Southside of Oklahoma City was filling up fast …
The Marines Reluctantly Let a Sikh Officer Wear a Turban. He Says It’s Not Enough.
Almost every morning for five years, First Lt. Sukhbir Toor has pulled on the uniform of the United States Marine Corps. On Thursday, he also got …