Concerns of media censorship mount as Hong Kong moves to enact new national security law
As Hong Kong moves toward enacting a new national security law, four years after Beijing imposed a similar law that...
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Reporter’s Notebook: Grim times in Kyiv as war marks second anniversary
KYIV - It was my seventh trip to Ukraine since the war began two years ago. And never have I...
‘Clerks’ and the ’90s Indie Film Big Bang, Through the Eyes of The Village Voice
Ringer illustration An excerpt from Tricia Romano’s oral history of the famed alt-weekly, ‘The Freaks Came Out to Write,’ featuring...
South Korean doctors given 4 days to return to work before facing indictments, medical license suspensions
Junior doctors in South Korea have four days to end their walkouts, the government said Monday, or they could face...
Putin’s ‘greatest hits’: Russian dissidents continue disappearing in pattern of bizarre deaths
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s opponents continue to disappear in a pattern of strange and sudden deaths, and his greatest domestic...
Navalny spokesperson says his body was handed to his mother
The spokesperson for deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says his body has been turned over to the custody of...
Mexican president defends sharing NYT reporter’s number; says privacy laws don’t apply to him
Mexico’s president on Friday defended his decision to disclose a reporter’s telephone number, saying a law that prohibits officials from...
British court rules 16-year-old Scout’s accidental hiking death an unlawful killing
A jury in the U.K. found Thursday that a 16-year-old boy who died on a Scout trip in 2018 was...
Taekwondo instructor in Australia accused of killing his student, 7, and the child’s parents
A taekwondo instructor in Australia is accused of killing his 7-year-old student and the boy's parents before arriving at a...
Taiwan protests after Chinese coast guard boards tourist boat near Kinmen archipelago
Taiwan on Tuesday protested China’s boarding of a tourist boat, as tensions rise around the Kinmen archipelago, which lies a...
Haitian judge indicts ex-prime minister, police chief, former first lady in probe into ex-president’s death
A Haitian judge investigating the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted about 50 people in connection with his...
Odds of Israel-Hezbollah war ‘inevitable,’ experts fear: ‘Totally pessimistic’
JERUSALEM – Even as Israeli forces continue to battle Hamas terrorists inside the Gaza Strip, tensions appear to be rising...
Argentina’s poverty level rises to 57.4%, marking 20-year high
Argentina’s poverty level rose to 57.4% last month, reaching the highest percentage in at least 20 years, according to a...
Iran declares Antarctica its property in direct challenge to Biden, global treaty
JERUSALEM — Iran’s Navy commander announced in a televised broadcast last fall that the regime owns Antarctica and will build...
Detention of Venezuelan human rights activist and attorney inspires protest
Human rights organizations in Venezuela on Wednesday demanded the release of a prominent attorney and activist whose detention last week...
