Jacob Zuma Gets His Revenge on South African Party that Shunned Him
A new party led by Mr. Zuma, a former president forced out over corruption allegations, helped ensure that the African…
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Senator Menendez, on Trial, Files to Run for Re-election as an Independent
An aide dropped off paperwork in Trenton, N.J., while the senator was in a federal courthouse in Manhattan. He has…
Brazil’s Deadly Flooding Made Twice as Likely by Global Warming, Study Finds
The country’s south received three months’ rain in two weeks. Global warming has made such deluges twice as likely as…
Voters Turn Mexico’s Governing Party Into the Dominant Party
Expectations were high for the leftist Morena party, and it exceeded them, potentially giving President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum and her allies…
Hunter Biden’s Gun Case Goes to Trial
The president’s son is on trial in Wilmington, Del., on three charges that he lied about his drug use on…
Israel’s Seizure of Gaza Border Zone Strains Ties With Egypt
Israel defied ominous Egyptian warnings and took control of the Philadelphi Corridor, but the reaction from Egypt, which wants to…
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Says She Has Pancreatic Cancer
The Texas congresswoman, who has served in the House for nearly three decades, said she had begun treatment and would…
Margot Benacerraf, Award-Winning Venezuelan Documentarian, Dies at 97
She made only two films, but her “Araya,” a rumination on the daily rituals of salt-mine laborers, became an enduring…
Mexico Joins List of Latin American Nations That Have Elected Female Presidents
In contrast to the United States, the region has had more than a dozen female leaders, many in democracies that…
12-Year-Old Boy Is Charged in Killing of 14-Year-Old Cousin in Brooklyn
The 12-year-old boy was arrested on Sunday night, hours after the police said he shot and killed another boy in…