A Youthful Africa Steps Up
Forecasts suggest that by 2100 a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an “African…
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U.S. Halt to Foreign Aid Cripples Programs Worldwide
Many of the frozen programs are aimed at alleviating disease and malnutrition, but even security programs with U.S. funding are…
Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City’ Screenwriter, Dies at 66
After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career…
U.S. Citizens Advised to Evacuate Congo Amid Attacks on Embassies
Many blame the United States, France and other allies for allowing neighboring Rwanda to fuel a conflict in the country’s…
Inside a Chaotic U.S. Deportation Flight to Brazil
The Trump administration’s first flight deporting Brazilians involved aborted takeoffs, sweltering heat, emergency exits and shackled deportees on a wing.
Reform U.K. is Said to Land Over $1 Million in Populist Show of Force
Nigel Farage’s party is reshaping British conservatism and showing that it can raise money to do so.
In Seattle, a Meeting of 5,444 Mathematical Minds
Participants at this year’s Joint Mathematics Meetings explored everything from the role of A.I. to the hyperbolic design of a…
Colombia Will Not Accept U.S. Deportation Flights, President Petro Says
Gustavo Petro said on X that the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had…
Live Updates: Israel’s Cease-Fires in Lebanon and Gaza Appear Fragile
Israeli forces killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more in southern Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese officials said, in…
A Storm, a Spill and a Disaster for the Black Sea’s Beaches
Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.