World
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Killing of Ranger Protecting Rhinos Raises Fears for Conservation Efforts
Anton Mzimba, the lead ranger at a reserve in South Africa, had received multiple death threats. But he tried not to let the warnings of danger ...
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Russia Fights Efforts to Declare It an Exporter of ‘Blood Diamonds’
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to global soul-searching about overreliance on Russian oil and gas, but a new drama is unfolding over ...
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Clean Toilets, Inspired Teachers: How India’s Capital Is Fixing Its Schools
NEW DELHI — Pradeep Paswan used to skip school for weeks, sometimes months. His classrooms with tin ceilings were baking hot in the summer. The ...
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Leadership Vacuum Heightens Worries as Crises Loom in U.K.
LONDON — With energy costs surging, a recession looming, more rail strikes down the tracks and the prospect of a drought, Britain faces its fair ...
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Prosecutors Struggle to Catch Up to a Tidal Wave of Pandemic Fraud
In the midst of the pandemic the government gave unemployment benefits to the incarcerated, the imaginary, and the dead. It sent money to “farms ...
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A Frustrating Hassle Holding Electric Cars Back: Broken Chargers
The federal government is doling out billions of dollars to encourage people to buy electric vehicles. Automakers are building new factories and ...
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Your Tuesday Briefing
A destroyed school bus in the rural Ukrainian village of Vilkhivka, which Russian forces occupied in the spring.Credit...Mauricio Lima for The ...
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Ready to Party. But First Comes the Cleanup.
YAHIDNE, Ukraine — They put on their pink, orange and green sunglasses again. Out of the closets came high platform shoes, short black skirts ...
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Why Republicans Turned Against the Environment
In 1990 Congress passed an amendment to the Clean Air Act of 1970, among other things taking action against acid rain, urban smog and ozone. The ...
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Kenya Declares New President, but Battle May Not Be Over
NAIROBI, Kenya — On a continent where military coups and rubber stamp elections have proliferated in recent years, Kenya stands out. Despite its ...