A Leaner Saudi Arabia Turns From Grandiose Plans to Pragmatism A decade after Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his “Vision 2030”...
Hong Kong’s Migrant Domestic Workers Mourn Their Losses in Deadly Fire At least eight workers died, and many of those who survived, after saving children and...
A Fascinating Tale, Unearthed at a Sidewalk Sale After a crowded stoop sale on a Brooklyn block caught one reporter’s eye, he traced the items to...
Fed Up With the Taliban, Pakistan Expels Masses of Afghans Labeling Afghans a national security threat, Pakistan has forced out about a million this year, depriving...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long...
The Language of Tom Stoppard, Ablaze With Energy and Urgency In works like “Travesties” and “Arcadia,” the playwright embraced the really big questions and wrestled words...
South Africans Were Promised Job, but Ended Up ‘Going to War’ for Russia The South African government is investigating how more than a dozen men unwittingly...
F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals The agency’s top vaccine regulator proposed broad changes, claiming that a new review linked 10 children’s deaths...
U.S. Black Friday Sales Defy Tariffs and Economic Woes Data on spending this week shows that consumers are shopping big for the holidays despite inflation and...
Gazans Say Israeli Forces Killed Two Children, Amid Persistent Violence The Israeli military said it had fired on two “suspects” on Saturday who had crossed cease-fire...
Mourners Honor Victims of Hong Kong Apartment Fire The police said they expected the death toll of 128 to rise as the authorities began combing through...