Live Updates: Parties Vie for Power After Election Shakes Up German Politics.
The center-left narrowly defeated Angela Merkel’s conservatives, but it is not clear who will govern. Hard coalition talks lie ahead, and smaller parties will be pivotal….
Why Haitians in Chile Keep Heading North to the U.S.
Many of the Haitian migrants who recently entered Texas had taken refuge for years in Chile. Some said they faced increasing joblessness, poverty and hostility there….
Gas Shortages and Long Lines Upend Britons’ Daily Lives
Getting to work, driving a taxi, making an ambulance run: Fuel shortages and long lines at gas stations have Britons scrambling to make trips they once…
Australia’s Costs for Its Harder Line on China
The country is wrestling with the political and economic consequences of its sharp turn in policy and tone — including an erosion of tolerance. …
Red Covid
Covid’s partisan pattern is growing more extreme. …
Carles Puigdemont, Catalan Separatist, Dodges Spain’s Bid to Prosecute Him
After briefly holding Carles Puigdemont on a Spanish arrest warrant, Italian authorities released him and he left the country on Monday. …
Intimate Portraits of Mexico’s Third-Gender Muxes
On the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico, a community of the local Zapotec people has long accepted — and celebrated — gender nonconformity. …
‘Every Day Is Frightening’: Working For Walmart Amid Covid
As offices debate the merits and logistics of reopening, a parallel sphere of workers like Peter Naughton, a Walmart cashier, seem to inhabit another world. Often…
German Elections: Razor-Thin Lead for Social Democrats
Early results show the party with an advantage of less than two percentage points. …
German Election Results Herald Messier Politics and Weaker Leadership After Merkel
Preliminary results indicated an outcome so tight that it could take months of talks to form a new government at a critical moment for Europe. …
As Covid Wave Pushes Up Demand, Costco Limits Purchases of Toilet Paper and Water
The retailer cited an uptick in demand because of the Delta variant and a shortage of truck drivers. …
Freed From Guantánamo, but Still in Limbo 15 Years Later
Abu Bakker Qassim, a Uyghur from China, was dumped in Albania after the U.S. concluded he was not a terrorist, as Chinese authorities had maintained. The…
U.K. Offers Thousands of Visas to Foreign Truckers to Ease Driver Shortage
The move reflects growing alarm within the government about a disruption to supplies that has prompted panic buying and, in some cases, caused fuel to run…
Five Years After Peace Deal, Colombia Is Running Out of Time, Experts Say
A treaty with rebels in 2016 called for the end of a decades-long war. But that is not the same as achieving peace, and the window…