Constitutions
Shinzo Abe’s Party Triumphs in Parliamentary Vote, Extending Legacy
TOKYO — Two days after Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down at a campaign stop on Friday, his Liberal Democratic Party and its allies swept to victory in a parliamentary election that gave them a chance to pursue Mr. Abe’s long-held ambition of revising Japan’s pacifist Constitution. It was the clearest sign […]
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What It Took for a Country With a Strong Gun Culture to Give Them Up
Within hours of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, last month, as President Biden flew home from a trip to Asia, he found himself wondering why liberal democracies like Australia, Canada and Britain can get gun violence under control, while America has tried for decades without success. “They have mental health problems. They have domestic […]
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The 17th-Century English Judge Behind Abortion and Rape Rulings Today
Reporting trips, for me, are always an exercise in finding similarities among differences: the ribbons of shared dilemmas, conflicts and social changes that link people together, no matter their nation. I spent most of the past two weeks in India, where that effort turned out to be more straightforward than expected. I was there working […]
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Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Caribbean Tour Marred By Gaffes and Miscues
LONDON — In Belize, a visit to a cocoa farm was scotched after residents protested. In Jamaica, the prime minister declared his country was “moving on” from the British monarchy. In the Bahamas, the couple arrived to demands from a group calling for slavery reparations that they acknowledge Britain’s economy “was built on the backs […]
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U.S. and Allies Discuss Security of Ukraine’s Leaders Amid Fears for Zelensky’s Safety
WASHINGTON — Allied governments have been discussing how to secure the line of succession in Ukraine in the event President Volodymyr Zelensky is captured or killed by Russian forces, according to officials from multiple governments. The concerns are primarily about making sure there is still an independent Ukrainian government in some form, even if Russia […]
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Voting for President, Chile Faces Stark Choice, With Constitution at Stake
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chileans faced a stark choice between left and right on Sunday as they began voting in a presidential election that has the potential to make or break the effort to draft a new constitution. The race was the nation’s most polarizing and acrimonious in recent history, presenting Chileans with sharply different visions […]
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Chileans Will Vote For President on Sunday
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chileans on Sunday gave the lead in the country’s presidential race to a far-right politician, a stunning development in a nation that has been rattled by political and social protest over inequality and the rising cost of living. With more than 88 percent of the vote counted, José Antonio Kast, a conservative […]
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