Tag: Politics and Government

Germany Meets Its Post-Merkel Government

For the first time in 16 years, Germany will have a center-left…

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Australian Minister Wins Defamation Case Over Tweet

The case’s outcome was not unheard-of in a country with notoriously strict…

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Lithuania Welcomes Belarusians as It Rebuffs Middle Easterners

RUKLA, Lithuania — The emigrants hitchhiked overnight to the Dysna River, the…

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Hong Kong’s National Security Law Explained

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced a student…

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Trying to Blur Memories of the Gulag, Russia Targets a Rights Group

MOSCOW — In the days after the collapse of the Soviet Union,…

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Chileans Will Vote For President on Sunday

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chileans on Sunday gave the lead in the country’s…

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British Columbia’s Flooding Is Worse Because of Climate Change

The intense rains and heavy winds that descended last week on British…

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What to Know About the Frantic Quest for Cobalt

The clean energy revolution is replacing oil and gas with a new…

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How the U.S. Lost Ground to China in the Contest for Clean Energy

WASHINGTON — Tom Perriello saw it coming but could do nothing to…

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