The Jaguar, a tanker the length of nearly five Olympic-size swimming poolswagi8, left a port near St. Petersburg, Russia, last year, bound for India and loaded with Russian oil. Its trip that spring came as Western authorities were frantically tryin
The mayor of a state capital in southwestern Mexico was killed on Sunday, less than a week after he took office. The public official’s death was the second in days in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state, and echoed some of the most gruesome
A former government minister in Singapore was sentenced to one year in prison on Thursday in a rare graft case that has transfixed the affluent city-state. The minister, S. Iswaran, who oversaw transportation, last week pleaded guilty to accepting g
An investigation by China of an American clothing retailer has escalated concerns among foreign companies about their dependence on Chinese supply chains and the future of their operations in the country. China’s Ministry of Commerce said last week
Sohn Yang-Young was appointed governor of South Hamgyeong Province by South Korea’s president last year. The job came with a chauffeur-driven car, secretaries, a spacious office and a mahogany desk with a mother-of-pearl nameplate. But Mr. Sohn has
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A leaden silence descended upon the courtroom as the videos began to play over three screens. There was Gisèle Pelicot, the victim in the center of a rape trial that has rocked France, lying on a bed on her side, her arms limp before her, her mouth
It’s the kind of cultural exchange any diplomat would savor: A prominent American street artist paints a mural, dedicated to the cause of climate activism, on an apartment building in one of London’s hippest neighborhoods. Jane D. Hartley, the Unite
