World

Most Venezuelans saw María Corina Machado’s Peace Prize as a recognition of their economic struggles and democratic hopes.

At the annual Bridges conference, mathematical creativity was on dazzling display.

Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American adversaries to appease President Trump.

After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the revival of its violent, anti-democratic ways.

The World Gurning Championships in northern England celebrate the centuries-old art of face-pulling.

The unit appealed to security forces in this southern African nation to disobey their superiors and to refuse to shoot at demonstrators, who have rallied in the streets for more than two weeks.

Missiles struck as many people were asleep in classrooms converted into temporary shelters, a doctor said. Paramilitary forces have tightened their siege on El Fasher for over a year.

Las Vegas Sands, owned by the Adelson family, was under pressure in Macau, with billions at stake. That created an opportunity.

The People’s Daily newspaper put the star player’s name on an opinion article, an example of the political perils the N.B.A. could face in China.

“Elbows Up!” is a collection of essays by prominent Canadians like Margaret Atwood that seeks to make something positive out of Canada’s identity angst.