Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that the Trump administration will decide this week whether to continue pursuing a negotiated settlement in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or to turn its attention to other matters. This week will be “very important,” Mr. Rubio said on the NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We have to make a…
Joe Tay, an actor and journalist running in Monday’s federal election in Canada, has not ventured outside to knock on constituents’ doors. He has not buttonholed voters at the local strip mall. Nor has he been seen schmoozing at public gatherings. Fearing for his safety, Mr. Tay — a critic of the Chinese government, which…
A driver plowed into a group of partygoers attending a Filipino street festival on Saturday evening in Vancouver, British Columbia, killing at least nine people, according to the local authorities. Vancouver police said earlier that they were investigating a “mass casualty incident” at a neighborhood block party. The police said they had taken “a lone…
Counterterrorism police in Britain are investigating an attack on Saturday that “seriously injured” two women in the northern English city of Leeds. The police said that they had recovered a crossbow and a firearm. The police arrested a 38-year-old man, who was taken to the hospital with what they called a “self-inflicted injury.” They said…
The death toll from a massive explosion at an Iranian port rose to 25 on Sunday with more than 1,100 people injured, according to the state media. The blast Saturday evening at Iran’s largest and most important shipping port resulted in a major fire, which spread and caused destruction in the surrounding areas. Iran’s heath…
President Trump’s standing among Ukrainians is practically on life support. But many cheered one statement he made on Saturday after meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky, questioning why President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would continue to pummel Ukraine as the United States is trying to broker peace talks. “It makes me think that maybe he…
Online and in person, people are clamoring to get their hands on Labubus, which are dolls that are “well-intentioned” but somewhat mischievous.
A driver plowed into a street festival honoring Canada’s Filipino population in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday evening, killing “a number of people,” according to the local police. The police said they had taken one suspect into custody: the driver, a 30-year-old man from Vancouver. In a news conference overnight, local officials did not specify…
Australia was the clear top choice when Ali Bajwa, a native of Pakistan, wanted to pursue a doctorate in agricultural science. The research in the field was cutting edge, the universities were highly ranked and overseas students were welcome in the country, where international education has been referred to as “the biggest export we don’t…
Insulin, heart treatments and antibiotics have flowed freely across many borders for decades, exempt from tariffs in a bid to make medicine affordable. But that could soon change. For months, President Trump has been promising to impose higher tariffs on pharmaceuticals as part of his plan to reorder the global trading system and bring key…
