Davos Organizers Seek New Site After Postponing Meeting Due to Covid-19
The World Economic Forum won’t be meeting in Davos at all in 2021 after initially postponing its annual session in January because of the coronavirus crisis, and it is now...
Trump Criticizes China for Covid-19 Response in United Nations Speech
President Trump used a virtual speech at the United Nations General Assembly to assail China on Tuesday, blaming Beijing for the coronavirus pandemic that has stricken the world while weighing...
New Generation Presses Thailand’s Military and Monarchy to Step Away From Politics
Political turmoil isn’t new in Thailand, which has been rocked by coups and periods of unrest for decades. But a new generation of Thais has taken to the streets in...
WTO Finds Some U.S. Tariffs on China Violate Trade Rules
The World Trade Organization ruled Tuesday that some U.S. tariffs against China broke international trading rules, a conclusion that exacerbates U.S.-WTO tensions but likely will have no consequence for American...
After Weeks of Pressure in Belarus, Protesters and Lukashenko Locked in Dangerous Stalemate
More than 100,000 people poured into the streets of Belarus’ capital Minsk, sparking a show of force and mass detentions by riot police on Sunday in one of the largest...
Poisoned Putin Critic Navalny Wakes From Coma
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with his wife and supporters in Moscow in February. Photo: kirill kudryavtsev/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images BERLIN—Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was poisoned with the nerve...
Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Poisoned With Novichok, Berlin Says
BERLIN—Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, a chemical nerve agent, the German government said on Wednesday, presenting the strongest evidence yet that the attack could have been...
Christchurch Mosque Shooter Who Killed 51 People Gets Life Imprisonment
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand—The man who murdered 51 people in live-streamed attacks on two New Zealand mosques was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, the first time the country has imposed...
New U.S. Coronavirus Cases Stay Below 50,000
New Covid-19 cases in the U.S. continued to drift lower Saturday, staying below 50,000 for the eighth consecutive day as the Food and Drug Administration authorized convalescent plasma as a...
Watch live: FEMA administrator testifies before Congress on nation’s coronavirus response
[The stream is slated to start at 9:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The nation's top emergency official...