The world’s harshest Covid restrictions exemplify how Xi Jinping’s authoritarian excesses have rewritten Beijing’s longstanding social contract with its people.
Continue readingAt Qatar’s Church City, Sunday Comes on Friday
In a nation deeply rooted in Islam, worshipers from other faiths find community in a government-sanctioned island of Christianity on the outskirts of Doha.
Continue reading‘S.N.L.’ Mocks Herschel Walker Ahead of Georgia’s Senate Vote
Also this week: The episode host, Keke Palmer, revealed that she is pregnant and Kenan Thompson reunited with his old TV partner, Kel Mitchell.
Continue readingIn Forests Full of Mines, Ukrainians Find Mushrooms and Resilience
ZDVYZHIVKA, Ukraine — Deep in a pine forest to the north of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, a beautiful mushroom warmed its brown cap in the gentle autumn sun — it was an all but irresistible scene for Ukrainian mushroom hunters. But all around there …
Continue readingZelensky Says Price Cap Set on Russian Oil Is Too High
Ukraine’s president criticized the $60-a-barrel limit set by the Group of 7 nations, suggesting that the architects of the plan were “trying to avoid big decisions.”
Continue readingDeion Sanders Leaves Jackson State for Colorado
The charismatic former N.F.L. star known as “Prime Time” turned around the program at Jackson State over three seasons and would be expected to do the same for the Buffaloes.
Continue readingAline Kominsky-Crumb, Pioneering Comics Memoirist, Dies at 74
Her autobiographical cartoons — confessional, sexualized and self-deprecating — were considered the first by a woman in underground comics.
Continue readingCapturing SEC Title, Georgia Gets the Bizarre Breaks L.S.U. Usually Loves
An interception off a helmet? A touchdown after a blocked field goal? They helped fuel No. 1 Georgia’s win and, if the Bulldogs have their way, a clinching of the top playoff seed.
Continue readingWhat It Might Mean for Michigan to Vote Early in Democratic Primaries
If President Biden gets his wish, the state will move near the front of the presidential nominating calendar.
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