Five years ago this month, an American-backed Kurdish and Arab militia ousted Islamic State fighters from a village in eastern Syria, the group’s last sliver
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Chinese Traders and Moroccan Ports: How Russia Flouts Global Tech Bans
Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last year, engineers at Convex, a Russian telecommunications company, needed to find American equipment to transmit data to the country’s
At UK Summit, Global Leaders Warn AI Could Cause ‘Catastrophic’ Harm
In 1950, Alan Turing, the gifted British mathematician and code-breaker, published an academic paper. His aim, he wrote, was to consider the question, “Can machines
Ukraine Worries That Prolonged War in Gaza May Dilute Global Support
Ukraine, still locked in fierce combat with Russia along hundreds of miles of front line, also finds itself grappling with what are seen in Kyiv
BRICS Summit Attracts Global Interest Not Seen in Years
The leaders from the five-member group of nations known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — are beginning a three-day summit
In France, ‘Climate Fresk’ Global Warming Workshops Are a Hit
On a recent summer evening in central Paris, a handful of people trickled into a trendy Brazilian bar blasting bossa nova, passed customers toasting with
Biden’s Defense of Global Democracies Is Tested by Political Turmoil
WASHINGTON — A political crisis in Israel and setbacks to democracy in several other major countries closely allied with the United States are testing the
Rishi Sunak Charts Post-Brexit Role With Pivot From ‘Global Britain’
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain has mothballed his predecessors’ projects, large and small, from Liz Truss’s trickle-down tax cuts to Boris Johnson’s revamped royal
Biden Focuses on Domestic Issues in State of the Union Despite Global Tensions
WASHINGTON — When President Biden delivered his State of the Union address a year ago, war had broken out in Europe just days before and
IMF Upgrades Global Economic Outlook as Inflation Eases
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund said on Monday that it expected the global economy to slow this year as central banks continued to raise