Written by WILL GRAVES Simone Biles came to Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the games themselves. It all came to a stunning halt in the women’s gymnastics final on Tuesday night. A wonky vault to start...
Written by LISA MASCARO, ALEXANDRA JAFFE and KEVIN FREKING Senators and the White House are locked in intense negotiations to salvage a bipartisan infrastructure deal, with pressure mounting on all sides to wrap up talks and...
Written by JOSEF FEDERMAN Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused the Israeli military of carrying out attacks that “apparently amount to war crimes” during an 11-day war in May against the Hamas militant group. The international...
Written by KRUTIKA PATHI and YIRMIYAN ARTHUR As coronavirus cases ravaged India this spring, Anil Sharma visited his 24-year-old son Saurav at a private hospital in northwest New Delhi every day for more than two months. In May,...
Written by BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Troops surrounded Tunisia’s parliament and blocked its speaker from entering Monday after the president suspended the legislature and fired the prime minister following nationwide protests over the...
Written by JENNA FRYER First, the sun. Now: the wind and the rain. The Tokyo Olympics, delayed by the pandemic and opened under oppressive heat, are due for another hit of nature’s power: a typhoon arriving Tuesday morning that...