World
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Free Lift Passes, Anyone? Japan’s Ski Mecca Is Desperate for Workers.
Japan reopened its borders just in time for the winter season. The Niseko area is straining to meet the pent-up…
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How a Windfall of Special Education Funding Benefited Hasidic Schools
Less than a decade ago, New York City drastically changed the way it provided special education to thousands of children…
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The One-Week Marriage That’s a Back Story to the Opera ‘Fedora’
The Met is reviving the opera, which originally starred Lina Cavalieri, a singer with a tempestuous life.
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China Responds to U.S. Covid Testing Rule With a Collective Shrug
The U.S. travel rule drew a muted response in a country grappling with outbreaks and where mass, regular Covid testing…
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For Black South Africans, Apartheid Was a ‘House of Bondage’
In a newly reissued photo book from 1967, Ernest Cole surveys the ever-present atrocities of European oppression.
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Moscow on the Med: A Faraway War Transforms a Turkish Resort Town
Tens of thousands of Russians and Ukrainians have settled in Antalya, on Turkey’s southern coast, hoping to avoid the fallout…
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Fire at Cambodian Casino Near Thai Border Kills at Least 10
The blaze at the Grand Diamond City also injured at least 30 people, officials said. Guests at the 17-story complex…
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Ukraine gives an optimistic update on its power grid, but concern grows about coming holidays.
Ukrainian officials are optimistic that rolling power outages will not be necessary around the New Year holidays as crews work…
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Your Thursday Briefing
New requirements for passengers coming from China.
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White Men Charged in Attack on Black Teenagers at Pool in South Africa
Two youths who tried to use a pool at a resort on Christmas Day said they were told it was…