Tag: Politics and Government
White House Prepares Curbs on Russia’s Access to U.S. Technology
Kevin Wolf, a partner in international trade at Akin Gump who worked in export controls under the Obama…
Justice Dept. to End Trump-Era Initiative to Deter Chinese Threats
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it was ending a contentious Trump-era effort to…
How Colombian Feminists Decriminalized Abortion
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Decades of grass roots organizing, with meetings in living rooms and in the streets, online…
How Sanctions on Russia Could Affect Champions League and Top Soccer Clubs
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has exposed fissures in European soccer that are threatening multimillion-dollar sponsorship agreements and have…
U.S. and Allies Impose Sanctions on Russia as Biden Condemns ‘Invasion’ of Ukraine
WASHINGTON — The United States and its allies on Tuesday swiftly imposed economic sanctions on Russia for what…
Canada Ends Its Freeze on Hundreds of Accounts Tied to Protests
OTTAWA — With the capital’s streets cleared of the heavy trucks and cars that made some of them…
As French Elections Loom, Macron Tries to Strike a Balance
PARIS — Rarely has a modern French leader embraced the powers of the presidency as forcefully as Emmanuel…
The Limits of a Europe Whole and Free
PARIS — For the prime minister of Lithuania — and Lithuania knows something of life in Moscow’s imperium…
Ukraine Enclaves Long Steeped in Conflict Face New Peril
SEVERODONETSK, Ukraine — For days, Viktoria Gudyatskaya listened nervously as the escalating fighting along the front lines in…
For Ukraine’s Jews, the Threat of War Stirs Memories of Past Horrors
Military officials and analysts agree that any large-scale military action against Ukraine is likely to begin in the…
How Europeans Are Responding to Exorbitant Gas and Power Bills
A German retiree facing sky-high energy bills is turning to a wood-burning stove. The owner of a dry…
‘Nothing in Common’: Staten Island, Park Slope and an Unlikely Marriage
“Had we sought out people that voted the same way in order to keep them together, that would…