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DHAKA, Bangladesh — At least 39 people were killed and hundreds more suffered burns when a fire at a container depot in Bangladesh set off a series of explosions, officials said on Sunday. Many people were in critical condition in hospital burn wards, according to local officials, who feared the…

TAIPEI, Taiwan — For decades, a large candlelight vigil was held in Hong Kong each June 4, to commemorate those killed when Chinese soldiers crushed the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. On Saturday, smaller crowds gathered in Taipei and other cities around the world — this time mourning not just…

ABOARD U.S.S. KEARSARGE, in the port of Stockholm — If ever there was a potent symbol of how much Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has altered Europe, the sight of this enormous warship, bristling with 26 warplanes and 2,400 Marines and sailors, moored among the pleasure craft and tour boats that…

The Petro Travel Center on Interstate 10 in Ontario, Calif., is one of scores across the country. At the front of the building are the things road trippers see when they stop for gas or snacks: a convenience store, restrooms and some dining options. But for truckers, Petro is a…

In a fight between a Paul Bunyan-like common man and a celebrity doctor, the doctor might emerge as the responsible candidate. And Dr. Oz will know how to sell it, said Samantha Majic, a political scientist at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who studies style and celebrity in politics….

ORLANDO — The first tropical threat of the hurricane season in Florida washed across the state overnight Friday, leaving South Florida residents and local officials to deal with flooding, power outages, stranded vehicles and hours of cleanup, affecting some businesses. In Miami, drivers faced slashing rains and flooded streets in…

Friday’s religious service, with a New Testament reading by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was meant to honor the queen’s role as head of state. Five former prime ministers that she met with over the decades were on hand: John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May. “The…

LONDON — The police evacuated crowds and cordoned off Trafalgar Square on Saturday morning, rattling the British capital on the third day of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. The Metropolitan Police did not specify what had prompted the evacuation, but said in a tweet that officers were currently at the scene…

Great Paul, cast in the late 1800s, weighs over 16 tons.Credit…Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis, via Getty Images LONDON — The history of Great Paul, the St. Paul’s Cathedral bell that was rung for a service commemorating Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebration on Friday, is one of toil and grandeur. It is…

Were empire thrown overboard, much of the monarchy’s symbolic power would have gone with it. From her first prorogation of Parliament, Queen Elizabeth II, like her predecessors, affirmed old imperial fictions and cultivated new ones. This was her prescribed role, her monarchical duty. She reminded her grieving nation of its…