France Rape Trial Renews Push to Revise Legal Definition of Rape

As a wildfire barreled toward a territorial capital in Canada on Thursday, an extraordinary citywide evacuation of thousands of people accelerated, with long lines of cars heading down the only highway south from the city. Firefighters were struggling to contain the blaze, which was about 16 kilometers, or about 10…

Four years ago today, society began to shut down. Shortly after noon Eastern on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid — or “the coronavirus,” then the more popular term — to be a global pandemic. Stocks plummeted in the afternoon. In the span of a single hour…

Diners at a restaurant in Beijing on Monday, after the government eased some of its coronavirus restrictions.Credit…Jade Gao/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Beijing residents eagerly indulged in a privilege that they had not enjoyed in weeks: dining inside a restaurant. The Chinese capital relaxed pandemic rules at midnight on Monday,…

A Florida school district, facing pressure about “nudity” in schools, removed from shelves a picture book that showed an illustration of a goblin’s bare bottom. Some students were saved from debauchery when school officials colored in a pair of pants on the goblin. That’s a particularly nutty example, from the…

It just wasn’t cricket. Even as salaries soar and stakes mount, professional cricket has clung to the notion that it is a game for gentlemen and ladies, with players held to a higher standard of sportsmanship. Ball-doctoring and betting scandals have taken some of the shine off the traditions of…