Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD, r-l), Robert Habeck (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, and Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, follow the debate at the start of the budget week. Michael Kappeler | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Good news has been sparse for the German economy. And … Read more
WAJIMA, Japan — Aftershocks threatened to bury more homes and block roads crucial for relief shipments, as the death toll from the earthquakes that rattled Japan’s western coastline last week reached 100 on Saturday. Among the dead was a 5-year-old boy who had been recovering from injuries after boiling water spilled on him during Monday’s … Read more
His team lost its final four games, to finish 5-7. After the final defeat, 28-14 at home to Wisconsin, he was excited to begin a new life chapter by getting married and moving to Arizona, where he’d find a sales gig. Three days after that game, however, the starting quarterback slips into the portal, and … Read more
JERUSALEM — The deal seemed on the verge of unraveling. Hamas had accused Israel of failing to keep its side of the bargain and Israel was threatening to resume its lethal onslaught on the Gaza Strip. That was the point at which a Qatari jet landed at Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport on Saturday. Negotiators aboard … Read more
CIUDAD EVITA, Argentina — As Argentina heads for a presidential runoff election on Sunday, the decades-old populist movement known as Peronism is on shaky ground, its candidate having lost some traction even among longtime loyalists living in a suburb of the capital that is its literal and figurative embodiment. Built in the 1950s by Peronism’s … Read more