Category Archives: The New York Times

We look at Italy, the largest country in western Europe to elect a far-right government in decades.

In a country with millions of firearms, the authorities have long worried about the potential for more gun violence.

More than 80 percent of all travelers entering the U.S. are now verified by facial recognition. The loss of older, seemingly more convenient methods has many perplexed. And then there are the privacy issues.

Twenty-four children were among those killed, according to local media, in the deadliest mass shooting in Thailand since 2020.

With many nations wary of the leadership of the United States, the war in Ukraine poses a test for the West.

Panelists at the Athens Democracy Forum said Putin’s invasion has provided a striking example of the importance and power of the democratic idea.

Last week, experts convened in Athens to discuss disinformation, misinformation and other threats to democracy.

In ancient Greece the great playwrights helped to plant and nurture the seeds of representative government through their characters and plots.

The author and educator explains that making diverse democracies work is difficult and offers suggestions on how they can succeed.

Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark consistently rate highly on scales assessing democratic health, but it’s not easy to replicate their systems.

A disaster that wiped out a decades-long project to bring pipe-borne water to Nepal’s capital shows the mismatch between slow-moving donor-financed efforts and rapid global warming.

Four young leaders explain how they became involved in the global democracy movement and what they have learned so far.

A land of thwarted potential, the country fends off outside influences, political change and some of its own history.

Muhammad Yulianto and Devi Ratna Sari took their young son to his first soccer match. The young couple were among the 125 who died in the tragedy at the Indonesian stadium.

Since President Vladimir V. Putin nationalized the Zaporizhzhia facility, its safety has taken on new urgency, the head of the nuclear watchdog said.