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by Julie Turkewitz on October 17, 2021 at 4:52 am

Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman, is accused in the U.S. of siphoning millions from programs intended to help the needy in Venezuela.

by Justine Landis-Hanley (now) and Nino Bucci (earlier) on October 17, 2021 at 4:35 am

Restrictions will ease in Victoria from 11.59pm Thursday despite state reporting 1,838 Covid cases and seven deaths; NSW records 301 infections, 10 deaths, and ACT 33 cases; NSW schools reopen on […]

by Mark Landler, Megan Specia and Stephen Castle on October 17, 2021 at 4:05 am

The police conducted searches and questioned the suspect as Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other leaders paid respects to David Amess, who was fatally stabbed while meeting with constituents.

by Staff and agencies on October 17, 2021 at 3:31 am

Alex Saab, an ally of president Nicolás Maduro, was extradited to face money laundering charges after a 16-month legal battle Venezuela’s government is halting negotiations with its […]

by Australian Associated Press on October 17, 2021 at 3:28 am

Results showed wetlands provide natural barriers offering protection against speed and turbulence of extreme storms, Australian researcher saysDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email […]

on October 17, 2021 at 3:03 am

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by Maria Abi-Habib on October 17, 2021 at 2:55 am

Up to 17 missionaries and their family members were taken by gangs in the capital of a country where kidnappings have become increasingly common.

by Ronen Bergman on October 17, 2021 at 2:44 am

Midhat Saleh, who oversaw the strategic Golan Heights boundary for Syria, was shot and killed by a sniper, the government said.

by Lauren McCarthy on October 17, 2021 at 2:39 am

Staffing shortages at long-term care facilities are preventing hospitals from discharging patients and admitting new ones.

by Staff and agencies on October 17, 2021 at 2:10 am

Up to 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers had been set to strike from Monday over claims of excessive hours and unliveable wagesAn 11th-hour deal between producers and the union representing 60,000 film […]

on October 17, 2021 at 2:04 am

Venezuela halted talks with the opposition after Alex Saab was flown from Cape Verde to the US.

by Agence France-Presse on October 17, 2021 at 12:51 am

Protesters say they want the government of prime minister Abdalla Hamdok dismissed and replaced by the militaryThousands of pro-military protesters have rallied in central Khartoum, vowing not to […]

on October 16, 2021 at 11:47 pm

The success of The Battle at Lake Changjin is bad news for Hollywood which wants to grow in China.

on October 16, 2021 at 11:28 pm

Robert Durst was on Thursday convicted of murder and is a suspect in two other deaths.

by Charles V. Bagli on October 16, 2021 at 11:19 pm

The 78-year-old millionaire and former real estate mogul was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the murder of a friend in 2000.

by John Yoon on October 16, 2021 at 11:17 pm

How about inexpensive passes good for a month of domestic flights? Or popular in-flight meals to on-the-ground customers?

on October 16, 2021 at 11:09 pm

What does it mean, and what have Facebook and Fortnite got to do with it?

on October 16, 2021 at 11:08 pm

French police killed up to 300 people in 1961, throwing some of them into the River Seine to drown them.

on October 16, 2021 at 11:02 pm

A team of 20 at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport is part of a range of measures being used to reduce bird-strikes.

by Michael Savage on October 16, 2021 at 11:02 pm

Former UK prime minister says operation could be under way within days if world leaders signed offCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 100,000 lives can be […]

by Nadeem Badshah (now) and Jane Clinton (earlier) on October 16, 2021 at 10:55 pm

Reports of suspect’s name come as police confirm he is being held under Terrorism ActSources confirm suspect’s nameSuspect detained under Terrorism ActPatel says MPs ‘cannot be […]

by Jo Jones and Helen Seamons on October 16, 2021 at 10:45 pm

Filed under ‘forever favourites’, the classic shirt has upsized and moved on from the confines of the neat workwear uniform shirt favoured by city workersAn oversized shirt is the neutral […]

by Emma Graham-Harrison and Sam Jones on October 16, 2021 at 10:37 pm

Trio step out from behind pseudonym marketed as ‘Spain’s Elena Ferrante’ to accept €1m prizeA million euro literary prize has lured three Spanish men out of anonymity, to […]

by Associated Press in Los Angeles on October 16, 2021 at 9:53 pm

Footage teases bleak and violent vision for Dark Knight’s latest instalment, due for release on 4 March Warner Bros has unveiled its trailer for The Batman, which features Robert […]

on October 16, 2021 at 9:51 pm

The 1961 Paris massacre was denied or concealed by French governments for decades.

by Michael Lee on October 16, 2021 at 9:35 pm

Norway on Saturday announced it will hold an independent investigation into the actions of police and security agencies following a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people

on October 16, 2021 at 9:23 pm

In the process, the family running the company, Ron Santa Teresa, has gone from bankruptcy to exporting an award-winning vintage rum.

by Jane Arraf on October 16, 2021 at 9:19 pm

The U.S. once threatened to kill Muqtada al-Sadr as his militia battled occupying forces. Now, the powerful cleric is helping Washington by keeping Iran at bay.

on October 16, 2021 at 9:17 pm

What happened, what we know about the suspect, who the MP was, and what witnesses saw.

by Emma Graham-Harrison on October 16, 2021 at 9:00 pm

White House forced to rewrite domestic bill as it makes late bid to secure backing for international dealPresident Joe Biden is likely to abandon a clean energy programme that was the centrepiece of […]

on October 16, 2021 at 8:53 pm

The protests come as tensions rise between civilian and military rulers.

by Toby Helm, Michael Savage and James Tapper on October 16, 2021 at 8:41 pm

Lindsay Hoyle calls for a ‘conversation … kinder and based on respect’ as politicians reveal scale of violent threatsMy friend David Amess connected with everyone. We must not hide […]

by Azi Paybarah and Isabelle Niu on October 16, 2021 at 8:40 pm

“Scripted homicide” clubs have opened around the country as young people look for ways to escape and connect. Naturally, the government has questions.

on October 16, 2021 at 7:20 pm

Why the need to be a people's representative and the need for personal safety are in constant conflict.

by Reuters on October 16, 2021 at 7:14 pm

Rodolfo Martín Villa, interior minister between 1976 and 1979, ‘played a key role in the repressive structures of the dictatorship’An Argentinian judge investigating cases that […]

on October 16, 2021 at 6:55 pm

The fatal stabbing of David Amess by a suspected extremist shows the difficulties facing the government in preventing lone-wolf attacks.

on October 16, 2021 at 6:19 pm

Her family has told the BBC that they fear she could be returned to jail at any time.

by Toby Helm & Fiona Harvey on October 16, 2021 at 6:12 pm

With weeks to go before the Cop26 climate summit, documents show PM being warned about the risks of damage to the UK from green investmentConfidential documents leaked to the Observer reveal an […]

by Vjosa Isai on October 16, 2021 at 6:09 pm

Health care workers and others in the Yukon must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 30. The territory is also starting a vaccination passport program.

by Pete McKenzie in Wellington on October 16, 2021 at 6:00 pm

Inclusion of Māori legal customs could profoundly alter the way law is applied in areas as diverse as defamation and trust law When English settlers first arrived in New Zealand, they brought […]

by Megan Specia, Mark Landler and Stephen Castle on October 16, 2021 at 5:51 pm

David Amess, a Conservative member of Parliament, was holding a meeting in his constituency at the time. He is the second politician killed in an attack in just over five years.

by Jason Horowitz on October 16, 2021 at 5:41 pm

Part of the Catholic church in Sicily has imposed a three-year prohibition on naming godparents, arguing that the tradition has become merely a way to fortify family ties — and mob ties, too.

by Helene Cooper on October 16, 2021 at 5:18 pm

The story of 8-year-old Asma, injured by a U.S. tear-gas canister, echoes the heartbreak and heroism of the 20-year American misadventure in Afghanistan.

by Rachel Cooke on October 16, 2021 at 5:00 pm

The Booker-winning author on starting late as a writer, her clear recall of growing up in Cairo, and the TV programme that kept her going during lockdownPenelope Lively, the author of many novels and […]

by Dalya Alberge on October 16, 2021 at 5:00 pm

A 3,500-year-old image tablet of a ‘miserable male ghost’ gives up its secretIts outlines are faint, only discernible at an angle, but the world’s oldest drawing of a ghost has been […]

by Noah Weiland, Carl Zimmer and Sharon LaFraniere on October 16, 2021 at 4:44 pm

The agency’s expert advisers discussed the data on the approach, which is limited.

on October 16, 2021 at 4:11 pm

The killings in Kandahar, the Taliban’s historic stronghold, follow a spate of Islamic State attacks on the country’s religious minority sect.

on October 16, 2021 at 4:00 pm

In the forests of northwest Nigeria, loosely organized criminal gangs that raised funds kidnapping schoolchildren are now flush with arms and operating beyond the reach of an increasingly fragile […]

on October 16, 2021 at 3:48 pm

The 450kg-haul was concealed in a shipment of ceramic tiles sent to Melbourne from Malaysia.

by Asmaa al-Omar and Vivian Yee on October 16, 2021 at 3:31 pm

The death toll rose to seven a day after gun battles between Christian and Shiite Muslim militias erupted amid tensions over an investigation into the port explosion last year.

by Ben Hubbard and Marc Santora on October 16, 2021 at 3:29 pm

The fighting further traumatized the small Mediterranean country, a patchwork of sects that has tumbled into an abyss of devastating political and economic crises.

by Constant Méheut on October 16, 2021 at 3:23 pm

President Emmanuel Macron of France is the country’s first head of state to attend an event marking the deaths, which officials ignored for decades.

by Jessica Glenza on October 16, 2021 at 2:46 pm

The US transportation secretary and his husband recently adopted newborn twins and praised ‘an administration that’s actually pro-family’US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, […]

on October 16, 2021 at 2:44 pm

It was the rare occasion where a life jacket wasn’t going to save your life, according to an investigation.

by Jon Brown on October 16, 2021 at 2:42 pm

The Polish-Canadian pastor who has been jailed for holding church services in Calgary, Alberta, said he will refuse to obey a court order requiring him to publicly echo the opinions of medical […]

on October 16, 2021 at 2:34 pm

Infections continue to soar as the Kremlin struggles to persuade people to get vaccinated.

on October 16, 2021 at 2:15 pm

South East Asian countries decide not to invite the military coup leader to their meeting.

by Associated Press in Wellington on October 16, 2021 at 2:15 pm

Celebrities encourage turnout as response surpasses Jacinda Ardern’s call to administer 100,000 shotsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s […]

on October 16, 2021 at 2:11 pm

Italian police search a cannabis farm and seize a stash of 235 frozen dormice - a mafia delicacy.

by Ben Hubbard and Hwaida Saad on October 16, 2021 at 2:09 pm

Lebanon’s capital thrives on its religious diversity, but sectarian tensions and memories of civil war lurk just beneath the surface.

by Lorenzo Tondo on October 16, 2021 at 2:00 pm

Since 2006, the acclaimed writer has lived in fear for his life, following publication of his exposé on the criminal gangs. The Observer takes a trip back to Naples with him and his mindersOn […]

on October 16, 2021 at 1:37 pm

Constituents in Leigh-on-Sea mourn Sir David Amess as they try to make sense of what happened.

by Jessica Glenza and agencies on October 16, 2021 at 1:34 pm

US makes plans to approve vaccines for children five to 11Vaccinating children will reduce virus spread to adults – officialsUS health officials are setting the stage for a national Covid-19 […]

by Dan Bilefsky on October 16, 2021 at 1:30 pm

For a Montreal-based Times correspondent, proposed language legislation brings back memories of the 1970s.

by Stephen Castle on October 16, 2021 at 1:23 pm

The person-to-person meetings with voters give Britons unusually good access to their political representatives. But questions are being asked about whether the tradition can continue.

on October 16, 2021 at 12:31 pm

Poverty in Afghanistan is worsening fast after the Taliban seized power and most foreign aid ended. Already, 95% of Afghans aren’t getting enough to eat, the U.N. warns.

on October 16, 2021 at 12:11 pm

Police in Kenya say a man who had confessed to killing a dozen children and escaped from detention this week has been killed by a mob.

on October 16, 2021 at 12:02 pm

The regional bloc’s decision effectively sidelines Myanmar’s bid for international legitimacy and increases pressure on the country to cooperate with its neighbors to resolve its […]

by Nadra Nittle on October 16, 2021 at 10:00 am

Beanless brews can cut deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions dramatically – but what will happen to workers in traditional coffee-growing regions? Heiko Rischer isn’t quite sure how […]

by Yasmeen Serhan on October 16, 2021 at 10:00 am

As international attention subsides, the group is reverting to its old tactics.

on October 16, 2021 at 9:53 am

Finished Squid Game? Here's a quick lowdown on other K-dramas for new converts.

by Alex Marshall on October 16, 2021 at 7:55 am

Months of closures during the pandemic have caused financial havoc for art venues, and many expect to be strapped for years. At the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the virus’s impact is […]

by Natasha Frost on October 16, 2021 at 7:39 am

The country took a different approach to encouraging vaccinations on Saturday, with barbecues, a telethon and the chance to get jabbed in the business-class seat of a Boeing 787.

on October 16, 2021 at 6:40 am

Scientists are concerned about the impact of the rogue non-native herd near Escobar's former ranch.

by JayLeen Murray on October 16, 2021 at 5:54 am

Eleven students drowned and 10 others were rescued during a school outing for a river cleanup in Indonesia’s West Java Province, officials said Saturday.

by Yan Zhuang on October 16, 2021 at 3:17 am

“New Gold Mountain” highlights the complications of belonging for immigrants then and now.

on October 16, 2021 at 2:23 am

Businesses across the country, including many in the manufacturing industry, have committed to hiring and training Afghan refugees, amongst other ...

by Taimoor Shah and Thomas Gibbons-Neff on October 16, 2021 at 2:22 am

It was the second week in a row that attackers had struck a Shiite place of worship during Friday Prayer.

on October 16, 2021 at 1:14 am

A surge in demand for toys and sports equipment has contributed to logjams at US ports.

on October 16, 2021 at 1:12 am

Despite mass starvation in northern Ethiopia, aid officials are not calling the situation a famine.

on October 16, 2021 at 12:57 am

A selection of powerful images from all over the globe, taken this week.

by Jason Horowitz on October 15, 2021 at 11:58 pm

The rollout went more or less smoothly, with only scattered protests, as the majority of citizens accepted the ‘Green Pass’ as a tolerable sacrifice to stem the Covid pandemic.

by Louis Casiano on October 15, 2021 at 11:29 pm

The fatal stabbing of a British lawmaker on Friday is being declared a terrorist incident and will be investigated as such with a potential link to Islamic extremism, authorities said.

on October 15, 2021 at 11:01 pm

Money donated by the Duchess of Sussex has been spent on feeding Nottingham's most vulnerable.

on October 15, 2021 at 11:01 pm

Ros Atkins examines why tensions between China and Taiwan have increased over recent weeks.

on October 15, 2021 at 11:00 pm

Rising temperatures and desertification are forcing many Mauritanians to leave their ancestral homes.

by David Leonhardt on October 15, 2021 at 10:00 pm

When an F.D.A. panel meets today about J. & J. booster shots, there will be an elephant in the room.

on October 15, 2021 at 9:15 pm

China on Saturday sent three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new orbiting outpost

by Cora Engelbrecht and Henrik Pryser Libell on October 15, 2021 at 8:57 pm

Espen Anderson Brathen has been charged with murder in the deaths of five people after the authorities say he went on a killing spree armed with a hunting bow.

by Jason Horowitz, Emma Bubola, Gaia Pianigiani and Elisabetta Povoledo on October 15, 2021 at 8:41 pm

While there were scattered protests across Italy on Friday, many in the country appeared to accept the measure as necessary.

by Roger Cohen on October 15, 2021 at 8:13 pm

The killing of Samuel Paty by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee intensified debate over security and immigration, and prompted intense scrutiny of the French secular model.

by Richard C. Paddock and Muktita Suhartono on October 15, 2021 at 7:54 pm

on October 15, 2021 at 7:08 pm

Residents choke back tears on the streets of Leigh-on Sea as they remember their compassionate MP.

by Ruth Maclean and Ismail Alfa on October 15, 2021 at 6:58 pm

A top military commander said that Abu Musab al-Barnawi, a kingpin of an extremist organization known as the Islamic State West Africa Province, had died.

on October 15, 2021 at 6:29 pm

The Tory MP was a backbencher of the old school who fought for the causes he cared about.

by Yan Zhuang on October 15, 2021 at 5:15 pm

on October 15, 2021 at 4:53 pm

A man in India convicted of murdering his wife with a cobra has been sentenced to life in prison.

by Anton Troianovski on October 15, 2021 at 4:14 pm

Dmitri A. Muratov, a new laureate, engages with the Kremlin, while Aleksei A. Navalny, the most high-profile Putin critic, resists all compromise. The Kremlin capitalizes on the fault line.

by Isabella Kwai on October 15, 2021 at 4:10 pm

A grad student in London hoped to collect a few testimonies from teenage sexual assault victims for a petition to teach consent in schools. She got thousands.

by Chinedu Asadu on October 15, 2021 at 3:47 pm

To keep bandits from coordinating attacks that have killed thousands, the Nigerian government has cut off mobile networks in select states. Although authorities say the network blackout reduces the […]