• Top Vatican Official Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct in Quebec

    A woman accused Cardinal Marc Ouellet, a member of Pope Francis’ inner circle, of inappropriately touching and kissing her.

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  • Mexico Sees Its Energy Future in Fossil Fuels, Not Renewables

    MEXICO CITY — On a recent scorching afternoon in his home state of Tabasco, the president of Mexico celebrated his government’s latest triumph: a new oil refinery. Though not yet operational, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador hailed the refinery as a centerpiece in his grand campaign to secure Mexico’s energy independence. “We ignored the sirens’…

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  • Restaurants That Are Institutions as Much as Places to Dine

    Throughout the pandemic, reporting assignments meant I was traveling more than most people. And when I was on the road, pandemic restrictions and just good sense meant that my meals came to be, by definition, takeout. While the pandemic is ongoing, I have gingerly started eating in restaurants again. And, in particular, I’ve resumed seeking…

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  • In the Amazon, a U.N. Agency Partners With Oil Companies

    RESGUARDO BUENAVISTA, Colombia — At the edge of the Colombian Amazon, in an Indigenous village surrounded by oil rigs, the Siona people faced a dilemma. The United Nations Development Program, or U.N.D.P., had just announced a $1.9 million regional aid package. In a village with no running water, intermittent electricity and persistent poverty, any money…

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  • Sneeze by Sneeze, Sponges Fill the Seas With Their Mucus

    Sneezing is far from a uniquely human behavior. Maybe you’ve seen your dog or cat do it, or watched a YouTube video of a giraffe sneezing on an unsuspecting toddler at the zoo. In fact, sneezing doesn’t even require a nervous system, let alone a nose, and dates back to some of the first multicellular…

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  • Mexico City Declared Police Abuse Over. Reports of Misconduct Kept Rising.

    MEXICO CITY — Juan Carlos García Cortés was running errands in Mexico City on his moped when a taxi cut him off and two men jumped out. They shoved him in the back, threw a jacket over his head and began beating him. Mr. García’s abductors weren’t street-level criminals — they were members of Mexico…

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  • How We Mourn Covid’s Victims

    LONDON — Piece by piece, the Covid-19 sanctuary was born on a hilltop in the town of Bedworth in central England. The process was meant to be a metaphor for a human life. Like bones fused over time, it grew taller as the memorial’s creators spent months joining intricate pieces of wood into a skeletal…

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  • A Photographer Who Has Always Worked on a Large Scale Goes Even Bigger

    Long before the climate crisis was the focus of global concern Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky was traveling the world documenting what people have inflicted on the environment and, by extension themselves. His work has always been monumental both in its subjects and approach. For most of his four-decade-long-career Mr. Burtynsky sought out the largest examples…

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  • Colombia’s First Black Vice President Spotlights Afro-Caribbean Fashion

    CALI, Colombia — At a premier fashion event in the coastal city of Buenaventura this year, a pair of towering models strutted down the boardwalk, one in a red minidress with a fluted top inspired by an open seashell and the other wearing a blue-and-gold gown fit for a modern queen. The models were Black…

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  • How Argentines Cope With Inflation That’s 64% and Rising

    As countries across the world try to cope with rising prices, there is perhaps no major economy that understands how to live with inflation better than Argentina. The country has struggled with rapidly rising prices for much of the past 50 years. During a chaotic stretch in the late 1980s, inflation hit a nearly unbelievable…

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