What led Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to conduct a military campaign in the Tigray region, and how has the fighting affected Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa?
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven ousted in no-confidence vote
Sweden’s parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in a no-confidence motion on Monday, giving the Social Democrat leader a week to either resign and hand the speaker the job of finding a new government, or call a snap election.
Ethiopians head to the polls amid famine and a raging humanitarian crisis
Ethiopians will head to the polls on Monday amid widespread nationwide unrest, famine, and a raging humanitarian crisis in the country’s Tigray region.
Supreme Court opens door to significant increase in compensation for college student athletes
A unanimous Supreme Court said on Monday that student athletes could receive education-related payments in a case that could reshape college sports by allowing more money from a billion-dollar industry to go to the players.
Iran’s Incoming President Vows Tough Line on Missiles and Militias
Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s ultraconservative president-elect, said he would not meet with President Biden and that Tehran’s position on its ballistic missile program was “nonnegotiable.”
For the Butterflies — and the Rest of Us
Stop using pesticides, in your butterfly garden and everywhere else.
In N.C.A.A. Case, Supreme Court Backs Payments to Student-Athletes
The N.C.A.A. argued that the payments were a threat to amateurism and that barring them did not violate the antitrust laws.
In Rift With Biden, a Dramatic Show of Force by a Conservative Catholic Movement
A vote by the U.S. bishops was the most dramatic example of the conservative Catholic movement’s reach since Joseph R. Biden was elected. But the contingent had been gaining strength throughout the Trump era.
Most major metropolitan areas have become more racially segregated, study shows
Some of the nation’s largest metropolitan regions have become increasingly segregated in the last 30 years, underscoring racial inequalities that have led to poorer life outcomes in Black and brown neighborhoods, according to a study released Monday by the University of California Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute.
Tokyo Olympics Plan to Allow Up to 10,000 Domestic Spectators
The decision indicates a growing certainty that the Games will go on, despite months of concern that they could become a superspreader event. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.