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Qin Gang has not made a public appearance in three weeks. The Communist Party’s habitual secrecy around top officials has fueled speculation over the reasons for his absence.

Israeli lawmakers are advancing parts of a contentious plan by the right-wing government to reduce the power of the Supreme Court. A final vote is expected by early next week.

More scorching weather is expected in the southern part of the continent in the coming days, with experts anticipating records. Here’s what to know.

A concerted effort to say Indigenous names correctly, and tell the stories behind them, will show up in stadiums in New Zealand and Australia.

Television news footage of a training exercise involving the Russian mercenaries offered a rare, if vague, glimpse of the group after its failed mutiny last month.

The unexpected presence of earthworms in the Far North could cause rapid changes in some of the planet’s most fragile ecosystems.

Critics of the government’s plan to limit the power of courts are wary of what they call “salami tactics,” slicing up the project into smaller pieces to try to make it more palatable.

Ukraine’s president wanted firmer commitments about when his country could join, but NATO’s 31 members did make some new pledges to draw Kyiv closer to the alliance.

A dispatch from the flooded house of our new lead writer.

As part of his U-turn on unblocking Sweden’s bid for NATO membership, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey appears to have received vague promises about changing his country’s strained relationship with the European Union.