When Brazilians look at the shell of their National Museum, some see a symbol of the hollowing out of their whole country and the near-abandonment of basic public services.
By MANUELA ANDREONI, ERNESTO LONDOÑO and LIS MORICONI
Amid rising clamor for the pontiff to address claims he covered up abuse, Francis extolled the virtues of silence: “The truth is humble, the truth is silent.”
In coming national elections, the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats are forecast to get 20 percent, throwing the country’s image as a “moral superpower” into question.
For every 18 migrants reaching Italy from North Africa, one drowned — even as unauthorized migration along the route has fallen to its lowest level since 2015.
Germany’s painful history has become highly personal in a sleepy village, where neighbors are fighting over what to do with a “Hitler bell” in the local church.
By KATRIN BENNHOLD
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The Syrian government hopes a looming assault on Idlib Province will deliver the decisive military blow against rebel fighters. Western leaders warn of a humanitarian calamity.
The South Korean capital is promising a large-scale campaign to combat cameras hidden in public toilets. The recordings often end up on pornographic websites.
The National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro housed more than 20 million items, including Egyptian mummies, dinosaur fossils and the oldest human fossil in the region.
Gen. John Nicholson’s career, and his time at the helm of the Afghan war, encapsulates the trajectory of a long conflict in desperate search of a dignified resolution.
With prices reaching hundreds of dollars a pound, Madagascar’s vanilla-growing region is in the midst of an economic boom. The windfall, however, has come at a steep cost.
It lacks even the most basic equipment. Breast-feeding mothers have nowhere to sleep but outside. But South Sudan’s only public neonatal clinic saves those babies it can.
Danish authorities tolerate Freetown Christiania, a long-running utopian experiment with an open-air drug market. But tolerance has its limits, and the mood in Denmark is tilting toward law-and-order.
A country that once courted Chinese investment now fears becoming overly indebted for big projects that are neither viable nor necessary — except to China.
A mysterious Chinese company went on a buying binge in the Czech Republic following Xi Jinping’s call for greater sway in the region. What was the cost?
By DAVID BARBOZA, MARC SANTORA and ALEXANDRA STEVENSON
