British lawmakers are to vote on Tuesday on a series of changes in the prime minister’s plans for withdrawal from the European Union. Here’s what could happen.
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Chinese Rights Lawyer Swept Up in Xi’s Crackdown Gets More Than 4 Years in Prison
Wang Quanzhang, an outspoken rights advocate, had been in custody since 2015 under President Xi Jinping’s campaign to obliterate threats to Communist Party control.
Canada Dispatch: ‘The Nation Has Stood Up’: Indigenous Clans in Canada Battle Pipeline Project
On one side of a barricade in remote British Columbia, members of the Wet’suwet’en people hoped to stop a pipeline that would cross their traditional land. On the other side were heavily armed police.
Too Ugly to Be Saved? Singapore Weighs Fate of Its Brutalist Buildings
A few landmarks of so-called Brutalist architecture are on the verge of being sold to private developers, prompting a last-ditch scramble by enthusiasts to have the buildings protected.
Quest to Solve Assassination Mystery Revives an AIDS Conspiracy Theory
In a new documentary, a former South African militia member says his group used phony vaccinations to spread H.I.V. among blacks. Experts are deeply skeptical.
U.S. and Taliban Edge Toward Deal to End America’s Longest War
Six days of peace talks that wrapped up Saturday were the most serious negotiations yet to make way for an American troop withdrawal and an end to the 17-year war.
Canada’s Ambassador to China Pushed Out Over Controversy
Canada’s ambassador to China was forced to resign following a series of diplomatic missteps that have further complicated Canada’s relations with the country.
Ontario Has Francophones? Oui, Beaucoup, and They’re Angry
It has always been a battle to live “en français” in Ontario, and the province’s French speakers are now fighting mad about plans by Premier Doug Ford to cancel a French language university.
Cease-Fire in Syria’s Idlib Province Is at Risk After Extremists Take Over
An Al Qaeda-linked group now dominates Idlib, which could hasten an assault on the province by the Syrian government and its Russian allies.
Germany Lays Out a Path to Quit Coal by 2038
A committee of disparate interests envisages sending billions of euros and thousands of government jobs to coal country as mines and power plants shut down.