Shortly after Russian-backed rebels downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in July 2014, Australia, which lost 27 of its nationals in that crash, hosted the Group of 20 summit in Brisbane. Then Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott vowed to “shirt-front” Mr Vladimir Putin about the downed plane while his diplomats secretly wished the Russian […]

PARIS — Make no mistake. This is a crisis, not a spat. The new partnership announced last week between the United States, Britain and Australia, in which Australia would be endowed with nuclear-powered submarines, has left the French angry and in shock. And not just because of the loss of their own deal, signed in […]

It’s hardly surprising that France would be furious over losing a multibillion-dollar arms deal with Australia, all the more so because it believes it was blindsided as Canberra, Washington and London secretly worked to get a different deal for themselves. But recalling ambassadors, as France did from Washington and Canberra, a step just short of […]

This month, President Biden announced a comprehensive plan to reinvigorate America’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. A big part of this plan hinges on mandating the vaccination of millions of federal workers. Employees of companies with more than 100 staff members will have to provide proof of vaccination or test negative for the coronavirus at […]

The digital scourge known as ransomware — in which hackers shut down electronic systems until a ransom is paid — is worse than ever. Over the past few months, these attacks have leaked sensitive government data, thwarted the operations of hundreds of businesses and even temporarily shut down one of the United States’ biggest oil […]

Chuseok, which falls on Tuesday this year, is a major traditional festival celebrated by multi-generational families gathering all over South Korea. Yet a recent poll showed that only 19 per cent of respondents had plans to visit their home towns or travel during an extended five-day break starting yesterday, partly due to concern over the […]

By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens Ms. Collins and Mr. Stephens are opinion columnists. They converse every week. Gail Collins: Bret, there was an old leftie saying: “Suppose they gave a war and nobody came.” I was thinking about that over the weekend when we were anticipating a big right-wing follow-up to the storming of […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Sex Is the Enemy of Good Teaching,” by Amia Srinivasan (Opinion guest essay, Sunday Review, Sept. 5): Based on my experience as a college professor for 20 years, I believe that Ms. Srinivasan’s depiction of professor-student sexual interactions — typically, a male professor pursuing a female undergraduate […]

(Reuters) -Investment management firm Invesco Ltd is in talks to merge with State Street Corp’s asset-management business, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The discussions between both the companies are at an early stage, the source added. It isn’t clear what the terms of a potential deal would look like, but […]

In a dark room in eastern Alabama, I stood in a line of 17- and 18-year-olds, dozens of fraternity brothers staring at us. I was 10 days into my freshman year at Auburn University. The “pledge trainer,” a junior who reeked of whiskey, yelled out the rules. The final, most important one? No Black people […]