Canada Trucker Whisper: Ottawa Police Shift to Aggressive Gear

Canada Trucker Whisper: Ottawa Police Shift to Aggressive Gear

OTTAWA—Police in the Canadian capital are trying to prevent protesters who have parked an estimated 500 heavy-duty trucks in the downtown core from obtaining fuel, food and other supplies in a stepped-up effort to end the 11-day demonstration against Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Ottawa police were more aggressive in tactics over the weekend, as local politicians…

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Macron Meets With Putin as France Tries to Flex Diplomatic Muscle Over Ukraine

Macron Meets With Putin as France Tries to Flex Diplomatic Muscle Over Ukraine

President Biden said Monday that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to deliver Russian natural gas to Germany won’t go forward if Russia invades Ukraine, stepping up pressure to isolate Moscow as French President Emmanuel Macron kicked off a round of shuttle diplomacy aimed at thawing tensions between the Kremlin and the West. Speaking at a…

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Islamic Narrate Militants Pursued After Syria Jail Damage

Islamic Narrate Militants Pursued After Syria Jail Damage

HASAKAH, Syria—Days after the death of Islamic State’s leader, U.S.-backed Kurdish-led militias are hunting down fugitives involved in a northeast Syria prison break that the terrorist group launched last month to replenish its dwindling ranks. Islamic State gunmen have appeared in the city of Hasakah more than two weeks after the prison break, showing how…

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Chinese Heritage Can Be a Blended Blessing to American Olympians in Beijing

Chinese Heritage Can Be a Blended Blessing to American Olympians in Beijing

HONG KONG—When three-time world champion Nathan Chen was preparing for the 2022 Beijing Games in October, his Chinese fans posted a video of him telling the country’s state broadcaster how excited he was to compete in his mother’s hometown. The post about one of the most decorated Chinese-American figure skaters in history on the popular…

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A Uyghur Skier Turned Face of Iciness Olympics. The Next Day, She Vanished From the Highlight.

A Uyghur Skier Turned Face of Iciness Olympics. The Next Day, She Vanished From the Highlight.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China—She was the face of Friday’s Olympic opening ceremony: a young Uyghur athlete from Xinjiang, the center of human-rights allegations dividing China and the West, carrying the Olympic flame for the host nation. By Saturday, the 20-year-old cross-country skier, Dinigeer Yilamujiang, had given the slip to an eager global press, her lackluster finish in…

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Obvious Covid Sign in Hong Kong Begins Industry Traveler on Monthlong Quarantine

Obvious Covid Sign in Hong Kong Begins Industry Traveler on Monthlong Quarantine

HONG KONG—When Yudi Soetjiptadi made it back home to Hong Kong in December after a business trip to Africa, he knew he would have to spend a week in a city quarantine center and then 14 more days of isolation in a hotel. Then he tested positive for Covid-19. It was the start of a…

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China’s Slowdown to Restrict Global Mutter but No longer Undermine World Financial system

China’s Slowdown to Restrict Global Mutter but No longer Undermine World Financial system

HONG KONG—A prolonged slowdown in China’s economic growth could hurt some multinational companies and commodity producers for years to come, casting a shadow over the global recovery from the pandemic—but likely not derailing it entirely. Sputtering momentum in China’s economy—which accounts for about 15% of global trade and a quarter of projected global economic growth…

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Queen Elizabeth Says She Needs Prince Charles’s Wife to Be Queen Camilla

Queen Elizabeth Says She Needs Prince Charles’s Wife to Be Queen Camilla

LONDON—Queen Elizabeth II has resolved a question hanging over her succession, stating that Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, should be referred to as queen once Prince Charles accedes the throne. In a message to mark her 70 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth on Saturday—the eve of her accession—said it was her “sincere wish that, when…

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Moroccan Boy Trapped in Smartly for Four Days Dies

Moroccan Boy Trapped in Smartly for Four Days Dies

A young boy trapped for four days in a well in northern Morocco has died, according to the country’s royal palace, after a frantic rescue effort that captured world-wide attention. Rescuers reached the five-year-old child, identified as Rayan Aourram, on Saturday night after excavating and tunneling into the well, but he did not survive. He…

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