A New Zealand Fugitive Wanted to Turn Himself In. So He Hired a Helicopter.

James Matthew Bryant spent weeks on the run, doing yoga in the middle of the forest and plotting his next move. Then his face appeared on a TV crime show.


Canadian Lawmaker, Will Amos, Is Exposed Again on Camera

After appearing naked during a virtual House of Commons session in April, a parliamentarian said that he urinated while on video this week.


Your Friday Briefing

An investigation into U.S. election disinformation.


Jimmy Lai and Other Hong Kong Activists Are Sentenced Over Oct. 1 Protest

Many of the city’s democracy activists face jail terms amid a broad campaign to subdue opposition.


Russia Appears to Carry Out Hack Through System Used by U.S. Aid Agency

Microsoft reported that it had detected the intrusion and that the same hackers behind the earlier SolarWinds attack were responsible.


U.N. Rights Council Orders Inquiry Into Israel After Gaza Strife

Acting in the aftermath of the fighting in Gaza, a United Nations panel in Geneva approved a far-ranging inquiry into Israel’s actions.


U.N. Rights Council to Investigate Israeli-Palestinian Violence

The United Nations’ top human rights body voted on Thursday to open an inquiry into abuses and possible war crimes committed in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories during recent hostilities.


U.S. Is Said to Have Unexamined Intelligence to Pore Over on Virus Origins

Intelligence officials have told the White House that computer analysis may shed light on the mystery.


Senate Poised to Pass $195 Billion Bill to Bolster Competitiveness With China

The legislation, which has bipartisan support, would be the first major industrial policy effort in decades.


U.S. Says It Will Not Rejoin Open Skies Treaty With Russia

The 30-year-old agreement was put in place to ensure that Russia and the United States could monitor each other’s military movements.