Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?

We measured how much air pollution two children, Monu and Aamya, breathed for a day to see how much inequality makes a difference.


Your Thursday Briefing

Cronyism and waste in Britain’s pandemic spending.


Hundreds of Religious Leaders Call for End to L.G.B.T.Q. Conversion Therapy

The declaration, spearheaded by the Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ Lives, also calls for an end to violence and criminalization against L.G.B.T.Q. people.


Joseph Safra, Banker Who Was the Richest Brazilian, Dies at 82

An immigrant from Lebanon, he earned a reputation as a canny dealmaker overseeing a family banking empire reaching from São Paulo to Geneva to New York.


‘The Wish to See Justice,’ Charlie Hebdo Lawyer Says After Sentencing in France

A French court on Wednesday found all 14 defendants guilty in a landmark trial for the terrorist attacks that killed 17 people, including staff members of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in January 2015.


Britain Won’t ‘Ban’ Christmas as Coronavirus Surges, Johnson Says

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would stand by a plan to ease restrictions on gatherings between Dec. 23 and 27, despite rising coronavirus cases.


Your Thursday Briefing

Fighting the virus in Europe.


Pantomimes, an annual British cultural institution, are canceled.


Alibaba's Software Can Find Uighur Faces, It Told China Clients

The website for the tech titan’s cloud business described facial recognition software that could detect members of a minority group whose persecution has drawn international condemnation.


Paul Farmer Is Awarded the $1 Million Berggruen Prize

The medical anthropologist won the prize, which is given to “thinkers whose ideas have profoundly shaped human self-understanding and advancement.”