It was the second such rain-related disaster in less than three months, as extreme weather challenges the country’s extensive network of newly built expressways.

The strike was retaliation for a drone attack launched from Yemen a day earlier, which evaded Israel’s defenses and hit a building in Tel Aviv, killing one person.

Israel struck the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah a day after the Houthis claimed responsibility for launching a drone at Tel Aviv that killed one person and wounded several others.

An M.I.T. physicist, he engineered an East-West deal that reduced nuclear threats and produced one of the greatest peace dividends of all time.

Foreign leaders did not wade into the turmoil of U.S. politics. Many opted instead for statements of empathy that lauded the president’s record.

Demonstrations set off by the reinstatement of a quota system for government jobs revealed broader resentment about the uneven distribution of wealth and opportunity.

China and India have been accused of exploiting the opaque nomination contests of Canadian political parties to meddle in elections.

Confidential documents show that Xiao Jianhua, a corrupt investor tied to China’s political elite, backed the country’s most successful and revered entrepreneur.

Kamala Harris’s first campaign appearance.

Israeli forces said they struck dozens of sites in Khan Younis where Hamas operated and fired rockets, and they shrank the “humanitarian zone” where civilians had been told to go.