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Received today — 14 May 2026 New York Times World News

Alberta Separation Petition Is Dealt a Court Blow

14 May 2026 at 01:39
A judge sided with an Indigenous group that had asked for a petition by separatists to force a vote on the oil-rich province seceding from Canada to be thrown out.

Why Does China Want Taiwan?

14 May 2026 at 00:20
There are few issues in diplomacy more complicated than the status of the self-governing island, which China claims as its own. It is almost certain to come up when President Trump meets China’s leader.

Black Bear Fatally Mauls Uranium Contractor in Northern Canada

13 May 2026 at 22:40
The attack, at a remote uranium mining site in northern Saskatchewan, was only the fourth fatal black bear encounter in the province’s recorded history, officials said.

Top Gaza Negotiator Urges Hamas to Embrace Rebuilding Plan

Nickolay Mladenov, who is overseeing the U.S.-led truce in Gaza, has tried to convince the militant group to give up its arms, but it has so far refused amid Israeli cease-fire violations.
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