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Japan’s Leader Says She Loses Hours to Makeup and Chores. Opinions Abound.

Sanae Takaichi said she has a busier schedule than her male predecessors, a nod to the disproportionate share of household tasks in Japan that fall to women.

© Suo Takekuma/Kyodo News, via Associated Press

Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said her all-male team of aides has had trouble adapting to her schedule.

6 Members of South Africa’s Biggest Party Are Killed in Shootings

15 Ottobre 2026 ore 21:40
The two shootings took place only a few weeks before pivotal, nationwide local elections, and as the party, the A.N.C., is embroiled in a dispute over the eligibility of more than 100 candidates.

© Esa Alexander/Reuters

Fikile Mbalula, the secretary general of the African National Congress, in Cape Town in May.

Indian Protesters Describe Rough Treatment by the Police

14 Ottobre 2026 ore 11:52
Some of those detained accused security forces of beating them during an intense crackdown on demonstrations in India’s capital over the weekend. Police have said they followed the law.

© Saumya Khandelwal for The New York Times

Security personnel detained protesters demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi, India, in October.
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