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Ethiopia’s stability has long been its calling card. But after six months of conflict in the northern Tigray region, that stability is now under existential threat. The military offensive has forced more than 2 million people out of their homes. Both sides have been accused of atrocities, and the United States has alleged ethnic cleansing, which Ethiopia’s government denies. Why We Wrote This Almost six months in, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s war in Tigray has turned into a protracted disaster. As reports of atrocities keep coming, are there levers for peace and accountability? ...

Perhaps, in Afghanistan, success is the absence of failure. President Biden is trying to preserve both U.S. interests and Afghan progress.

New York Bustling New York City may not seem a bee-friendly place, but its high-rise rooftops and tiny gardens are buzzing with honey-makers threatened by pesticides in rural areas. About 2.4 million Italian honeybees waited in a white van to be taken to their new homes early Friday. It was parked near the Dakota Apartments by Central Park, where John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono has lived since 1973. “This is the first year that we’ve done this outside The Dakota,” says Andrew Coté, president of the New York City Beekeepers Association. “We heard that Yoko likes honey.” Mr. Coté, wh...

NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, are certificates of ownership of a unique digital item such as a video, recording, or cyber artwork. These digital receipts reside on the blockchain (a digital ledger). Once an NFT has been “minted” – its code permanently woven into the blockchain’s DNA-like digital strands – it can be bought or sold with a cybercurrency. In March, an artist who calls himself Beeple auctioned a mosaic of digital images as an NFT that fetched the equivalent of more than $69 million.   Why We Wrote This In the art world, value has traditionally been based upon scarcity. ...

Los Angeles Nathan Long and Lili Chin have struck out so far in their four-month search to find an affordable home in the Los Angeles area – a cold streak that threatens to mess up their anniversary plans. The housing market has been a pillar of economic strength during the pandemic, but many would-be homeowners, particularly first-timer buyers such as Mr. Long and his wife, have met with frustration because of a low number of homes for sale and consistently rising prices. The couple made a major concession to the virus pandemic in August when they got married via Zoom. They planned to make...