Epicenter

Strong earthquake in China kills scores of people in Tibet

January 7, 2025

BEIJING — A strong earthquake killed at least 53 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the region of western China and...

At the epicenter of the Mexican drug trade, a deadly power struggle shuts down a city

October 7, 2024

CULIACÁN, Mexico — In this city built from the spoils of Mexico’s richest drug-trafficking empire, they’re calling it the “narco-pandemia’’ — not a virus but a deadly reckoning inside the...

Columbia University, Epicenter of Gaza Protests, Launches New Revolt

May 31, 2024

Roughly 100 Columbia University students and alumni launched a “Revolt for Rafah” encampment on Friday night. Student protesters say their protest is a direct response to the Rafah massacre...