PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — With tens of thousands of Haitians dead or missing and an unknown number of others lacking food, clean water or medical care, international rescue teams descended on this ravaged capital Thursday to provide assistance. U.S …

Arsonists set fire early on Wednesday to a giant straw statue of the Swedish Yule goat, a forerunner to Santa Claus in Sweden, defying security measures for a third year in a row. Police in Gavle, north of Stockholm, said an unknown number of …