New Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Faces Big Challenges
President Lai Ching-te has vowed to stay on his predecessor’s narrow path of resisting Beijing without provoking it. It won’t…
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Comet Fragment Explodes in Dark Skies Over Spain and Portugal
A brilliant flash of blue, green and white on Saturday night came from a shard of an as yet unidentified…
Hochul Visits an Ancestral Home, 3,000 Miles From the Governor’s Mansion
After meeting the pope and the mayors of Rome, London and Dublin, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York paused to…
Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports
Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling,…
Critics Fault ‘Aggressive’ N.Y.P.D. Response to Pro-Palestinian Rally
Officers were filmed punching three demonstrators at the protest in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The police said protesters were blocking the…
Helicopter Crash Increases Pressure as U.S. and Iran Face Crises
Iran and the United States are groping their way out of several simultaneous crises, including over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear…
Monday Briefing: Iran’s President Is Missing After a Helicopter Crash
Also, Russian troops moved closer to Kharkiv.
U.S. and Europe Move Closer to Using Russian Assets to Help Ukraine
Finance ministers from the G7 nations are hoping to finalize a plan ahead of the group’s leaders meeting next month.
As Trump Trial Nears Its End, the Law May Give Prosecutors an Edge
The former president’s defense appeared to chip away at Michael Cohen’s credibility, but legal experts said the case is still…
Congolese Army Says It Foiled a Coup Involving Americans
The U.S. ambassador said she was “very concerned” that Americans may have participated in what officials of the Democratic Republic…