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  1. As U.S. Pauses Strikes, Iran Is No Rush to Resume Cease-Fire Talks

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:44:41 -0000

    Amid a reprieve in the fighting, Iran’s leaders are betting that they can endure more pain than President Trump and have leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, analysts say.
  2. Ukraine’s Strike on an Iranian Ship Could Bring Two Wars Closer

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:06:23 -0000

    The attack in the Caspian Sea was an unusually direct encounter between two countries that have been on opposite sides for years.
  3. Democratic Party Faces Debt and Disarray, and Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations in Europe

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:09 -0000

    Plus, whales on a plane.
  4. Kumamoto Castle, a Famed Landmark, Is Damaged in the Japan Earthquake

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:38:39 -0000

    The centuries-old castle, one of the country’s best-known, was also affected by the region’s 2016 earthquakes.
  5. Massive Wildfires Draw Close to Madrid

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:01:36 -0000

    Madrid is booming, culturally and economically, but the wildfires raging within a short drive of the capital have provided a reality check.
  6. Fire Raging Near Bordeaux Brings More Bad News for Its Vineyards

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:13:34 -0000

    One of the largest fires in modern French history is raging near the vineyards of Bordeaux. That is just the latest problem for France’s embattled wine industry.
  7. Six Miles From the Flames in France: Chemical Rocket Fuel and Used Missiles

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:59:14 -0000

    The area around Bordeaux has many plants that work with sophisticated technologies and hazardous materials.
  8. France and Spain Race to Contain Fires Before Some Areas Reach 104 Degrees

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:53:47 -0000

    Faced with massive blazes, firefighters in both countries are using a brief window of opportunity to bring the flames under control before temperatures spike.
  9. A Newsstand That Aims to Delight N.Y.C. Subway Riders

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:06:05 -0000

    A comedian and his friends are transforming a vacant retail space at the West 4th Street station with freebies, art and puppet shows to make commutes more enjoyable.
  10. Police Say Binance Is Making It Harder to Fight Crime

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:00:48 -0000

    Investigators in Europe said that the cryptocurrency giant Binance had made it more difficult to track down scammers and solve other crimes.
  11. 9 Things Experts Wish You’d Do in Midlife to Increase Longevity

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:20:50 -0000

    How you care for yourself at this life stage matters a lot for your later years.
  12. Fauci, in Private Diary, Reflected on Covid’s Origins and His Own Fame

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:09:45 -0000

    Private entries, released by a Republican senator, have reignited a furious debate over whether Covid-19 leaked from a lab.
  13. What the Crackup of the Heritage Foundation Says About the Post-Trump Right

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:39:37 -0000

    The bastion of American conservatism best known for Project 2025 has been consumed by an ideological — and generational — civil war.
  14. 6 Takeaways From Michigan’s Senate Debate Between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:43:31 -0000

    At the final debate before next week’s Democratic primary for Senate, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens showcased their wildly different ideological stances and political styles.
  15. He Served China’s Police State of Xinjiang. He Says It Imprisoned Him, Too.

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:01:20 -0000

    After nearly 10 years carrying out Chinese government repression in Xinjiang, a former police officer is now seeking asylum in Germany.
  16. Prediction Market Betting on Drug Trials and Approvals Sparks Concern About Undermining Research

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:41:19 -0000

    Prediction markets on Kalshi and Polymarket now let people wager money on drug approvals. Kalshi also plans to allow bets on clinical trial results.
  17. ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:56:38 -0000

    Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?
  18. The Democratic Party Needs Change

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:41:05 -0000

    Ben Wikler, a former state party chair, thinks the Democratic Party needs to reinvent itself.
  19. The Cuban Way

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:46:00 -0000

    We look at the state of the island as it struggles with an energy crisis.
  20. Late Night Roasts President Trump’s Attempt at Comedy

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:27:09 -0000

    “And let’s just say Iran’s not the only thing he bombed,” Seth Meyers said of the president’s performance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
  21. Newport Beach in California Struggles to Copy With Rowdy Outsiders

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:12:25 -0000

    More than 400 people were arrested in Newport Beach on the July 4 weekend after a social media “takeover” got out of hand. Now the city is trying to figure out how to stop it from happening again.
  22. Trump’s Isolationism Is Losing the Great E.V. Race

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The United States risks becoming a theme park of internal combustion, as the rest of the world moves on.
  23. What Would It Mean to See a New Color?

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Olo can be described as the “greenest green,” though it can never be captured by a camera. But its development tells us a lot about our color vision.
  24. Johnny Knoxville, America’s God of Mischief

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    What moves the star of “Jackass” to risk his life for our entertainment? A very serious investigation.
  25. How Netanyahu’s Top General Became His Strongest Challenger

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Gadi Eisenkot, whose view of war is shaped by the loss of his son, is, in manner and character, the anti-Bibi.
  26. A Woman Lost Two Partners to Guns—Then the N.R.A. Came to Collect

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The majority of suicides in the U.S. involve guns, and eighty per cent of those are done by white men, a pattern that the gun-rights organization has spent decades denying.
  27. Which Way Should the Democratic Party Go Now?

    Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    It’s been a tumultuous primary season, but is this the Democrats’ Tea Party moment? Or is something more pragmatic emerging?
  28. The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How much of the former Senate candidate’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?
  29. “No One Knows When It Will End”: A Doctor on the Ebola Emergency

    Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Health-care workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are fighting the third-largest outbreak in history—and trying not to get infected themselves.
  30. Maine’s Mad Scramble to Replace Graham Platner

    Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:15:54 -0000

    The state’s Democratic primary was dominated by an unlikely left-wing insurgent—it became a three-week sprint for Party insiders to select the next best thing.
  31. The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
  32. How Political Is This Supreme Court?

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:57:53 -0000

    The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.
  33. Do Netanyahu’s Domestic Opponents Offer a Real Alternative?

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:51:53 -0000

    Moshe Tur-Paz is one of many centrist Israeli politicians criticizing Donald Trump’s deal to temporarily stop the war with Iran.
  34. Is Putin Finally Feeling Pressure?

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:50:54 -0000

    The Russian President is facing growing domestic discontent after a series of successful attacks by the Ukrainian Army, including a major attack on Moscow.
  35. The Kids Are Kind of All Right

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Recently, there has been much hand-wringing about downwardly mobile young adults living with their parents into their twenties or thirties. What’s really going on?
  36. LeBron James: An Odyssey

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:19:36 -0000

    Tell the old story for our modern times.
  37. Can Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism Save the U.K.’s Center Left?

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With a populist touch, and a focus on affordability and raising up left-behind communities, Britain’s new Prime Minister has drawn comparisons to Zohran Mamdani.
  38. Method Beats Madness at the World Cup Final

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:45:00 -0000

    Spain stood for Europe, the industrial heart of modern soccer, while Argentina, a great but flawed team, was fuelled by myth.
  39. Marco Rubio Takes Aim at Globalists and the Left

    Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Primary among the Secretary of State’s targets is the International Criminal Court.
  40. How a Chinese Immigrant Driver Got Entangled in a Drug Bust

    Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In early 2025, a man from Queens arranged to pick up a passenger in New York’s North Country. He’s been in jail upstate ever since.
  41. Arizona Gubernatorial-Primary Results: Andy Biggs Secures Decisive Win

    Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:58:54 -0000

    Andy Biggs wins the Republican gubernatorial primary; Mark Lamb is the G.O.P.’s pick to fill Biggs’s seat in Congress.
  42. The New Yorker Festival Offers a First Look at Its 2026 Lineup

    Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Early tickets are now on sale, with events taking place October 23rd through 25th and featuring leading figures from the worlds of literature, entertainment, and more.
  43. The End of the Aqueduct Racetrack

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:09:12 -0000

    The closure of the scrappy New York landmark is just one of the signs that U.S. horse racing is running out of track.
  44. Trump’s War on Journalists

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The recent subpoenas of reporters make clear that the President is trying to threaten the press. Few protections are in place to stop him.
  45. Donald Trump’s Election-Fraud Bait and Switch

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:13:15 -0000

    The President promised “really, really big news” before his prime-time speech. But the declassified, heavily redacted documents he delivered felt more like Pam Bondi’s bogus Epstein binders than any true revelation.
  46. How Mudlarking Became London’s Hottest Hobby

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Searching for ancient objects in the Thames used to be a niche pastime. Then came Instagram, permits, and a desperate desire for connection with the past.