Why the U.A.E. is Quitting OPEC

The United Arab Emirates is walking away from OPEC this May. The New York Times’ energy reporter, Rebecca Elliott, breaks down how the war with Iran provided the perfect opening for the U.A.E. to go solo.

R Rebecca F. Elliott, Nour Idriss, Jon Miller, Stephanie Swart and Paul Abowd

Iranians Live With Pain and Powerlessness, Beneath a Smooth Veneer

After months of upheaval, many are attempting to get on with their lives while quietly grappling with grief, economic stress and a loss of hope.An emotional goodbye on Iran’s border with Turkey before an Iranian family headed to Australia for work, not knowing when they would reunite with loved ones

Y Yeganeh Torbati

Rising Fuel Prices Could Force Excruciating Choices on Economic Policies

The Bank of England held interest rates steady on Thursday, and the European Central Bank is expected to do the same, as officials search for signs of possible longer-term damage.A gas station in Paris. The war in Iran had an almost immediate impact on European inflation, increasing gasoline prices

E Eshe Nelson

What the Voting Rights Act Decision Means, and Hegseth’s Heated Testimony

Plus, chatbots told scientists how to make bioweapons.The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s voting map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in a move that could make it harder for lawmakers to create majority-minority voting districts.

T Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, Nick Corasaniti and Gabriel J.X. Dance

Some Black Southerners Say Voting Rights Ruling ‘Missed the Mark’

Veterans of the civil rights movement and others said the Supreme Court decision felt like a bleak end to decades of gains in Black representation in the region.A commemoration of the 1965 voting rights march known as Bloody Sunday for the violence inflicted upon activists. “I just never in my wilde

A Audra D. S. Burch and Emily Cochrane

What the Royal State Dinner Guest List Says About Trump’s America

There were at least 10 American billionaires, six Fox News hosts, assorted presidential pals, no Democratic politicians and not so many British.President Trump and Melania Trump with King Charles III of Britain and Queen Camilla at the White House on Tuesday.

E Elisabeth Bumiller

Attacks on Jewish Targets in Europe Suggest Hybrid Warfare

Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using low-cost, unsophisticated methods to sow fear in Jewish communities.An arson attack in the Golders Green neighborhood of London in March destroyed four ambulances run by a Jewish orga

M Megan Specia and Koba Ryckewaert

Fed Meeting Underscores Tough Task Ahead for Warsh

Jerome H. Powell on Wednesday announced he would stay on as a governor at the central bank as internal divisions sharpen about the policy path forward.Jerome H. Powell on Wednesday said that he would remain at the central bank after his term as chair ends on May 15 and his successor, Kevin M. Warsh,

C Colby Smith

How Powell Just Complicated Trump’s Fed Plans

Traders now think the Federal Reserve will keep steady interest rates, or perhaps even increase them, amid succession intrigue at the central bank.Jay Powell has made an extraordinary decision to stay on at the central bank after his tenure as chair expires next month.

A Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe and Ian Mount

In France, Trump’s Triumphal Arch Draws Eye Rolls

The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which the president vows to top in Washington, offers a lesson in the complicated history of monuments.Conceived in 1806 by Napoleon, the Arc de Triomphe has come to symbolize very different things in modern France.

M Mark Landler

Ukraine Reacts With Shrug to Phone Call Between Trump and Putin

More than a year of similar conversations have failed to bring the country any closer to peace, so Ukrainians have stopped hoping they will.President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Trump in Anchorage in August. On Wednesday, the two leaders spoke by phone for the first time this year.

C Constant Méheut

Trump’s Clash With Merz Shows It’s Hard to Stay Friends With the President

Throughout the war in Iran, Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, did all he could to keep President Trump happy. This week, Mr. Merz appeared to lose patience.Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Monday. He told a group of German students that the Iranian government had “humiliated” America with

J Jim Tankersley

J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79

A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.J. Craig Venter, next to Algae growth in his greenhouse in La Jolla, Calif., competed with a rival team of scientists in assembling the first human genome.

N Nicholas Wade