A plain-spoken politician from a modest background in northwest England, Mr. Burnham became Labour leader — and Britain’s incoming prime minister — on Friday.Andy Burnham in Ashton-in-Makerfield, England, in June. Mr. Burnham is on the verge of becoming prime minister.
Conversations with economists, and people around him, shed light on how Andy Burnham might tackle entrenched challenges.Andy Burnham, who is set to become Britain's prime minister on Monday, hopes that the resurgence in Manchester, where he was mayor, can be replicated across the country.
Plus, the Friday news quiz.This month, mourners gathered at the Grand Mosalla, a mosque complex in Tehran, to pay respects to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during his funeral.
In demanding steps to address the integrity of voting, President Trump persisted in relitigating his 2020 election defeat while finding ways to cast doubt on the 2026 outcome.President Trump seen on a screen inside the White House briefing room as he addressed the nation on Thursday night.
Documents released by the Trump administration to support the president’s claims did not back up his most aggressive statements.
In the end, the documentary evidence that President Trump claimed would prove his case appeared bound to disappoint those who expected bombshell revelations.President Donald Trump points to attendees after delivering an address to the nation from the East Room on Thursday night.
Chinese officials called the election-meddling accusation baseless, while analysts said Beijing was trying to preserve a fragile détente.President Trump addressing the nation from the East Room of the White House on Thursday.
The Persian Gulf city attracted migrant workers with the promise of opportunity. Many now say the war has brought job losses and salary cuts.The Satwa area of Dubai in April. Migrant workers in the city have faced job losses or cuts since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
More than 180 fires continued to devastate swaths of the province, prompting evacuations in at least 15 communities.Smoke was visible from the observation deck of the CN Tower in Toronto on Thursday.
He and the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema combined new inventions (like fire-mimicking lights they developed) with century-old techniques.“I called up my friends at IMAX,” Christopher Nolan said. “I couldn’t tell them what the movie was yet, but I said if ever we were going to do a film all in IM
Few directors close the divide between the art film and the blockbuster like Christopher Nolan.
Informative histories, modern retellings and genre-bending homages will take you back to the long road to Ithaca.
Federal officials worked with Michigan investigators to trace the outbreak to iceberg lettuce, which may also have gone to other vendors.Cyclosporiasis cases have been linked to iceberg lettuce that Taylor Farms supplied to Taco Bell.
A new generation has been cutting red tape to speed weapons to the front. But the old guard pushed back, and now Ukraine’s young defense minister is out.A friend’s call for help led Mykhailo Rudominski into defense work. His company, Himera, makes electronic warfare-resistant radios.
From an underground parking garage, Ukraine’s newly dismissed defense minister aired the most dramatic, public critique of the military command to emerge during the war.Mykhailo Fedorov, the former minister of defense, speaking in Kyiv on Thursday.
Boris B. Nadezhdin at home in June.
Drawings obtained by The New York Times show the columns called for additional steel plates, but engineers reviewing site photos said they appeared to be missing.
After a federal agent killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the grief and anger in Magnolia Park has been less visible, but no less intense.A group of people prayed together at a memorial for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston on Saturday.
The partner of Johan Guerrero, who was killed by an immigration agent this week, described him as a tireless worker and doting father who would do anything for his 3-year-old daughter.A memorial for Johan Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, where he was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent this
As the World Cup final approaches, take a moment to appreciate the beautiful symmetries of humanity’s favorite truncated icosahedron.
In his first interview since being released by China, Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri details his surprise release after a direct appeal by President Trump to Xi Jinping.Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri at his home near Washington on Thursday. His release from jail was a rare concession by China after President Trump
Occupation is a hassle. Large countries have many new ways to control small ones.
Mass migration, which defines modern Venezuela, has heavily marked the earthquake, too, saving many who had left, but also making their grief harder.Liliana Figueroa, who had migrated to Brazil, returned to Venezuela after her daughter, Angelina, was killed in the earthquake.
For decades, Democrats have misunderstood Latino voters. Trump’s deportation campaign offers a chance for them to get it right.
