The Asia-Pacific was hit hard and quick by the war in Iran and its energy bottlenecks. Scenes of crisis there indicate that problems are multiplying and spreading.A floating fuel station selling diesel last month in the Mekong River delta. Vietnam has been hit hard by rising fuel costs because of th
The vice president is again center stage, after abruptly leaving the first round of high-level Iranian peace talks without an agreement.Vice President JD Vance last week in Georgia. He is returning to Pakistan this week, after spending 21 hours last weekend negotiating with the Iranians.
The military is investigating the soldier. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed regret for any hurt caused to “believers in Lebanon and around the world.”An undated image that was released on social media on Sunday shows an Israeli soldier damaging the head of a statue of Jesus, in Debl, a Ch
The government will debut a system to repay importers two months after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs at the heart of the president’s trade policy.President Trump opposed tariff refunds until the Court of International Trade intervened in March and ordered the government to return the money t
Ben Casselman, our chief economics correspondent, explains why wages are not keeping up with inflation and what that means for American workers and the economy.
Fuel station owners take some of the hit for consumers when oil prices surge. On the way down, they try to get their money back.Oil prices climbed in recent weeks to the highest level since 2022. Gas station owners don’t like price spikes any more than their customers do.
A president who relishes attacking the news media is set to break his boycott of an event celebrating the news media. (The first lady is attending, too.) What could go wrong?President Trump has sued ABC News, CBS News, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, among other news organizations si
New documents reveal what professors did to help Jeffrey Epstein get inside Harvard’s gates.Jeffrey Epstein had a special obsession with Harvard, which he sought to infiltrate more than any other American institution.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer outside 10 Downing Street in London last month.
Ukraine is using unmanned ground vehicles armed with bombs, guns or rockets to carry out attacks and keep its soldiers out of harm’s way.Ukrainian soldiers training with an unmanned ground vehicle in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine last year. The country is eager to highlight its advances in te
A high-energy laser weapon and a power struggle between federal agencies brought a night of hassles to the city.The airspace around El Paso International Airport, including a roughly 11-mile diameter area from Sunland Park, N.M., to Horizon City, Texas, was temporarily closed in February for what th
Helped by a favorable national environment and strong candidate recruitment, Democrats are tied or ahead in four Republican-held seats, polls show.Mary Peltola could help overcome a brand problem for Democrats in Alaska.
With Virginians voting Tuesday to accept or reject redistricting, candidates from both parties await the voters’ judgment to decide whether — or where — to run for Congress.Beth Macy, the best-selling author of books like “Dopesick,” is running for Congress in Virginia.
The shooting spree on Sunday also left two adults wounded.A makeshift memorial in front of one of the homes where children were killed in Shreveport, La.
A decade after Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his “Vision 2030” program to transform the country’s economy, the kingdom is facing financial strains and reassessing its trajectory.The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in Washington last fall. The prince’s plans and ambitions have grown more rapi
The influencers, many of them aligned with the Make America Healthy Again Movement, say the medical establishment has unfairly demonized the compound.
Carmine G. Agnello Jr. had pleaded guilty to fraudulently collecting more than $1 million in small-business loans, some of which he invested in cryptocurrency.Carmine G. Agnello Jr. is the grandson of John J. Gotti, the infamous former leader of the Gambino crime family.
Central Park and other spots around the region set record-high temperatures last week. Freeze watches were in place on Monday. What’s going on?
The kea gained fame for learning to use a pebble to groom himself. Scientists were astounded by his next innovation.
The comically self-serious and outrageous 1936 morality tale, which warned the public about marijuana, became an unintentional parody and midnight-movie classic decades later.
The jobs are coming back, despite President Trump’s tariffs and harsh immigration enforcement.
The new Title X guidance from the Trump administration mentions contraception only once.
We go behind the scenes at the nation’s highest court.
Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with L.G.B.T.Q. children or parents sued to participate in a state-funded program.The Archdiocese of Denver campus in 2023. The archdiocese asked the Supreme Court to reconsider a First Amendment precedent unpopular with conservative Ch
