Near the Border, Americans Fear Losing Ties With Canadians

Americans in border regions have had symbiotic relationships with Canadians, but the trade war is testing their bonds.Blaine, Wash., a border town, has had a close relationship with Canadians in the past. But tensions have risen since President Trump imposed tariffs last year.

L Lauren McGaughy

China’s Surging Exports Loom Over Trump’s Talks With Xi

China’s exports grew by a quarter in the month of August, weeks before its leader, Xi Jinping, is set to meet with President Trump in Washington.Containers at a port in Nanjing, China, on Monday. Some of the demand for Chinese goods globally has been driven by a voracious appetite to build out artif

A Alexandra Stevenson

Thieves Steal Artworks From Renoir Museum in France

Almost a year after the brazen Louvre heist, thieves targeted a museum that was formerly the artist’s home in the south of France.Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s study at his museum in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France, in 2016. The museum was broken into early Tuesday, and several artworks were stolen.

S Ségolène Le Stradic

After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality

The Mamdani administration is releasing more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

S Sally Goldenberg and Nina Agrawal

9/11’s Dust and Ash Coated Their Childhood. Is It Still Making Them Ill?

Much of the research on exposure to the World Trade Center residue has focused on emergency workers, but people there when they were young say their health is at risk, too.Jacob Fortinsky and Sarah Fortinsky were growing up across from the World Trade Center. The Sept. 11, 2001, attack still casts a

J Joseph Goldstein

AfD’s Far Right Win Puts New Pressure on Germany’s Leader Merz

Antipathy to Chancellor Friedrich Merz was a reason the far right surged in a state election. Though he does not face a national election until 2029, his leadership is under increasing scrutiny.Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor and the Christian Democratic Union party leader, at a press briefing

J Jim Tankersley

The Absurd, Unending Quest to Floodproof the New York City Subway

In an era of heavy rain, a transit system with 47,000 openings is bound to leak.Flooding in Penn Station, Aug. 20. New York City is no longer dealing just with the usual water challenges of the past century. The rain has become worse — a lot worse.

M Mark Chiusano

Don’t Have an Official N.Y.C. Trash Bin? Now It’ll Cost You.

Residential buildings with fewer than 10 units are required to put out their trash in official “NYC Bins” as part of the city’s efforts to deter rats. Owners who don’t comply will be fined.The grace period is ending: Residential buildings with nine or fewer units that do not use official city bins f

E Emma G. Fitzsimmons

A.I. Models Built a Computer Worm That Could Rapidly Hack WeChat Accounts

The attack, discovered by A.I. researchers, could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said.Researchers at Calif, a security company, recently built a hacking tool in a little more than a week that could run roughshod across WeChat, the popular messaging platform.

D Dustin Volz

French A.I. Start-Up Mistral Raises $3.5 Billion as Part of Strategy Shift

Mistral is trying to keep pace with American and Chinese rivals while offering customers a European alternative for artificial intelligence.A Mistral event in Paris in May. The company, which started making artificial intelligence models in 2023, will now also build data centers and other A.I. infra

A Adam Satariano

Top Mathematician Announces New Institute for A.I. Safety

Jacob Tsimerman, a recent recipient of the Fields Medal, believes that higher mathematics can help curb the dangers of runaway artificial intelligence.Canadian mathematician Jacob Tsimerman, who has announced the founding of the Mathematical A.I. Safety Institute (MAISI).

S Siobhan Roberts