| Nations Hesitate to Send Troops to Gaza, Fearing Clashes With Hamas
- The Trump peace plan calls for an international security force in the Gaza Strip, but countries that might send troops are wary of danger, an unclear mission and being seen as occupiers.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:57:57 +0000
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| Vance Heads to Israel as U.S. Tries to Shore Up Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
- With the cease-fire deal under strain, Vice President JD Vance is set to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:48:54 +0000
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| Can a U.S.-Australia Deal on Rare Earths Counter China’s Dominance?
- Australia’s got reserves and mining expertise, and the United States is eager to invest in alternatives to China. But building mines, refineries and factories could take years.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:27:29 +0000
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| China Has Another Lever to Pull in Showdown With Trump: Factory Lines
- In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are showing why, for now, that may be a miscalculation.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:21:25 +0000
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| Tariffs Are Reshaping China’s Trade. This Tanzanian Sees an Opportunity.
- An interview with a 26-year-old entrepreneur, who has taken seven trips to China to buy handbags, clothes and jewelry. “China is the center of everything,” she said.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:20:05 +0000
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| How a Long Government Shutdown Could Leave Scars on the Economy
- The effect is rippling beyond missing paychecks to federal services that support much of the economy.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:02:23 +0000
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| No Education Department? No Problem, Trump’s Education Secretary Says.
- The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:02:15 +0000
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| Trump’s Self-Inflicted Soybean Problem
- Tariffs don’t seem to be working as planned.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:02:10 +0000
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| I Went on a ‘Dark Retreat’ and Spent Three Days in Total Darkness
- The author spent days in a room with no light. Who would he be when he emerged?
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:01:28 +0000
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| France Sends Former President Nicolas Sarkozy to Prison to Start 5-Year Sentence
- Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of France from 2007 to 2012, reported to a prison in Paris weeks after his conviction in a corruption trial.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 07:51:30 +0000
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| With Diwali Comes the Start of Air Pollution Season in New Delhi
- The air quality in India’s capital ranks among the worst in the world, but experts say politics stand in the way of improving it.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:13:28 +0000
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| G.O.P. Senators Oppose Trump Watchdog Nominee After Report of Racist Texts
- At least four Republican senators, including the Senate majority leader, signaled their opposition to Paul Ingrassia, the president’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 04:35:09 +0000
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| Daniel Naroditsky, Chess Grandmaster, Dies at 29
- He earned the highest title in the chess world at 17 and built a career as an accomplished chess teacher, commentator and author.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 03:46:26 +0000
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| White House’s East Wing Partially Demolished to Build Trump’s Ballroom
- The president had pledged that construction wouldn’t “interfere with the current building,” a promise that always seemed unrealistic given the grand scale of the plans.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 01:52:38 +0000
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| Amazon’s AWS Disruption Creates Outages for Hundreds of Websites for Hours
- Amazon Web Services, a major provider of cloud services, cited a problem at its data center in Northern Virginia. The outage highlighted the fragility of global internet infrastructure.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 01:33:14 +0000
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| With SpaceX Behind Schedule, NASA Will Seek More Moon Lander Ideas
- Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, and Lockheed Martin are among the contractors that may compete with Elon Musk’s company in the race back to the lunar surface.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:58:45 +0000
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| What to Know About Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights
- The biggest public holiday in India, Diwali features prayers for prosperity and good fortune — and lots of sweets.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:37:51 +0000
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| A Flat $40 Train Ticket From NYC to Albany? It’s Happening Next Year.
- For the first time, Metro-North will run trains past Poughkeepsie through the Hudson Valley to Albany. Some Amtrak service will also be restored.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:29:50 +0000
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| Man Is Arrested After Threatening to Open Fire at Atlanta Airport, Police Say
- The man, Billy J. Cagle, 49, was arrested after family members told the police that he was headed to the airport, “in their words, ‘to shoot it up,’” Atlanta’s police chief said.
Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:11:43 +0000
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| Your November Election Guide (Yes, This November)
- It’s not a presidential election year, or even the midterms, but races this fall will offer a sense of voters’ moods in the first year of the new Trump administration.
Mon, 20 Oct 2025 22:43:46 +0000
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