| Hungary Plays Spoiler in Europe as Orban Strains for Votes at Home
- Facing a serious election challenge, Prime Minister Viktor Orban is holding up a big E.U. loan for Ukraine. Analysts say the timing is no coincidence.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:31:18 +0000
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| The Many Shades of Complicity in the Epstein Files Fallout
- Philosophers have long wrestled with what to do about the onlookers and profiteers surrounding those who have done terrible things.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:04:06 +0000
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| E.U. Pushes Ahead With South American Trade Deal Despite Legal Challenge
- The provisional application of the agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay is intended to diversify Europe’s trading relationships.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:59:13 +0000
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| Trump’s Foreign Policy: Resurrecting Empire
- President Trump’s approach is a revival of the mission of empire — acquiring the territories and resources of sovereign peoples.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:55:30 +0000
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| OpenAI Raises $110 Billion to Fuel Growth, Extending A.I. Boom
- Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank led the investment, valuing the parent of ChatGPT at $730 billion.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:46:53 +0000
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| Pakistan Strikes Afghanistan in ‘Open War’ Against Taliban Regime
- The airstrikes came hours after Afghan troops had attacked Pakistani border positions and follow months of worsening relations between the neighboring countries.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:45:27 +0000
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| How India Became One of the World’s Biggest Economies
- India has grown rapidly despite its slow industrialization, and its economy is now nearly as big as Japan’s.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:43:33 +0000
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| 4 Takeaways About the U.S. Birthrate Decline
- There is good news buried behind the worries about population decline, some experts say.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:37:52 +0000
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| What Both Anthropic and the Pentagon Get Wrong
- Neither Anthropic nor the Pentagon are thinking about this issue in a meaningful way.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:27:06 +0000
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| Why Are Pakistan and Afghanistan Fighting?
- The renewed violence between the neighboring countries stems from Pakistan’s accusations that Afghanistan’s Taliban government has harbored a militant group.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:23:45 +0000
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| Israel Facing Prospect of War With a Depleted Missile Defense
- The June 2025 conflict with Iran depleted Israeli and U.S. stocks of antiballistic missiles. If there is another war, the pressure will be on to destroy Iranian missiles before they can be launched.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:17:29 +0000
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| Pentagon Fires Another Laser at a Drone, Prompting a New Air Closure
- After the downing of a Customs and Border Protection drone, the F.A.A. closed the airspace above Fort Hancock, Texas.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:12:32 +0000
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| Hillary Clinton Denies Knowing Epstein or His Crimes in a Tense Deposition
- After resisting testifying for months, the former secretary of state entered the session defiant, and grew irate after a Republican leaked a photo from inside the room.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:56:34 +0000
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| Anthropic Says It Cannot ‘Accede’ to Pentagon in Talks Over A.I.
- Anthropic said it was standing firm on not having its A.I. used in certain scenarios by the Pentagon, which has imposed a Friday deadline on the company to give unfettered access to its technology.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:15:43 +0000
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| The Plunging Birthrate
- We asked women about their views on having kids.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:06:45 +0000
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| With Possible Iran Strike Looming, U.S. Says Staff Can Leave Israel, and Urges Speed
- In an email to embassy workers Friday morning, Ambassador Mike Huckabee warned them that if they wanted to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY.”
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:41:24 +0000
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| Green Party Defeats Labour in U.K. Special Election, in Blow to Starmer
- The result marks the first time the Greens have won a British parliamentary by-election and signals the frustration of left-leaning voters with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:32:52 +0000
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| The Clintons’ Epstein Testimony, and the Pentagon’s New Laser Strike
- Plus, the company that just cut 4,000 jobs because of A.I.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:00:09 +0000
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| For CNN, a Takeover by Paramount Means a Suddenly Uncertain Future
- Paramount’s apparent victory over Netflix in securing Warner Bros. Discovery has led to concerns within the CNN newsroom.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:04:31 +0000
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| What Larry and David Ellison Would Own After Warner Bros. Takeover
- If Paramount can close its deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, Larry and David Ellison will influence nearly every corner of news, entertainment and tech.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:04:30 +0000
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