He Survived the Invasion. What He Really Wanted Was a Friend.
During the war, a Ukrainian boy lost his home, his father and his friends. Could he find new buddies at a camp in the mountains?
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Trump and Xi Ease Off the Trade War, but New Nuclear Threat Brings a Chill
The two leaders reached an agreement on fentanyl, some tariffs and rare earths, at least for a year. But even as the global trade picture cleared a little, Mr. Trump spurred new worries about nuclear proliferation.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
I Saw the Northern Lights Once, but This Play Took Me Deeper
The aurora borealis draws thousands of visitors to the Far North each year. A new play tells the lights’ tales from the perspective of Indigenous creators.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Inside the Heist That Shocked the World
More than a week after thieves made off with treasures from the Louvre, a picture is emerging of a seemingly well-planned burglary that exploited security lapses at the museum and outpaced the police.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Hundreds of Thousands Have Fled Their Homes in Syria’s Rocky Transition
More than 400,000 Syrians have been displaced in the year since the civil war ended, according to the United Nations, driven by a mix of sectarian violence, acts of revenge and property disputes.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Prince Andrew to Be Stripped of His Royal Title
The extraordinary move caps his fall from grace over his ties to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
The Art of Letting Trump Claim a Win, While Walking Away Stronger
By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Stage ‘March of the Million’ Against Military Draft
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against efforts to end an exemption from military service for Israel’s Haredi religious students.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Far-Right Party Suffers Big Losses in Dutch Election as Centrists Surge
The progressive Democrats 66 gained seats and tied with the far-right party of Geert Wilders, which fell back sharply from a strong performance two years ago.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Delhi Tried to Make It Rain. Here’s Why It Failed.
Officials experimented with cloud seeding to try and reduce environmental pollutants as residents choke on filthy air.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
‘Not So Bulletproof’: A Far-Right Party Faces Rebuke in the Netherlands
Geert Wilders suffered a loss of support as a center-left party staged major gains, an election result that could offer lessons for Europe’s far right.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Chinese Officials Heap Praise on Trump and Xi Before They Meet
President Trump and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping are being described as “irreplaceable” and “world class leaders” before a meeting seen as critical for shoring up a trade truce.
NYTimes • Oct 29, 2025
For These Women, the American Dream Is in Mexico City
Thousands of foreign women have moved to the Mexican capital for a “life reset,” creating successful businesses and drawing more expats like them. Not all Mexicans are pleased.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
French Police Arrest 5 More in Louvre Robbery Investigation
The authorities have detained seven suspects in total but have not recovered the stolen jewels.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Canada’s Other Superpower Problem
The leaders of Canada and China will meet for the first time in eight years to try to reset relations after years of acrimony.
NYTimes • Oct 31, 2025
Jamaica Prepared a Financial Fortress for Disaster. Hurricane Melissa Will Test It.
All of Jamaica’s financial defenses — insurance, bonds and credit lines — could be deployed to recover from Hurricane Melissa. Will it be enough?
NYTimes • Oct 31, 2025
Testing America’s Nuclear Bombs: What to Know
Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Executions and Mass Casualties: Videos Show Horror Unfolding in Sudan
Evidence of atrocities emerging from the city of El Fasher stoked fears that the Sudanese region of Darfur is plunging, once again, into a cycle of genocidal violence.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Who Walked Away Stronger in U.S.-China Trade Talks?
Xi Jinping secured concessions from Donald Trump in exchange for returning to the status quo.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
With China Truce, U.S. National Security Controls Now Appear Up for Negotiation
Some analysts say Beijing won a major victory in its trade talks: Getting the U.S. to withdraw a national security measure that previously was not under discussion.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Trump’s Call to Resume Nuclear Testing After Decades Revives a Cold War Debate
President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Six Arrested in Robbery of Precious-Metal Refinery in France
The robbers used explosives to gain entry to a precious-metal company in Lyon, French officials said. The police recovered the items.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Why Trump’s Boat Killings Would Be Hard to Prosecute
Even if critics who call President Trump’s boat attacks “murder” are right as a matter of law, it would not be easy to get the matter into a court.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
French Magazine Acknowledges Breaching Prince William and Catherine’s Privacy
The couple had sued Paris Match for publishing paparazzi photos of them and their children on a ski vacation.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
Jay Falk explored a fundamental question: How do genes give rise to different bodies? But without funding, “there’s not really a future here.”
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
China’s Pause on Rare Earth Controls: What to Know
China has suspended export controls announced this month, but was conspicuously silent about rules imposed earlier, which are snarling global supply chains.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
U.S. Beef and Thousand Island Dressing: Trump’s Food Tour of Asia
The menus on the president’s tour of three countries in Asia reflected the culinary acrobatics the host nations performed to accommodate his palate and foreign policy goals.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
What’s Missing From Your Favorite Chocolate Bar? It May Be Chocolate.
As climate change has helped push cocoa prices higher, companies are changing candy recipes in subtle ways.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Why the Price of Electricity Is Spiking Around the Country
Not all states have gotten hit equally hard. The reasons are complex.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Jamaica and Haiti Tally Hurricane Victims as Melissa Slams Cuba
About 20 people, including children, died in a Haitian community and at least three bodies were found in Jamaica, officials said, as they began to assess the huge storm’s damage.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
Melissa Leaves Black River, Centuries-Old Jamaican Port Town, ‘Totally Destroyed’
At least two people in the town died, and its historical buildings were reduced to rubble.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025
U.S. Military Kills Four More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the latest strike took place on Wednesday in the eastern Pacific. It came two days after the deadliest set of strikes in the weekslong campaign in Latin America.
NYTimes • Oct 30, 2025