Lawmakers Urge Trump to Move Ahead on Delayed Arms Sale to Taiwan

The Trump administration has held up the sale for months ahead of President Trump’s meeting this week with President Xi Jinping of China.

What Middle Powers Fear About the Trump-Xi Summit

Asian nations worry that the president might trade security commitments for better economic terms with China during his planned meeting with Xi Jinping this week.

Buy Less Gold and Skip Foreign Trips, Modi Urges Indians

Under pressure from the economic fallout of the war in Iran and politically emboldened, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks Indians to sacrifice.

Iran defends its demands after Trump’s rejection.

Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is Transferred to Tehran Hospital

Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist who has spent much of her adult life in and out of prison, will undergo treatment in Tehran after collapsing earlier this month, a foundation run by her family said.

American Passengers Exposed to Hantavirus Land in U.S.

Seventeen Americans from a cruise ship that faced a hantavirus outbreak arrived in Nebraska and will be monitored at a quarantine center. One tested positive for the Andes virus, health officials said.

Where Passengers From the Hantavirus-Struck Cruise Ship Go Now

Nearly two dozen countries are repatriating citizens who were aboard the MV Hondius, where three passengers died in a hantavirus outbreak.

What to Know About the Hantavirus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship

The health authorities are working to calm fears and contain the rare virus. Three passengers died after traveling on the ship, and several others fell ill or tested positive.

How Israel Turned Eurovision’s Stage Into a Soft Power Tool

Israel’s efforts to influence Eurovision’s vote were broader and started years earlier than previously known.

How to Win Eurovision With Just a Few Hundred Voters

Exclusive voting data shows that, despite Eurovision’s assurances, an Israeli campaign could easily have influenced last year’s contest.

The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City in 2026

The annual list is back. Our new chief critic ranks her favorite places to dine in all five boroughs.

Trends at the Table: Field Notes From New York’s Best Restaurants

Hip crustaceans, dessert trends and the never-ending reservation battle were among the things our chief critic took note of.

5 Standout Neighborhoods for the Best Restaurants in New York City

Great meals can be found in virtually any corner of the five boroughs, but here are some areas that stood out to our critic.

A List of 100 Best Restaurants? For These Marathon Eaters, It’s a Dare.

As rankings proliferate, a cadre of completists have made it their mission to sample every single place on them.

Man Charged With Assassination Attempt at Press Gala Pleads Not Guilty

Cole Tomas Allen faces four counts in what prosecutors say was a plot to kill President Trump and other top officials at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

They Were Promised New Septic Tanks. Trump Called It ‘Illegal DEI.’

The Justice Department ended a deal that had helped fund a solution to the sewage crisis in rural Alabama. “Almost like we are starting all over again,” one activist said.

The Hole in the Ice at the End of the Earth

Ten people. Eight weeks. Three thousand feet to pierce a fast-melting Antarctic glacier.

A Single Infusion Could Suppress H.I.V. for Years, Study Suggests

A study of a few patients, to be presented this week, showed promise for a type of therapy that has already cured some blood cancers.

G.O.P. Plant? Democratic Ruse? Accusations Fly in Nebraska’s Senate Race

One Democrat is accused of being a Republican in disguise. Another plans to drop out to boost an independent. It’s primary eve in one of the country’s most unusual midterm contests.

Already Facing a Challenge, a Republican Is Accused of Self-Dealing

Several entities tied to Representative Mike Lawler, New York’s most endangered House Republican, paid a political consulting firm he once owned, raising ethics concerns.

Inside the Courtroom Circus With Elon Musk and Sam Altman

The tech leaders, with combined net worths exceeding $670 billion, have brought props to court and traded icy stares as their legal dispute reaches a denouement.

Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw

The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug. The attempted attack represents “a taste of what’s to come,” one expert said.

The Astounding Discovery That Could Link Eastern and Western Medicine

The detection of another circulatory system in the human body could have enormous scientific implications.

Fed Up, Zelensky Takes Gloves Off With the Trump Administration

With peace talks on ice and Ukraine now more self-reliant, President Volodymyr Zelensky seems to be stepping away from the United States.

Putin’s Forces Are Barely Inching Along on the Battlefield

The Russian military has yet to solve a fundamental problem: how to make big advances in eastern Ukraine when drones are everywhere.

Wordle to Become Prime-Time TV Show, With Savannah Guthrie as Host

The word puzzle published by The New York Times is the inspiration for a game show that will begin airing next year. Jimmy Fallon is a producer.

Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Said Something Taboo About Victimhood. We Didn’t Listen.

A book by the world’s most famous survivor of sexual violence has been read as a manifesto or a cry of pain. What she wrote is far more complicated.

The Fight to Euthanize Pablo Escobar’s Hippos in Colombia

Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild hippos, the offspring of the drug lord’s pets, dividing a town where hippos are the main draw.

The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians

Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators.

‘Bill Cassidy Sold His Soul to the Devil, and He Didn’t Get Anything for It’

A doctor and senator who voted to confirm Robert Kennedy still was snubbed by Trump in the Republican primary in Louisiana.

It’s All Connected

We look into the body’s circulatory systems.

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Kansas City, a Car Town, Spends Millions on World Cup Transit

Security and other expenses are piling up for host cities. In the smallest metro area staging games, the bill includes temporary bus systems in two states.

As Coal Rebounds, More Toxic Mercury Is in the Air

Coal-burning power plants released more mercury last year, according to an analysis by The Times. It reverses a downward trend of emissions of a metal that interferes with brain development.

Starmer Promises Urgent Change as He Battles to Save Premiership

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain used a speech to attempt to quell a mutiny in the Labour Party after last week’s dire election results.

Retailers Are Making Expensive Bets That Shoppers Still Want to Go to Stores

Walmart, Target and Dollar General are among those investing in remodeling thousands of existing stores, even as shoppers take their dollars online.