French Nuns and Climate Activists Square Off Over Plans for a Megachurch
When climate activists protesting the building of a huge church complex in a natural park in the South of France scaled the construction site, the nuns gave chase. One sister…
Journalists get a glimpse inside Israel’s invasion as battles go on.
Journalists were taken into northern Gaza for four hours on Saturday to see the extent of the Israeli military’s advance.Credit…Ronen Bergman/The New York Times The wall of a school had…
U.S. Officials Outline Steps to Israel to Reduce Civilian Casualties
U.S. officials said they have privately outlined several steps to Israel to reduce civilian casualties in its military campaign in the Gaza Strip, including using smaller bombs, when going after…
Less Pollution, More Global Warming
Some good news: The air we breathe has been getting cleaner. Across the globe and for many years now, air quality has been improving thanks to regulations that have dramatically…
Why China and Australia Are Reconciling. Sort of.
Since 2017, Australia has played David to China’s Goliath: rejecting Chinese pressure to adopt Huawei technology, calling out Chinese political interference, and demanding an inquiry into Covid-19’s origins, even as…
One of the Touchiest Housing Decisions: Do We Stay or Do We Go?
There are 39 steps from the spot Gerry Goldsholle and his wife, Myra Levenson, park the car at their four-level wood frame house in Mill Valley, Calif., to where, at…
Opinion | A Humanitarian Pause in Gaza
Four weeks ago, Israel began its military campaign to defeat Hamas, in retaliation for the attack on Oct. 7 that killed more than 1,400 people, kidnapped some 240 others and…
Opinion | The President of Israel: This Is Not a Battle Just Between Israel and Hamas
I write these lines from Jerusalem, after spending time with the families of some of the 240 people kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. The hostages now held in…
Is Fluminense the Team of the Future?
The story starts with a message. Everything that has followed and everything that might yet — the glory and the acclaim, the opportunity and the revolution — has unspooled from…
Earthquake in Western Nepal Kills More Than 130
Search and rescue operations continued in Nepal on Saturday after a powerful midnight earthquake in the country’s west killed more than 130 people and left hundreds injured, government officials said.…