What to Know: First Trial in Alleged Coup Plot in Germany to Begin
A year and a half after police and intelligence officers in Germany uncovered a plot to overthrow the country’s government and replace its chancellor, the first of three trials in…
Humza Yousaf Resigns as Scotland’s First Minister, in Fresh Blow to S.N.P.
Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday in the latest setback for his Scottish National Party, which has been engulfed in a slow-burn crisis over a funding scandal that…
Opinion | This Isn’t the China I Remember
In 1979 my mother pulled out a Band-Aid in a Nanjing hospital. The nurses clustered around it, amazed. “The West has everything!” they said. We were on a family visit…
Opinion | PEN America Has Stood By Authors. They Should Stand By PEN.
All strong institutions stand to benefit from internal dissent and external pressures. But too often, recent efforts to reform institutions have meant reconstituting them in ways that distort or fundamentally…
The 25 Best Restaurants in Washington D.C. Right Now
In the Where to Eat: 25 Best series, we’re highlighting our favorite restaurants in cities across the United States. These lists will be updated as restaurants close and open, and…
Friends From the Old Neighborhood Turn Rivals in Big Tech’s A.I. Race
Mustafa Suleyman grew up in subsidized housing in one of London’s roughest areas. His father, a Syrian immigrant, drove a taxi. His mother was a nurse with the National Health…
A.I. Start-Ups Face a Rough Financial Reality Check
Call it the end of the beginning of the A.I. boom. Since mid-March, the financial pressure on several signature artificial intelligence start-ups has taken a toll. Inflection AI, which raised…
Rival Gaza protest groups clash on LA campus
Scuffles break out between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists, with no sign of student demos tailing off.
At least five killed after tornadoes strike central US states
“The threat of tornadoes appears to be lower, but instances of damaging winds and hail are still expected, especially across north-eastern Texas, northern Louisiana, Arkansas and southern Missouri,” meteorologist Brandon…
One mentally ill man’s fight for assisted dying
Around the world there are conversations on medically assisted dying. Germany, France and the UK are all currently debating whether it should be permitted, and for whom. In Canada, medical…