Earthquake Rattles New York and New Jersey, but Does Little Damage
At a general store in New Jersey, near the epicenter of the earthquake, the sound was so loud that the staff thought a truck had crashed into the building. Five…
Challenged by Uprising, Myanmar Junta Cracks Down Harder
Thousands of innocent people killed. Tens of thousands more pro-democracy protesters locked up. The return of military rule has wreaked havoc in Myanmar in recent years. Now the junta is…
How Those Colorful Azulejo Tiles Are Made
There are some crafts that Portugal is especially known for: pavements and plazas patterned with black and white stones, and azulejos, often referred to as tiles, that cover buildings, often…
Tell Us Your Stories About Retirement
Have you retired? Or at least left your full-time, traditional job and embarked on a new chapter? For a special section on retirement and longevity to be published in June,…
Mexico Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Ecuador After Arrest at Embassy
Police officers, using means Mexico described as forcible, arrested on Friday night an Ecuadorean politician who had taken refuge in the Mexican Embassy in Quito, prompting officials to suspend bilateral…
Why Time Is Running Out Across the Maldives’ Lovely Little Islands
To live in the Maldives is to live in one of two worlds. Either you belong to the capital — Malé, a micro-Manhattan in the Indian Ocean — or you…
Opinion | The Birth Dearth and the Smartphone Age
My newsroom colleagues Jason Horowitz and Gaia Pianigiani have a lovely report this week about family-friendly policies in the Italian province of Alto Adige-South Tyrol, which has the highest birthrate…
Opinion | Is This the End of Academic Freedom?
At New York University, the spring semester began with a poetry reading. Students and faculty gathered in the atrium of Bobst Library. At that time, about 26,000 Palestinians had already…
Diddy’s son accused of sexual assault in lawsuit
Christian “King” Combs is accused of attacking a woman on a yacht during a 2022 family vacation in St Martin.
NY police to pay $17.5m over hijab mugshot row
The lawsuit was brought by two women who were forced to remove head coverings to be photographed.