As the Iran Truce Ends, a Region Tilts Back Toward Crisis
A Fragile Pause Nears Its End A 60-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran, struck in mid-June to halt a dangerous confrontation and reopen a path for diplomacy, has…
Floods and Putin Visit Deepen Japan’s Strains
Twin Crises Test Japan at Home and Abroad Japan confronted two sharply different but politically resonant shocks this week: deadly flooding near Tokyo that stranded thousands of travelers and forced…
China’s Technology Push Goes Global
China’s Industrial Push Is Becoming a Global One For years, China’s rise as a manufacturing power was often described in terms of scale, speed and low cost. Now, a different…
Farage Wins Back Clacton but Questions Persist
Farage Returns to Westminster After Unusual Clacton Vote Nigel Farage returned to Parliament on Friday after winning the by-election in Clacton, the seat he had vacated only weeks earlier in…
U.S. Escalates Pressure on Iran as Hormuz Uncertainty Roils Oil Trade
Washington Sharpens Economic Threats Against Iran as Hormuz Standoff Clouds Oil Trade The United States is moving to intensify pressure on Iran with what administration officials describe as an unprecedented…
Trump Decoy Plane Episode Sparks Demands for Answers
The disclosure that President Trump was secretly whisked off the publicly visible presidential aircraft in Turkey last month and flown to Britain on a different military plane is now setting…
Deadly Houthi Strike Renews Red Sea Shipping Crisis
The Red Sea shipping corridor was thrust back into crisis on Tuesday after a Houthi missile strike on a commercial vessel near the Bab el-Mandeb killed six people, the first…
Progressives Rise, but Wisconsin Checks Democrats’ Leftward Turn
Democrats’ Progressive Surge Advances, but Wisconsin Exposes Its Limits The summer’s anti-establishment energy inside the Democratic Party carried into another major primary night on Tuesday, delivering a decisive victory in…
A Tumultuous Week in the A.I. Race
A turbulent week in artificial intelligence The artificial intelligence industry entered a new phase of instability and acceleration this week, as three of its most influential companies — Google, OpenAI…
Wall Street Joins the A.I. Build-Out
Wall Street Moves Closer to the Center of the A.I. Boom For much of the past three years, the frenzy to build artificial intelligence has been underwritten by the largest…