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An Electric Motorcycle Revolution

11 août 2026 à 13:47
With gas prices high, people in developing countries are lining up to buy battery-powered bikes. We took a spin around Lahore, Pakistan, on a small-but-mighty one.

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Chico Harlan, back, on a new Vlektra electric motorcycle with its owner, Abdul Rafay, in Lahore, Pakistan.

Californians Criticize Federal Efforts to Control the State’s Coast

10 août 2026 à 22:48
Environmentalists and others warned at a hearing on Monday that the Trump administration’s attempt to strip power from California’s coastal protection agency would endanger the shoreline.

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The coastline in Pacifica, Calif.

Signs of Economic Recovery While Greater Uncertainty Looms

8 août 2026 à 06:00
Jobs and trade numbers released this week show that Canada is recovering from trade turmoil, but another round of tariffs may arrive this month.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Trump had an exchange this week about who and what was “nasty.”

Senate Passes Sanctions Bill Targeting Russia and Iran

7 août 2026 à 13:48
The legislation was championed by Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican whose sudden death last month helped spur quick action on it.

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Senator Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly last month, had helped introduce the sanctions package.

A Naked Bicycle Protest Is Also a Party. Is That Bad?

A split among protest groups has led to dueling rides, which combine nudity and cycling in the name of change.

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Iran Says It Is Nearing Final Agreement With Oman on Strait of Hormuz

5 août 2026 à 13:08
The agreement on an acceptable route for ships to pass through the strait would effectively ratify Tehran’s control over the crucial waterway.

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Ships in the Gulf of Oman last month.

Houthis Threaten to Expand Red Sea Attacks, and Claim Strikes on Saudi Tankers

5 août 2026 à 15:46
Saudi Arabia has not commented on the claims by the Houthis, who are backed by Iran and have vowed to close “all access routes” to Saudi oil shipments.

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Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesman, in a still from a televised message the group released on Wednesday. The Houthis claim to have attacked eight ships linked to Saudi Arabia since they declared a blockade on Saudi shipping last month.

Mexico Declares War on Stinky Seaweed

4 août 2026 à 15:08
A changing climate is helping to fuel the growth of a gigantic blob of foul-smelling seaweed that has washed up in some coastal communities. Mexico is fighting back.

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Members of the Mexican Navy removed sargassum from the shore at Puerto Morelos, on the Caribbean coast, last week.

Strait of Hormuz Deal With Iran Possible Soon, Bessent Says

4 août 2026 à 13:57
Qatar said that draft language of a deal was being circulated, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism about the talks but added that nothing was final yet.

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Commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday.

A New Lethal Front in Ukraine: Its Beloved Gas Stations

4 août 2026 à 10:33
Russian drone attacks have hit hundreds of gas stations in apparent retaliation for Ukraine’s attacks on oil refineries.

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Trump’s Agenda at Home Is Threatened By Iran War

4 août 2026 à 05:04
As President Trump heads to the West Coast to talk to Americans about the economy, the war in Iran is driving up costs and polls show the already unpopular conflict is losing support.

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President Trump has been the only president in the modern era to take the country to war without the support of the American public.

An Emerging Deal Between Iran and Oman to Reopen Hormuz Would Come at a Cost for Trump

3 août 2026 à 21:19
The deal would address President Trump’s most urgent political problem by allowing ships to move again. But it would give Iran strategic leverage it did not have before the war.

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Ships in the Strait of Hormuz seen from Musandam, Oman, in June. An emerging deal, if it happens, would reopen shipping traffic in the strait, according to Iranian and U.S. officials.

Iran Says No Current Talks With U.S. After Trump Cites Progress on the Strait of Hormuz

3 août 2026 à 16:06
President Trump cited progress in the negotiations when canceling a threatened attack on Iran over the weekend. Iran said there were no current talks with the United States.

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Ships in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday.

Trump Says He Canceled Strikes on Iran, Claiming Progress on Outlines of a Deal

President Trump has repeatedly threatened to escalate the war with Iran, only to abruptly back down. Saudi Arabia said its leader had urged Mr. Trump not to renew attacks.

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President Trump disembarks from Air Force One at the airport in Morristown, N.J., on Friday.

Iran Plotted Wider War With Help of Its Proxies

2 août 2026 à 14:36
During a fleeting truce, Iranians covertly devised a plan to raise the war’s costs for President Trump if U.S. forces attacked anew.

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Mourners on Wednesday carried a coffin draped in the Iranian flag during a funeral for those killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces in Mosul, Iraq.

Kuwait Says It Downed Iranian Drones as Mideast Braces for Possible Escalation

Par : Euan Ward
2 août 2026 à 12:22
The wave of strikes came as President Trump threatened to intensify the American campaign against Iran. U.S. embassies in the region warned of the “potential for unforeseen escalation.”

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Iranian missiles on display in Tehran.

In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear

1 août 2026 à 10:46
With none of President Trump’s aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war.

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A banner in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar featuring the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike at the start of the U.S.-Iran war.

Saudi Arabia Aims to Deter Red Sea Attacks With New Coalition

30 juillet 2026 à 13:57
Facing attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militia, Saudi Arabia has invited dozens of countries to assist it in protecting shipping in the Red Sea, diplomats say.

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A container ship in the Red Sea off Yemen on Monday. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have declared a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia.

Cuba to Trump: We’re Open for Business

30 juillet 2026 à 05:01
A top Cuban official says the island won’t negotiate its politics, but it is willing to talk investment, including from President Trump.

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Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy foreign minister, in the Fidel Castro museum in Havana.
  • ✇NYT > World News
  • Cuba’s Bet on Solar
    President Trump keeps predicting Cuba will collapse after he cut off its oil. But it’s still standing. Our reporter Jack Nicas visited to see how Cubans are adopting solar to offset the power shortage.
     

Cuba’s Bet on Solar

President Trump keeps predicting Cuba will collapse after he cut off its oil. But it’s still standing. Our reporter Jack Nicas visited to see how Cubans are adopting solar to offset the power shortage.

New Strikes Engulf More Countries in the Iran War

29 juillet 2026 à 21:34
The U.S. unleashed new strikes on Iran after a day in which attacks on Iraq, Jordan and Egypt threatened to expand the scope of the war.

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Mourners carried coffins, draped in the Iranian and Iraqi flags, for those killed in U.S.-Saudi airstrikes on Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, on Wednesday.

New Strikes Engulf More Countries in the Iran War

29 juillet 2026 à 17:26
President Trump threatened retribution after Iran fired missiles at U.S. military bases in Jordan. Strikes by U.S. and Saudi warplanes on Iranian-linked militias in Iraq were a further escalation after a lull.

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Mourners carried coffins, draped in the Iranian and Iraqi flags, for those killed in U.S.-Saudi airstrikes on Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, on Wednesday.

Two Tankers Hit in Apparent Drone Strike in Egypt

29 juillet 2026 à 17:41
An explosion at a port on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast set fire to two ships, including a U.S. gas storage tanker, according to maritime tracking firms.

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The Damietta Port in Egypt. Two vessels, including one owned by the United States, caught fire on Wednesday at the port, which is near the Suez Canal.

Saudi Arabia’s Strikes in Iraq Mark Entry Into U.S.-Iran War.

29 juillet 2026 à 16:35
The kingdom’s defense ministry said airstrikes in Iraq targeting Iran-backed militias were in retaliation for attacks on Saudi oil facilities this week.

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Security forces and emergency personnel work at the site of U.S.-Saudi strikes in Iraq’s Diyala province on Wednesday

Canada’s Answer to Trump’s Tariffs: More Energy Deals With Europe

29 juillet 2026 à 11:22
The Carney government’s agreement with a German natural gas company will also reduce Europe’s dependence on a Qatari supply made more uncertain by war.

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L.N.G. Canada’s export facility on Canada’s Pacific Coast in Kitimat, British Columbia.
  • ✇NYT > World News
  • A Movie Night in Cuba’s Blackout
    Amid the energy crisis caused by the Trump administration’s oil blockade of Cuba, our correspondent Jack Nicas visits a children’s movie night in a Havana neighborhood made possible by one family’s modified generator.
     

A Movie Night in Cuba’s Blackout

29 juillet 2026 à 05:00
Amid the energy crisis caused by the Trump administration’s oil blockade of Cuba, our correspondent Jack Nicas visits a children’s movie night in a Havana neighborhood made possible by one family’s modified generator.

Houthis Claim Strike on Another Saudi Oil Tanker

28 juillet 2026 à 17:09
With their ally, Iran, bottling up the Strait of Hormuz, the Houthi group in Yemen is escalating its declared blockade of Saudi shipping in another vital waterway, the Red Sea.

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A vessel transits the Bab el-Mandab Strait off the coast of southern Yemen, this month.

Drilling for Oil the Old-Fashioned Way in ‘Little Texas,’ Indonesia

28 juillet 2026 à 05:34
Small pumps and truck engines are used to extract crude from the ground in parts of the country, which has tens of thousands of community-run oil wells.
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