Vue lecture

Mexican Governor, Accused by U.S. of Helping Cartel, Returns to His Job

After U.S. prosecutors accused Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya of protecting the Sinaloa cartel, he said he would step down to focus on his defense. On Friday, he declared he was back and faced much criticism.

© Eduardo Verdugo/Associated Press

Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, during an annual earthquake drill in Culiacán, Mexico, in 2024.
  •  

Turkey Requests Netanyahu’s Arrest, Saying Israel Abused Flotilla Activists

Turkey’s request for an Interpol ‘red notice’ came at a time of escalating tensions between the two countries.

© Dilara Senkaya/Reuters

A flotilla of about 50 boats carrying humanitarian aid departed Marmaris, Turkey, in May, intending to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Israeli forces boarded the boats and detained 400 people.
  •  

5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia

At least five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.

© Monika Pronczuk/Associated Press

The Bamy Hotel, where migrants are held, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
  •  

Zambia’s Democratic Facade Fractures in Post-Election Crackdown

While the government says it is preventing an insurrection, activists and international observers have raised fears about arbitrary arrests and electoral fraud.

© Gianluigi Guercia/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Zambian police officers watched as supporters of President-elect Hakainde Hichilema celebrated his victory in the street in the capital, Lusaka, on Tuesday.
  •  

Swiss Tourist Sentenced to Prison After Violating ‘Day of Silence’ in Bali

The 26-year-old received a yearlong sentence from a court on the Indonesian resort island after he flouted a sacred Hindu ritual and insulted it on Instagram.

© Associated Press

Luzian Andrin Zgraggen in court in Denpasar, Indonesia, on Thursday.
  •  

Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle

The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”

© Patrick Kenealy, via Reuters

Strancally Castle in Waterford, Ireland, was built around 1830 and renovated in the early 2000s. It now belongs to Mark Zuckerberg.
  •  

Germany Identifies a Plot After Finding a Weapons Cache, but Names No Culprit

Officials were careful not to point a finger, after revealing what they said was a plan for a political attack, at a time when a series of destabilizing actions have been blamed on Russia.

© Bernd Von Jutrczenka/DPA, via Associated Press

“This case shows that we are working on the assumption that the risk level is high,” Alexander Dobrindt, the German interior minister, said at a news conference on Friday.
  •  

Canada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms

Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home.

© Carlos Osorio/Reuters

The ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario. President Trump hit the Canadian steel industry with tariffs of up to 50 percent last year.
  •  

Prince Harry, Elton John and Others Told to Pay Daily Mail Publisher $13 Million

Harry and six other high-profile figures lost a privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers. They may eventually have to pay more than twice the initial sum, a judge said.

© Henry Nicholls/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Prince Harry leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London during his trial against Associated Newspapers in January.
  •  

‘They’re Always Going to Be Polarizing’: Britons Split on Harry and Meghan’s Return

Recent surveys suggest the broader public views both of them negatively, especially in comparison to Harry’s brother, William, and his wife, Kate.

© William West/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Prince Harry and Meghan during a visit to Australia earlier this year.
  •  

In China’s Biggest Car Recall, Tesla and 8 Others Will Address Door Safety

China’s regulator ordered changes after vehicle occupants sometimes had difficulty exiting electric cars, an issue that has led to lawsuits against Tesla in the United States.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

China is requiring nine automakers to take measures to improve the reliability of retractable door handles popular on electric vehicles.
  •  

Palestinian Teenager Killed After Israeli Settlers Enter West Bank Village

Palestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, which came as settler violence has surged across the Israeli-occupied territory.

© Mahmoud Illean/Associated Press

Mourners with the body of Kareem Shlaldeh at a hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Friday.
  •  

Why China Thinks It Can Resist Trump’s Economic Threats on Iran

Beijing can squeeze U.S. critical mineral supplies and has enough oil to withstand the loss of Iranian crude, Chinese analysts say.

© Go Nakamura/Reuters

Oil storage tanks and facilities in Shanghai in March. China has large stockpiles of oil that make it less vulnerable to energy supply disruptions.
  •  

Iran Must Plan to Overcome U.S. Sanctions After Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Threats, Tehran Official Says

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, lead negotiator in talks with Washington, made the comments after President Trump vowed an “economic D-Day” against Iran.

© Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times

In Tehran last month. Before the latest round of sanctions was announced, Iranians were already contending with sky-high inflation and other economic hardships.
  •  

Giorgia Meloni Has a Lot to Say: The Takeaways

The Italian prime minister is leading what will soon be the longest-lasting government in the country’s postwar history. She shows herself by turns funny and fierce in a rare interview.

© Davide Monteleone for The New York Times

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy.
  •  

Muslim Charity in Britain Faces Scrutiny for Possible Links to Hamas

British regulators are investigating Al-Khair Foundation after U.S. prosecutors accused a man affiliated with the group of funding terrorism.

© Dominic Lipinski/PA Images, via Getty Images

Marking Eid at an event organized in association with Al-Khair Foundation in London in 2017.
  •  

England’s Ancient Trees Are Dying in the Heat

Extreme temperatures and drought are adding to the stress on oak trees that have lived for hundreds of years and play a key role in the national imagination.

© Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, via Associated Press

The Major Oak at Sherwood Forest Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire, England, in May.
  •  

Giorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power

In a rare interview, the onetime political outcast reflects on her route from “the uncomfortable side of history” to the threshold of leading Italy’s most durable postwar government.

© Davide Monteleone for The New York Times

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at Palazzo Chigi in Rome last month.
  •  

Rare South American Diseases Offer Clues on the Next Pandemic

Ebola virus, hantavirus and the pathogen that causes Covid-19 likely jumped from animals to humans. So do these viruses — and scientists say climate change is speeding their spread.

© Sebastián López Brach for The New York Times

Preparing a dose of the Candid #1 vaccine against Argentine hemorrhagic fever at Carrasco Hospital in Rosario, Argentina.
  •  

At 77, She Walked 9 Miles Under Drone-Filled Skies to Escape From ‘Hell’

Rescue teams no longer enter the city of Lyman, in eastern Ukraine, because it is deemed too dangerous. The only way out is a terrifying journey on foot.

© Cassandra Vinograd/The New York Times

Nina Ivanova at an evacuation center in Sloviansk, Ukraine. She and her daughters took their chances on the road, as countless Ukrainians have done before them all along the front line.
  •  

Return of Harry and Meghan to U.K. Renews Questions About Their Security Fears

The couple lost their publicly funded security after deciding to leave Britain in 2020, deepening their split with the royal family.

© Henry Nicolls/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Prince Harry with a security detail as he arrived at Britain’s High Court last year for a hearing over the downgrading of his personal security during visits to Britain.
  •  

Orban’s Office, Thrown Open, Is Not the Den Hungarians Expected

The new government of Peter Magyar hoped to use the suite overlooking the Danube as evidence of an autocrat’s indulgence. The trappings fell short.

© Akos Stiller for The New York Times

Visitors on a balcony with a view of the Danube that Viktor Orban, the former prime minister, had built off his offices at a former monastery in Budapest.
  •  

Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92

A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.

© David Rubinger/Corbis, via Getty Images

Nancy Kissinger, then Nancy Maginnes, with her future husband, Henry A. Kissinger, in Jerusalem in 1970. She was a fierce defender of Mr. Kissinger, a polarizing figure with a hotly disputed reputation.
  •  

2 Hijackings in 4 Days: Somali Piracy Rises

Experts worry that the conflict in Iran and other regional dynamics are setting the stage for a Somali pirates’ comeback.

© Abdirahman Hussein/Reuters

Security forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of the semiautonomous Somali region of Puntland, in 2024.
  •  

Cameroon’s Aging President Returns From Monthslong Stay Abroad

Paul Biya, 93, had been in Switzerland since early June. The prolonged absence stirred questions about his health and plans for succession.

© Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

President of Cameroon Paul Biya’s motorcade is greeted by supporters as it passes through Yaoundé on Thursday after his arrival back in Cameroon following a 73-day absence.
  •  

The Message Behind Trump’s Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran

President Trump’s threats of an “economic D-Day” carry a clear signal to Iran that he does not want to go back to war.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Among the challenges for President Trump is that he has repeatedly threatened Iran with destruction, only to pull back.
  •  

Japan’s U.S. Ties Could Not Save a Top Judge From Trump’s I.C.C. Sanctions

Japan had tried to dissuade the U.S. from imposing sanctions on Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, but the White House pressed ahead.

© Pool photo by Eva Plevier

Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague in 2024.
  •  

Imran Khan Is Granted Brief Hospital Visit Before Returning to Prison

The former prime minister of Pakistan, who was convicted on corruption charges, has been fighting a legal battle over his medical treatment.

© Aamir Qureshi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Police personnel keeping watch outside Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday. The Supreme Court ordered Imran Khan to be moved there.
  •  

Academic Who Publicized Plagiarism Allegations Against Jason Arday Is Suspended

Par : Leo Sands
Ghent University in Belgium said it suspended the academic, Nathan Cofnas, pending an investigation.

© Chris Radburn/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A makeshift memorial to Jason Arday at the University of Cambridge on Tuesday.
  •  

First U.S. Deportees to Arrive in Liberia Amid Growing Backlash

The five men were part of the first group of deportees to be sent to the West African nation by the Trump administration. The Liberian government has not clarified their status.

© Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters

Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. The U.S. deportation deal with Liberia is one of the largest so-called third-country deportation agreements struck by the Trump administration so far.
  •  

Trump Tariff Talks Leave Key Canadian Official Hopeful

While President Trump has declared that the two countries effectively have a deal, a Canadian trade official said progress continued ahead of the Saturday deadline.

© Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Dominic LeBlanc, the Canadian minister in charge of U.S. trade, arriving to meet with Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, on Thursday in Washington.
  •  

State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained

U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China.

© Jade Gao/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The detained U.S. citizen U Min Zin disappeared in China’s Yunnan province after traveling there to attend an academic conference at the invitation of the Chinese government, according to the State Department.
  •  

Trump’s Economic Threat Puts Focus on Iran’s Trading Partners

Par : Leo Sands
President Trump appeared to suggest that the United States would impose economic penalties on countries that do business with Iran, though he did not specify what actions he would take.

© Joyce Zhou/Reuters

Oil tankers moored at Tsing Yi port in Hong Kong.
  •  

After Six Years, Harry and Meghan Are Coming Home. What Changed?

Just last year, Prince Harry said he couldn’t imagine ever bringing his family back to Britain.

© Pool photo by Jonathan Brday

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, in Sydney, Australia, in April.
  •  

Missile Barrage Shows Russia’s Doubt That Ukraine Can Defend Itself

Moscow is taking advantage of Ukraine’s depleted stock of interceptors and is intensifying attacks, worsening the civilian death toll.

© Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters

Evacuating a resident from a damaged apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.
  •  

Bare Grocery Shelves Are a New Wartime Hardship for Ukrainians

After years of pounding power plants and cities, Russia’s air war has taken aim at Ukraine’s supermarket warehouses.

© Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Firefighters at the site of a food warehouse hit by a Russian missile strike in the Kyiv region of Ukraine on Thursday.
  •  

Trump’s Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say

President Trump’s decision to curtail the military exercises came as allies question the U.S. commitment to longstanding alliances.

© Jung Yeon-Je/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

American and South Korean troops participating in the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises last year.
  •  

As Iran and U.S. Settle Into an Uneasy Standoff, Who Will Blink First?

For weeks, there has been no diplomatic progress, but also no full-scale fighting, as each side seems to believe it can hold out longer than the other.

© Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times

A butcher in Tehran in July. The United States appears to be betting that putting Iran in a tighter economic stranglehold will succeed where military strikes have not.
  •  

The Indian City Where AI Is Creating Jobs for Humans

In the fast-growing field of data annotation, workers in a small city in south India train A.I. to improve how it performs tasks traditionally done by people.

© Anindito Mukherjee for The New York Times

  •  

‘The Necessary Conversation’ Puts Family Political Arguments On Full Display

“The Necessary Conversation,” a podcast and YouTube show, is a very public example of the political disputes families are having all across the country.

For Chad Kultgen and his family, fighting feels like progress.
  •  

China Sentences Evergrande Founder to Life in Prison

Hui Ka Yan’s punishment caps the downfall of a property empire whose collapse set off a prolonged crisis in the Chinese economy.

© Xinhua,via Associated Press

Hui Ka Yan, the founder of Evergrande, in court on Thursday in Shenzhen, China, in a photo released by Chinese state media.
  •  

Hating Matcha, Yet Loving Life, Made Him a TikTok Star at 89

Werner Kalecinski is a social media sensation among young Germans. How did he go from heartbroken widower to partying on a yacht?

© Lena Mucha for The New York Times

  •  

Bad Plot, Worse Graphics: Chinese Moviegoers Flock to a Low-Budget Hit

Par : Lily Kuo
With its pixelated visuals, “The Bull is Coming” is being celebrated for its authenticity in the age of A.I. and is shaping up to be a Gen Z cult classic.

© Andy Wong/Associated Press

A fan-made poster promoting the movie “The Bull is Coming” at a theater in Beijing on Tuesday. The low-budget film was not released with an official poster.
  •  

Harry and Meghan’s Break With Britain and Planned Return: a Timeline

The couple will remain non-working royals. It is unclear where they will live.

© Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, posed for a selfie with children and their families during a visit to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, earlier this year.
  •  
❌