Vue lecture

U.S. Approves Visas for Iran’s U.N. Delegation

The officials will be subject to restrictions while in New York for next week’s U.N. General Assembly, according to the State Department.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

  •  

Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality

Bill Gates, the foundation’s chairman, has been vocal about the dangers of artificial intelligence. The donation will be invested in A.I. projects to bridge social inequalities.

© Chona Kasinger for The New York Times

Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft and the chairman of the Gates Foundation, has warned that artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to jobs and human life.
  •  

Nazi-Looted Painting in Real Estate Listing Must Be Returned

The 18th-century painting “Portrait of a Lady” was stolen by a high-ranking Nazi in the 1940s. Last year, it surfaced in a real estate listing in Argentina.

© Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Ariel Bassano, a visual arts teacher, left, standing next to the painting “Portrait of a Lady” at the public prosecutor’s office in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The 18th-century work had been missing for eight decades.
  •  

A Principal Saved 900 Students Before His School Was Washed Away in Nepal

Rajendra Dawadi had less than 15 minutes to act on a warning of approaching floodwaters. His swift evacuation plan saved hundreds of lives.

© Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press

Rajendra Dawadi was teaching at the Tribhuvan Trishuli School when a staff member burst into the classroom, shouting that a major flood was headed their way.
  •  

Mount Kailash, Sacred to 4 Faiths, Drew Pilgrims Lost in Nepal and Tibet Floods

The peak is revered by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and those belonging to the pre-Buddhist Bon religion.

© Shankar Bhujel/Nexpher Images, via ZUMA Press Wire, via Reuters

Pilgrims near Mount Kailash in Tibet, China, in June.
  •  

Malaria, Likely Spread by Mosquito on Plane, Kills 2 Airport Workers in Germany

Six employees at Frankfurt Airport were infected this summer, according to German health officials and the airport’s operator. Four recovered.

© Heiko Becker/Reuters

Mosquito traps had been placed at Frankfurt Airport, and any insects caught would be analyzed to find out about their species and origins, a spokesman for the airport’s operator said.
  •  
❌