During his decades living in exile, the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, has published dozens of books — including two autobiographies and works on ethics, Buddhist philosophy and practice, and the overlap between religion and science. But he has rarely delved extensively into raw politics. Now, in “Voice for the Voiceless: Over Seven […]
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At the start of his second term President Trump has positioned himself at the crest of a global wave of hard-line conservative populism, offering fuel and inspiration to surging nationalist parties in the European Union and beyond. Those parties are generally united by tough stances against immigrants, support for what they call “traditional” values in […]
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On the first night of his second presidency, Donald J. Trump was back in the Oval Office, doing something he sorely missed during those four long years out of power: mixing it up with the White House press corps. “Nice to see you again!” he said as a pack of reporters crowded in front of […]
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Since Russia invaded his country three years ago, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has survived a military assault on his capital, assassination plots, corruption scandals in his government, political infighting and ominous setbacks in his army’s fight against Russia. He had enough support from Ukrainians to carry him through each time. Now, with Donald J. […]
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia told President Trump on Wednesday that the kingdom intends to increase its investment and trade with the United States by at least $600 billion over the next four years, according to the official Saudi Press Agency. The crown prince, the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, told […]
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The morning the cease-fire in Gaza went into effect, masked members of Hamas’s military wing drove through the streets of Gaza in clean, white pickups, carrying Hamas flags and automatic rifles. The militants were also carrying an unambiguous message: However weakened, Hamas survived Israel’s 15-month bombing campaign in Gaza and remains the most powerful Palestinian […]
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The State Department abruptly canceled travel for thousands of refugees already approved to fly to the United States, days before a deadline that President Trump had set for suspending the resettlement program that provides safe haven for people fleeing persecution. The cancellation of the flights comes on the heels of an executive order signed by […]
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President Trump said in his Inaugural Address that he had “no higher responsibility than to defend our country.” So what did Trump do on his first day in office? He made America weaker and more vulnerable. Trump’s move to breathe new life into TikTok in the United States is the best example, and I’ll come […]
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Britain on Wednesday warned that it faced a growing threat of aggression from Russia, asserting that a Russian spy ship had passed by the English coast for the second time in three months, in the latest incident that seemed designed to test British military capabilities. John Healey, the British defense secretary, told Parliament that two […]
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When President Trump did not follow through with his promise to immediately impose new tariffs on his first day in office, business executives and others who support international trade breathed a sigh of relief. That relief was short-lived. On Monday night, just hours after his inauguration speech, Mr. Trump said he planned to put a […]
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Exile. Imprisonment. The end of elections. We know what tyranny looks like once it’s underway. But how does it start? In the Opinion Video above, you’ll meet people from around the world who missed the warning signs of tyranny taking root in their home countries. They can see the red flags, in retrospect. And they […]
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After President Trump signed a blizzard of executive orders, many directed at her country, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico put on a show of her own on Tuesday morning. “It’s important to always keep a cool head,” she told reporters during a news conference. Ms. Sheinbaum said that Mexico would support its nationals in the […]
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As panic sank in, two men strung ladders together with rope and placed them over the steel border wall that separated Tijuana from southern California. “Hurry up, hurry keep moving!” shouted the smugglers at the bottom of the ladder. A young girl from Zimbabwe stood on top and looked down with wide eyes, hesitating before […]
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It’s a Parisian scene as iconic as the Eiffel Tower: the sidewalk cafe, where outside, rattan bistro chairs and tables invite passers-by to linger and engage in people-watching, and inside, strangers mill about the bar and exchange small talk over astringent espressos and glasses of wine. But over the last 15 years, a distinctly Anglophone, […]
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In Han Kang’s latest novel, a character saws off the tips of two of her fingers in a woodworking accident. Surgeons reattach them but the treatment is gruesome and agonizing. Every three minutes, for weeks on end, a caregiver carefully, dispassionately sinks needles deep into the sutures on each finger, drawing blood, to prevent the […]
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At the end of a war in Gaza in 2021, Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, was photographed sitting in an armchair in his ruined home, a symbol of continuing resistance to Israel. Mr. Sinwar was killed in this latest Gaza war, in which Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, vowed to dismantle and […]
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The sounds of celebration replaced those of explosions in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as a fragile cease-fire came into effect after 470 days of war, allowing some hostages to return home to Israel, Palestinians imprisoned in Israel to be released, and displaced Gazans to search for what was left of their homes. Under the […]
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Donald J. Trump sat in the middle of a U-shaped table, surrounded by his hard-right allies. It was a Friday night, 10 days before his inauguration, and Mr. Trump was hosting a couple of dozen members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus in the white and gold ballroom at Mar-a-Lago and explaining how he views […]
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As a truce took hold on Sunday in Gaza, potentially ending the longest and deadliest war in a century of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, two men used the same metaphor to describe how they felt. “The weight on my chest has lifted,” said Ziad Obeid, a Gazan civil servant displaced several times during the war. “We have […]
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When two hijacked jetliners struck the World Trade Center towers in New York City on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani became the face of a city struggling with tragedy, a ubiquitous presence projecting authority, assurance and control. The reputation he forged that day would be tarnished with time, but it became […]
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The week after Election Day in 2016, Shirley Morganelli, a women’s health nurse and lifelong Democrat, invited a dozen friends over to the living room of her rowhouse in Bethlehem, Pa., for a glass of wine. Actually, many glasses. “Misery loves company,” she said. Ms. Morganelli’s friends, mostly women then in their 50s and 60s, […]
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Whether it’s reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, Times Video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world. Whether it’s reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, Times Video journalists […]
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It has become a cliché to lament that the U.S. government no longer does big, audacious things. But banning TikTok — a social media platform that roughly half of Americans use — would certainly qualify as big and audacious. That outcome became more likely yesterday, even if it is far from assured. The Supreme Court […]
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When Hamas militants led a deadly cross-border raid on Oct. 7, 2023, they triggered a war with Israel that has devastated Gaza. They also set off shock waves that have reshaped the Middle East in unexpected ways. Powerful alliances were upended. Long-established “red lines” were crossed. A decades-old dictatorship at the heart of the region […]
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Andrew M. Cuomo has been here before. In 2002, fresh off a stint as the nation’s housing secretary, Mr. Cuomo decided to run for governor of New York. Fellow Democrats already had a well-liked Black candidate in mind, H. Carl McCall, but Mr. Cuomo bet his family name and raw political talent would carry the […]
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The Israeli government approved a cease-fire deal with Hamas early Saturday that calls for the release of dozens of hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners after hours of deliberations, setting up the first reprieve in a 15-month, devastating war in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli prime minister’s office, which announced the agreement after the full […]
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When we first watched the surveillance footage, we were stunned. There was the Hungarian ambassador to Brazil pacing nervously in the embassy. There was Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president — fresh off court orders not to leave the country because of an intensifying criminal investigation — arriving at the gate. There were the embassy […]
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Vivek Ramaswamy intends to run for governor of Ohio, according to a person with knowledge of his thinking, but does not plan to immediately leave his high-profile role at Donald J. Trump’s government efficiency project. Mr. Ramaswamy told Ohio allies of his plan after the state’s governor, Mike DeWine, named Ohio’s lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, […]
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Sheng Thao, who was ousted as the mayor of Oakland, Calif., just two months ago amid persistent frustrations with crime, has been indicted on federal corruption charges, prosecutors announced on Friday. Ms. Thao is among four people being charged. The federal indictment also names Ms. Thao’s boyfriend, Andre Jones; the head of a local waste […]
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Mayor Eric Adams of New York City was set to meet with President-elect Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday afternoon in an unusual display of political, and perhaps personal, outreach. The surprise trip to Florida by Mr. Adams, a Democrat who faces an uphill battle re-election this year, comes as the mayor faces a […]
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TikTok faces a U.S. ban as soon as Sunday, a move that could have sweeping consequences for the social media landscape, popular culture, and millions of influencers and small businesses that rely on the platform to earn a living. Here’s what you need to know. Why is TikTok facing a ban? U.S. officials have long […]
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