As pale morning light flickered across the Seine, Capt. Freddy Badar steered his hulking river barge, Le Bosphore, past picturesque Normandy villages and snow-fringed woodlands, setting a course for Paris. Onboard were containers packed with furniture, electronics and clothing loaded the night before from a cargo ship that had docked in Le Havre, the seaport […]
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A Missouri High School Program Goes Farm-to-Table
At Maysville High School in Maysville, Mo., population 1,100, classes can be a little tough for the squeamish. Course work can involve assigned reading and algebra, but also a serious amount of blood and guts. In 2022, the high school, an hour’s drive north of Kansas City, added an elective farm-to-table course run by a […]
Read MoreHairstyles That Shined at Fashion Weeks in Paris, New York, Milan and London
At the recent fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris, the many wet waves, curly mullets and braids of all sizes in the crowds seemed to be styled with a shared philosophy: Keep it tight at the top. Hair, no matter the length or the flow, was for the most part arranged to […]
Read MoreAfghanistan’s Drought in Photos: Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs
They awake in the mornings to find another family has left. Half of one village, the entirety of the next have departed in the years since the water dried up — in search of jobs, of food, of any means of survival. Those who remain pick apart the abandoned homes and burn the bits for […]
Read MoreWhat Meltdown? Crypto Comes Roaring Back in the Philippines.
On a recent Tuesday night, around 20 people crowded into the second floor of Joniel Bon’s newly opened internet cafe in Quezon City, 10 miles from Manila. Seated at computers with 34-inch curved monitors, they began playing video games such as Heroes of Mavia and Nifty Island, as music from Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 […]
Read MoreRepublican Senate Slugfest in Ohio Fuels Jitters About Trump’s Candidate
With just days to go before the election, the three-way Republican Senate primary in Ohio has turned into a food fight, fueling concerns about former President Donald J. Trump’s favored candidate, Bernie Moreno. The contest on Tuesday to decide who will face Senator Sherrod Brown has been contentious for months, with Mr. Moreno, a wealthy […]
Read MoreIn the Oscars Audience, Candid Photos From the Ceremony
Red carpet photographs are able to convey indelible moments of celebrity magnetism and spectacular glamour. But no step-and-repeat can bottle the crackling anticipation, the eruption of victory, the sting of loss or the quiet exchange between individuals amid a sea of superstars like these candid shots from the audience at Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony. Inside […]
Read More2024 Oscars Red Carpet Photos: Vanessa Hudgens, Eva Longoria and More
For Oscar hopefuls, awards season can be a long road. With so many appearances, you can’t swing for the fence every time: The occasional bunt is inevitable. But the time for pulling punches is over. What stars put on their backs to walk the red carpet of the Academy Awards, which are being held at […]
Read More‘It’s a Way of Life’: Women Make Their Mark in the Ukrainian Army
On the front line just outside Bakhmut, Ukraine, a 32-year-old commander of a Ukrainian artillery platoon rocked to and fro in the passenger seat of a beat-up Lada, as another soldier navigated the car through a thick forest, sometimes mowing down young trees. When they reached their destination, a small village less than two miles […]
Read MoreThe Crisis in Haiti, in Photos
Gang violence has plunged Haiti, a Caribbean nation with a long history of upheaval, into one of its worst periods of chaos. Attacks on prisons have set thousands of inmates free. Gunfire at the airport in Port-au-Prince, the capital, has forced the suspension of flights. Homes have been ransacked. The country’s embattled prime minister, Ariel […]
Read MoreAwards Show Glamour From Emma Stone, Charles Melton, Greta Lee, Cillian Murphy and More
The lead-up to the Oscars is not only for predictions. It’s also an opportunity to take a look back at the style trends that the awards season grind has unearthed. It’s also an opportunity to see celebrities show up week after week in gowns, accessories and regalia, topping their last look, or at least complementing […]
Read MoreThe Biggest Issue on Americans’ Minds Is Also a Tough One to Agree On
I don’t know how to make sense of it. It just hurts my heart. It should not be that hard. Americans have argued about immigration for decades, often with anger, fear and racial resentment. But if the debate stands out today, it is for another sentiment coursing through the conversation: exhaustion. Decades of neglect and […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s Bodacious Belles Thrive on Friendship and Fancy Footwork
The Bodacious Belles, a women’s group in Beaufort, N.C., shows the difference a network of support can make in an aging America. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In Beaufort, N.C., a group of women offers a window into what contemporary aging can be in a nation […]
Read MoreSaunas in Minnesota: Midwesterners Are Sweating it Out This Winter
Saunas in the state, part of a tradition with roots in the 1800s, have been especially popular since the pandemic as more people seek a communal experience. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. For people in Minnesota, the sauna is a link to the past and a […]
Read MoreAs a Son Risks His Life to Topple the King, His Father Guards the Throne
The riot police appeared out of nowhere, charging furiously toward the young protesters trying to oust King Mswati III, who has ruled over the nation of Eswatini for 38 years. The pop of gunfire ricocheted through the streets, and the demonstrators started running for their lives. Manqoba Motsa, a college student, and his fellow Communists […]
Read MoreNYFW Street Style: When Getting Dressed Is a Higher Calling
Outwardly, this season’s New York Fashion Week shows followed a familiar playbook. Marc Jacobs showed his collection before the week technically began. The official schedule ran for six days (albeit with fewer events) and it played the hits: Carolina Herrera, Michael Kors, Tory Burch. All of this brought a calm to a week that can […]
Read MorePhotos of the Winter Snowstorm Moving Through the Northeast
A nor’easter disrupted daily life across the Northeast on Tuesday, upending school and work commutes, as rain turned to a slushy mix and then to snow in many regions. Some parts of New England were braced for more snow than they were likely to get as the storm rerouted itself. New York City was expecting […]
Read MoreOscar Nominees Luncheon 2024: Best Looks and the ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Dog
At the annual Oscar nominees luncheon, there is always a top dog that even a ballroom full of A-listers will clamor to meet. Last year, that honor went to the “Top Gun: Maverick” producer Tom Cruise, a star so huge that the other nominees began to orbit him, biding time until they could dart in […]
Read MoreBrazil’s Carnival Only Starts When 12-Foot John Travolta Arrives
It was near the start of one of Brazil’s most famous Carnival celebrations, in the northern seaside city of Olinda, and the town plaza was jammed with thousands of revelers. They were all awaiting their idol. Just before 9 p.m., the doors to a dance hall swung open, a brass band pushed into the crowd […]
Read MoreOutside New Orleans, the King Cake Drive-Thru Has You Covered for Mardi Gras
A tire shop parking lot has become a popular destination for those craving the beloved treat. The only problem: Which variety to choose? By Rick Rojas Reporting from Metairie, La., and the kitchen of Joyce’s Sweets in Ponchatoula, where he sampled a praline-filled cake fresh from the oven. Of course Mardi Gras is about boundless […]
Read MoreChina Keeps Building Stadiums in Africa. But at What Cost?
The Alassane Ouattara stadium rises like a piece of sculpture from the dusty brown earth north of Ivory Coast’s largest city, its undulating roof and white columns towering over the empty landscape like a spaceship that has dropped onto a uninhabited planet. On Sunday, the three-and-a-half-year-old stadium will host its signature moment, when the national […]
Read MorePlaying Soccer in $1.50 Sandals That Even Gucci Wants to Copy
The wealthy pros of Ivory Coast’s national soccer team were resting in their luxury hotel last week, preparing for a match in Africa’s biggest tournament, when Yaya Camara sprinted onto a dusty lot and began fizzing one pass after another to his friends. Over and over, he corralled the game’s underinflated ball and then sent […]
Read MoreEcuador Embraces President Noboa’s War on Gang Violence Amid Terror
Since Ecuador’s president declared war on gangs last month, soldiers with assault rifles have flooded the streets of Guayaquil, a sprawling Pacific Coast city that has been an epicenter of the nation’s yearslong descent into violence. They pull men from buses and cars looking for drugs, weapons and gang tattoos, and patrol roads enforcing a […]
Read MoreDiscontent and Defiance on the Road to Pakistan’s Election
The highway is the most politically charged slice of a politically turbulent country. It winds 180 miles from Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, through the fertile plains of Punjab Province to Lahore, the nation’s cultural and political heart. For centuries, it was known only as a sliver of the Grand Trunk Road, Asia’s longest and oldest thoroughfare, […]
Read MoreChile Wildfire Photographs
Runaway forest fires ravaged the coastal hills of central Chile, taking scores of lives, with hundreds of people reported as missing. Thousands of homes were destroyed, especially in the hilly neighborhoods around the resort town of Viña del Mar, where many older residents were not able to escape. The fires exploded on Friday amid unusually […]
Read MorePhoto: Biden Sees Dignified Transfer of 3 Troops Killed in Jordan
A stillness lingered under a cloudy sky as a team of Army soldiers slowly emerged from the large gray C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft. They walked in step at a smooth and steady pace. Their eyes remained forward. The flag-draped transfer cases were held level with the weight distributed evenly among the six service members conducting […]
Read MoreBullfighting Returns to Mexico City. A Fight Over Its Future Goes On.
At 4:30 p.m., the near-capacity crowd of 42,000 people at La Plaza México started restlessly whistling. They had waited since May 15, 2022 — a period of 624 days of legal challenges — for bulls to return to the world’s largest bullfighting arena, only to face another delay because of the hundreds of protesters outside. […]
Read MoreStreet Style Inspires the Runway at Couture Fashion Week
Couture week is by no means an outlier on the fashion calendar. It is, after all, where designers are expected to flex a bit of imaginative muscle, dare to be creative outside the margins and show what artistry looks like at the height of this medium. Does that make it a bit of a deviation? […]
Read MoreRemote African Hub Reopens for Migrants Headed Toward Europe
The bus station in Agadez, a remote city of low mud-brick buildings in the West African nation of Niger, is buzzing again. Every week, thousands of migrants from West and Central Africa leave from the station in this gateway city to the Sahara aboard a caravan of pickup trucks, traveling for days toward North Africa, […]
Read MoreWhere Textile Mills Thrived, Remnants Battle for Survival
In his 40-year career, William Lucas has seen nearly every step in the erosion of the American garment industry. As general manager of Eagle Sportswear, a company in Middlesex, N.C., that cuts, sews and assembles apparel, he hopes to keep what’s left of that industry intact. Mr. Lucas, 59, has invested hundreds of thousands of […]
Read MoreRadio Station Captures Fears of Ukrainian City Under Siege
It was the middle of the night in early January when a Russian missile streaked in and exploded in the center of Kharkiv, blasting down walls and shattering windows. The next day, people went shopping and to work, ate out in restaurants and clogged the streets with traffic jams, almost as if nothing had happened. […]
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