| New Prime Minister Faces Old Problems: How to Make Britain’s Economy Grow
- Conversations with economists, and people around him, shed light on how Andy Burnham might tackle entrenched challenges.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:39:36 +0000
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| What a Times Reporter Saw in Iran, and Takeaways from Trump’s Speech on Election Security
- Plus, the Friday news quiz.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:24:48 +0000
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| Greek Life
- We look at the place of Homer’s epic “Odyssey” in our cultural lives.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0000
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| Trump Promised Proof of Election Tampering. His Document Release Fell Far Short.
- In the end, the documentary evidence that President Trump claimed would prove his case appeared bound to disappoint those who expected bombshell revelations.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:32:39 +0000
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| The 20-Somethings Running Ukraine’s War Machine
- A new generation has been cutting red tape to speed weapons to the front. But the old guard pushed back, and now Ukraine’s young defense minister is out.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:29:24 +0000
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| Can Democrats Finally Understand the Latino Voter in an Era of Mass Deportations?
- For decades, Democrats have misunderstood Latino voters. Trump’s deportation campaign offers a chance for them to get it right.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:06:41 +0000
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| Beijing Rejects Trump’s Claim of Meddling, but Avoids a Fight
- Chinese officials called the election-meddling accusation baseless, while analysts said Beijing was trying to preserve a fragile détente.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:56:14 +0000
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| A Trump Obsession That Carries a Cost for Democracy
- In demanding steps to address the integrity of voting, President Trump persisted in relitigating his 2020 election defeat while finding ways to cast doubt on the 2026 outcome.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:06:03 +0000
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| ‘Suddenly, I Was Free’: A Chinese Pastor’s Journey From Jail to the U.S.
- In his first interview since being released by China, Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri details his surprise release after a direct appeal by President Trump to Xi Jinping.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:03:36 +0000
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| A Mathematical Tribute to the Soccer Ball
- As the World Cup final approaches, take a moment to appreciate the beautiful symmetries of humanity’s favorite truncated icosahedron.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:02:36 +0000
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| In One of Houston’s Oldest Latino Barrios, Mourning After ICE Shooting Mixed With Fear and Anger
- After a federal agent killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the grief and anger in Magnolia Park has been less visible, but no less intense.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:02:04 +0000
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| Is Venezuela a Colony Now? A Sovereign State? Modern Empires Rule in Ambiguity.
- Occupation is a hassle. Large countries have many new ways to control small ones.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:02:04 +0000
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| As Blazes Spread Near Paris, Extreme Heat Is Changing How France Fights Fires
- Until recently, France’s forest fires were mostly in the south. This week, fires are raging much farther north. France is having to rethink its firefighting strategy.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:01:52 +0000
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| Venezuela Earthquakes Force a Grim Homecoming for Migrants
- Mass migration, which defines modern Venezuela, has heavily marked the earthquake, too, saving many who had left, but also making their grief harder.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:01:42 +0000
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| Christopher Nolan on ‘The Odyssey’ and IMAX Technical Challenges
- He and the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema combined new inventions (like fire-mimicking lights they developed) with century-old techniques.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:42 +0000
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| Dubai Migrant Worker Layoffs Reveal Costs of Middle East War
- The Persian Gulf city attracted migrant workers with the promise of opportunity. Many now say the war has brought job losses and salary cuts.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:33 +0000
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| Want More of the ‘Odyssey’? Read These Books Next
- Informative histories, modern retellings and genre-bending homages will take you back to the long road to Ithaca.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:25 +0000
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| He Was a Russian Political Survivor, Until the Masked Men Appeared
- Boris B. Nadezhdin, an outspoken opponent of the war in Ukraine, says he knows why he was detained: “Among our leadership, there is panic and chaos.”
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:31:15 +0000
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| Takeaways From Trump’s Speech Claiming Election Vulnerabilities and China Interference
- Documents released by the Trump administration to support the president’s claims did not back up his most aggressive statements.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:12:52 +0000
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| How Andy Burnham, ‘King of the North,’ Conquered U.K. Politics
- A plain-spoken politician from a modest background in northwest England, Mr. Burnham is set to be named Labour leader — and prime minister apparent — on Friday.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:54:03 +0000
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