| Seeking to Rely Less on China, U.S. Pushes a Rare Earths Partnership on a Reluctant Brazil
- Seeking to reduce its reliance on China, the United States is pushing for a critical minerals deal with Brazil. The South American country is less eager.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:16:42 +0000
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| Spain Says the Sun Shields It From Rising Gas Costs. Is That True?
- Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister, said the nation’s renewable energy system has softened the financial fallout from the war in Iran. The story is more complex.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:15:12 +0000
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| U.S. Military Ramps Up to Clear Strait of Hormuz
- Warplanes and attack helicopters are “hunting and killing” Iran’s fast-attack watercraft in contested sea lanes, Gen. Dan Caine said.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:13:55 +0000
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| BTS Is Back With ‘Arirang,’ but the K-Pop Landscape Has Changed
- The superstar boy band returns after a four-year hiatus on Friday. The genre it helped turn into a global juggernaut has endured some shifts, and minted new stars.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:06:09 +0000
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| Pregnant in ICE Detention: Handcuffs and Pleas for Medical Care
- Women describe conditions that violate longstanding agency guidelines for how pregnant detainees should be treated.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:01:19 +0000
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| A.I. Is Writing Fiction. Publishers Are Unprepared.
- Book publishing has few safeguards in place to prevent the unwitting publication of a novel heavily generated by artificial intelligence.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:59:04 +0000
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| What To Know About the BTS Comeback Concert Streaming Live on Netflix
- The K-pop supergroup’s first show in over three years will stream live on Netflix at 7 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday. The New York Times will cover it live from Seoul.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:52:58 +0000
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| We’re All Living in the ‘Mirror World’ Now
- Naomi Klein and Ezra Klein discuss what the success of MAGA reveals about the American left.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:52:19 +0000
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| ICE Released Hundreds of Children from Immigration Detention
- About 50 children were in federal detention in Dilley, Texas this week, down from about 500 in January. It is unclear how many were deported, but some are back at their U.S. schools.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:39:50 +0000
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| Whose War?
- We look at the diverging goals of the U.S. and Israel in the war on Iran.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:06:29 +0000
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| Death of American College Student in Spain Was Likely an Accident, Police Say
- James Gracey, 20, a student at the University of Alabama, went missing during a visit to a beachfront nightclub in Barcelona. His body was found on Thursday, the police said.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:40:17 +0000
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| Iran War Underscores the Diverging Aims of U.S. and Israel
- The United States views Iran through a prism of global responsibilities and strategic goals. Israel has a more regional approach. After nearly three weeks of war, their paths are diverging.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:18:54 +0000
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| Silicon Valley’s Big Bets on War Pay Off, and the Trump Family Business Looks to Transylvania
- Plus, a buzzy new book was just canceled over A.I. allegations.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:15 +0000
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| Lukashenko Jailed Her in Belarus, but She Wants the World to Talk to Him
- Maria Kalesnikava is campaigning for the West to engage with the regime in Belarus that imprisoned her for more than five years.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:14:22 +0000
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| Can Jonah Peretti Save BuzzFeed From Extinction?
- Facing financial straits, the founder is betting on a skunkworks for A.I. experiments.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:04:18 +0000
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| Record Number of Student Loan Borrowers Are in Delinquency and Default
- Recently released data from the Education Department showed that by the end of last year, 7.7 million borrowers had defaulted on $181 billion in federal student loans.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:03:14 +0000
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| New Spider Mimics ‘The Last of Us’ Zombie Fungus Cordyceps
- A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:02:28 +0000
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| New Data Shows Where ICE Has Been Most Active This Year
- The pace of ICE arrests nationwide has topped 1,100 per day on average in 2026, but the rate of arrests has varied across the country in sometimes surprising ways.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:02:22 +0000
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| How New Mexico Became an Obamacare Success Story
- Affordable Care Act enrollment has dropped across the United States since the enhanced federal subsidies expired. But New Mexico has record numbers of people signing up.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:01:29 +0000
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| Trump Organization Eyes Transylvania Golf Course Deal
- The president’s company is eyeing a site for a golf course and luxury apartments. Will a huge landfill and a troubled project history stand in the way?
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:01:06 +0000
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