Piping Up at the Gates of Dawn
Since the James Webb Space Telescope began operating two years ago, astronomers have been using it to leapfrog one another millions of years into the...
Drag Goes Mainstream in the Philippines, a Bastion of Christianity
Before he put on the glittery neon yellow tasseled jumpsuit, donned the yellow wig, and lip synced and danced onstage under colorful spotlights, Paul Hidacan...
Are We Loving Our Pets to Death?
Pets are more popular than ever. Roughly two-thirds of American homes have at least one pet, up from 56 percent in 1988, according to the...
U.S.D.A. Avocado Inspectors Will Start Returning to Mexican Packing Plants
The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, announced on Friday that inspections of avocados and mangos made by U.S. Agriculture Department workers in Michoacán, a...
Putin Came to Asia to Disrupt, and He Succeeded
Four days in Asia. That’s all President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia needed to anger Washington, undermine Beijing and rattle a collection of Indo-Pacific nations...
For Turkish Germans, Heart Overrules Home at Euro 2024
Erkan Aykan does not require a second invitation to share his claim to fame. He grew up in a Turkish family in Gelsenkirchen, an industrial...
Slur by Francis Lays Bare the Church’s Contradictions on Homosexuality
When reports spread that Pope Francis had used an offensive anti-gay slur while speaking to Italian bishops at a conference last month, many Catholics were...
UN Chief Warns Israel and Hezbollah of the Risk of a Wider War
After months of escalating violence along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, the chief of the United Nations warned on Friday that “the risk for the...
Iran’s 2024 Presidential Election: What to Know
Iran’s election for its next president will take place a year early, on June 28, after President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash last...
New Drug Provides Total Protection From H.I.V. in Trial of Young African Women
It can take generic makers years to get ready to produce a drug, and they need to have a sense of the potential market in...
Putin Shows He Can Antagonize the U.S. Far Afield From Ukraine
His ominous warnings, at the end of a two-day trip to North Korea and Vietnam, placed Russia and the West in a new round of...
Official Death Toll From Hajj Pilgrimage Climbs Into the Hundreds
During the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, one of the most important events on the Muslim calendar, at least 450 died under a scorching...
Israel says it struck a missile launch site in a Gaza ‘humanitarian zone.’
The Israeli military said on Friday that it had struck a missile launch site belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group that had been...
Gaza Authorities say 25 Killed by Israeli Strike on Mawasi
Gaza health officials said that 25 people were killed and 50 wounded on Friday when an Israeli military strike hit tents housing displaced people in...