nytimes 1 year ago

Blasts Rock Syria’s Coast Amid Heavy Israeli Strikes

Video: Blasts Rock Syria’s Coast Amid Heavy Israeli Strikes

Overnight Israeli strikes targeted former Syrian Army positions, including air defense sites and missile warehouses, according to the Syrian Observ...

nytimes 1 year ago

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea Declares Martial Law, Then Backs Down

South Korea President Declares Martial Law, Then Backs Down (Published 2024)

Soon after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration on Tuesday, lawmakers voted to defy him, prompting the president to say he was lifting his order.

nytimes 1 year ago

Why Israel and Hezbollah Are Still Firing Amid a Cease-Fire

Why Israel and Hezbollah Are Still Firing Amid a Cease-Fire (Published 2024)

Some violations of the truce, and some amount of violence, are to be expected, analysts say, and do not necessarily mean the deal will collapse and...

nytimes 1 year ago

Airbnb ‘Gladiator’ Experience at the Colosseum Prompts Outcry in Rome

Gladiator for a Night at the Colosseum? Some Romans Are Up in Arms. (Published 2024)

An initiative by officials at the monument in a partnership with Airbnb has prompted an outcry among those who feel it will demean a cultural treas...

nytimes 1 year ago

An Indigenous Group in Quebec Tries to Keep the Caribou Alive

An Indigenous Group in Quebec Tries to Keep the Caribou Alive (Published 2024)

The Canadian government is threatening to use emergency measures to protect three caribou herds at risk of dying out in Quebec.

nytimes 1 year ago

Top U.N. Envoy Says Gaza War Followed Years of Weak Diplomacy

‘Politics Failed’: Top U.N. Envoy Says Gaza War Followed Years of Weak Diplomacy (Published 2024)

World leaders failed to focus on a permanent solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and risk making the same mistake again, the departing Uni...

nytimes 1 year ago

Who Are HTS, the Rebels Leading the Syria Offensive?

Who Are the Rebels Leading the Offensive in Syria? (Published 2024)

The group now advancing, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, says it wants to replace the Assad government with one inspired by Islamic principles.

nytimes 1 year ago

Monday Briefing

Monday Briefing (Published 2024)

A presidential pardon for Hunter Biden.

nytimes 1 year ago

A North Korean Voice That Kim Jong-un Would Like to Silence

A North Korean Voice That Kim Jong-un Would Like to Silence (Published 2024)

Kim Seongmin, who fled to South Korea in the 1990s, broadcasts to his homeland twice a day, delivering the kind of information Pyongyang is trying ...

nytimes 1 year ago

Life After Death: America’s Cemeteries Are Rewilding

Life After Death: America’s Cemeteries Are Rewilding (Published 2024)

More burial sites are forgoing pristine lawns for drought resistant plants and wildflowers that help wildlife. Efforts picked up in the pandemic.

nytimes 1 year ago

What a Deadly Offensive in Syria Means for a Stalled Civil War

Why Did Syria’s Civil War Reignite?

Rebel groups have launched the largest offensive in years against government forces in the northwest.