Lebanese Depositors Have Resorted to Force to Withdraw Their Savings
By the time Walid al-Hajjar stormed his bank armed with a jug of gasoline, four lighters and a willingness to set himself on fire, his wife’s bone cancer was too…
Colombians Seeking to Rally South America Behind Ukraine Were Nearly Killed
Héctor Abad Faciolince grew up in what had been one of the most violent cities on earth. Since Colombia won its independence more than 200 years ago, it has weathered…
Opinion | Ron DeSantis Wants to Tell the Future by Controlling the Past
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida was, along with his state’s Board of Education, embroiled in a controversy over a new curriculum for student instruction in African American history.…
Opinion | Every American City Needs a Richard Ravitch
Barely two months before his death in June, at 89, Richard Ravitch, the real-estate developer turned public servant, was doing the same thing he had done regularly for more than…
Aided by A.I. Language Models, Google’s Robots Are Getting Smart
A one-armed robot stood in front of a table. On the table sat three plastic figurines: a lion, a whale and a dinosaur. An engineer gave the robot an instruction:…
Judge Rejects Hong Kong’s Bid to Ban Pro-Democracy Song From Internet
The Hong Kong authorities suffered a surprising setback on Friday when a judge denied their request to ban a popular pro-democracy song from the internet. The government was seeking an…
Typhoon Doksuri Makes Landfall in China as Toll Rises in the Philippines
Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in mainland China on Friday, carrying winds equivalent to those of a Category 2 hurricane, after grazing Taiwan and lashing the Philippines, where officials reported dozens…
Wagner’s ‘Parsifal’ at the Bayreuth Festival Experiments With AR
For Richard Wagner, the latest technology was crucial to staging his operas. In Bayreuth, Germany, where he opened a hilltop theater in 1876 to realize his vision for his works,…
Bank of Japan Edges Toward Letting Rates Rise
No country in the world holds as much debt as Japan, which has well over $1 trillion in U.S. government treasuries alone. Even the slightest shift to Japan’s low interest…
Randy Meisner, Founding Member of the Eagles, Dies at 77
Randy Meisner, a founding member of the Eagles whose broad vocal range on songs like “Take It to the Limit” helped catapult the rock band to international fame, died on…
Randy Meisner, Founding Member of the Eagles, Dies at 77
Randy Meisner, a founding member of the Eagles whose broad vocal range on songs like “Take It to the Limit” helped catapult the rock band to international fame, died on…
Four Decades Later, a Victim of the Highway Killer Is Finally Identified
For nearly 40 years, the remains of a body found on an abandoned farm in rural Indiana were known as those of Adam Doe. The remains were discovered in October…
Senate Passes Bipartisan Defense Bill, Setting Up a Clash With the House
The Senate on Thursday gave overwhelming approval to the annual defense policy bill, sidestepping a contentious debate over abortion access for service members and quashing efforts to limit aid for…
Hunter Biden Judge, Defying a ‘Rubber Stamp,’ Jumps Into the Spotlight
She repeatedly told them she was not a “rubber stamp.” She described their plea agreement as potentially “not worth the paper it is printed on.” She made it clear to…