‘We Are a Romantic Country’: On the Set of a Steamy Hit in Italy
Before dawn, the teenage girls convened outside the Naples Navy base where the wildly popular Italian television show “Mare Fuori” is filmed. “We want to show them all of our…
Mauricio Diazgranados Is a Botanist in a Hurry
A decade ago, when Dr. Diazgranados was head of Bogotá’s botanical garden, he took on the construction of a new herbarium and the largest greenhouse in the Americas, before a…
A Strong Peso Gives Mexicans Working Abroad Less Bang for Their Buck
Most of the money that Antonio Solis makes delivering food on his motorcycle in New York City will eventually make its way to Monterrey, Mexico, where it will pay for…
Intelligence Board Recommends Curbing F.B.I.’s Power to Use Surveillance Program
An advisory board to President Biden has recommended limiting the F.B.I.’s ability to use a controversial warrantless surveillance program to hunt for information about Americans, even as it urged lawmakers…
A Month of Record-Breaking Heat Pushes Phoenix to Its Breaking Point
Patients with heat stroke and burns from the asphalt are swamping hospitals. Air-conditioners are breaking down at homeless shelters. The medical examiner’s office is deploying trailer-sized coolers to store bodies,…
Twitter Threatens to Sue Center for Countering Digital Hate Over Research
Elon Musk has over the last year threatened legal action against tech competitors, employees and people who use Twitter, which he owns. Now he is also taking aim at an…
Saudi Arabia Will Host Talks About Ukraine’s Peace Plan, Diplomats Say
Saudi Arabia will host talks on Ukraine’s peace plan with several other countries this weekend in the coastal city of Jeddah, three foreign diplomats in the kingdom have said. The…
Deadly Russian Missile Strike Hits Apartments in Central Ukraine
Damage from a Russian missile strike in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on Monday.Credit…Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A day after President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine appeared to warn of more attacks…
A Vanishing Masterpiece in the Georgia Marshes
This patch of coastal wetland between highway and marsh, just behind downtown Brunswick, Ga., is a kind of pilgrimage site — though no sign points to it. Look for a…
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Charts a Path for the Far Right
Jason Horowitz contributed reporting. Fact-checking by Susan Lee. This episode contains music from the song “Io Sono Giorgia (Giorgia Meloni Remix)” by the artist MEM & J. The Daily is…
An Enemy in Mexico – The New York Times
Mexico has been one of America’s closest allies for years under both Democratic and Republican administrations, even Donald Trump’s. That may be changing. Republican officials and voters have not only…
The Lunar Codex, a Time Capsule of Human Creativity, Stored in the Sky
“Just keep telling the story,” says the director character in Wes Anderson’s latest film, “Asteroid City,” which takes a stylized look at midcentury America’s fascination with space and interstellar communications.…
When Executive Training Is Like Military Boot Camp
“Your company is about to go on a rescue,” declared Christian Boucousis, who goes by the name Boo at work. “One of your company members went out to do reconnaissance…
Rangers Add Max Scherzer in AL West Battle With Houston Astros
Marcus Semien was a sophomore infielder at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2010 when Bruce Bochy was managing the San Francisco Giants to their first of three World Series…