Catch up:A horrible quarter for stocks; China’s drills around Taiwan
America’s S&P 500 and NASDAQ stock indices recorded their worst quarters since 2022. The S&P fell by 5.8% in March, i...
U.S. Sanctions Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Pursuing Activists Abroad
The U.S. fired a new round of sanctions at China on Monday, targeting six high-level Chinese and Hong Kong officials over wha...
China’s Military Drills Around Taiwan Are a Warning to Its President
China launched military exercises pressing in on Taiwan on Tuesday, in what Beijing said was a warning to the island-democrac...
Tuesday Briefing
Barring constitutional changes, President Trump cannot run for a third term. But he has floated the idea , publicly and othe...
There’s No Party Like an Iftar Party for Bangladesh’s Aspiring Leaders
Around sunset during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, something remarkable happens in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. The...
As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening
The extremists began by asserting control over women’s bodies. In the political vacuum that has emerged after the overthrow o...
The UK Government Wouldn’t Ban Smartphones in Schools. These Parents Stepped Up.
The idea of getting her eldest child a smartphone had long felt inevitable, said Daisy Greenwell. But by early last year, whe...
Israel’s Military Says It Struck Beirut’s Suburbs
The Israeli military said early Tuesday that it had conducted a strike on the southern outskirts of Beirut, the second attack...
South Korea’s President Will Learn His Fate on Friday
Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, who was impeached in December over his failed attempt to impose martial law,...
OpenAI Closes Deal That Values Company at $300 Billion
OpenAI said on Monday that it had completed a $40 billion fund-raising deal that nearly doubles the high-profile company’s va...