Extreme temperatures and repeated wildfires are pushing infrastructure to the limit and testing the continent’s resolve.

14 Aug 2026 15:33 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

The prints by the French master were taken in São Paulo last year in a brazen daylight heist.

14 Aug 2026 10:56 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

Kevin Rideout, a pilot, was abducted from his home in the country’s capital, Niamey, last fall. His mission organization said he was in “good health” after his release.

14 Aug 2026 16:50 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

Three months’ worth of rain fell in just 12 hours in a region east of Tokyo, leading to deadly flooding.

14 Aug 2026 12:47 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

Shabjdeed, a rapper in the West Bank, criticized a fellow Palestinian musician in a song, saying his Western lifestyle and lyrics were far removed from life back home.

15 Aug 2026 19:02 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

France has faithfully renovated most of what burned at Notre-Dame in 2019. Contentiously, six towering windows will soon be replaced by a new design.

14 Aug 2026 09:02 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

In Moldova, Moscow paid Orthodox priests, conducted a vote-buying scheme and set up training camps on election interference — all in an effort to derail the Western-leaning government.

15 Aug 2026 09:03 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES