New York Times

The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once known for its lively arts scene. Now, it is a country torn apart by Islamist extremists and the government’s brutal effort to drive them out.

Defying sanctions, Russia has obtained nearly $4 billion in restricted chips since the war began in Ukraine. Many were shipped through a cluster of shell companies in Hong Kong.

Online sales appear to be compounding threats from climate change and habitat loss, according to new research.

Against the former misogynist in chief, Kamala Harris’s gender is an asset.

He was general counsel of Mr. Sharpton’s civil rights group, the National Action Network, and defended him in a defamation suit arising from the Tawana Brawley case.

In recent weeks, Chinese tech companies have unveiled technologies that rival American systems — and they are already in the hands of consumers and software developers.

The solar sector shows how China conducts industrial policy: It chooses industries to dominate, floods them with loans and lets companies fight it out.

“There was never a directive to provide less to our customers,” the chief executive said. Still, he said the company would review practices across all its stores.

Even if Paris weren’t scarred by terrorist attacks, protecting the opening ceremony, which will float down the Seine, offers a daunting challenge.

Over seven decades, the Australian-born magnate assembled an array of news outlets, book publishers, and film and television properties into a global behemoth.

A new study breaks down the reasons more U.S. adults say they are unlikely to have children.

The military said that the bodies were found in the Khan Younis area and that intelligence — including information from detained Palestinian militants — had led its forces to them.

A.I. is getting good at math — and might soon make a worthy collaborator for humans.

A large study showed that for most patients, having both breasts removed after cancer was detected in one made no difference.

In a speech from the Oval Office, President Biden said it was time to “pass the torch to a new generation.” But he said nothing about his own age or capacity that led so many Democrats to desert him.

One of the great joys of a long marriage is how the personal and pragmatic moosh together.

The artist’s new paintings at Gagosian show her working through the loss of her husband, the artist Brice Marden, in a hot palette, feathers and shells.

Many Indian Americans see Kamala Harris as another example of the diaspora’s success and influence.

In a TV interview airing on Thursday, Harry said his dispute with British newspapers over illegal information gathering was a “central piece” of his estrangement from other royals.

ShadowCam, a NASA instrument aboard a South Korean spacecraft, is taking pictures of the moon where the sun doesn’t shine.