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Pepe Mujica, Uruguay’s spartan former president and plain-spoken philosopher, offers wisdom from a rich life as he battles cancer.

What our columnists and contributors thought of her speech, and those of Gretchen Whitmer, Roy Cooper and more.

A new government in Nepal formally asked for relief from a $216 million debt it incurred for construction of an airport in Pokhara that has been beset by problems.

Plus, an aquarium bids farewell to a queer icon.

Presenting herself as a pragmatic leader who could unite all Americans behind a “new way forward,” Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, gives his takeaways.

On Saturday, Kenny McPeek’s 3-year-old will try to be the first filly since 1915 to win the Travers Stakes. It could be a boon for a sport whose popularity has dipped.

José Mujica and Lucía Topolansky have long been married to one another — and their leftist political cause.

No garment is simpler. No garment has more star power onscreen.

Some 144 bird species had not been seen in at least a decade, but a project by conservation organizations proposes they all may still be hidden somewhere in the wild.

The Spanish island fills beachfront hotels and glittering dance clubs with wealthy tourists. But its teachers, firefighters and police officers can’t find a place to live.

As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities.

In a mostly car-dependent country where public transportation in major cities can be best described as “decent,” the expansion felt momentous.

The vice president’s speech sought to reassure Americans of her values even as many may be unfamiliar with her background.

After Kamala Harris accepted the nomination, Stewart mused: “How funny would it have been if at the end she was like, ‘But seriously, though: not for me.’”

The fire, one of the country’s worst industrial disasters in recent years, happened as the factory was rushing to fulfill a military contract, the authorities said.

With her party torn between pro-Israel Democrats and younger progressives, she’s looking for a way to quiet one major issue until after the election.

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a searing rebuke of former President Donald J. Trump, casting him as a threat to democracy, global stability and women’s rights.

Kamala Harris has left them giddy but dazed.

A history-making candidate told grounded stories. Democrats expanded their anti-Trump playbook. And even if something “magical is in the air” for the party, as Michelle Obama said, there’s a hard road ahead.

From references to the Olympics to odes to freedom, Democrats used their nominating convention to stake their claim on patriotism.