Hamas released hostages and agreed to abide by a cease-fire, but persuading it to lay down its arms is another matter.A Hamas gunman on Monday during the handover of Israeli hostages in Deir al Balah, in southern Gaza.
The return of the remains of four former captives has spurred anger that more were not retrieved. The devastation to Gaza is likely to make the task especially hard.Doris Liber, center, with a photo of Guy Illouz, her son, in Washington in 2023. His remains have been returned to Israel.
A fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas is stoking hopes for a surge in investment in the region, and the Middle East more broadly.A fragile cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas has led to speculation over potential investments to rebuild Gaza.
“We were happy for our prisoners — and for the Israelis, too,” one Gaza resident said. “We love peace and the truce.”Palestinians celebrating the release of prisoners freed by Israel in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Plus, France versus fast fashion.A Hamas fighter during the handover of Israeli hostages in Deir al Balah, southern Gaza, on Monday.
The president is threatening to widen his trade war against China as tariffs on timber, lumber, kitchen cabinets and other products took effect on Tuesday.The new tariffs on lumber could slow industries like home building that rely on imported wood.
The International Monetary Fund said the impact of trade tensions had been limited so far, but it expects growth to slow.Price pressures from the trade tensions are muted so far but building, the International Monetary Fund said in a new report.
Since Beijing announced a new visa to attract young science and technology graduates, a backlash has erupted online, forcing the government to respond.Students at Peking University in Beijing in May. As new college graduates in China have struggled to find jobs, an uproar has developed over the gove
The measure is aimed at countering China’s dominance of commercial shipbuilding and helping to revitalize the American industry.COSCO, China’s dominant shipping company, could pay $1.5 billion in fees next year, according to an estimate by HSBC.
The story of the man most likely to be the next mayor of New York City — and the promise and peril his ascent poses for the Democratic Party.“I try not to spend too much time being engaged with the discourse of it all,” Mamdani says.
How the Democratic nominee for mayor who has stunned the New York establishment is working to shore up support and sustain his momentum.Zohran Mamdani in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in September.
The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power.President Lyndon B. Johnson with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after signing the Voting Rights Act in August 1965. Since then, the law has ser
A two-term Democratic governor, Ms. Mills called herself “battle tested” in an interview. But she faces a Democratic primary before she can challenge the Republican incumbent.Gov. Janet Mills, in Lewiston, Maine, earlier this year. She had been heavily recruited by Senator Chuck Schumer of New York,
The Trump administration has pushed Republican leaders to redraw House district maps before the midterm elections next year. His party already holds 10 of North Carolina’s 14 congressional seats.A fight over congressional maps is nothing new in North Carolina, a politically divided state where the g
I Cavallini is as hard to get into as its Williamsburg precursor, but its Italian cooking is a tad more tentative.
As Russia rebuffs President Trump’s diplomatic push, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine plans to head again to the White House, this time seeking missiles.On Tuesday, a high-level Ukrainian delegation will begin a multiday visit in Washington to discuss deals to buy American weapons designed to
An intelligence agency’s sweeping investigation shows that Moscow is closely following the anti-Kremlin activities of Russians abroad.The exiled opposition figure Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky in London last year. The F.S.B. accused a group he founded, the Russian Antiwar Committee, of plotting to overthr
The restrictions also apply to conversations between teenage users and artificial intelligence chatbots.
Seeking social media stardom for their underage daughters, mothers post images of them on Instagram. The accounts draw men sexually attracted to children, and they sometimes pay to see more.This is a curated selection of real comments and emojis associated with an Instagram photo of a 9-year-old gir
For many of her fans, she was like a rare bird soaring from bygone days when progress and growing freedoms for women seemed inevitable.Not only did Diane Keaton resist Hollywood’s objectifying and ageist beauty standards, her boho, free and slightly androgynous style felt very 1970s.
The move by Sébastien Lecornu was a major concession as he faced no-confidence votes that threatened to topple his government again this week.France’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, addressing Parliament on Tuesday.
Tadashi Yanai champions the U.S. market as vital for Uniqlo’s growth, but remains deeply concerned about rising American protectionism.Tadashi Yanai opened what would become the first Uniqlo store in Hiroshima in 1984. Uniqlo now has more than 2,500 stores globally.
JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citi and Wells Fargo reported strong earnings, mostly topping analyst expectations and showing broad growth.Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase at the bank’s new headquarters in New York last month. “The U.S. economy generally remained resilient,” he said in an earnings rele
General Motors said it would lower its earnings by that amount to mainly reflect the drop in the value of equipment, factories and other assets.Vehicles passing through final inspection at the end of an assembly line at a General Motors facility in Tennessee.
