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At Art Auctions Market Seeks Its Footing After Stumbling Sales and a Hack at Christie’s

Estimates are still soaring past the $20 million mark and canvases still bear the signatures of dependable ringers like Warhol, Basquiat and Picasso. But there is a shadow...

How to View the Northern Lights on Sunday Night

The spectacular aurora borealis, the nighttime light display triggered by solar flares that...

Ahead of Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency Faces a Trust Crisis

Two months before the Olympics are scheduled to begin in Paris, the global...

Russian Forces Push Deeper Into Northern Ukraine

Russian forces continued their advance across northeastern Ukraine on Sunday, seizing a number...

About 300,000 Gazans Have Fled Rafah, U.N. Says

The main United Nations agency aiding Palestinians in Gaza said early Sunday that...

Ahead of Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency Faces a Trust Crisis

Two months before the Olympics are scheduled to begin in Paris, the global agency tasked with policing doping in sports is facing a...

Elon Musk’s Diplomacy: Woo Right-Wing World Leaders. Then Benefit.

Minutes after it became clear that Javier Milei had been elected president of South America’s second-largest nation in November, Elon Musk posted on...

Big, Smoggy Bangkok Gets a Badly Needed Breath of Fresh Air

For more than half a century, Thailand’s state-owned tobacco monopoly mass-produced cigarettes at a sprawling industrial estate in Bangkok. A steady stream of...

Flooding Kills Dozens in Afghanistan

Heavy seasonal rains have set off flash floods across Afghanistan, killing more than 300 people in one province and destroying thousands of homes,...

Cannes Film Festival: More From India Than Just Bollywood

For the first time in 30 years at the Cannes Film Festival, an Indian film will compete for the Palme d’Or in the...

Thailand Prime Minister Seeks to Criminalize Weed in Reversal

Thailand’s prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, said on Wednesday that he wanted cannabis to be re-listed as a narcotic by the end of the...

U.S. to Announce New Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles

The Biden administration is set to announce new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other goods as early as next week, according to...

How a Remote Australian Town Nearly Ran Out of Food

The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. This week’s issue is written by Julia Bergin, a reporter based in...

Friday Briefing: Stormy Daniels, Day Two

A tense day in court for Stormy DanielsLawyers for Donald Trump again sought to make Stormy Daniels look as if she was lying...

Kim Ki-Nam, Chief Propagandist in North Korea for Decades, Dies

Kim Ki-nam, who was often called “North Korea’s Goebbels,” a reference to the Nazi propagandist, because of his role in manufacturing and enforcing...

The Tiny Nation at the Vanguard of Mining the Ocean Floor

Two ships arrived in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific in March of last year. One was a familiar sight: a massive...

Thursday Briefing: Biden Pressures Israel

U.S. pushed Israel to reach a cease-fire dealPresident Biden turned up the pressure on Israel to limit its Rafah operation and to reach...

Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports

President Biden is warning that a new surge of cheap Chinese products poses a threat to American factories. There is little sign of...

Hong Kong Court Bans “Glory to Hong Kong,” a Pro-Democracy Song

A Hong Kong court on Wednesday granted a government request to ban a popular pro-democracy anthem, raising further concerns about free speech in...

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