President Emmanuel Macron’s newly picked prime minister wasted no time in putting a pointed distance between himself and France’s weakened leader.Michel Barnier, the new French prime minister, did not thank President Emmanuel Macron for appointing him in his first remarks upon taking office last week. This was a declaration of...
Read more
Three officers face federal civil rights charges in the death of Mr. Nichols in a trial underway in Memphis.The graphic footage of a group of Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black FedEx worker for roughly three minutes in January 2023, despite his cries for help and his...
Read more
“Do you want Ukraine to win this war?”In response to that straightforward question put to Donald Trump twice during Tuesday night’s debate with Kamala Harris, the former president responded with more than 400 words, but not one of them was the one Ukrainians wanted to hear: “Yes.”Mr. Trump repeated his...
Read more
President Biden said on Wednesday that he was “outraged and deeply saddened” by the killing of an American activist by an Israeli soldier at a West Bank protest last week and that there must be “full accountability” from Israel for her death.In his first extensive remarks on the death of...
Read more
Kamala Harris seemed to win the debate with Donald Trump, but didn’t have a perfect night. Debating has long been a Kamala Harris strength. It resembles courtroom argument, a core part of her career as a prosecutor. A debate helped her win her first statewide race in California, 14 years...
Read more
The cost of gasoline and diesel has been falling in the United States, welcome news for efforts to reduce inflation.A gallon of regular gasoline in August cost an average of $3.39, down nearly 12 percent from a year earlier, according to the Energy Information Administration. Diesel prices fell even further...
Read more
Listen to and follow “The Headlines”Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadioRobert Jimison and Jessica Metzger and On Today’s Episode:Harris Dominates as Trump Gets Defensive: 6 Takeaways From the Debate, by Shane Goldmacher and Katie RogersTaylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris, by Nicholas Nehamas, Theodore Schleifer and...
Read more
new video loaded: These Venezuelan Election Observers Got Death Threats. Now They’re in Hiding.Recent episodes in Latest VideoWhether it’s reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, Times Video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world.Whether it’s...
Read more
The U.S. secretary of state and his British counterpart, David Lammy, arrived in Kyiv on a trip aimed at showing solidarity for Ukraine as the American presidential elections loom.Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on Wednesday morning at a precarious moment in the...
Read more
Attracted by job opportunities around Springfield, Ohio, thousands of Haitian immigrants have migrated to the area in search of a better life. And while there have been real tensions — especially after a recent arrival caused a school bus crash that killed one child and injured 23 others — it...
Read more
No state is battling more large fires than Oregon. The authorities have arrested a man suspected of starting one of the biggest blazes in California.Fueled by warm weather and gusty winds, more than 70 large fires were blazing across the United States on Wednesday. Most of them are in the...
Read more
Two Opinion writers break down the Trump-Harris debate.Listen to and follow ‘The Opinions’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadioMichelle Goldberg, the Times Opinion columnist, and Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, discuss the best and worst moments of the debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump....
Read more
