In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House and seven talented astronauts were wrangled into an orbital battle over soft-drink supremacy.
Gov. Josh Green urged people in coastal areas to seek higher ground, with waves expected to reach the state within hours. “Do not wait,” he said....
It is the most powerful quake since the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan that triggered a 50-foot tsunami and the nuclear disaster at Fukushima....
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s coast led to warnings and advisories across a broad region. Officials in Hawaii told people to expect destructive waves....
President Trump’s threats have raised questions about how much leverage the United States has left with Moscow....
This is the first Israeli-Palestinian war where the worst leaders on both sides are calling all the shots....
Amid warnings of famine in Gaza, a satellite captures an image of hundreds of Palestinians converging on an aid convoy....
Novo Nordisk slashed its financial forecasts as it struggled to fight off competition in the United States. It also named a new chief executive, who highlighted the “urgency” of the moment....
A tactic of deference and praise, along with a studied attempt to avoid any public blowups, coaxed President Trump into changes on key issues like Gaza and Ukraine....
The International Monetary Fund warned that trade tension continued to be a risk for the global economy....
Some European politicians are dismayed that the European Union did not drive a harder bargain, but facing the threat of a damaging trade war, officials say they had little choice....
Access to food has plummeted to unprecedented levels, a monitoring group warned, as global outrage over Israel’s aid restrictions persisted....
The attack, which came just hours after President Trump gave the Kremlin a new deadline to work toward ending the war, was part of a wave across the country, the authorities said....
The president’s vision for reshaping global trade is falling into place, but he is embarking on an experiment that economists say could still produce damaging results....
The legitimacy he seeks is impossible without recognition from the West....
The hack may have been part of a campaign to disrupt the sense of normalcy Russians have mostly enjoyed since the start of the war....
Israel ended a truce in Gaza in March, hoping to break Hamas. The move has heightened suffering for Palestinians but achieved few, if any, Israeli goals....
The vice president has defended the administration’s handling of U.S. military engagement abroad and the Epstein files, even when those positions put him at odds with the right wing....
Without efforts to address some causes, including alcohol use and metabolic issues, the researchers warn that cases could nearly double by 2050....
President Trump said he had decided to shorten a 50-day deadline he had given Russia to end the conflict or face punishing new sanctions....
U.S.-backed talks to end the border war, in which militaries have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands, began on Monday in Malaysia....
After a long silence, prominent Israelis and activists are increasingly raising alarms about potential war crimes being carried out by the government....
The same data networks that enable phone apps and web surfing help drones navigate, so officials are imposing daily, patchwork shutdowns. The actions can be very disruptive to daily life....
The framework agreement will likely not do much for economic growth on either side. But it avoids new fissures on other foreign policy issues, particularly the war in Ukraine....
The parasitic fly that attacks warm-blooded animals was eliminated from the United States in the 1960s, but it’s creeping toward the Texas-Mexico border....
The dance team of the New York Liberty, in its 20th year, makes space for dancers who are 40 and over. Their message? Dance! Live a full life....
As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised....
Firefighters are battling several blazes, with officials warning that extreme heat will pose a risk of more in the coming days....
Some of the same titles and authors the C.I.A. sent east during the Cold War, including “1984,” are now deemed objectionable across the United States....
Officials warned young children and those with respiratory illnesses to take precautions. For weeks, smoke from Canadian wildfires has been drifting across the border....
The $1.7 billion reduction capped a tough week for President Volodymyr Zelensky as he deals with Ukraine’s governance issues....