Apple teams up with Google for AI in its products
SAN FRANCISCO — After a nearly yearlong delay to its efforts to compete in artificial intelligence, Apple said Monday that it planned to base its AI products on technology developed by Google.The...
Runway wall caused the South Korean plane crash
SEOUL, South Korea — Everyone on board a Jeju Air flight that crashed and killed 179 people just over a year ago would have survived if a concrete wall at the end of the runway had instead been...
Winter snarls travel across Northern Europe
One of Europe’s major travel hubs canceled hundreds of flights this week and warned travelers to brace for more disruptions on Wednesday as winter weather and plunging temperatures across Northern...
US court fast-tracks $100,000 H-1B visa dispute
A U.S. appeals court on Monday agreed to expedite an appeal of a court loss by US business and research groups that are challenging President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for...
Why Trump refused to back Venezuela’s Machado
Even before the lightning-quick U.S. raid on Venezuela’s capital, President Donald Trump had made a crucial decision about what would happen once the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, was out...
Chasing spice and street food in India’s Pink City
Jaipur — India’s Pink City — is a place where history, culture and vibrant colors come alive in the most magical way. From the moment you arrive, the city, with its majestic forts and bustling...
Why haven’t Trump’s tariffs had a bigger impact?
President Donald Trump raised the taxes that the United States charges on imports last year to levels not seen in a century.Prices of goods have increased as a result, and businesses that depend on...
Who is Cilia Flores, the power broker captured alongside Maduro?
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — When news broke that the United States had captured and indicted Venezuela’s longtime authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, another name appeared alongside his that left...
Venezuelans fear chaos after US attack
Like many Venezuelans, José, an entrepreneur based in Mexico City, voted against Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela’s election in 2024. He was dismayed when Maduro clung to power, amid accusations of...
What we know about the US operation in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrived in New York on Saturday to face drug charges, hours after President Donald Trump shocked the nation and the world when he announced that the United States...
Tech giants are racing to embed AI in schools around the globe
In early November, Microsoft said it would supply artificial intelligence tools and training to more than 200,000 students and educators in the United Arab Emirates.Days later, a financial services...
Tesla car sales dropped 9% in 2025, falling behind China’s BYD
Tesla has lost its status as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles after Congress and President Donald Trump eliminated the federal tax credits that had encouraged Americans to buy those...
What America might look like with zero immigration
— Across the United States, someone is missing.One year into President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, construction firms in Louisiana are scrambling to find carpenters. Hospitals in West...
9 ways to take care of your mental health in 2026
These tips can help you take care of — and improve — your mental and cognitive health now and throughout 2026.Here is some of the best advice we learned from experts in 2025 about showing...
A year of tariffs, technology, and Trump
Volatility, shifting technology, and high-stakes decisions shaped the global economy this year. Tariff wars wreaked havoc and disrupted supply chains, artificial intelligence raced from promise to...
One Gaza girl’s fight to survive extreme hunger
In early October, Hoda Abu al-Naja, age 12, landed in a hospital in the Gaza Strip because severe malnutrition was ravaging her body.In six months, she had lost a third of her weight, her doctors...
Hundreds of flights canceled at New York airports
NEW YORK — Forecasters had predicted that as much as 9 inches of snow would fall in the New York area on Friday night and into the morning. The major airlines, fearing the worst, began to cancel...
Parents look longingly at Australia’s social media ban
A frustrated father in Spain, whose teenage daughter regularly sidesteps parental controls that block social media, wants the government to ban apps like TikTok and Instagram for children.In France, a...
Controlling blood sugar cuts heart disease risk in half: Study
People with prediabetes who get their blood sugar under control may cut their risk of death from heart disease or heart failure by half, according to new research.Prediabetes, which is estimated to...
Is my morning coffee climate-friendly?
You love your morning coffee and you love the planet. So, you might wonder what your caffeine habit means for climate change.Coffee isn’t a huge climate polluter, but it does produce greenhouse...