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SAN FRANCISCO — After Apple unveiled artificial intelligence features for iPhones last year, the company’s stock soared in anticipation that the new abilities would provide a jolt to a stale...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — The predawn stampede at the massive Hindu festival in northern India created havoc. But order was restored swiftly in the next few hours. On Wednesday morning, ambulances cut...

SEATTLE — Investors worried about how much money big technology companies are spending on artificial intelligence did not get much relief from Microsoft when it reported its latest financial results...

Before Wednesday’s crash, there had been several close calls involving U.S. commercial airlines, a 2023 New York Times investigation found. Such near catastrophes were happening, on average,...

In his first week in office, President Donald Trump tried to browbeat governments across the world into ending the flow of drugs into America, accepting planes full of deported migrants, halting wars,...

LONDON — New Zealand relaxed its visa requirements for remote workers Monday, as the country looked to spur economic growth by courting “digital nomads,” the skilled professionals who can work...

The video is grainy but ominous: Three hooded figures, clambering over one another to tug at a heavy access door of the Drents Museum — an art and history museum in Assen, Netherlands — and then...

The family arrived at the ornately carved temple in western India bearing a special sweet of dried milk and clarified butter. It was a desperate offering for their son’s safety: He had just crossed...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences showered little-seen movies rooted in progressive politics with nominations for the 97th Oscars on Thursday. Emilia Pérez, a musical exploration of...

EW DELHI — A year ago, India was bouncing back from a recession caused by COVID-19 with a spring in its step. The country had overtaken China as the most populous country, and its leaders declared...

NEW DELHI — Over the past year, a pair of legal bombshells have put India’s growing relationship with the United States to one of its biggest tests yet. Just as the two sides were announcing...

WASHINGTON — TikTok said late Friday that its service would “go dark” for its 170 million American users Sunday because of a ban in the United States over fears that its Chinese ownership poses...

My mother is hypercritical of my brother’s wife, to the point that she blames my sister-in-law for my brother’s “failings” (not getting a better job, not taking better care of his health,...

TORONTO — Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s former deputy prime minister, whose sudden resignation in December helped set the stage for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to step down, said...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In Pakistan’s turbulent politics, it has long been held that the army and America hold sway over who wields power. Supporters of Imran Khan, the imprisoned former prime...

SAN FRANCISCO — Meta plans to lay off up to 5% of its employees based on performance ratings, according to an internal memo to workers on Tuesday viewed by The New York Times. “I’ve decided...

Starbucks will require people visiting its coffee shops to buy something to stay or to use its bathrooms, the company announced in a letter sent to store managers Monday. The new policy, outlined...

At the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, Earth finished up its hottest year in recorded history, scientists said. The previous hottest year was 2023. And the next one will be upon us before long: By...

As Los Angeles burned for days on end, horrifying the nation, scientists made an announcement Friday that could help explain the deadly conflagration: 2024 was the hottest year in recorded history. ...

SEOUL, South Korea — The flight recorder of the Jeju Air passenger jet that crashed last month, killing ​179 people, stopped recording for​ its last four minutes, South Korean officials said...