Zhu Rongji, Former Premier Who Pushed China to a Market Economy, Dies at 97
As a vice premier and then premier, he helped transform China into the world’s leading manufacturing power and led his country into the Wo…
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Key Takeaways From This Week’s Primaries, and the Deportees Stuck in ‘No Man’s Land’
Plus, why new Alzheimer’s tests are causing distress.
Thailand Halts New Gun Permits Days After Mass Shooting at a School
It remains to be seen how far the government will go to tighten gun control in the country, which has experienced a string of high-profile s…
I’m Not Going to Lie About My Neck
I, like many a young woman, was once wildly judgmental about plastic surgery. Now I’m not so sure.
How Do You Interview a Deportee Being Held Inside a Maximum-Security Prison?
A Times reporter spoke with detainees in southern Africa using a cellphone one of them obtained after a hunger strike.
After a Typo, Officers Used Excessive Force in an Arrest, a Report Finds
Officers with the San Francisco Police Department thought they had caught a car thief. Instead, they had mistyped his license plate number, …
They Spoke English, Wore U.S. Flags and Attacked Fishermen. Who Were They?
Ecuadorean crews plying the waters of the Pacific have been targeted by a mysterious outfit equipped with drones. Some sailors appear to hav…
Trump’s Tariffs Force Some Canadian Companies to Consider Moving South
If President Trump moves ahead with 50 percent tariffs on a wide range of Canadian products later this month, some companies may only surviv…
Heat Kills Hundreds of Workers Each Year. A Postal Carrier Was One.
About half a dozen states explicitly protect workers from excessive heat. And some others, like Texas, prevent local governments from passin…
A Coastal Path Fit for a King, Now Open to All
Paul Theroux traced the British coastline in 1982 for his book “The Kingdom by the Sea.” This year he walked parts of the new King Charl…
Blood Tests to Predict Alzheimer’s Are Causing Confusion and Distress
The tests aren’t a guarantee that someone will develop dementia, but that hasn’t stopped people from getting them.
He Was Deported to a Country He’d Never Heard of. He May Never Go Free.
As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned wi…