Russia Moves Closer to Banning Telegram App, Saying It Foments Terrorism

News of an investigation into Pavel Durov, the app’s billionaire founder, deepened a crackdown on what remains of the free Russian internet.Read More
Meta Announces Major Chips-for-Stock Deal With AMD

The multibillion-dollar deal is AMD’s latest move to catch up to Nvidia in the lucrative world of selling artificial intelligence chips.Read More
New York City’s Homeless Population Faces Another Dangerous Storm

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Monday that his administration had taken lessons from the city’s last storm, when at least 20 people died after exposure to the cold.Read More
How Russia Put Its Future at Risk by Remaking Its Economy for War

About half of the country’s federal budget goes toward the fight in Ukraine, money that does little to support its long-term development.Read More
ICE Whistle-Blower Says Training Is ‘Broken,’ and OpenAI Faces Questions About Mass Shooter

Plus, how Mexico tracked its most-wanted cartel leader.Read More
China Amps Up Pressure on Japan With Restrictions on Exports

Beijing placed the restrictions on 20 Japanese entities with ties to the defense industry, the latest ratcheting up of its monthslong feud with Tokyo.Read More
What to Know in NYC After Blizzard: School Closures, Transportation and More

Public schools and Broadway shows will be open, but transit and flight disruptions could linger.Read More
New York City Restaurants Face the Blizzard

Across New York City, restaurateurs and cafe owners weigh logistics and the safety of staff against the demands of customers and a slow winter.Read More
These Ukrainians Don’t Want to Be Traded to Russia for Peace

Four years into the war, a major sticking point in talks is control of the eastern Donetsk region. Residents could face an agonizing choice if Ukraine gives up the territory.Read More
What Brontë Country Tells Us About Britain Today

Whatever you make of Emerald Fennell’s R-rated “Wuthering Heights” movie, the region where the original novel was written is worth revisiting in its own right.Read More