Saudi Arabia’s New Power Play Is Exporting A.I. to the World
The kingdom is pouring money into data centers and working with U.S. and Chinese tech giants, landing its A.I. ambitions in the middle of a geopolitical tussle for tech power.Read More
Trump Family’s Business Ties to Saudi Arabia Raise Ethics Worries
President Trump will host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, who oversees a major construction project that is in talks with the Trump family business.Read More
UN Support Bolsters Trump’s Gaza Plan but Road Ahead Is Still Rough
The Security Council’s backing offered a scaffolding of international legitimacy that will be needed to persuade countries to help see the plans through.Read More
The Growing Cost of Keeping Close Ties with Jeffrey Epstein
Larry Summers, a former Treasury secretary, is stepping back from public commitments. It’s the latest fallout for an associate of Jeffrey Epstein.Read More
Where Mao’s Peasants Tilled the Soil, Tourists Now Pay for the View
Decades ago, a Chinese village became an official symbol of revolutionary “self-reliance.” The slogan hasn’t changed, but nearly everything else has.Read More
Poor Countries Got $1 Trillion From China. So Did Rich Ones.
Beijing has used loans to developing nations to expand its influence, but a new study says no country has received more Chinese financing than the United States.Read More
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest
Republicans created a special $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals stay afloat, but the biggest impacts may be in cities.Read More
How Much Sex, Drugs and Violence Can Be in a PG-13 Movie?
The movie ratings board has pulled back the curtain on how it approaches hot-button topics, including nudity, marijuana and guns.Read More
House Democrats Press for Vote to Bar Military Action in Venezuela
The effort would invoke the War Powers Act, which expedites action on measures limiting the president’s war-making authority. It faces long odds in the G.O.P.-led House.Read More
Palestinian Voices Absent from U.S.-Run Center Planning Gaza’s Future
U.S. and Israeli soldiers, foreign diplomats and aid workers are congregated in a warehouse in central Israel to talk about the future of Gaza. One key group is missing: Palestinians.Read More