How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger
By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return.Read More
Trump and Xi Ease Off the Trade War, but New Nuclear Threat Brings a Chill
The two leaders reached an agreement on fentanyl, some tariffs and rare earths, at least for a year. But even as the global trade picture cleared a little, Mr. Trump spurred new worries about nuclear proliferation.Read More
Syria’s Rocky Transition Brings New Waves of Displacement
More than 400,000 Syrians have been displaced in the year since the civil war ended, according to the United Nations, driven by a mix of sectarian violence, acts of revenge and property disputes.Read More
A Month Without Data Muddles the Economic Picture
Tariffs and uncertainty were already making the economy hard to read. The loss of government data during the shutdown has made the situation much worse.Read More
Trump’s Search for Eternity: Heaven? Maybe Not, He Says. Monuments? Absolutely.
After a lifetime of scandal, the president expresses doubt that he will be admitted to paradise. But he appears increasingly intent on finding other paths to eternity.Read More
French Police Arrest 5 More in Louvre Jewel Heist Investigation
The authorities have detained seven suspects in total, but have not recovered the stolen jewels.Read More
Bloomberg Gives $1.5 Million to Pro-Cuomo Super PAC
Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, had stayed out of the race since backing former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s failed Democratic primary campaign.Read More
Andrew Cuomo, Scraping and Scrambling, Is Still Running as Andrew Cuomo
The former governor, a distant second in most polls of the New York City mayor’s race, is working harder to attract voters and remind them who he is.Read More
Centrist Party Ties Dutch Election as Far-Right Party Loses Seats
The socially progressive Democrats 66 were neck and neck with the far-right party of Geert Wilders, who faced a significant setback in an election he forced.Read More
2 Louvre Heist Suspects Have ‘Partially Admitted’ to the Crime
The Paris prosecutor overseeing the case said the two men face 15 years in prison for stealing some of France’s crown jewels, while two other suspects have yet to be caught.Read More