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Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

How Mamdani's Budget Announcement Went Viral Far Beyond New York
Mayor Mamdani's executive budget was met with hero worship online. What did the social media chatter miss about the messy reality of municipal policymaking?

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

How Banks Battled for $1 Billion in Fees From SpaceX Listing
Across Wall Street, bankers have been clamoring to lead what is expected to be the biggest-ever initial public offering.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Trump's Fund Shows Blanche Choosing Loyalty Over Moderation
Once seen by some as the most conventional of President Trump's political appointees, Todd Blanche has taken off the gloves in his new role as acting attorney general.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Trump Approved a Nvidia Chip for Sale in China. Beijing Doesn't Want It.
The U.S. tech giant's powerful H200 chip seemed poised to boost Beijing's A.I. ambitions, but not a single one has been purchased in China.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

China's Endless Housing Crisis Shows Faint Signs of Hope
Property prices in Shanghai, in particular, are rebounding, but the national market still faces an enormous overhang — 90 million empty or unfinished apartments.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Trump Just Took Us Somewhere the Country Has Never Been Before
There's no telling where this leads.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic Race to Go Public
SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic, giants of the artificial intelligence sector, are rushing to test investor appetite in the stock markets.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Uganda Says It's Not Aware of Ebola Clinics Promised by U.S.
The State Department said it would fund up to 50 clinics in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. "I don't know the ones they are talking about," a top Ugandan official said.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Air France Flight to U.S. Is Diverted to Montreal Over Congolese Passenger Amid Ebola Fears
An Air France plane was sent to Montreal because a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo was on board. The U.S. has closed its borders to recent visitors to the African country.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

This Is How a Party Ends Up Looking Like a Clown Car
We need leaders who tell us hard truths while insisting that the present state of our politics is not permanent.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Intraparty Conflict
We look at the turmoil inside both political parties.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Experimental Drug Yields Dramatic Weight Loss
People who got the injection, retatrutide, lost 28 percent of their body weight on average after 80 weeks, Eli Lilly said.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Trump's Fund Puts Blanche in a Tight Spot as He Aims to Lead Justice Dept.
Once seen by some as the most conventional of President Trump's political appointees, Todd Blanche has taken off the gloves in his new role as acting attorney general.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

‘We've Never Been This Bad.' Eastern Pennsylvania Weighs Rising Costs.
With two swing districts, the region from Scranton to Allentown could decide control of the House, and voters are expressing profound economic distress.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Inside Trump's Pressure Campaign on Cuba, and Why Food Banks Are Getting Squeezed
Plus, Stephen Colbert's last show.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Samsung Averts a Walkout With Big Bonuses, but Discord Over A.I. Profits Brews
Samsung Electronics, a global memory chip supplier, has been a major beneficiary of the A.I boom. It has also become the center of a debate over how to divide its spoils.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

British Politics Is Obsessing Over the Bond Market. Here's Why.
Britain is facing another round of turmoil in government leadership, jolting debt investors who were already on high alert over inflation.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Bone Found Near Guthrie Home Predates Her Disappearance by 750 Years
Archaeological experts say the discovery is a cautionary tale about the consequences of citizen investigators taking matters into their own hands.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Thousands of N.Y.C. Jobs Could Be Lost to A.I. Boom, Report Says
A report by the New York City comptroller argues that the city's economy will be transformed by artificial intelligence. "We've never seen anything like this," he said.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Behold the New U.S. Agency for Corruption
There's no telling where this leads.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda
The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users' accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.
The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

How Democrats Lost the Plot
We need leaders who tell us hard truths while insisting that the present state of our politics is not permanent.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Trump Approved an Nvidia Chip for Sale in China. Beijing Doesn't Want It.
The U.S. tech giant's powerful H200 chip seemed poised to boost Beijing's A.I. ambitions, but not a single one has been purchased in China.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Democrats' Midterm Strength Masks Fierce Divides and Frustration, Poll Shows
Democratic voters are in a combative, anti-establishment mood, unhappy with their party and disagreeing about its best path forward, a New York Times/Siena poll found.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Stephen Colbert's Final ‘Late Show' Marks the End of an Era
Stephen Colbert's "Colbert Report" satirized politics. Then his "Late Show" confronted a moment when politics became self-satirizing.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

You Can Give Knicks Fans T-Shirts. But Will They Wear Them? Well …
In arenas all across the league, N.B.A. fans embrace the monochrome T-shirt as a way to show team spirit. New Yorkers aren't having it.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Lights, Camera, Budget: Mamdani's Municipal Spectacle
Mayor Mamdani's executive budget was met with hero worship online. What did the social media chatter miss about the messy reality of municipal policymaking?

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

3 Die After Suspected Exposure to Unknown Substance in New Mexico
More than a dozen emergency officials were hospitalized after responding to a home in a town near Albuquerque. The authorities said there was no threat to the public.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Jimmy Kimmel Pays His Respects to ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'
Kimmel said he hoped others will also tune in to CBS "for the last time" to watch Thursday's "Late Show" finale.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Hollywood Ghosted the Cannes Film Festival This Year
Fewer movie stars, fewer oligarch megayachts in the bay, fewer parties and ever more desperate paparazzi.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

A Sexy Garden Ruffles the Chelsea Flower Show
At the marquee event of the U.K. gardening calendar, one designer wants horticultural enthusiasts to consider the birds and the bees.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

The Hard-Line Military Fraternity Running Iran
Decision making in Iran is guided by a small group of men associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

Mira Nair Finds a New Audience as Mother of Zohran Mamdani
"I feel like we have given him to the world," the filmmaker said in a conversation with The New York Times. Her next movie is about one of India's greatest artists.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 21, 2026

China's Housing Slump Shows Signs of Bottoming Out. We've Been Here Before.
Property prices in Shanghai, in particular, are rebounding, but the national market still faces an enormous overhang — 90 million empty or unfinished apartments.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision
Reynolds American's contribution to MAGA Inc. came about one week before the Trump administration announced a new policy on e-cigarettes the company had sought.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Colorado Governor Censured for Commuting Sentence of Election Denier
The Colorado State Democratic Party, reflecting the anger of rank-and-file Democratic voters, rebuked Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday over his decision to release Tina Peters from prison.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Trump's Praise of Spencer Pratt Could Doom Him in L.A. Mayor's Race
Democrats have been trying to portray Mr. Pratt, a former reality TV star, as a MAGA Republican in the mayor's race. President Trump just gave them a helping hand.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Nimitz Aircraft Carrier Enters Caribbean as Trump Pressures Cuba
The carrier arrived in the southern Caribbean on the same day that the Justice Department announced charges against Raul Castro.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

News of U.S. Indictment Slow to Reach Cubans Waiting for a Breakthrough
While many Cubans were divided over the legitimacy of the U.S. charging Raul Castro with murder, the hope for developments that might ease their suffering is widespread. "This has to change."

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Trump's Coast Guard Address: ‘Good Looking Men' and Deja Vu
President Trump's commencement address was a mixture of jokes and praise for the seafaring life of the Coast Guard graduates. But there were detours into choppy waters.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Justice Dept. Charges Raúl Castro as Trump Escalates Pressure Campaign Against Cuba
The indictment was an extraordinary escalation of the Trump administration's multifaceted pressure campaign against Cuba's Communist government.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Trump's Praise of Spencer Pratt Could Hurt Him in L.A. Mayor's Race
Democrats have been trying to portray Mr. Pratt, a former reality TV star, as a MAGA Republican in the mayor's race. President Trump just gave them a helping hand.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Trump's Government Moves to Spare an Unhappy Taxpayer Named Trump
No president has ever used the federal government to advance his own personal interests and those of his family and allies as expansively and openly as Mr. Trump has.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Pigeons and People Have Been Frenemies for Longer Than You Think
Bones discovered at an archaeological site in Cyprus suggest the birds have been strutting around human settlements since at least 1400 B.C.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Soundtrack to 8,000 Job Cuts: A Meta Worker's Layoff-Themed A.I. Songs
On a dark day of layoffs at Meta, one employee responded by creating an internal radio station that plays songs about job cuts — generated by artificial intelligence, of course.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Senate G.O.P. Ready to Drop Ballroom Funds From ICE Bill
Several Republicans had balked at including the money in an immigration enforcement measure that the party plans to push through on a party-line vote.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Was a Story That Just Won a Literary Prize A.I.-Generated?
A respected literary magazine has published an award-winning short story many readers believe to be generated by artificial intelligence. Experts aren't all so sure.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

How the $1.8 Billion Trump Fund May Violate Past Practice and Policy
The fund that could offer payouts to Trump allies who accuse the government of mistreatment is not only highly unusual but also appears to violate the administration's own policies.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Thomas Massie, a Trump Critic, Causes Latest Midterm Fight Over Israel
In primary races across the country, debates over Israel are taking center stage, dividing Democrats and Republicans alike.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Musk's SpaceX Reveals Its Finances for the First Time as It Readies for IPO
Mr. Musk's rocket and satellite maker disclosed its financial performance as it prepares to go public in what is set to be one of the largest offerings to date.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

The U.S. Charges Raúl Castro, Increasing the Pressure on Cuba
Also, Jan. 6 police officers sue to block Trump's new fund. Here's the latest at the end of Wednesday.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Thailand Tightens Visa Rules for Tourists From Dozens of Nations, Including U.S.
The country had loosened entry requirements after the pandemic to attract visitors, but will now limit many travelers to 30 days without a visa.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Soccer Game Between North and South Korean Teams Draws Strong Emotion On and Off the Pitch
While diplomatic relations between the two Koreas are near a historic low, a rare trip by athletes from the North triggered intense emotions in some older South Koreans.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Mother Who Drowned 3 Children at Coney Island Is Sentenced to 20 Years
Erin Merdy, 34, pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 killings of her children, ages 7, 4 and 3 months.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Trump Just Pardoned Himself and His Family Forever
By issuing a prohibition on federal investigations that might threaten Trump's finances, the Justice Department has placed the president and his family in a new category.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

TSA Pushes to Expand Private Security at Airport Checkpoints
Driven in part by the chaos of the last shutdown, the government is expanding efforts to use private security staff instead of federal employees at more airports.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Nvidia's Profit Hits $58.3 Billion as A.I. Boom Gathers More Steam
The chip maker said its profit in its most recent quarter jumped 211 percent from a year ago thanks to extreme demand from other big technology companies.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Ebola Containment Efforts May Have Been Hindered by USAID Shutdown and CDC Cuts
Aid cuts by the Trump administration have shut down crucial disease surveillance networks and medical supply chains in East Africa.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Penn Station Renovation Moves Ahead as Developer Is Chosen
The announcement came a day after Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the federal government intended to spend $8 billion on the project.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Cuba Says the Trump Administration Is Not Negotiating in Good Faith
Cuba's ambassador to the United Nations said in an interview that Havana wanted to talk but the Trump administration was creating pretexts for military action.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Trump Gets His Payback in Primary Elections, but It Comes at a Cost in Congress
Republican senators are angry the president is working to unseat their colleagues. But he is also creating more free agents in his own party in Congress willing to defy him.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

After Eurovision Final, Dismay That Politics Didn't Play a Bigger Role
Politics isn't supposed to influence the international song contest, but some people wanted relationships between countries to hold more sway in this year's voting.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Australian Swimmer Who Crashed Beach Fashion Show Becomes the Star
David Handley was going for a swim in Sydney when he found himself walking on an Australian Fashion Week runway. "I've usurped the spot of the lead model," he said.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

What Silicon Valley Is Coming for Next
Hint: It comes from inside of you.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Ebola Outbreak Is Unlikely to Become Global Threat, W.H.O. Says
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's director general, said the outbreak in central Africa was "not a pandemic emergency."

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Prosecutor Is Charged With Stealing Sealed Report on Trump Documents Case
The Justice Department accused Carmen Lineberger of emailing records related to the special counsel's investigation to a personal account.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Video Shows Itamar Ben-Gvir Taunting Pro-Palestinian Activists
The national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, posted a video in which he is seen with handcuffed activists forced to kneel on the deck of a ship. It drew a rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

OpenAI Prepares to File for an I.P.O. in Coming Weeks
OpenAI would be one of the most highly anticipated potential initial public offerings, in what is set to be a major year of I.P.O.s for Silicon Valley.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Majority of Fed Officials Embraced Possibility of Higher Rates at Latest Meeting
A record of the April meeting, Jerome H. Powell's last as chair, underscored the extent to which the war with Iran has upended the economic outlook.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Ebola Outbreak Is Unlikely to Become Global Threat, W.H.O. Head Says
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's director general, said the outbreak in central Africa was "not a pandemic emergency."

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

House Passes Housing Bill, Uniting on a Measure to Bring Down Costs
The legislation, which had been stalled amid Republican divisions, passed overwhelmingly, signaling an eagerness in both parties to address affordability in an election year.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Jeff Bezos Praises Trump's Second Term as ‘More Mature'
The Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post also rejected the idea that he has made changes at his companies to gain favor with the president.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

To 2026 Graduates Facing a Bleak Job Market, 1991 Grads Have Some Advice
The New York Times profiled young job seekers in 1991. Today, their own children are entering a work force in flux.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Trump's $1.8 Billion Fund Tests Constitutional Limits
The deal the president reached with his own subordinates relies on a mechanism created by Congress that legal experts had warned was subject to manipulation.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

All the Republicans Trump Has Taken Down in Midterm Primaries
The president has spent a great deal of political capital this spring trying to unseat fellow Republicans he sees as disloyal, and he has succeeded.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

E. Jean Carroll Taught Me to Not Be Afraid
It's not easy to make an anti-Trump documentary right now.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

He Was Jailed Over a Charlie Kirk Post. The Sheriff Now Owes Him $835,000.
Larry Bushart sued a Tennessee sheriff who claimed he wanted to incite hysteria with a post after Mr. Kirk's killing and jailed him for 37 days.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

San Diego Mosque Shooting Follows Alarm About Rising Islamophobia
Muslims pointed to a rise in overt hatred online, political attacks and harassment in the months before the killing of three people outside an Islamic center.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Days After Hosting Trump, Xi Serves Up Tea and Smiles to Putin
During a state visit, the Chinese and Russian leaders cast themselves as a stabilizing force in a world thrown into tumult by Washington.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Raffensperger Loses in Primary for Georgia Governor
In his campaign for Georgia governor, Mr. Raffensperger found that G.O.P. voters still blamed him for Mr. Trump's 2020 loss.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Ebola Crisis Sparks Debate Over Global Health Double Standards
To some Africans, the claim that the continent's largest health agency had already bungled its response scratched a familiar wound.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Trump's Slush Fund Will Reward Criminals. Americans Will Pay for It.
The president's corruption and subversion of democratic tradition risk becoming the norm.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

RFK Jr. Fires Leaders of Key Health Task Force
The health secretary has undermined the work of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force over the past year.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Return to the Land, a Whites-Only Community, Is Sued for Discrimination
Return to the Land, a 160-acre development requiring members be white and heterosexual, is breaking fair housing and civil rights laws, according to a lawsuit.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, As A.I. Casualties Mount
Employees have signed petitions against being tracked by A.I. and were trying to figure out who had been let go on Wednesday, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Rubio, in Video, Urges Cubans to Align With Trump Administration
In a rare direct address, Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed the former leader Raúl Castro for the country's longstanding electricity and resource shortages.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Jan. 6 Police Officers Sue to Block Trump's Payout Fund
The two officers accused the administration of creating a "slush fund" to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

A Founder of e.l.f. Cosmetics Gave Up the High Life to Be a Catholic Priest
A mystical encounter 12 years ago led Scott Vincent Borba, a founder of E.L.F. Beauty, on a journey that will culminate this week, when he is ordained as a Roman Catholic priest.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Barney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress, Dies at 86
Often voted the "brainiest," "funniest" and "most eloquent" member of the House, he was also the first to come out voluntarily and helped normalize being openly gay in public office.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Timmy the Whale Got Stranded Off the German Coast. Then Things Got Weird.
A humpback that became stuck in the Baltic seemed to unite a nation in hope. Rescue efforts followed, and then finger-pointing.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Harvard Caps A's as Selective Colleges Attack Grade Inflation
Faculty members overwhelmingly approved a limit on the number of top grades they can give to about a fifth of their undergraduate classes.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

James Murdoch Buys Half of Vox Media
The media scion is buying Vox Media's podcast network, New York magazine and Vox.com for more than $300 million.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Massachusetts Police Will Pause Recruit Training to Fix Academy's Flaws
State police officials say they need time to carry out recommendations made by an outside team after a trainee died in a police academy boxing match.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

A May-December Romance for 2 Fifth Avenue Hawks
The last mate of Pale Male, a celebrity hawk, has returned to their Upper East Side address with a new partner, and a baby chick has been seen.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

They Graduated Into the ‘Bleakest Job Market.' Now It's Their Children's Turn.
The New York Times profiled young job seekers in 1991. Today, their own children are entering a work force in flux.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Early War Goal Was to Install Hard-Line Former President as Iran's Leader
An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Prison to Pardons to Payouts: Jan. 6 Rioters Are Elated at Trump's $1.8 Billion Fund
The possibility that people who ransacked the Capitol could get money from the government they attacked is the latest head-spinning twist in President Trump's effort to rewrite the history of Jan. 6.

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

With Trump's Deal, a Possible $100 Million I.R.S. Penalty Melts Away
The tax service argued that the Trump Organization tried to claim the same losses twice. The president said the audit was a "disgrace."

Int'l Herald Tribune
May 20, 2026

Iran Threatens to Strike Beyond the Middle East if the U.S. Resumes Attacks
The warning was issued as President Trump and Vice President JD Vance say progress is being made toward a deal, while keeping open the threat of renewed strikes.

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