Nuclear monitors aim to reach the Zaporizhzhia plant on Thursday.
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Experts from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency are poised to cross a front line in Russia’s war in Ukraine to …
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Pencil, chalk and first-aid kits: Ukrainian children return to school in the midst of war.
Workers School undergoing repairs at No. 3 in Bucha, Ukraine, the day before classes begin on Wednesday.Credit…Brendan Hoffman for The New York …
Debt-Stricken Sri Lanka Reaches Initial Deal for I.M.F. Bailout
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund on Thursday reached a preliminary agreement on a bailout package as the …
The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading
National test results released on Thursday showed in stark terms the pandemic’s devastating effects on American schoolchildren, with the …
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Mikhail Gorbachev, addressing the U.N. General Assembly in 1988.Credit…Bill Foley/Getty ImagesPutin reacts to Gorbachev’s death After Mikhail …
It Was Anett Kontaveit Against Serena Williams, and the Crowd
Anett Kontaveit walked out of the players’ tunnel first, with barely a notice from the audience in Arthur Ashe Stadium, which was half full at …
‘Defund the Police’ Is Dead. Now What?
Some said it was dumb. Some thought it was politically disastrous. Some thought it was being unfairly demonized and mischaracterized. But …
Reported Sexual Assaults in Military Rose 13% in 2021, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — Reports of sexual assaults in the military rose sharply in 2021, once again defying efforts by the Pentagon to address a problem …
Trump’s Legal Jab Left Him Open to Justice Dept. Strike
Former President Donald J. Trump may have thought that he was playing offense when he asked a federal judge last week for an independent review …
U.S. Restricts Sales of Sophisticated Chips to China and Russia
The Biden administration has imposed new restrictions on sales of some sophisticated computer chips to China and Russia, the U.S. government’s …