Why Parts of Beijing Look Like a Devastated War Zone
Beijing reacted to a deadly fire by demolishing entire neighborhoods populated by migrant workers, leaving many homeless as winter approaches.
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CreditGabriella Demczuk for The New York Times Trump Pressed Top Republicans to End Senate Russia Inquiry
President Trump told Senators Mitch McConnell, Richard Burr and others that he wanted an inquiry into Russian interference in the election to come to a close.
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CreditMark Brake/Getty Images Australia Powers Up the World’s Biggest Battery — Courtesy of Elon Musk
South Australia had a blackout problem, and the Tesla founder had a solution: a battery the size of a football field.
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CreditPool photo by Rolex Dela Pena In China, Aung San Suu Kyi Finds a Warm Welcome (and No Talk of Rohingya)
Myanmar’s civilian leader is turning to China for diplomatic and economic help as the Rohingya crisis frays relations with the United States.
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Credit Why a Generation in Japan Is Facing a Lonely Death
In postwar Japan, a single-minded focus on rapid economic growth helped erode family ties. Now, a generation of elderly Japanese are dying alone.
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CreditNASA Russia, U.S. and Other Nations Restrict Fishing in Thawing Arctic
In a “landmark agreement,” eight nations and the European Union reached an agreement to impose a moratorium on fishing in newly ice-free areas in the high Arctic.
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CreditNadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times Pasolini’s Rome: Not the City of His Movies, but of His Life
The Italian director spent nearly a decade in a neighborhood that informed his life and art. Its residents of today keep his memory alive.
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CreditKorean Central News Agency North Korea’s New Missile Is Bigger and More Powerful, Photos Suggest
South Korean officials say that photographs from the North’s latest test suggest important technical improvements on missile systems.
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CreditAmel Pain/European Pressphoto Agency Trump’s Tweets Manage a Rare Feat: Uniting Britain, in Outrage
Lawmakers responded angrily after the president shared videos from a British far-right group, and then rebuked Prime Minister Theresa May.
