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Mayor Adams May Avoid a Criminal Trial. He Still Faces Political Peril.
The criminal case against Mr. Adams may be in jeopardy, but his political future now seems more imperiled amid heightened calls for his resignation or dismissal.
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Vance Tells Europeans to Stop Shunning Parties Deemed Extreme
His comments, a week before Germany’s elections, seemed to specifically target efforts to sideline the hard-right Alternative for Germany.
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Europeans Fear Trump Is Giving Up Leverage to Putin Even Before Peace Talks Begin
Diplomats at the Munich Security Conference were uttering “appeasement,” with all its historical resonance, to describe the Trump administration’s approach to negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
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Russian Drone Damages Radiation Shield at Chernobyl, Ukraine Says
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called the damage “significant” but said there were no signs of radiation leaks. A Kremlin spokesman denied that Russia had carried out the strike.
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Seeking a Mar-a-Lago Vibe, Trump Considers Paving Over Grass in Rose Garden
The president has been discussing plans to rip up the grass in one of the White House’s most iconic locations and put in a hard surface to serve as a patio like the one at his Florida home and club.
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Bracing for a Shutdown Fight, Democrats Warn Their Votes Are Not a Given
As Democrats ponder how best to position themselves for a looming spending confrontation, they are finding novel ways to put Republicans on the spot.
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‘The W.T.O. Is Toast.’ What Happens to Global Trade Now.
President Trump, who disabled the World Trade Organization during his first term, is going after international free trade rules in place since the 1940s.
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Trump Says Auto Tariffs Coming April 2
The president did not specify how much the tariffs would be or which nations could be targeted.
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What Is the Value-Added Tax That Trump So Despises?
The president says the VAT system used across Europe gives other countries unfair trade advantages. Here’s how the system started.
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Trump’s Tariffs Could Worsen Europe’s Economic Slowdown
The trade threats could reduce exports to the United States and dampen investment in Europe, dealing a blow to growth at a time when the continent is already facing a lackluster economy.
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Live From New York, It’s Lorne Michaels
The man who made “Saturday Night Live” reflects on its legacy.
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OpenAI Rejects Elon Musk’s Bid to Gain Control of the Company
Bret Taylor, the chairman of OpenAI’s board, said the artificial intelligence company was “not for sale.” Mr. Musk and other investors had offered $97.4 billion earlier this week.
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Tensions Build in Syria Between New Leaders and Kurdish-Led Militia
The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and integrate into a national military force.
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Tensions Mount in Lebanon as Deadline Nears for Israeli Withdrawal
The United States has reportedly told Lebanese officials that Israel’s military intends to remain in five strategic points inside Lebanon, but will withdraw from towns it still occupies.
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For Fans of Nicholas Sparks, This North Carolina City Is the Capital of Love
The best-selling author based “The Notebook” and other heart-tugging novels in New Bern, where he lives. But what makes the town so romantic?
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The One Who Got Away
Readers share personal stories of lost love and missed connections for Valentine’s Day.
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‘Joyful Chaos’: Couples Flock to Courthouses to Wed on Valentine’s Day
At a midnight ceremony and in courthouses and city buildings booked months in advance, couples exchanged vows in civil ceremonies as Valentine’s Day fell on a Friday.
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Rafter Is Briefly ‘Swallowed’ by Whale in Chile, as His Father Films
Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten,” he said.
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Why Emil Bove’s Battle Against Danielle Sassoon Is So Self-Defeating
This kind of conflict was inevitable. It is extremely surprising, however, that the conflict would be sought and stoked just weeks into Trump’s four-year term, and for the sake of protecting Eric Adams.
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What a School Performance Shows Us About Japanese Education
A look into the Japanese educational system’s delicate balancing of teamwork, discipline and personal growth.
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Guilty Plea in Shooting of Black Teen Who Rang the Wrong Doorbell
Andrew D. Lester, a Kansas City resident in his 80s, was charged with felonies in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a teen who went to the wrong address.
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Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer
Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals” from the use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge.
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Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese Actress and Star of ‘Meteor Garden,’ Dies at 48
Her role in the teen drama catapulted her to fame as a pop idol. She was also a TV host and appeared in films.
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Rare February Downpours Expected in the Eastern U.S. This Weekend
A developing springlike storm will bring a flood risk that is highly unusual for this time of year. Tornadoes, ice and snow are also forecast.
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David Edward Byrd, Whose Posters Captured Rock’s Energy, Dies at 83
His designs for Jimi Hendrix, the Who and others embodied the spirit of the psychedelic era. He also created images for stage shows like “Godspell.”
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Nigerian News
Nigerian Man Is Extradited in Sextortion Case After Teen’s Suicide
A Nigerian man has been extradited to the United States on charges that he targeted a 17-year-old South Carolina boy in a sextortion scheme that prosecutors contend led to the boy’s suicide, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
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38 Injured After ‘Unexpected Aircraft Movement’ on a United Flight
Thirty-eight people were injured this week on a United Airlines flight that was headed to Washington, D.C., from Lagos, Nigeria, officials in Nigeria said, after the plane experienced what the airline described as “a technical issue and an unexpected aircraft movement.”
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Inside a New Plan to Bring Electricity to 300 Million in Africa
The leaders of more than half of Africa’s nations gathered this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s sprawling seaside metropolis, to commit to the biggest burst of spending on electric-power generation in Africa’s history.
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Writing Fantasy Came Naturally. Reality Was Far More Daunting.
When Nnedi Okorafor was 19, she woke up disoriented in a hospital room. Fluorescent pink and green grasshoppers and praying mantises bounced around her hospital bed, making strange clicks. An enormous crow threw itself against the window, trying to break in.
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52 Places to Go in 2025
Where will the new year take you? Kick-start your travel plans by selecting favorites from our annual list.
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Trump Disparaged Africa. So Why Are Some Africans Optimistic?
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s impending return to the White House has raised hopes among some African leaders, who expect it could lead to more investment, more trade deals and less lecturing on issues like democracy and human rights.
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The Rebellious Beauty of Nollywood’s Screen Sirens
In the early 2000s, the femme fatales of Nollywood were seldom seen without pencil-thin eyebrows, a thick, dark swipe of lip liner or a carefully placed, painted-on beauty mark. In Nigerian films like “Games Women Play” (2005), “Yankee Girls” (2008), “Mama, I Will Die for You” (2004) and “Love & Marriage” (2004), the rebellious city girls, wayward wives and conniving mothers-in-law are quickly identifiable by their flashy makeup, which often remixed early-aughts American trends. Although these movies have been popular among West African and diasporic viewers since their releases, their circulation over the years was relatively narrow, restricted to VHS, DVD and niche corners of YouTube. But now, nearly two decades later, a broader audience is discovering these films online and recreating their distinctive beauty looks for themselves — turning the “bad girls” of Nollywood’s recent past into their own modern heroes.
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She Faked a Religious Conversion to Escape Terrorists
For more than six years, Alice Loksha Ngaddah bided her time, waiting for an opportunity to escape her abductors.
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Facing Outrage, Nigeria Drops Capital Charges Against Minors
Dozens of teenagers, some as young as 14, had been held for nearly three months in a squalid detention center that houses murder suspects. They faced treason charges and possible death sentences for alleged participation in protests against Nigeria’s government.
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Born in London, Raised in Nigeria, She’s Now Leading Britain’s Conservatives
Britain’s Conservative Party made history last weekend, becoming the country’s first major party to elect a Black woman as leader.
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