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Israeli Forces Push Deeper Into Rafah
News AnalysisPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel arriving for a party meeting in Jerusalem on Monday.Credit...Oren Ben Hakoon/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesIsrael took several tough diplomatic blows over the past week, some of which had been feared for years. Yet the rising outcry against Israel abroad appears not to have swayed the…
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Read a Transcript of Volodymyr Zelensky’s Interview With The Times
I’ll tell you honestly, if there’s an opportunity to just talk, even to ask what’s going on in school, for example, I ask my son what’s happening. He says they’re starting to learn Spanish. I’m interested in that. I don’t know Spanish, but honestly, I’m only interested in the time I can spend with him, no matter what he’s doing. My son is young.…
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For Gazans Relocating Once Again, Conditions Are ‘Horrific’
As Israel’s invasion of Rafah stretches into its third week, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the southern Gaza city have encountered miserable conditions in their new encampments and shelters.Shortages of food, clean water and bathrooms have made the experience of relocating particularly dreadful, Gazans say, and price gouging has made…
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Alice Stewart, a CNN Political Commentator, Is Dead at 58
Alice Stewart, a Republican strategist who became a political commentator on CNN, has died. She was 58.Her death was announced by CNN, which said the police found Ms. Stewart’s body outdoors in Northern Virginia early Saturday morning. The authorities said they believed that she had a medical emergency but did not provide a cause.Mark Thompson,…
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Who Is President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran?
Ebrahim Raisi, 63, a hard-line religious cleric, was elected president of Iran in 2021. In his tenure as president, he has overseen a strategy to expand his country’s regional influence — backing militant proxies across the Middle East, expediting the country’s nuclear program and bringing the country to the brink of war with Israel.But in the…
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Giants unveil ‘Century Red’ 100th season commemorative uniform
A closer look at the uniform:
The "Century Red" jersey is divided by a thick blue stripe underneath white numbers and traces its roots back to 1933, an important year not just for the Giants but the league as a whole. That season reached a crescendo with the first ever NFL Championship Game, which was played between the Giants and…
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Israel Recovers the Bodies of Three Hostages Taken on Oct. 7
Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of three Israeli hostages who were taken captive as they fled a music festival during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military announced on Friday.Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesman, identified the bodies as those of Amit Buskila, Shani Louk and Yitzhak…
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Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers accused the star prosecution witness in his hush money trial of lying to jurors, portraying Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen on Thursday as a serial fabulist who is bent on seeing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee behind bars.As Trump looked on,…
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Stock market today: Asian shares advance after another round of Wall St records
Asian shares advanced on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records on hopes that inflation is heading back in the right direction.The optimism came from a report showing U.S. consumers had to pay prices for gasoline, car insurance and everything else in April that were 3.4% higher overall than a year…
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Cannes Film Festival: 5 Things to Look for
On Tuesday, the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will begin in the south of France. You can expect glamorous gowns and awfully prolonged standing ovations — at Cannes, such things are de rigueur — but what distinguishes this year’s lineup? Here are five things we’ll be watching out for.A new Coppola on the Croisette.Some 45 years after…
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