The Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Canada, that connects with Detroit, on Feb. 1, 2025. Canadians won’t be dropping elbows anytime soon, as new and threatened tariffs endanger jobs and the existence of companies both large and small. (Ian Willms/The New York Times) By VJOSA ISAI Canadians responded to President Donald Trump’s first round of tariffs a year and a half ago with a grassroots effort to bruise the United States, boycotting alcohol, vegetables and cross-border travel

By BINOD GHIMIRE, LEO SANDS and LILY KUO An enormous flood that began high in the Himalayas tore a devastating path through a mountain valley on the border between Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, smashing buildings and sweeping away fleeing people in a giant torrent of mud, water and ice. At least 160 people were killed and hundreds more were missing in the wake of the flood, which snapped bridges into pieces and engulfed people who tried to run but were overtaken by its speed

A Ukrainian investigator with a recovered Russian Molniya drone in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on July 24, 2026. An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times) By ANDREW E. KRAMER The young woman ran for her life, but it was too late. A small Russian drone resembling a model airplane swooped down from the sky last month in the city of Zaporizhzhia in s

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during an event to launch Trump Accounts at the White House in Washington, July 6, 2026. President Trump’s “Economic D-Day” is intended to break the stalemate with Iran. But decades of sanctions have done little to change the country’s behavior. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By MICHAEL CROWLEY Soon after taking office last year, President Donald Trump issued a directive laying out his “maximum economic pressure” policy against I

By ERIC SCHMITT The U.S. military killed two men in a strike against a boat in the eastern Pacific that it said was transporting narcotics, U.S. Southern Command announced early Monday. It was the first such strike by the military since June 21. The United States began a campaign of boat strikes last year in the run-up to the military operation that seized Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela. The military has continued the operations in the Caribbean and the eastern Pa

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the White House in Washington, Aug. 20, 2026. The Trump administration announced on Monday, Aug. 24, what it is describing as its most comprehensive assault to date on Iran’s economy, unveiling a package of measures that are intended to isolate Iran from the rest of the world. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By ALAN RAPPEPORT The Trump administration on Monday announced what it called its most comprehensive assault to date on Iran’s econ

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 5, 2026. The morning after he pulled negotiators from trade talks in Washington, Prime Minister Mark Carney explained to Canadians why he walked away on Aug. 22, calling the Trump administration proposal a bad deal. “We’ve recognized from the start that America has changed,” Carney said. “We recognize that sometimes, its signature is written in pencil.” (Ian Austen/The New York Times) By IAN AUSTEN The morning

The Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 11, 2025. Some right-wing political candidates in Latin America have vowed to build “megaprisons” in the style of El Salvador, whose president, Nayib Bukele, is among the region’s most popular leaders. (Fred Ramos/The New York Times) By EMMA BUBOLA, ANNIE CORREAL and ANA IONOVA Dancing, beating his chest and hugging Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing candidate seeking to become Brazil’s next lead

Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy foreign minister, at the Fidel Castro museum in Havana on June 30, 2026. Fernández de Cossío called accusations against Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro involving a smuggling ring “slander.” (Lisette Poole González/The New York Times) By DAVID C. ADAMS and FRANCES ROBLES Raúl Castro was on an official state visit in Paris a decade ago as Cuba’s president when a hulky bodyguard in his entourage stood out. The man kept so close to Castro while

From left: Princess Catherine and Prince William with Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, surprise members of the public with a joint public appearance to view the tributes to Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Prince Harry, his wife, Meghan, and their children are moving back to Britain in the upcoming weeks of Fall 2026, according to two people familiar with their decision. (Mary Turner/The New York Times) By MICHAEL D