Sugey Amaya, who has devoted years of her life to El Salvador’s prisoners, in San Salvador on June 6, 2025. Amaya’s brother was detained in El Salvador’s mass arrest campaign four years ago. She has devoted her life to helping prisoners like him. (Fred Ramos/The New York Times) By ANNIE CORREAL Sugey Amaya spends most of her nights outside a converted movie theater that is now a holding station for people passing in or out of El Salvador’s crowded prison system. While her mot

By MOTOKO RICH Pope Leo XIV is not backing down. Amid a growing dispute with the Trump administration over the legitimacy of U.S. attacks in Iran, Leo used a speech Thursday in Cameroon to express “woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.” “Blessed are the peacemakers,” he said, adding, “The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, yet it is

A Lebanese woman watches as workers and relatives searched for missing victims in the ruins of a residential building hit six days prior by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, on April 14, 2026. A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon went into effect as Friday began in the Middle East, a truce that could lift a major obstacle to the United States’ peace effort with Iran and pause a devastating wave of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. (David Guttenfelder/The New York

Major U.S. banks delivered a split picture this ⁠week, ⁠as Middle East-linked market volatility lifted trading ⁠in the first quarter but clouded dealmaking prospects. Bank earnings are tracked beyond Wall Street, as they ​offer a real-time read on how households and businesses are navigating still-higher borrowing costs, spending pressures and an uncertain economy. Below are key trends from ‌the first-quarter results at top U.S. banks, ‌which often set the tone for the broade

Protoje in Paris, April 3, 2026. The musician’s latest album, “The Art of Acceptance,” features stars of reggae and fresh updates on nostalgic sounds. (Elliott Verdier/The New York Times) By PATRICIA MESCHINO Hope Gardens, a lush, pastoral oasis in Jamaica’s capital city, Kingston, was the setting for the third installment of the Lost in Time music festival — a fitting conclusion to February, observed as Reggae Month on the island. The dynamic up-and-comer Lila Iké performed,

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente designó el jueves a las fiscales especiales independientes Maricarmen Rodríguez Barea y Gisela Alfonso Fernández para investigar a fondo las actuaciones de la exsecretaria de la Vivienda, Ciary Yadir Pérez Peña, luego de acoger la recomendación del Departamento de Justicia. Según el comunicado del Panel, la investigación preliminar realizada por la División de Integridad Pública y Oficina de Asuntos del

POR CYBERNEWS WASHINGTON, DC – El comisionado residente en Washington, Pablo José Hernández Rivera, informó el jueves, que dio un plazo hasta el 26 de abril a la titular del Departamento de la Familia, Suzanne Roig Fuertes, para entregar documentos e información sobre pagos del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional a personas fallecidas, en una pesquisa congresional sobre el manejo del programa. “Necesitamos recopilar y presentar los datos relevantes para atender esas inquietude

A monitor displays President Donald Trump as he delivers a message on the war in Iran in Washington, April 1, 2026. (Jason Hendardy/The New York Times) By JAMELLE BOUIE To have spent any amount of time observing President Donald Trump over the last month is to conclude that he is in far over his head. The president is struggling with the consequences of his actions, raging in protest of the fact that for all its firepower, the United States cannot bomb Iran into submission. W

The Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn., July 27, 2023. American colleges and universities bear significant responsibility for plunging public trust in higher education, a Yale University committee suggested in a report released on Wednesday. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times) By ALAN BLINDER U.S. colleges and universities bear significant responsibility for plunging public trust in higher education, a Yale University committee suggested in a report released

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, on Friday, March 28, 2025. Sotomayor issued a rare public apology on Wednesday, April 15, for criticizing a Supreme Court colleague, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in surprisingly personal terms during a public appearance last week. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By ANN E. MARIMOW Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a rare public apology earlier this week for criticizing a Supreme