January 31, 2025

  x Listen to article Australia’s National Selection Panel (NSP), in consultation with the men’s cricket team’s medical staff, has ruled out a key all-rounder from the 2025 Champions Trophy due to injury. Mitchell Marsh will miss the tournament in Pakistan after his injury failed to respond to rehabilitation efforts. Marsh has been struggling with lower back […]

  x China is the world’s factory floor. From high-end digital devices to inexpensive tchotchkes, many of the products that are bought and sold in the United States are made in China. President Trump has announced plans to impose additional tariffs on Chinese-made goods imported to the United States. Trade tensions between the world’s two

  x North Korean soldiers who joined their Russian allies in battle against Ukrainian forces have been pulled off the front lines after suffering heavy causalities, according to Ukrainian and U.S. officials. The North Korean troops, sent to bolster Russian forces trying to push back a Ukrainian offensive inside Russia’s borders, have not been seen

  x When Donald J. Trump sued CBS for $10 billion days before the 2024 election, accusing the company of deceptively editing a “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, many legal experts dismissed the litigation as a far-fetched attempt to punish an out-of-favor news outlet. Now Mr. Trump is back in the White

  x Our solar system contains planets, dwarf planets, asteroids and comets — but only one world is known to harbor life. Scientists have long debated whether Earth is truly unique. Perhaps our planet just happened to have the right combination of ingredients, conditions and timing to allow life to emerge. But a pinch of

  x The terrifying first capture in Africa. The deadly crossing of the Middle Passage. The brutality of slave markets and servitude. It’s almost impossible to imagine, let alone depict, the full horrors of American slavery, although writers, directors and artists have tried. But there’s one moment that seems to have caught their attention less

  x Judith Bernstein and her work share a striking trait: a potent brew of provocative humor edged with anger. An indelible cackle with a crackle, as powerfully expressed in vividly hued paintings strewed with tart, topical text. “I never toned down anything,” Bernstein said in an obvious understatement. The artist found early inspiration in

  x Tennessee’s Republican-controlled legislature approved bills on Thursday aimed at reducing unauthorized immigration and allowing families to use public funds for private school tuition, mirroring the policy agenda of the new Trump administration. Legislative leaders left little room for debate, pushing through millions of dollars and sprawling policy changes in a special session that