Why a Cloud-Seeding Experiment to Fight Air Pollution in India Failed
Officials experimented with cloud seeding to try and reduce environmental pollutants as residents choke on filthy air.
Politics and Government
Wilders’s Far-Right Party Faces Rebuke in the Netherlands
Geert Wilders suffered a loss of support as a center-left party staged major gains, an election result that could offer lessons for Europe’s far right.
Trump Meets China’s Xi
President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, shook hands in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
Hundreds Killed in Massacre at Sudanese Hospital, W.H.O. Warns
The hospital had served as the last refuge for many starving or injured civilians in El Fasher, a major battleground in Darfur recently seized by the Rapid Support Forces.
How Japan’s New Prime Minister Bonded With Trump
President Trump met with Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday. Javier C. Hernández, The Times’s Tokyo bureau chief, looks at their chemistry, given the friendship Mr. Trump had with her mentor, the slain former Prime Minister Shinzo A…
Protests in Tanzania as Voters Head to the Polls
The East African country’s Party of Revolution, one of the longest-ruling parties on the continent, seeks to keep its grip on power.
How the Opium War Still Shapes Xi Jinping’s Trade Clash With Trump
China’s leader draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, a Qing official whose defiance of Britain led to China’s humiliating defeat but made him a national hero.
As the Dutch Vote, One Issue Carries the Day: Affordable Housing
The small European nation of 18 million people is in the middle of its worst housing crunch in decades. But there is no quick political solution.
Beyond Trade War, China’s Xi Looks to Press Trump on Taiwan
China’s leader wants to weaken American support for Taiwan. But first he will want clarity about President Trump’s stance toward the island.
Ivory Coast President Secures 4th Term in Election Without Top Opponents
President Alassane Ouattara won 89.77 percent of the vote, but critics called the elections flawed after two main challengers were barred from running.