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Yesterday — 29 May 2026Main stream

No, Not That Georgia. A.I. Compounds a Nation’s Identity Woes.

29 May 2026 at 17:34
Online queries are more likely to turn up references to the U.S. state — a problem for the republic in the Caucasus and its people. But a move to drop the name “Georgia” has lost steam.

© Tako Robakidze for The New York Times

Georgia’s ancient, distinctive language and script have long made up part of its national identity.

Anthropic Tops OpenAI to Become the World’s Most Valuable A.I. Start-Up

Anthropic raised $65 billion in new fund-raising that put its value at $900 billion, ahead of OpenAI’s last valuation of $730 billion, as the companies duel for A.I. dominance.

© Jason Henry for The New York Times

Anthropic’s updated model, Claude Opus 4.8, is particularly adept at vibecoding, or the process of artificial intelligence writing code from prompts in conversational English.
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Temu Hit With Fine in E.U. Over Sales of Unsafe Goods

The Chinese e-commerce platform faces a penalty of more than $230 million for selling baby toys and other products the European Commission said could harm consumers.

In Argentina, U.S. Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Finds An Escape

The billionaire’s new roots in Argentina are said to be partly motivated by concerns about the future of the United States and shared beliefs with Argentina’s right-wing leader.

© Matias Baglietto/Reuters

Peter Thiel, right, arriving for a meeting with President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires in April.

Inventor of the Basque Cheesecake Plans to Retire. His Secret: He Prefers Chocolate

27 May 2026 at 17:08
Santiago Rivera is widely credited with creating the “burnt” cheesecake in the 1980s, though he doesn’t love the spinoffs it has spawned. Decades later, he’s preparing to hand over his kitchen to his children.

© Markel Redondo for The New York Times

Santiago Rivera working the counter at his restaurant, La Viña, in San Sebastián, Spain this month.

Matthew Perry’s Assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, Sentenced to More Than 3 Years in Prison

28 May 2026 at 04:31
Kenneth Iwamasa injected Mr. Perry with the ketamine that killed him. He is the last of five defendants to be sentenced in the case.

© Willy Sanjuan/Invision, via Associated Press

The actor Matthew Perry was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his home in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2023. His assistant had injected him with at least three shots of ketamine that day.

After Decades on the Run, a Leftist Militant Is Sentenced in Germany

Daniela Klette, 67, was part of the Red Army Faction, which attacked American and capitalist interests until the 1990s. She was convicted of robberies committed later to finance life as a fugitive.

© Pool photo by Sina Schuldt

Daniela Klette, a member of the Red Army Faction, in court in Verden, Germany, on Wednesday.

Rubio’s India Visit Yields No Major Deals to Repair U.S.-India Relations

28 May 2026 at 01:23
The secretary of state visited India to reassure the South Asian giant that it can still rely on the United States. India did not gain much from the visit.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, prepare to sign a memorandum of understanding in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Israel Continues Its Escalation in Lebanon, Ordering Evacuations

By: Euan Ward
28 May 2026 at 00:22
The Israeli military issued sweeping evacuation orders for two southern cities, indicating that more airstrikes were imminent.

© Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

Villages in southern Lebanon after strikes on Wednesday.

Could Russia Hit Harder? It at Least Wants Ukraine to Think So.

Major attacks on Kyiv, followed by warnings of more, come as Moscow is stalled on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.

© Evgeniy Maloletka/Associated Press

A building burning after a Russian strike on Kyiv on Sunday.

Uganda Closes Border With Congo as Ebola Fears Rise

Seven confirmed cases of the virus have already been reported in Kampala, the capital, but officials say the country has robust disease surveillance.

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Red Cross workers moving the body of someone who may have died from Ebola, in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday.

Xi Jinping Quit Smoking. China Still Cannot.

By: Joy Dong
27 May 2026 at 12:00
China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the government that even its powerful leader has failed to curb the country’s smoking habit.

© Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times

China has made slow progress curbing tobacco use or enacting a national indoor smoking ban.

A Spring Heat Wave Is Breaking Records in the U.K., Spain and France

Authorities in Britain and France warned that “unprecedented” temperatures — at a time when few expected them — could persist. Climate change has made heat waves more frequent and more intense.

© Jack Taylor/Reuters

Temperatures in London climbed to 34.8 degrees Celsius, or nearly 95 degrees Fahrenheit, on Monday.

UFC Unveils Plans for White House Fight on Trump’s Birthday

27 May 2026 at 00:01
The Ultimate Fighting Championship bout is scheduled for June 14, President Trump’s 80th birthday.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Construction on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, ahead of events for the United States’ 250th anniversary that include the upcoming UFC fight.

China’s Endless Housing Crisis Shows Faint Signs of Hope

21 May 2026 at 20:21
Property prices in Shanghai, in particular, are rebounding, but the national market still faces an enormous overhang — 90 million empty or unfinished apartments.
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