Reading view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.

India Wins Women’s Cricket World Cup

A team that faced seemingly insurmountable odds wins its first championship, with wider ramifications for the role women play in public life.

© Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters

Harmanpreet Kaur and her teammates on India’s national women’s cricket team celebrate their win, right after midnight on Monday, in Mumbai, India.

Arrests in Louvre Heist Show Power of DNA Databases in Solving Crimes

France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases.

© Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Members of a forensic team inspect a window at the site where burglars broke into the Louvre and made off with eight of France’s historic crown jewels last month.

Martha Layne Collins, 88, Dies; Kentucky’s First Female Governor

She rose from a junior high school teacher to the state’s top official, and helped persuade Toyota to build its first American factory in Georgetown, Ky.

© Jim Mone/Associated Press

Gov. Martha Layne Collins of Kentucky in 1984 with Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate for president. He was considering Ms. Collins for his running mate, but eventually selected Representative Geraldine Ferraro.

New Weapons Testing Ordered by Trump Won’t Include Nuclear Explosions, Wright Says

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the testing ordered up in a surprise announcement by President Trump last week would focus on “the other parts” of nuclear weaponry.

© Alex Brandon/Associated Press

“I think the tests we’re talking about right now are systems tests,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News on Sunday. “These are not nuclear explosions.”

That Time Xi Jinping Joked About Espionage

Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were. “You can check if there’s a backdoor,” he said with a laugh.

© South Korea's Presidential Office

Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, giving two cellphones to President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday.

Defense Lawyers Demand Dismissal of Abuse Case Against Israeli Soldiers

The chief legal officer of Israel’s military resigned after authorizing the leak of a video in the case involving grave abuse of a Palestinian detainee. That further politicized a fraught case.

© Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times

The Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel, where Israeli soldiers were charged with grave abuses of a Palestinian detainee.

5 Die, Including 3 Children, in Halloween Night House Fire

The cousin of a state assemblyman, his wife and children died in the fire in Paterson, N.J. Seven other relatives survived the blaze.

© Christopher Sadowski/USA Today Network, via Imagn

Firefighters responding on Emerson Avenue in Paterson, N.J. on Friday night. “People are going to read that there were five fatalities,” the Paterson mayor, André Sayegh, said. “But that’s a family of five.”

OPEC Plus Signals Cautious Approach to Oil Production

Eight members of the oil cartel agreed on Sunday to a small increase but said they would now pause in adding more oil, reflecting market concerns about an oversupply.

© Al-Zour Refinery, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

An oil refinery south of Kuwait City. An analyst said that increased production by OPEC Plus, along with rising output by countries outside the group, could lead to supply outstripping demand.
❌