The World Capital of French Fries Has a Problem: Too Many Potatoes NYT | Top Stories Jenny Gross 30 May 2026 at 17:00 Belgium’s potato harvest set a record, just as tariffs hit U.S. demand for frozen fries and as competition from suppliers in Asia intensified. © Kevin Faingnaert for The New York Times
Inside the Room Where War Insurance Is Bought and Sold NYT | Top Stories Jenny Gross 29 May 2026 at 22:30 Many of the ships stranded in the Persian Gulf depend on coverage negotiated at Lloyd’s, the center of marine insurance for more than 300 years. © Joseph Horton for The New York TimesThe 200-foot-tall atrium in the Underwriting Room, where brokers negotiate policies for ships carrying oil, gas and other goods around the world.
Romania Says It Could Invoke NATO’s Article 4. What Would That Do? NYT | Top Stories Jenny Gross and Aurelien Breeden 29 May 2026 at 20:26 The clause in NATO’s founding treaty is an “instrument” Romania can use, the foreign minister said after a drone, alleged to be Russian, wounded two civilians. © Daniel Mihailescu/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesInvestigators at the site of a drone crash at an apartment building in Galati, Romania, on Friday.
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