Across the arts, these 10 performers took a leap of faith this year and stuck the landing in a big way.

He attributed his rags-to-riches ascent to the freedoms of Hong Kong, and has paid a hefty price for defending them.

He attributed his rags-to-riches ascent to the freedoms of Hong Kong, and has paid a hefty price for defending them.

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Remind me never to listen to what they are saying online about me.

The antidote to our increasingly disembodied lives may lie in letting go of our inhibitions and dancing like kids do.

A decade after the end of the one-child policy, China has over 30 million so-called surplus men. Can this dating boot camp help them find love?

Backed by White House officials, the tech billionaire has lashed out at the European Union after his social media platform X was fined last week.

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“I’m told that Australian teens, in preparation for this ban, have been exchanging phone numbers with each other.”

Larry Ellison is backstopping Paramount’s bid for Warner Brothers, but Warner Brothers is concerned that the billionaire has not provided a personal guarantee to pay.

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David Ellison is cozying up to Trump in his effort to save Hollywood. It’s a risky strategy for our democracy.

David Ellison is cozying up to Trump in his effort to save Hollywood. It’s a risky strategy for our democracy.

The company said the new law, which makes it illegal for children under 16 to have social media accounts, infringes on children’s rights.

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Governments are studying the decision to prohibit youths from using platforms like Facebook and TikTok as worries grow about the potential harm they cause.

Pay attention to how you pay attention.

Being a smart consumer has never been easier. Influencers and the fashion industry are all taking advantage of that.

The authorities accused “some foreign media” of smearing the government’s response to a fire at a high-rise complex, saying: “Do not say you have not been warned.”

Ezra Klein answers your questions on the year’s political lessons, the struggles of young men and handling heat on the show.

Readers criticize President Trump’s tirade against Somali immigrants. Also: A cruel deportee deal; beyond tech bans.

The push to close the offices appears to contradict a federal judge’s order from April, which required Trump officials to resume operations at V.O.A.

We asked readers for their questions for The Times’s executive editor about how we cover the news and make judgment calls in our reporting and editing.

Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t seem to recognize that her collaboration with Robert Kennedy was a grave professional betrayal.

Jack Conte, the chief executive of Patreon, a platform for creators to monetize their art and content, outlines his vision for an internet that puts people, not ad revenues, first.

Readers respond to a column by David Brooks about Christian nationalism. Also: A hope for a different kind of president; a view of Meta as not a monopoly.

The best way to honor Charlie Kirk is not to criminalize speech.

China closed off Japanese seafood imports after Japan’s new leader declared strong support for Taiwan. Suddenly, sushi is everywhere on Taiwanese social media.

A correspondent for Reuters, he became a global symbol of China’s isolation and of the anti-foreigner hysteria spawned by its Cultural Revolution.

Neither President Trump nor Chinese officials indicated any new developments for the popular video app. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent previously suggested they could “consummate” transfer of control from its Chinese owner.

Ryan Chen has turned an uncanny impersonation of President Trump into a social media career, and a mirror of China’s fascination with America.