The United States is going to need a lot of missiles if its fighter jets are to shoot down every stray balloon that sets off a radar warning in American airspace. “At any given moment, thousands of balloons” are above the Earth, including many used in the United States by government agencies, military forces, independent […]
Month: February 2023
Heavy Losses Renew Questions About Russia Sustaining Its Offensive
KYIV, Ukraine — As Russia steps up its offensive in eastern Ukraine, weeks of failed attacks on a Ukrainian stronghold have left two Russian brigades in tatters, raised questions about Moscow’s military tactics and renewed doubts about its ability to maintain sustained, large-scale ground assaults. The fighting has also come at a cost for Ukraine, […]
New Skyscraper, Built to Be an Environmental Marvel, Is Already Dated
One Vanderbilt, in the heart of New York City, is built to be especially climate friendly. But the design landscape and city rules have changed quickly.
Russia-Ukraine War: Live Updates and Latest News
Russia and Ukraine are depleting ammunition stocks at a staggering pace in the nearly yearlong war, putting pressure on weapons makers globally to meet demand and forcing Moscow to turn to allies like Iran to bolster supplies. As the fighting intensifies yet again, with Russia expanding its offensive operations and Ukraine planning for its own […]
As Taliban Settle In, Kabul’s Green Zone Comes Back to Life
Scattered across a neighborhood in central Kabul are the ruins of another empire come and gone from Afghanistan. Tattered sandbags and piles of discarded barbed wire. Metal hulls of tank traps sitting unused on the side of the road. Red-and-white metal barriers, once lowered to stop vehicles at checkpoints manned 24/7, permanently pointing toward the […]
Secretive Network Rescues Russia’s Antiwar Dissidents in Nick of Time
In Smolensk, early in the war, one of the two Zavyalov brothers, Vladimir, the owner of a small transportation company, discovered a Telegram channel that distributed miniature antiwar slogans that resembled price displays on grocery store shelves. The normal space for a description such as bananas or washing powder instead said things like, “The Russian […]
A Surprise Pick to Lead the Bank of Japan Faces a Wrenching Choice
Over the last several months, many people were mentioned as possible replacements for Haruhiko Kuroda, the long-serving governor of the Bank of Japan, who has captained the country’s decade-long experiment with ultra-easy money and rock-bottom interest rates. Kazuo Ueda, the man officially nominated for the job on Tuesday, was not among them. But it is […]
NATO Defense Ministers Discuss Ukraine’s Battlefield Needs: Live Updates
Ukrainian service members moving equipment and parts from a broken down T-72 tank, left, to a functioning one, in the Donetsk region in early January.Credit…Nicole Tung for The New York Times BRUSSELS — With Russia bearing down on a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine, NATO defense ministers are meeting on Tuesday to discuss Kyiv’s […]
Your Tuesday Briefing – The New York Times
Israelis take to the streets As a battle over the future of Israel’s judiciary — perceived by many as a fight for the soul of the country’s democracy — intensifies, roughly 100,000 protesters filled the streets outside Parliament in Jerusalem yesterday. Carrying Israeli flags, megaphones and banners, they chanted for democracy, freedom and judicial independence. […]
U.S.-China Tensions Rise Over Spy Programs Amid UFO Investigations
U.S. agencies are still investigating the origins of the three mysterious objects that U.S. fighter jets shot down between Friday and Sunday on the orders of Mr. Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada. Debris recovery efforts are underway at the sites in Alaska, the Yukon Territory in Canada and the Canadian side of […]