Category Archives: The New York Times

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In the shadow of the iconic Denali peak in Alaska, a family bikes over the next rise and into the great unknown.

Plus Biden’s Taiwan comments cause a stir in Asia and Covid hits poor countries hardest.

Data from the federal government showed last year’s increase was the first since 2014 and followed a sharp drop in 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic hit.

The United States has stockpiled millions of doses of two smallpox vaccines, also effective against monkeypox. But the outbreaks so far are clustered in other countries.

A New York Times reporting team visited the eastern Ukrainian town of Sievierodonetsk and found devastation in a town nearly surrounded by enemy forces.

The bodies of the mayor, her husband and her son were found after Russian forces retreated in early April.

The Biden administration’s escalation of sanctions could lead to Russia’s first default on foreign debt in a century.

The sleek new tube line officially opened Tuesday, drawing train enthusiasts and awing normally stoic London commuters.

In 1944, a U.S. military plane crashed in a spot the locals named “Deadman’s Torso Flat.” A team has found remains that it hopes are those of the airman.

The development comes as the United States recently began averaging more than 100,000 new confirmed cases per day again, according to a New York Times database, for the first time since February.

Only one case of the virus has so far been identified in the U.S., but public health officials say the disease is likely to spread.

The West is reluctant to risk a direct military confrontation with Russia, and the world’s food distribution network is already creaky because of pandemic-related supply disruptions.

Ahead of a summit with Australia, India and Japan, an off-the-cuff vow to defend the island militarily against China complicates diplomacy, particularly for Australia.

Gaffe or not, President Biden’s latest remark on Taiwan is consistent with his administration’s new policy.