↩ Accueil

Vue lecture

Why China Is Trying to Tame Its Electric Car Frenzy

Beijing has run out of patience with companies slashing prices, and is urging restraint. But fierce competition is also producing a surge of innovation.

© Andrea Verdelli for The New York Times

Geely Group is one of China’s best-selling E.V. companies.
  •  

Joe Bugner, 75, British Boxing Champ Who Slugged It Out With Ali, Dies

A European titleholder as well, he twice went the distance with Ali and once with Joe Frazier, losing those bouts but gaining respect.

© Associated Press

Joe Bugner absorbed a punch from Muhammad Ali during their 12-round heavyweight fight in Las Vegas in 1973. Bugner remained on his feet while losing a unanimous decision.
  •  

Xi’s Parade to Showcase China’s Military Might and Circle of Autocrats

China will mark Japan’s defeat in World War II with a parade of missiles, soldiers and leaders like Kim Jong-un of North Korea and Vladimir Putin of Russia.

© Jade Gao/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Security in Beijing is tight, including around Tiananmen Square, ahead of a military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japan and the end of World War II.
  •  

Putin Finds a Growing Embrace on the Global Stage

Eurasian leaders eagerly met the Russian leader at a summit this week, as President Trump has helped ease his isolation over the war in Ukraine.

© Pool photo by Suo Takekuma

From left: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Xi Jinping of China were all smiles in Tianjin, China, on Monday.
  •  

Nadler, Pillar of Democratic Party’s Old Guard, Will Retire Next Year

Representative Jerrold Nadler, the ex-House Judiciary chairman who helped lead President Trump’s impeachments, will not seek re-election in New York.

© Clark Hodgin for The New York Times

Jerry Nadler intends to end a 34-year career in the House of Representatives at the conclusion of his current term next year.
  •  

Trump Family Profits Even With Tepid Launch of Crypto Tokens

World Liberty Financial’s cryptocurrency token fell short of investors’ hopes. But a previous deal paved the way for a payment to the Trump family of potentially hundreds of millions of dollars.

© Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. outside the Nasdaq building in New York last month.
  •  

With Drones and I.E.D.s, Mexico’s Cartels Adopt Arms of Modern War

Under pressure from the government and each other, some of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups are amassing homemade mortars, land mines, rocket-propelled grenades and bomber drones.

A hole left by a bomb dropped by a drone in the roof of a home in El Guayabo, Michoacán, Mexico. Cartels are using IEDs, drones and makeshift explosives in their fight for territory, capable of tearing through rooftops and scattering shrapnel across the ground below.
  •  

Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights

The president, who has targeted collective bargaining contracts for nearly one million government employees, has said their functions touch on national security.

© Juan Arredondo for The New York Times

Edwin Osorio, president of Local 3369, the union representing the Social Security Administration, speaking at a news conference in New York last month.
  •  

Exxon and California Spar in Dueling Lawsuits Over Plastics

The oil giant accused the state’s attorney general and four nonprofit groups of defamation after they sued over recycling claims.

© Sergio Flores/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

An Exxon Mobil’s chemical recycling unit in Baytown, Texas.
  •  

Trump’s D.C. Crime Crackdown Shows Administration’s Uneasy Relationship With Guns

If President Trump’s actions were intended to drive a law-and-order wedge between Democratic big-city leaders and their constituents, it has also exposed a division in his own coalition.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

National Guard troops around the National Mall in Washington. President Trump declared a crime emergency in the capital in August.
  •  

Sophie Cunningham Avenged Caitlin Clark. Now Sponsors (and the Right) Love Her.

The W.N.B.A.’s Sophie Cunningham is riding her viral moment to endorsements and brand deals. But she doesn’t want to talk politics.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever at a game last month. Her on-court actions in defense of her teammate Caitlin Clark in June attracted national attention.
  •  

Russia Suspected of Jamming GPS for E.U. Leader’s Plane, Officials Say

The Bulgarian authorities believe that Russia disrupted navigation signals that would have been used by a plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen, European officials said.

© Mindaugas Kulbis/Associated Press

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Union’s executive arm, in Lithuania on Monday. She has been touring E.U. member states near Russia.
  •