Russia’s shrinking gas exports Evidence is mounting that Russia’s natural gas export industry has fallen apart since the country invaded Ukraine. New estimates suggest that Russia’s pipeline exports could drop by half this year compared with last year. The problems are not limited to gas delivered by pipeline. The E.U. is also threatening to curtail imports of […]

South Korea’s nuclear deal The U.S. has agreed to give South Korea a central role in the strategic planning for the use of nuclear weapons in any conflict with North Korea. In return, South Korea agreed to not pursue its own nuclear arsenal. The deal, announced during President Yoon Suk Yeol’s state visit to Washington, […]

Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Charles M. Blow Opinion Columnist In the summer of 2013, I participated in a daylong series of talks at the Ford Foundation in Midtown Manhattan. The event, the Road Ahead for […]

Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist Across Donald Trump’s presidency and immediately afterward there was a lot of talk about realignment. Everyone could see that the Republican coalition was becoming more working-class and […]

In 1999, the New York State Department of Health asked me to test ‌brain samples from‌‌ people in Queens experiencing encephalitis, or brain inflammation. Surprisingly, we found they were infected with West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne virus that had never been reported before in North America. How did a virus endemic in Africa and the […]

China does damage control China moved quickly yesterday to limit damage to its relations with Europe, after the Chinese ambassador to France questioned the sovereignty of post-Soviet nations like Ukraine.  The comments by Lu Shaye, the ambassador, in a televised interview on Friday caused a diplomatic firestorm over the weekend among European foreign ministers and […]

Gail Collins: Well, Bret it looks like Joe Biden will be announcing his re-election bid this week. Bret Stephens: Proving my prediction from last week dead wrong. Gail: I know you disagree with him on many issues, particularly relating to the economy. But given the likely Republican presidential candidates, any chance you’ll actually be able […]

An exodus from Sudan Just after midnight yesterday, American diplomats were evacuated by helicopter from Khartoum, Sudan’s besieged capital city. That departure then turned into a full-fledged exodus of foreign officials, diplomats and citizens of other nations as the battle raged around them. Sudan, long viewed as strategically important, has been in the grip of […]

America’s oldest professional sport looks different this year. For the first time in M.L.B.’s 148-year history, clocks in stadiums now count down between every pitch, forcing pitchers and batters into action. It’s a radical change for a sport defined by its leisurely pace — but one that league executives believed was necessary to grow baseball’s […]

Khartoum has been wracked with violence for nearly a week. At least 413 people have been killed and millions trapped without food, water or electricity, while a former Janjaweed militia — the Rapid Support Forces led by Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, known as Hemeti — battles the army for control of Sudan’s capital. After violence […]