Photographs show a tangled mess of metal, wires and broken glass at the scene of the crash, which killed at least 39 people.
We take a look at President Trump’s impact on government spending.
Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to be Japan’s prime minister, is hoping to seize on her popularity by calling a parliamentary election next month.
Plus, chimney sweeps are making a comeback.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026.
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Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026.
The British prime minister said his country “must stand up for its values” after President Trump threatened a new tariff war over acquiring the island.
El secretario de Estado Marco Rubio dijo que el país sudamericano era una plataforma regional para la influencia iraní y acusó a las autoridades de albergar al grupo militante libanés.
A year after the dictator fell, Syrians are returning to a country with no clear plan for rebuilding.
Una tendencia en redes despertó nostalgia en los usuarios, pero los recuerdos compartidos apuntan a algo más.
No hay un estudio contundente que pruebe que la leche entera contribuye a la obesidad en los niños. Pero aquellos con sobrepeso podrían optar por opciones bajas en grasa.
Las turbulencias económicas tras la incursión de EE. UU. amenazan ahora con agravar una crisis humanitaria que ha durado años en Venezuela, donde según una encuesta más del 70 por ciento de la población ya vive en la pobreza.
These days, the label “independent” does not necessarily signify moderation or centrism.
The strategic importance of Greenland is growing, and NATO has underinvested in Arctic security. But President Trump, intent on ownership, is rebuffing deals with Europe to solve the problem.
The Stanford Daily lost a 1978 Supreme Court case over the search of its newsroom. But a bipartisan backlash prompted a federal law protecting journalists.
The president doesn’t have ideals. Just enemies.
Minneapolis stands in defiance to Trump’s dark vision of America.
Since 1986, a federal holiday on the third Monday of January has celebrated the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
As federal agents swarm the Twin Cities, their presence has also grown in medical centers. Health care workers are pushing back.
A turnup at the hem of your trouser legs used to be the norm. Our critic explains how it became a matter of choice, and how to decide.
Supporters of former president Hugo Chávez, the anti-American socialist, are struggling to come to terms with their government’s pact with Washington.
As a candidate, President Trump pledged to boost the stock market, bring back manufacturing jobs and improve other elements of the economy. A year after his return to office, his record is mixed.
A breakdown of the presidential powers President Trump has sought for himself, including what he did to obtain power and what’s next.
A federal labor regulator says the firm, Snohetta, laid off eight employees in retaliation for trying to unionize.
We seem to be in a new era of anti-gay prejudice.
This month’s guide to the under-the-radar movies of your subscription services includes unconventional romantic comedies and vibrant indie dramas.
A study by the financial firm Jefferies highlights a surprising perk for carriers: lower fuel costs as slimmer passengers lighten their aircrafts’ loads.
Julian Barnes writes about illness and love in “Departure(s),” which he claims is his last novel.
The world’s largest asset manager has been enlisted to help build Ukraine’s recovery plan. Some fear it is part of a Trump administration effort to steer the effort toward American business interests.
A high school track star enhances his social media presence with his mile-long stunts.
Greenland is an ally of the United States.
A ranch house in South Lake Tahoe, a Queen Anne Revival in San Jose and a bungalow in Los Angeles
A state law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom has already divided Texas schools. Now a federal appeals court will decide its constitutionality.
We are stronger when we act together.
President Trump made a number of economic promises on the campaign trail. Now that we’re one year into the Trump administration, our chief economics correspondent, Ben Casselman, looks at key economic data to see what Trump was able to accomplish, and where he has so far failed to deliver what he promised.
Musicians, theater groups and others from overseas are facing visa challenges and rising costs, posing a looming crisis for the performing arts sector.
Billions of dollars are trading hands on sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes.
It’s unclear whether the United States can keep its designation as a country that officially eliminated the disease.
U.S. authorities have accused Hezbollah of complicity in drug trafficking and money laundering schemes in Venezuela.
It could be something easily overlooked: a folded note in a wallet, a concert ticket or an old key. We’re interested in the quiet keepsakes that people hold on to as proof of love.
Philippe Sands, one of the world’s pre-eminent human rights attorneys, is arguing the case against Myanmar at The Hague.
With control of the narrowly divided House set to be decided by a small fraction of the chamber's seats, a wave of strategic redistricting and a flood of retirements will play a role in the 2026 midterms.
A.I. isn’t perfect, but it doesn’t have to be to improve medicine.
No longer a beginner? Try these routines to challenge yourself.
In the third part of a monthlong series, Pete Wells and experts say a healthier diet begins with understanding what drives your eating, and slowing down.
Generations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing relationship with the most mysterious continent.
Just before President Trump took office, Border Patrol agents led by Gregory Bovino arrested immigrants in Kern County using the same playbook later seen in places like Chicago and Minneapolis. Then a federal judge ordered them to stop.
Ballet evolves slowly, and that includes footwear. But a new shoe with sneaker technology is giving dancers support from the heel up.
After years of planning, Artur Walther and the architecture firm SO-IL built a house for communing with nature.
Women’s cardiovascular health has long been overlooked and understudied. Here are some things to keep in mind.
The immersive adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical is a hit, with some people coming back a dozen times since it began performances last summer.
The 3.3 percent rate for 2026 would match last year’s pace. Booming investment in artificial intelligence is buttressing global output.
Los cubanos se preguntan qué pasará con ellos después de perder a su principal proveedor de petróleo.
An anonymous negative ad campaign has been aimed at New Jersey’s departing attorney general. “It’s a warning to others,” one political scientist said.
Some New Yorkers hope that raising a child in the city could become more affordable thanks to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plans for free child care and preschool.
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The closures were announced after a high-speed train derailed and smashed into another high-speed train, killing at least 39 people and injuring dozens.
International law is either universal or meaningless. Greenland will show which one we choose.
China isn’t just building gigantic amounts of power. Its businesses are reshaping technological foundations to electrify the world.
Another ice-skating romance premieres, and a reboot of “Star Search” comes to Netflix.
No corrections appeared in print on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.
Quotation of the Day for Monday, January 19, 2026.
A trial is set to begin on Monday in Harry’s case accusing Associated Newspapers of phone hacking and other unlawful activities. Other claimants include Elton John and Liz Hurley.
The traditional rhetoric of the World Economic Forum centered on global integration, climate change and international cooperation. Not anymore.
More than 1 percent of New Zealand’s population left over the year ending in October. Many of the migrants were chasing salaries and opportunities in neighboring Australia.
One of Asia’s most dynamic nations is weighing how to balance government control with raising per capita G.D.P. by about 70 percent in five years.
The collision, caused by the derailment of one of the trains, was the deadliest in Spain since at least 2013.
The country has seen a surge of unrest in recent days, including uprisings at prisons and the killing of police officers, which the authorities have blamed on gangs.
The latest and most humorous offering in the “Game of Thrones” universe follows the hulking, lovable Ser Duncan, who may or may not be a real knight.
A 13-minute segment about Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration had been pulled at the last minute by CBS News’s editor in chief, Bari Weiss.
With fewer babies and more deaths, China’s population fell for a fourth straight year as policymakers face a demographic crisis in the making.
Falling apartment prices have erased the savings of millions of Chinese households, but exports lifted the economy to 5 percent growth last year.
La colisión sucedió tras descarrilar los vagones traseros de un tren en el sur del país.
The 30-year-old albino resident of the California Academy of Sciences died last month. On Sunday, thousands paid tribute.
Emergency responders worked to evacuate survivors from the wreckage of a deadly crash between two high-speed trains that derailed in Adamuz, Spain, on Sunday.
Legal and criminal justice experts said a ruling by a federal judge last week revealed conduct by immigration agents that evokes the civil rights era.
In his new memoir, the Pennsylvania governor suggests that when Kamala Harris’s team vetted him to be her running mate, aides focused on Israel to an extent he found offensive.
European Union ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Sunday, and leaders from across the 27-nation bloc will meet in Brussels later this week.
A high-speed train smashed into another train after derailing in the southern province of Córdoba, officials said. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.
A jury found the man, Jacob Samuel Winkler, not guilty after just 35 minutes of deliberation. He was charged in September with pointing a laser at an aircraft.
Find your “aha!” moment in Peter Gorman’s puzzle.
Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong takes a trip into the New York Times archives to see how our understanding of Antarctica has changed over the past century.
A composer and pianist as well, he was a prolific recording artist who integrated jazz, classical and world music traditions in a career that spanned seven decades.
He threw more innings in a season than any player since 1917. A three-time All-Star, he also had four 20-win seasons.
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said officers had not used pepper spray and similar measures limited by a judge’s order, then was confronted with a video that showed chemical agents deployed.
Trump threatened heavy tariffs on countries standing between him and Greenland. E.U. leaders are scrambling for a response.
Federal judges ruled that an Islamic teacher’s statements goading men in Virginia to join an overseas militant group were protected by the First Amendment.
Los países europeos dependen de Estados Unidos para la seguridad de la OTAN, lo que limita sus opciones. Su respuesta más contundente podrían ser represalias con su propia “bazuca” comercial.
A founder of Cannondale, he was among the first in the U.S. to mass-produce bikes frames out of large-diameter aluminum tubes, replacing heavier steel.
Un alcalde suplicó ayuda al gobierno nacional mientras las llamas destruían barrios enteros en la sureña región del Biobío.
In a surprise appearance in New Jersey, the musician dedicated his song “The Promised Land” to Ms. Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this month.
She was a founder and the longtime artistic director of Shakespeare & Company, a repertory theater in western Massachusetts, and directed all his plays.
Jan Philipp Burgard was one of Axel Springer’s most prominent editors, overseeing its influential German broadsheet Welt.
One mayor pleaded with the national government for help as flames destroyed entire neighborhoods in the southern region of Biobío.
Llevamos mucho tiempo enfrentándonos a una paradoja brutal: un Estado ausente pero omnipotente.
The new deal also calls for a cease-fire. Government forces have taken strategic assets from the militia in recent days, weakening the force.
But President Trump has already backed away from a threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to protests against the killing of a woman by a federal immigration agent.
Edna Lewis’s biscuits, served warm with butter and your favorite jam, are a lovely Sunday breakfast.
As part of the settlement, The Daily Beast was not required to apologize or issue any payment to Chris LaCivita, who sued the outlet last year.
The American president’s vow to get Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish territory, has thrown the tiny, pro-American Nordic nation into crisis.
The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of Gaza, but its charter does not mention the Palestinian enclave, suggesting a possibly broader mandate.
The first episode of 2026, hosted by Finn Wolfhard of “Stranger Things,” satirized that hit Netflix series and conjured a Harry Potter reboot à la “Heated Rivalry.”
Readers discuss a column by Lydia Polgreen about how Indians are rethinking migration to America.
Times reporters answer readers’ questions about immigration and deportation.