Los bronces de Benín, tomados de lo que hoy es Nigeria, se han convertido en un símbolo del esfuerzo por devolver los artefactos saqueados a sus países de origen.
A look at the White House’s new national security strategy, which lays bare the president’s foreign policy goals.
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.
The national soccer team made it to the knockout stages of the Arab Cup for the first time, uniting fans from Gaza to the West Bank to Cairo to Arab cities in Israel.
Según el presidente Trump, el programa ayudará a generar miles de millones y a atraer empresarios e inversionistas que “beneficien al país”.
Los nigerianos habían pedido a los museos occidentales que devolvieran los bronces de Benín desde la década de 1930. En meses recientes, más de 100 esculturas han regresado al país.
Experts share tips for managing tricky family dynamics.
Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
La serie de ciencia ficción del creador de ‘Breaking Bad’ plantea una paradoja que la hace no solo enigmática sino interesante.
Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
A guest essayist says it’s time to get rid of the Doritos and other unhealthy, ultraprocessed offerings at schools. Do you agree?
Investment in manufacturing, infrastructure and property is expected to fall this year, a remarkable turn for an economy whose growth reshaped the world.
A ruling on an unusual letter to Santa.
The writer and director Rian Johnson narrates a sequence from his film.
Larry Ellison is backstopping Paramount’s bid for Warner Brothers, but Warner Brothers is concerned that the billionaire has not provided a personal guarantee to pay.
The moon will be about one-third full as one of the year’s last meteor showers becomes most visible.
The way to oppose President Trump’s era of corrupt deal-making is to present the American people with a clear and principled alternative.
Two columnists debate this strange moment.
David Ellison is cozying up to Trump in his effort to save Hollywood. It’s a risky strategy for our democracy.
Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone.
Many understand the dance their leaders must perform to appease President Trump. But that doesn’t make them any less weary of the rounds and rounds of talks.
Troops who play a part in deadly missions that they see as wrong or unjustified may suffer deep psychological harm as a result, research has shown.
Set up a table of stunning pies, cakes and pastries for the most wonderful time of year.
For more than a decade, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has chipped away at Congress’s power to insulate independent agencies from politics. Now, the court has signaled its willingness to expand presidential power once again.
A retired lawyer lost the money in a tech support scam, a type of online fraud that is surging. Citibank said it couldn’t recover the funds, which criminals wired from inside his account.
Russia has been targeting energy infrastructure in Ukraine, leaving multiple cities without electricity. Kim Barker, who’s been covering the war, gives us a glimpse into the daily life of Ukrainians living with power cuts.
Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.
Seth Porges shows the event in all its raucousness, but he is also sympathetic to its origins.
The benefits of serving have never been more appealing, but the Pentagon needs a better approach to recruiting new talent.
Paul Grimstad, a Yale professor, has somehow found himself acting in both “One Battle After Another” and “Marty Supreme.”
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
As more people tune in for the “theater” of high-end auctions, Bonnie Brennan is trying to convert them into clients.
A renovated three-bedroom townhouse in Zuid, a rustic one-acre farm in Rumst, and a two-bedroom loft in central Antwerp.
Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist.
This month’s picks include an unexpected holiday adventure and a blockbuster body-swapping comedy.
Sunniva Gylver, the new Lutheran bishop of Norway’s largest diocese, is having success attracting younger worshipers while preaching an ancient message centered on justice.
The art world moved forward with glowing renovations to some of New York City’s cultural jewels, as well as sweeping surveys of ballroom queens, Indigenous artists and more.
Environmental design interventions play a subtle role in helping the city reduce gun violence.
A candy-colored story collection, sisters who lust after Hitler and harrowing reportage from a riot in India.
Alexandra Jacobs, Jennifer Szalai and Dwight Garner look back at the books that, as Jacobs writes, “bonked me on the head this year.”
Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.
When teachers do assign whole books, they often choose from a stagnant list of classics.
The roadside staple has long shaped our national culture — and, one reporter realized, moments in her own life.
The participants discuss public service, their perception of military service and the state of America in 2025.
The writer and director Rian Johnson narrates a sequence from his film.
President Trump’s planned intervention comes as the hostilities entered their fifth day and appeared to escalate, and while Thailand moves toward early elections.
A video of the king discussing his “recovery journey” will air on Channel 4 on Friday. He was diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer last year.
El secretario de Salud de EE. UU., Robert F. Kennedy Jr., busca echar por tierra décadas de investigación y evidencia mientras prepara una nueva edición de guías alimentarias.
Los dispositivos que ocultan los ruidos no deseados son la próxima frontera en tecnología avanzada para retretes. ¿Te gustaría escuchar el apacible canto de los pájaros, o tal vez una ráfaga de fuego de artillería?
Las historias autobiográficas y los juegos de misterio resonaron en un año caótico.
Zohran Mamdani isn’t just a superfan. Until recently, he was a key player on the Talking Headers, a rec-league team where he was known as Z.
The bar crawl and charity fund-raiser has been eliciting strong reactions in the city for more than 25 years. Readers shared theirs.
Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
The new visa for rich foreigners had Kimmel rethinking the Statue of Liberty’s inscription: “Never mind your poor and tired. Give us a million bucks — you’re in.”
Esta palabra ha aparecido en 1406 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
This word has appeared in 1,406 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
For hundreds of millions of Indians, toxic winter air poisons bodies, constricts lives and wears down spirits.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating whether the city’s focus on affordable housing for people of color violated federal law.
For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.
Las autoridades japonesas afirman que las probabilidades de un terremoto de magnitud 8 han aumentado, aunque no se puede predecir cuándo ocurrirá uno.
After learning devastating news about our young son, we needed to feel connected to friends and family, not just exist beyond their imagination.
Corrections that appeared in print on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025.
Gretty Garcia and Jesse Clemente left full-time jobs in advertising and journalism to help with one of her parents’ businesses in the Bronx.
Mayar Kabaja and Hatem Saadallah went on their first date in Gaza City 10 days before Oct. 7, 2023. He and his family evacuated to Egypt over 18 months ago, and the two have not been able to see each other since.
Lauren Aitchison and Tommy Kerr made a marriage plan shortly after falling in love in Glasgow, but her mother was soon on to them.
Hector Perez admired Adrianny Almonte’s mural in Santo Domingo, but he didn’t know she had painted it until he stumbled on a Facebook post.
Quotation of the Day for Friday, December 12, 2025.
Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that would limit individual states in regulating the artificial intelligence industry.
The company said the new law, which makes it illegal for children under 16 to have social media accounts, infringes on children’s rights.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
The report concerns a video in which Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, and five other Democratic lawmakers reminded military members of their obligation to refuse illegal orders.
Adrian Johnson and Jess Rucks open our solving weekend with a treat.
The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely.
曾创作批评文革作品的艺术家高兟2024年回中国探亲时被捕，如今在等待审判，罪名是涉嫌侵害英雄烈士名誉。他的妻儿被禁止离开中国，高兟从狱中寄出信件和手撕画作，寄托对家人的爱意和思念。
Tina Peters was sentenced for a Colorado state crime that the president has no ability to pardon. President Trump has no legal power to free her from prison.
Some Democratic lawmakers pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics during a hearing on Thursday.
Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches National Park.
Austin Dirks was on a solo hike in Arches National Park when he got stuck in quicksand. Emergency responders rescued him after he sent an SOS message using a satellite device.
A federal lawsuit argues that proposed work by ConocoPhillips could threaten delicate ecosystems in the largest tract of public land in the U.S.
President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.
Just as this week’s floodwaters in the Pacific Northwest begin to recede, forecasters warn, another storm will approach the West Coast.
The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Venezuela depende excepcionalmente del petróleo para mantener en funcionamiento el gobierno y pagar las necesidades básicas.
The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.
The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast.
The maker of yoga clothing is looking for a new leader after public pressure from the company’s founder.
A Thursday ruling said the Trump administration cannot eliminate the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program without Congress.
Andrew Kolvet of Turning Point USA explains why he endorses a tough-love approach to politics on this episode of “Interesting Times.”
On a recent episode of “Interesting Times,” Andrew Kolvet shares what it’s like to be on the receiving end of conspiracy theories from other conservative influencers after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Five of the most notable newcomers to Europe’s winter resort scene are small hotels with distinctive personalities — and enough amenities to keep indoor types happy too.
Also, Indiana Republicans rejected Trump’s redistricting push. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
El fallo significa que Abrego Garcia quedará libre y, al menos por ahora, fuera de la inminente amenaza de ser deportado nuevamente.
Do Kwon, who designed the virtual currencies Luna and TerraUSD, which plunged in 2022, had pleaded guilty to fraud.
A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses. Two people remained unaccounted for, an official said.
His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged.
Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”
Tyler Robinson faces murder charges in Utah in the Sept. 10 assassination of Mr. Kirk, the political activist and ally of President Trump.
The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump’s military pressure campaign against Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.
The S&P 500 edged higher as investors shrugged off concerns over Oracle’s earnings. It was just enough.
The former chief executive, Michael S. Jeffries, was charged with running an international sex-trafficking ring. An earlier ruling found that he could not be tried because he had Alzheimer’s.
Forget those bland treats of yore: These tips make holiday cookies delicious and foolproof for anyone.
The Benin Bronzes, taken from what is now Nigeria, have become a symbol in the effort to return looted artifacts to their home countries.
On the culinary trail of New York City’s mayor elect.
Our critic A.O. Scott feels the heat of a wintry lyric by the Nobel laureate Louise Glück.
The group’s report had been expected to provide a road map for change after months of upheaval at the agency.
Seizures of more tankers could put a stranglehold on Venezuela’s economy, which is exceptionally dependent on oil to keep the government running and pay for basic necessities.
It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign.
The rights group said it had documented atrocities committed by Palestinian armed groups, including murder, imprisonment, torture and sexual violence.
Museum and Cambodian officials said they jointly investigated the provenance of the objects and found sufficient evidence to suggest they had been stolen.
At the end of the year, students share what they’re thankful for, discuss the good and bad of winter, and debate the Oxford Word of the Year.
The Treasury Secretary unveiled changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ease “overregulation.”
Waymo is rapidly expanding in the U.S. But experts say there are big questions about how self-driving cars could affect traffic and greenhouse gas emissions.
Some disciplinary measures have been imposed on the lecturer, including being monitored as she teaches a class on diversity and social justice.
Carl Erik Rinsch secured funding from the streaming company for a science-fiction series, “Conquest,” that was never completed.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.
Restos de pedernal y pirita en los vestigios de una hoguera demuestran que los neandertales de hace 400.000 años de la zona de Barnham eran capaces de prender fuego a voluntad.
Escalating activity along a fault line in the Sea of Marmara is moving closer to Istanbul, seismologists warn.
Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared.
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making.
A parachutist in Queensland, Australia, survived by cutting the chute free at 15,000 feet when a reserve parachute accidentally deployed, according to a government report.
The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76 percent in children under 4, and by 56 percent in children 5 to 17.
A skydiver was left dangling in the air after their parachute was caught on a plane wing, footage released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau showed. Everyone landed safely, a report from the bureau said.
A master of leveraged buyouts, he bought baseball and hockey teams in Texas and an English soccer club, only to lose them in an avalanche of debt.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents as they urged them to seek higher ground.
Pickle latkes, vegetable pajeon and tofu tacos — consider this your invitation to shred your way through the week.
Plus: a new Manhattan bathhouse, textiles woven from pineapple leaves and more recommendations from T Magazine.
Bezel settings, like the one featured in Taylor Swift’s engagement ring, “feel elegant and intentional,” one designer said. “There’s no noise.”
La líder de la oposición venezolana dijo que tuvo el apoyo de Estados Unidos para llegar a Oslo, pero no podía dar más detalles por motivos de seguridad.
Governments are studying the decision to prohibit youths from using platforms like Facebook and TikTok as worries grow about the potential harm they cause.
Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay about the justices and unitary executive theory. Also: The danger posed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
El acuerdo con Sora, la plataforma de videos de OpenAI, significa un punto de inflexión para Hollywood, que ha estado intentando dilucidar los posibles perjuicios y ventajas de la inteligencia artificial generativa.
Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed, an ally of the former prime minister, Imran Khan, once led Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
The movie, starring Sophie Sloan and Mads Mikkelsen, is a blast of visual delights.
Bulgaria’s prime minister resigned after less than a year in office amid mass protests against his government in recent weeks.
Poland detained a Russian archaeologist who works on an ancient site in Crimea, which Russia seized in 2014. Ukraine calls the work illegal.
He is a close ally of President Trump and has been a leading proponent of the election denial movement, which falsely claims that voting machines are often rigged.
Off the coast of British Columbia, dolphins lead killer whales to salmon and earn their share of lunch, a new study reveals.
Es el más reciente dirigente en abandonar el cargo en los últimos cuatro años, en medio de la indignación pública por la corrupción y la disfunción democrática en el país.
A tangle of problems at IndiGo, the dominant carrier, resulted in gridlocked airports across the country. Worse, it was the symptom of an even bigger problem.
Add a green salad and some bread (garlic, if you’d like), and that’s a very good dinner.
The judge said it was “troubling” that the Trump administration had kept Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in custody for nearly four months without following through on its pledge to re-expel him.
El barco ha transportado con frecuencia petróleo procedente de países sometidos a sanciones estadounidenses, y sus datos de seguimiento muestran viajes recientes a Irán y Venezuela.
Los aranceles se aplicarán a mercancías procedentes de China y otras naciones. Washington ha estado presionando a México para que deje de tratar con China.
As head of the editorial page, he encouraged The Tribune’s support of Barack Obama, resulting in the paper’s first endorsement of a Democrat running for the White House.
Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at The New York Times, looks at how Ice Spice’s new single, “Thootie,” taps into her minimalist swagger and why this Dembow-driven collab with Tokischa might mark a real reset.
Evacuations were underway on Thursday as flooding intensified in the Pacific Northwest. Up to 100,000 Washington State residents could face orders to evacuate, according to local authorities.
The deal is a watershed for Hollywood, which has been trying to sort through the possible harms and upsides of generative artificial intelligence.
Jenny Carlson Donnelly traveled to malaria-affected countries to test mosquitoes and save lives. Then she lost her job at U.S.A.I.D.
The Trump administration is threatening the Fed’s autonomy, which the central bank regained with the Treasury-Fed accord in 1951.
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced he was stepping down, becoming the latest leader to leave in the past four years, amid public anger over corruption and democratic dysfunction.
Neither Democrats’ plan to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies nor Republicans’ proposal to replace them with direct payments for those who buy basic insurance was expected to advance.
Americans are drinking more coffee at home too, according to an industry report.
U.S. imports and exports ticked up from lows the previous month when the president’s global tariffs went into effect, while the trade deficit continued to fall.
Shares in the technology company are down as investors grow anxious that its bet on artificial intelligence, and OpenAI in particular, may not pay off.
The maker of Zepbound reported results from a study of retatrutide, which targets three hormones in the body and led to much more weight loss than any approved drug.
The items were stolen in a “high-value burglary” from the Bristol Museum’s British Empire and Commonwealth collection, the police said.
What caused the Antarctic explorer’s ship to wreck? A new study contends it may not be what experts thought.
Diplomatic efforts have stalled as Britain, France and Germany try to push President Trump away from a proposal to end the conflict that would favor Russia.
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has overseen President Trump’s immigration policy, including efforts to detain more immigrants and pause visa applications.
Wesley Morris, joined by his editor Sasha Weiss, unveils some highly specific acting awards for 2025.