Tim Cook made Apple a juggernaut, but he did so by risking America’s economic and political security.
For a decade and a half, Prajit and Projjal Dutta have led the market for South Asian art in the United States. Now they rarely speak to each other, except through lawyers.
The B’nei Menashe believe they are the children of Manasseh, a king of Judah exiled about 2,800 years ago. Evidence is thin, but Israel is welcoming them ‘home.’
Four directors share the movies that capture each country.
Writers pick the classic and contemporary novels you must read from each country.
The country’s creaking electricity grid is lagging behind its push for renewable sources — just as its growing economy hungers for oil stranded by war.
Her distinctive and adventurous voice was the soundtrack for generations of Bollywood films.
Even after a cease-fire, Iran is keeping a chokehold on traffic, forcing countries to cut deals that could put them at odds with the U.S.
A writer joined a 10-day journey through northern India — on a tour designed for the visually impaired. Here’s what he learned.
El presidente quiere que terceros países reciban a los migrantes que no pueden ser devueltos a sus patrias. Para conseguirlo, casi todo está sujeto a negociación.
The president wants third countries to take migrants who can’t be sent back home. To get that, almost everything is up for negotiation.
El censo de India de 2027 determinará cómo se distribuyen la riqueza y el poder e informará sobre las políticas relativas a las castas y las mujeres en la nación más poblada del mundo.
The convicted sex offender gave Anil Ambani information on appointments and foreign policy. Some seemed prescient, though there was no evidence he was close to the administration.
India’s 2027 census will shape how wealth and power is distributed and inform policies around castes and women in the world’s most populous nation.
Sooraj Cherukat, who performs as Hanumankind, became a breakout artist in 2024. What comes next?
Higher oil prices and limited supply will accelerate a turn toward cleaner technologies, especially in Asia and Europe.
En Asia, las grandes economías y los mercados emergentes dependen del gas natural que importan de Medio Oriente. Ante la interrupción actual, ya están apareciendo signos de restricción.
Trump’s war on Iran is dangerous for everyone.
With a cutoff in shipments imminent, Asian countries, the biggest importers of liquefied natural gas from the Middle East, are already burning more coal and reducing consumption.
Mr. Musk’s participation was notable because it is rare for a private citizen to be on a call between heads of state. It also suggests that Mr. Musk is back on better terms with the president.
A small street stall and a big restaurant chain in India rethought how to cook after the war in the Middle East squeezed their supply of liquified petroleum gas.
The new accessory from Van Cleef & Arpels incorporates Mughal Empire-era floral motifs and ancient kundan techniques.
La crisis en Medio Oriente obliga a los gobiernos regionales a buscar el delicado balance entre comprar combustible en dólares y trasladar lo menos posible el incremento de precios a la población.
Hours before a call between President Trump and India’s prime minister, American officials urged India to focus on shared goals and ignore differences.
From India to Southeast Asia to South Korea, currencies are crumbling as governments race to secure fuel that is priced in American money.
Narendra Modi has kept India on its swift upward path among the world’s largest economies. Many Indians are better off, though wealth gaps have widened.
The pileup has left visitors from places like Brazil, Colombia, India and Mexico waiting months, even a year or more, to visit family or do business in America.
Also, protests in Georgia and armed villagers in Kashmir.
Also, Scotland’s leader resigns and Air India orders a record 470 planes.
Also, Russian missile attacks in Ukraine and a major deal for Indian women’s cricket.
Also, New Zealand’s next leader and a Lunar New Year travel surge in China.
The invasion of Ukraine, compounding the effects of the pandemic, has contributed to the ascent of a giant that defies easy alignment. It could be the decisive force in a changing global system.
Plus China’s vaccination pivot and the year’s most stylish “people.”
Plus, Iran abolishes the morality police and Russia vows to defy an oil price cap.
Humanity faces a complex knot of seemingly distinct but entangled crises that are causing damage greater than the sum of their individual harms.
Plus India’s growing economy and China’s “zero-Covid” trap.
Pandemic lockdowns, misinformation campaigns, conflicts, climate crises and other problems diverted resources and contributed to the largest backslide in routine immunization in 30 years.
The agreement is a limited measure that is likely to have little impact on global vaccine supply.
The key Ukrainian city lost its last bridge as fighting intensifies.
Plus Hindus try to flee Kashmir and Taipei commemorates Tiananmen Square.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
Plus lockdowns continue in Shanghai, and India’s community health workers press for a raise.
Over a million female health workers treat India’s most at-risk women and children, for little pay and sometimes at the cost of their own lives.
Plus India bans most wheat exports and South Korea amends surgery laws.
Nearly 15 million more people died during the first two years of the pandemic than would have been expected during normal times, the organization found. The previous count of virus deaths, from countries’ reporting, was six million.