No one knows how long the conclave will last. There is no formal time limit: until two-thirds of the 133 voting Roman Catholic cardinals agree on a new pope, they must continue to vote. Past papal selections have lasted from just a few hours to nearly three years. In the 13th century, the tradition of […]

It is disquieting to recall the moving ceremony on the beaches of Normandy that marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day 11 months ago, a celebration of the ironclad alliance between the United States and Europe, and their shared resolve to meet “the test of ages” and defend Ukraine. That phrase from former President Joseph R.

By agreeing to meet with the Trump administration to discuss trade, China is seeking to cast itself as the responsible one in a bruising superpower competition that has roiled the global financial system and set off fears of a recession. For weeks, China had publicly said that it would not engage in trade talks with

Indian aircraft went down after the country launched attacks against Pakistan this week, in what it said was retaliation for a terrorist attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed scores of people and caused tensions between the two nations to boil over. The exact number and variety of lost aircraft is not yet clear. Two or

A federal judge said on Wednesday that the deportation of immigrants by the Trump administration to Libya would be in violation of a court order he issued in March, creating a legal impediment to what would be a sharp escalation of President Trump’s immigration crackdown. The written order, by Judge Brian E. Murphy of Massachusetts,

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A coalition of states led by Washington, Colorado and California sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, charging that it was unlawfully withholding billions of Dollars allocated by Congress for electric-vehicle charging stations across the United States. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law provided $5 billion to states to build stations around the country. So far, 71

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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Beginning Wednesday, the doors of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City will close for the conclave, the secretive process of choosing a new pope who will succeed Pope Francis, who died last month at age

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