Google Releases Three New Gemini A.I. Models

The models include one that is the company’s most powerful and another that is fine-tuned for cybersecurity, as Google competes with rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic.The Google campus in Mountain View, Calif.

K Kate Conger

Oil Buyers Battered by the Iran War Energy Crisis Race to Build Buffers

As rising fuel costs clobber their economies, the Philippines and other developing countries in Asia are pushing to build strategic petroleum reserves to cushion against future shocks.A road in Manila. After the start of the war in Iran, gasoline prices doubled and diesel prices tripled in the Phili

R River Akira Davis

How Republicans Made Olive Garden Into a Voter ID Talking Point

Republicans claim that Olive Garden polices its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl more tightly than the United States does its elections. It’s not that simple.An Olive Garden in Manhattan. The restaurant chain has recently found itself at the center of a bitter political debate.

M Michael Gold

Democrats’ Top Senate Candidate in Maine Won’t Support Schumer for Leader

Troy Jackson, who is set to become the party’s nominee, also said in an interview that he was not sure he wanted the support of Senator Chuck Schumer in the general election.Troy Jackson, a former president of the Maine Senate, has little time or money to build a campaign after Graham Platner’s unex

R Reid J. Epstein

France Is Poised to Restrict Social Media for Children

Its new law, which would be the first of its kind enacted by a European country, would ban access to some accounts for anyone under 15.Using cellphones in Paris this year. Under the terms of the new French law, it would be up to the social media platforms to use age verification systems to filter ou

M Mark Landler

A Family’s Daring Escape From North Korea

Their resolve for freedom hardened during the pandemic, when they lived through a crippling food shortage and were forced to witness frequent public executions.Kim Yu-mi, right, defected with a group that included her two children and her mother. Life in South Korea has not been quite what they imag

C Choe Sang-Hun

Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply?

The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”These cyclospora oocysts were found in a stool sample. The parasite infects the small intestine, causing frequent watery diarrhea that carries its oocysts, or eggs.

A Alice Callahan and Caroline Hopkins Legaspi

Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest

The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported, according to industry files cited by the Center for Climate Integrity, an activist organization.A gas flare in Eddy County, New Mexico. Methane, a component of natural gas, is a particularly potent greenho

H Hiroko Tabuchi

In Venezuela’s Rubble, a Search for the Family Pets

Volunteers are reuniting pets with families, offering Venezuelans comfort amid loss and devastation.A firefighter rescuing a dog from a building in Caracas that collapsed after twin earthquakes last month.

T Tibisay Romero and Genevieve Glatsky

The Grim Lessons of Israel’s War in Gaza

Israel has not been held accountable for its actions in Gaza. The nation and the individuals and countries enabling it to escape punishment may only benefit.

O Omer Bartov

Lives Lost

We look at the American casualties in the war with Iran.Pvt. Isabella Gonzales and First Lt. Tyler James Feehan.

S Sam Sifton

The Ordeal of a 42-Day Hantavirus Quarantine: ‘I Felt Like a Prisoner’

Eighteen Americans were isolated for weeks in a Nebraska quarantine facility after being exposed to the deadly virus on a cruise ship. Many found the experience traumatic.Dr. Steve Kornfeld, who was quarantined because of hantavirus exposure, at his home in Bend, Ore., last month.

A Apoorva Mandavilli