China’s Truce With Trump Buys It Valuable Time

Easing tensions with Washington gives Beijing room to tackle economic troubles at home while reducing its vulnerability to American pressure.President Trump with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, on Thursday. Trade frictions with the United States, which at one point seemed to pose a big threat to China,

K Keith Bradsher

Is China Really Stealing A.I. From American Companies?

As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, the leaders are expected to discuss claims that China is surreptitiously copying American A.I. technologies, a process known as distillation.The Chinese companies Z.ai and Moonshot are not far behind Anthropic and OpenAI.

C Cade Metz

Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms

Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.The Supervisor of Elections Office in Largo, Fla., last month. The Trump administration has sought to marshal the resources of the federal government to sh

A Abbie VanSickle

‘Hold My Legs’: How Ernie Sisto Shot a Sky-High Disaster

When a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945, a Times photographer leaned far out to get close up.To get the shot, Sisto asked his colleagues to hold his legs, climbed onto a ledge and leaned out as far as he dared.

A Anika Burgess

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This Tiny Village Is Picture Perfect, Apart From All the Tourists

The residents of Vlkolinec in Slovakia — there are 17 — say that since the place was named a world heritage site, gawking hordes have made it unlivable.Students visiting the “UNESCO House” in Vlkolinec, Slovakia, in June. The village can receive 1,000 visitors a day in peak season.

A Andrew Higgins