Israeli Allies Ban Trade With Settlements as U.K. Cites ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

Britain, Canada and France on Tuesday announced sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, with Britain saying Israel had “turned a blind eye” to violence against Palestinians.Palestinian villagers harvesting olives in the village of Turmus Aya, with Israeli settlements in the background, no

S Stephen Castle, Adam Rasgon, Aaron Boxerman and Isabel Kershner

OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’

The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.Related to a set of equations about fluid mechanics, the “Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem” has long ranked among the great unsolved probl

C Cade Metz

Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Is Coming to a Head. Here’s What to Know.

The administration’s plan to screen mail-in ballots remains blocked as the Supreme Court considers challenges to new U.S. Postal Service ballot rules.The Supreme Court is considering challenges to recent a Trump administration plan to restrict mail-in voting through new rules at the U.S. Postal Serv

A Abbie VanSickle

Smithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution

In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.Lonnie G. Bunch III, the secretary of the Smithsonian, has tried to navigate increasing pressure from the White House while defending the institution’s a

R Robin Pogrebin and Graham Bowley

Iceland Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Provocative Trump Map

After voting against talks to join the European Union, Iceland is reacting forcefully to a slight against its sovereignty.Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir of Iceland, in Reykjavik, the Icelandic capital, in August. She has been a forceful critic of President Trump.

A Amelia Nierenberg

The 25 Most Influential Fashion Photographs

Two photographers, a fashion designer, a stylist, a creative director, an editor and a supermodel debate the images that have had an indelible impact on how we dress.

N Nick Haramis, Elly Fishman, Kate Guadagnino, Eviana Hartman, Jameson Montgomery and Kin Woo

Thieves Steal Artworks From Renoir Museum in France

Almost a year after the brazen Louvre heist, thieves targeted a museum that was formerly the artist’s home in the south of France.Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s study at his museum in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France, in 2016. The museum was broken into early Tuesday, and several artworks were stolen.

S Ségolène Le Stradic

House Rebukes Navy for Refusing to Investigate Pilot Brain Injury

A scathing report issued by the House Oversight Committee blamed the Navy for not doing more to protect pilots, and recommended that Congress pass legislation to study and treat aviators.Navy sailors launching a fighter jet from the deck of an aircraft carrier in 2024.

D Dave Philipps