For South Korea, U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Exposes a Double Standard

President Trump has put Saudi Arabia on the path to enriching uranium on its own soil, a demand South Korea has been making for years.A beach near Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in Gyeongju, South Korea, in 2022. The country has one of the biggest nuclear power industries in the world.

C Choe Sang-Hun

Nuclear Energy Revival Puts Westinghouse in Prime Position

The company, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2017, stands to benefit from growing support for nuclear power and President Trump’s deal with Saudi Arabia.Cooling towers at the nuclear reactor facility at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Ga.

I Ivan Penn

Google Hit With $1 Billion Fine By EU Over Search Engine Practices

At a tense moment for trans-Atlantic trade, the European Union accused Google of anti-competitive business practices.Regulators said Google unfairly boosted its services in areas like shopping, travel and games, displaying its own business lines more prominently at the top of search results.

A Adam Satariano and Jeanna Smialek

China Rewrites the ‘Soft Power’ Playbook for the A.I. Age

China is seeking global influence and good will with its open, low-cost artificial intelligence software.Moonshot’s booth at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai last week. Moonshot and other Chinese tech companies have championed open-source A.I.

S Steve Lohr

Google Sets the Pace on Hefty A.I. Spending

The technology giant again raised its projections for investing in artificial intelligence. Many on Wall Street still worry about the eventual payoff.Google raised its forecast for capital expenditures for the year, despite investor anxiety over tech giants’ spending.

A Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe, Ian Mount and Theodore Schleifer

A Peptide Showdown: F.D.A. Scientists May Clash With R.F.K.’s Agenda

Agency scientists are advising against allowing widespread use of several peptide injections. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, has said people should be free to experiment.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before a House Subcommittee on Health on Capitol Hill in April.

C Christina Jewett and Dana G. Smith

The Devotion of Willow Smith

The daughter of a Hollywood power couple, she has gone above and beyond to prove herself. Virtuosity and spiritual aspirations fill her latest, “The Thread.”

J Jon Pareles

Zelensky’s Dizzying U-Turn Is the Latest Zigzag in a Presidency Full of Them

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has pivoted from unpopular moves before, but a recent decision about military leadership and strategy could weaken his position.President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a visit to Paris this month. His country is in the grips of some of the worst turbule

A Andrew E. Kramer

A Russian Spy, Suddenly Cast Into the Spotlight, Flees Japan

The military intelligence officer left the country after The Times reported that he was using the Aeroflot airline office in Tokyo to conduct espionage.Toranomon Kotohira Tower is home to the Aeroflot airline office in Tokyo.

M Michael Schwirtz, Adam Goldman and Jane Bradley

Photographic Evidence

We look at how The Times uses photographs and video to better understand what’s happening in the war with Iran.

S Sam Sifton