These days, South Korea’s stock market can only be described as wild. The country’s benchmark KOSPI was up 15 percent on Friday afternoon after jumping as much as 17 percent earlier in the day.
nyti.msIn Another Wild Day for South Korean Stocks, Market Surges 15 PercentAfter a sharp sell-off, South Korea’s stock market rallied as concerns about overspending on artificial intelligence eased, sending the country’s chip shares higher.
The British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja and nine others were feared missing in Pakistan after an avalanche struck them on one of the world’s highest mountains on Thursday, an alpine club said.
nyti.ms10 Climbers, Including Nims Purja, Missing After Avalanche on Broad Peak in PakistanNirmal Purja, an influential mountaineer, was part of a group struck by an avalanche on Broad Peak, an alpine organization said. A search effort was being mobilized.
Earlier this year, President Trump created the Board of Peace, an international organization that was initially aimed at resolving the long-running war in Gaza. This week, Mr. Trump said it had reached an agreement for Hamas to begin disarming in the Gaza Strip.
nyti.msWhat Is the Board of Peace? The Trump-Backed Group, Explained.President Trump created the international organization, aimed at resolving the long-running war in Gaza and other conflicts.
In a three-hour Senate hearing this week, Dr. Fauci invoked his constitutional right to stay silent, leaving people confused about many of the issues raised.
nyti.msWhat We Know About Dr. Fauci Pleading the Fifth in Senate Hearing on Covid OriginsIn a three-hour Senate hearing this week, Dr. Fauci invoked his constitutional right to stay silent, leaving people confused about many of the issues raised.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,500 people in just over two months, and it is spreading much faster than previous outbreaks, the nation’s health ministry reported on Thursday.
nyti.msEbola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Deadliest Ever, and in Record TimeThe disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.
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“The interrogation of Dr. Fauci was, in my view, a blight on Congress and beneath the dignity of the office its members hold,” Robert Kunikoff writes in a letter to The New York Times. “America has always aspired to be better than this.”
nyti.msOpinion | The Fauci Interrogation, and the DiaryReaders react to Dr. Anthony Fauci’s dramatic hearing before a Senate committee. Also: Betting on elections; happy in the muck.
More than a month after a fire ripped through an enormous cold-storage warehouse in Los Angeles, residents who live nearby say they have found little respite from the endless stench of rotting food and are anxious about the dangers that may still be lurking in their homes. nyti.ms/4vYe8f2
The father of the British singer Amy Winehouse was ordered to pay about $1.3 million to two of her friends after a legal battle in which he accused them of secretly auctioning off his daughter’s personal belongings.
nyti.msAmy Winehouse’s Father Ordered to Pay $1.3 Million in Suit Over Her BelongingsMitch Winehouse had accused two of the singer’s friends of secretly auctioning her belongings. A judge ruled that he must pay their legal fees.
A $22.5 billion redesign plan at Dulles Airport eliminates the “mobile lounges,” which were conceived as a way of making air travel more efficient.
nyti.msDulles Airport’s Reviled ‘People Movers’ May Be Lurching Into the SunsetA $22.5 billion redesign plan eliminates the “mobile lounges,” which were conceived as a way of making air travel more efficient. Many passengers found the opposite to be true.
A senior health official with the State Department presenting at an international AIDS conference in Brazil used a map of Africa to illustrate U.S. government funding for HIV programs on the continent. There was only one problem. The map incorrectly identified several African countries.
nyti.msU.S. Government Mislabels Map of African Countries at AIDS ConferenceNigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had been “hastily altered.”
At an airport in Alabama, TSA discovered five Civil War-era cannonballs in a passenger’s checked luggage.
nyti.msT.S.A. Finds 5 Civil War Cannonballs in Passenger’s Luggage in AlabamaThe inert relics, some as big as a grapefruit, were detected when agents X-rayed checked bags.
After accidentally impaling himself with a hiking pole, David Cifaldi trekked for six hours down a mountain in Montana to safety. nyti.ms/3S0Z9TP
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“The man who wears shorts to the office is telling everybody that he wants to be somewhere else,” David Coggins writes. “The fact that he really does want to be somewhere else does not excuse this.”
nyti.msOpinion | Accept Your Fate. Don’t Wear Shorts to the Office.It might be hot but men must resist showing the knee.
Federal district judges in Manhattan on Wednesday appointed James McDonald, a former partner at Sullivan & Cromwell who represented President Trump in his appeal of his criminal conviction, to lead the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York.
nyti.msLawyer Who Represented Trump Is Appointed U.S. Attorney in ManhattanFederal court judges appointed James M. McDonald, a former federal prosecutor, to the post. He represented President Trump in his appeal of his criminal conviction.
Breaking News: Seattle’s police chief resigned after days of criticism over the department’s response to a shooting that killed at least three people at a food festival near the Space Needle.
nyti.msSeattle’s Police Chief Resigns Under PressureThe decision followed days of criticism over how the department handled the release of information about a shooting that killed three people at a food festival.
Breaking News: Thousands of migrants attempted to enter Ceuta, Spain’s coastal enclave in North Africa, prompting a mobilization of the Spanish military. At least 18 people died trying to enter the territory, a spokesman for the Spanish government said.
nyti.msThousands of Migrants Enter Ceuta, a Spanish Enclave, From MoroccoThe arrivals in Ceuta, a six-mile-long peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries, have fueled political tensions.
“If we steward this technology correctly, it can bring more people to God.” To meet the growing needs of his congregation, a pastor in California created an A.I. duplicate of himself. Every day he sees more people using it.
nyti.msA Bay Area Pastor Made an A.I. Twin to Talk About God at Any TimeTo meet the growing needs of his congregation, Justin Lester created an A.I. duplicate of himself. Every day he sees more people using it.
The federal government turned away a record number of document requests from the public and accumulated the highest-ever backlog of cases in fiscal year 2025, raising questions about compliance with the Freedom of Information Act.
nyti.msFederal Agencies Face Record Backlog of Public Records RequestsA Times analysis of 16 years of available federal data shows federal agencies lag in processing requests for government records.
U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews can suffer brain injuries from the relentless pounding of waves. The service has never studied the hazard that waves may pose to the brain and knows little about the force of the hits or the consequences of years of exposure.
nyti.msRescue Boat Crews Show Signs of Brain Injuries, but Coast Guard Isn’t LookingUntreated and undiagnosed, the crews that save lives in the roughest seas face the relentless pounding of waves.
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