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Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning children — and we know because we tested them. Will Fitzgibbon, a reporter at The Examination, describes how children in Nigeria developed lead levels associated with lifelong brain damage, and how factory workers told us they were coughing up black dust.

Two years after a panel flew off a 737 Max, Boeing is doing more inspections, completing work in its intended order and making other changes. Can the company keep it up?

Samir Shah defended Britain’s public broadcaster at a parliamentary committee hearing on Monday, while apologizing (again) for the misleading edit of a Jan. 6 speech by President Trump.

In an unusual move, Xi Jinping, the leader of China, called President Trump. The two spoke about trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, according to separate official statements.

Our correspondents discuss the prospects for President Trump’s plan to end the war.

As Craig Wright has built his brand, Dragon Diffusion, he has quietly built a reputation as a leather craftsman for Hermès, Chanel and others. Now he’s ready to talk about it.

Scientists suggested that climate change could make central Vietnam a global hot spot for destructive storms. This year has seemed to prove the point.

During a raucous hearing, the Ontario legislature passed a bill backed by Premier Doug Ford meant to expedite housing development and the eviction of tenants who are behind on their rent.

Washington and Kyiv said that “highly productive” discussions over a proposal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine would continue.

Colombian scientists also retrieved three coins and a porcelain cup from the San José, which treasure hunters have come to call the Holy Grail of shipwrecks.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it had succeeded in delivering million of meals in the war-torn enclave, but some Palestinians were killed trying to obtain them.

A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.

Our correspondents discuss the prospects for President Trump’s plan to end the war.

In a world of GPS and car-hailing apps, some Londoners still want to drive a traditional black cab. First, they must memorize thousands of city streets.

In a career spanning nearly seven decades and more than 300 productions, he became widely popular, and wealthy, playing heroes and thieves.

The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of bloodshed involving minority groups.

The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of bloodshed involving minority groups.

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

Russia is remaking Mariupol, which was devastated by a brutal siege in 2022. Ukrainians seeking to move back are finding it hard to recognize the city, or to reclaim their property.

Shortly before he was expected to start serving a 27-year sentence, Brazil’s former president took a soldering iron to his tracking device.