NYT

Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, delivered a speech by video to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday in which he thanked countries for recognizing Palestinian statehood.

The government’s previous attempts at postal service cuts were politically unpopular, but Canada Post’s dire financial situation has expedited them.

A $20 billion loan to support Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, could come with economic and political risks.

After more countries recognized a Palestinian state this week, President Trump said on Thursday that he would not permit Israel to take over the territory.

The president of the Palestinian Authority addressed the U.N. General Assembly by video after the U.S. denied him a visa.

The Israeli military said it was targeting sites linked to the Houthi militia, but a witness said a residential building was hit. A day earlier, a Houthi drone hit the Israeli city of Eilat.

Microsoft said it found that Israel was violating some terms of service for its products and that it does “not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians.”

Gambians who see officials’ attendance at international events as taxpayer-funded vacations were grateful when some officials were refused U.S. entry for the U.N. General Assembly.

European governments are on alert after Russian incursions into NATO airspace, but the Danish authorities said they could not say who was behind the latest incidents.

If you want to bring your dog to Bolzano, in northern Italy, it may cost you $1.75 per day. For locals, it’s 100 euros a year.

Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, was found guilty of plotting to finance his 2007 election bid with help from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

On Wednesday in New York, countries lined up to say they would accelerate their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. In staying away, the U.S. was all but alone.

The quakes and other smaller aftershocks shook cities in Venezuela and Colombia overnight. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

For years, South Korean tattooists have had to work in underground studios or windowless backrooms. They may soon be able to practice their craft in the open.

Some Greenlanders asked why an apology had not come decades earlier, and chalked up the timing to tensions over President Trump’s aim of annexing the island.

China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming the dominant maker.

A burst pipe in an unfinished extension of Bangkok’s subway system opened a hole more than 60 feet deep in a road near a hospital and royal palaces.

The Himalayan region supplies most of India’s apples. But when heavy rains left a major highway blocked for weeks, farmers couldn’t get them to markets.

President Xi Jinping told a U.N. climate conference that his country would seek to reduce emissions by at least 7 to 10 percent by 2035. Ukraine’s president appealed for more weapons to fight Russia and warned of the dangers of a new arms race.