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Venezuela Extradites Billionaire Tycoon Alex Saab to U.S.
The extradition of Alex Saab, who is tied to a huge graft scheme, is part of a purge of powerful figures who helped the deposed president, Nicolás Maduro, stay in power.
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How a Nature Cruise Turned Into a Nightmare
The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius set off alarms for a world still traumatized by Covid. For those on board, the danger was much closer.
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Fears Grow That Iran May Be Using Proxy Groups Beyond Mideast
The charges against Mohammad al-Saadi in the United States have raised concerns that Iran could be working with its proxies to stage attacks outside the region.
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Car Plows Into Pedestrians in Northern Italian Town, Injuring at Least 8
Four of the injured were in serious condition, the mayor of Modena said, praising residents who rushed to stop the car’s driver from escaping on foot.
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Rival Protests Take Place in London, With a Major Security Effort
The police have deployed thousands of officers, partly to keep far-right and pro-Palestinian marchers apart. The events drew tens of thousands to London.
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Cannes 2026: Clarissa, Atonement, Butterfly Jam
The Director’s Fortnight sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival has become a target of debate in recent years, sometimes viewed as “the films that didn’t get into the main Cannes program.” While it may be true for a few films, there’s a lot of quality in DF, not only exemplified by the excellent clip reel…
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Cannes 2026: All of a Sudden, Think Good
Confession: I am an absolute sucker for any movie in which a character grabs dry-erase markers and begins drawing diagrams to illustrate a novel theory about how capitalism, democracy, and the natural world interact. That remarkable exegesis—and it is remarkable, as riveting a scene as Cannes has offered so far—takes place about an hour and…
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China Indicates Tariffs Were Discussed at Trump Summit
China’s Ministry of Commerce said Saturday that the countries had struck a preliminary agreement to reduce some tariffs, seemingly contradicting statements by President Trump
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Thousands of FiveThirtyEight Articles Seemingly Vanish From the Internet
The influential polling analysis site was shut down last year, but an earlier archived version, fivethirtyeight.com, had lived on. Now the site is redirecting users to ABC News.
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ActBlue C.E.O. Agrees to Testify Before Congress About Foreign Donor Vetting
The Democratic fund-raising group, which backs candidates up and down the ballot, has been the subject of scrutiny by Republicans.