↩ Accueil

Vue lecture

Trump Vows Higher Tariffs for South Korea Months After Trade Deal

President Trump said Seoul was not moving fast enough to implement the agreement, which calls for South Korea to invest billions in the United States.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

President Trump received gilded gifts from South Korea’s leader, Lee Jae Myung, when he visited the country in October.
  •  

In Trump’s Shadow, India and the European Union Expand Trade Ties

After nearly 20 years of negotiations, the two sides struck a far-reaching agreement that officials called “the mother of all trade deals.”

© Manish Swarup/Associated Press

The European Council president, Antonio Costa, and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, came to India to announce a trade agreement nearly 20 years in the making.
  •  

Record Debt in the World’s Richest Nations Threatens Global Growth

The cost of borrowing is already choking crucial public spending in many developing economies. Now it’s raising broader alarms.

© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

Record-high debt in the United States, Britain, France, Italy and Japan risks slowing growth and destabilizing the global economy.
  •  

The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know

Landmark trials beginning this week will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.

© David Gray/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The lawsuits will for the first time put social media companies on the spot for creating harmful products, exposing them to new kinds of liability.
  •  

Social Media Giants Face Landmark Legal Tests on Child Safety

Starting this week, a series of trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.

© Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Jury selection is expected to start Tuesday for the first trial in a series of lawsuits that target social media companies with a strategy that had success against tobacco giants.
  •  

Trump Says He Will Raise Tariffs on South Korea to 25%

President Trump threatened to increase tariffs on South Korean exports, including cars, citing the country’s slow ratification of a trade deal.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

President Trump on Monday said he would raise tariffs on South Korea.
  •  

Winter Storm Debilitates the South, Encasing Cities in Ice and Snow

The forecasts had predicted that the storm could be among the worst in a generation to hit the region. By Monday, it was clear that is exactly what happened.

© William DeShazer for The New York Times

Some storm damage in Nashville on Sunday. Nashville Electric Service said that as many as 230,000 people were without power at the peak, the largest number of simultaneous power outages in the agency’s history.
  •  

Trump Administration Takes Another Stake in Rare Earth Sector

The administration announced a $1.6 billion deal with USA Rare Earth. The firm also does business with Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of President Trump’s commerce secretary.

© Liam Kennedy for The New York Times

“This investment ensures our supply chains are resilient and no longer reliant on foreign nations,” Howard Lutnick, the secretary of commerce, said of the deal.
  •  

Alex Pretti Shooting Poses a Question for the Right: Who’s a Conservative?

Republicans wrestle with Trump administration positions that seem to contradict their beliefs on gun rights, states’ rights and limited use of federal power.

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Mourners at the spot where Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents. Protesters have called for immigration agents to leave.
  •  

F.A.A. Rolls Out Agency Overhaul for Improving Air Safety

The announcement of a reorganization comes nearly a year after a midair collision killed 67 people and prompted a public outcry for enhancing the security of aviation travel.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Bryan Bedford, the leader of the Federal Aviation Administration, during a hearing at the Capitol last month.
  •  

How Does Climate Change Affect Winter Storms?

A warmer atmosphere has the potential to hold more moisture, which can contribute to heavier precipitation in any season, scientists say.

© Aristide Economopoulos for The New York Times

Snow falling in Montclair, N.J., on Sunday.
  •  

After Mamdani Nods to ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Library E-Book Downloads Surge

As a snowstorm arrived, Mayor Zohran Mamdani reminded New Yorkers that they could access the romance series that inspired the TV show through their public library.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

At a Sunday news conference, Mayor Zohran Mamdani mentioned the New York Public Library’s promotion of “Heated Rivalry,” the romance novel that was adapted into a wildly popular TV show.
  •  

Killings in Minneapolis Invert Usual Dynamic Over Policing the Police

It is far rarer and more difficult for state authorities to try to investigate federal law enforcement officials than the other way around.

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Protesters in Minneapolis gather near where Alex Pretti was killed. It is rare for state and local police to try to investigate federal law enforcement officials.
  •  

Winter Storm Linked to at Least 22 Deaths in the US

The storm deaths were reported in New York, Tennessee, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Kentucky and New Jersey, and other deaths were under investigation.

© Liam Kennedy for The New York Times

Deaths related to the winter storm were reported in multiple states.
  •  

Canada’s Marineland Whales Could Find New Homes in U.S.

Marineland, a closed aquatic park in Ontario, had threatened to euthanize its whales after the government denied an application to send them to China.

© Daphné Lemelin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Beluga whales in November at the now-closed Arctic Cove exhibit at Marineland, in Niagara Falls, Canada.
  •  

Chinese Pandas Leave Japanese Zoo

As Japan and China feud, an animal long used in Chinese diplomacy has been summoned back home.

© Issei Kato/Reuters

Visitors taking last photos of Xiao Xiao at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Sunday.
  •  

Court Affirms Ruling That Alina Habba Served Unlawfully as U.S. Attorney

The Justice Department lost a bid to challenge a decision that had found Ms. Habba was serving unlawfully as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer to President Trump, is now a senior adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi and oversees U.S. attorneys across the country.
  •  
❌