January 19, 2026, 4:30 a.m. Eastern time
China’s population fell for a fourth straight year and its birthrate tumbled as policymakers failed to slow a demographic crisis.
European Union ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Sunday, and leaders from across the 27-nation bloc will meet in Brussels later this week.
Legal and criminal justice experts said a ruling by a federal judge last week revealed conduct by immigration agents that evokes the civil rights era.
Dozens were injured after a high-speed train derailed and smashed into an oncoming one. The cause of the accident, the deadliest since 2013 in Spain, was not immediately clear.
A trial is set to begin on Monday in Harry’s case accusing Associated Newspapers of phone hacking and other unlawful activities. Other claimants include Elton John and Liz Hurley.
More than 1 percent of New Zealand’s population left over the year ending in October. Many of the migrants were chasing salaries and opportunities in neighboring Australia.
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Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said officers had not used pepper spray and similar measures limited by a judge’s order, then was confronted with a video that showed chemical agents deployed.
Snow fell as far south as Florida and Georgia on Sunday but mostly melted by the afternoon. The same storm system brought snow to the Northeast, with a second round expected Sunday night.
The 30-year-old albino resident of the California Academy of Sciences died last month. On Sunday, thousands paid tribute.
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In his new memoir, the Pennsylvania governor suggests that when Kamala Harris’s team vetted him to be her running mate, aides focused on Israel to an extent he found offensive.
The potential 2028 presidential candidates showcased a Democratic midterm strategy that would assail G.O.P. votes in favor of cutting Medicaid and allowing health care subsidies to expire.
The president urged Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana to run against Mr. Cassidy, in a move that is likely to further complicate his relationship with Senate Republicans.
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Falling apartment prices have erased the savings of millions of Chinese households, but exports lifted the economy to 5 percent growth last year.
The traditional rhetoric of the World Economic Forum centered on global integration, climate change and international cooperation. Not anymore.
A 13-minute segment about Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration had been pulled at the last minute by CBS News’s editor in chief, Bari Weiss.
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Beyond stuffy old money institutions and noisy sports bars, hidden gems abound.
Mike Flynn, a former intern who rose to the top of the agency, will be under a microscope, but far from the spotlight.
A tour guide goes one step beyond, a macaw on the Q and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
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In a surprise appearance in New Jersey, the musician dedicated his song “The Promised Land” to Ms. Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this month.
The latest and most humorous offering in the “Game of Thrones” universe follows the hulking, lovable Ser Duncan, who may or may not be a real knight.
The first episode of 2026, hosted by Finn Wolfhard of “Stranger Things,” satirized that hit Netflix series and conjured a Harry Potter reboot à la “Heated Rivalry.”
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Edna Lewis’s biscuits, served warm with butter and your favorite jam, are a lovely Sunday breakfast.
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