It was a stunning upset for the Conservative Party leader, who was first elected in 2004.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/canada/pierre-poilievre-canada-election-loss-parliament.html
Housing developers and researchers say the idea of building more homes on federal land could help ease shortages. But various obstacles could hinder the effort.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/housing-federal-land-trump.html
The president directed his administration to compile a list of “sanctuary cities” that do not cooperate with federal enforcement of immigration laws.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/politics/trump-executive-orders-immigration.html
Animal testing remains a fundamental part of biomedical research. But as funding evaporates, mice, rats and even monkeys may be euthanized.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/science/trump-research-animals-euthanasia.html
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/climate/national-climate-assessment-authors-dismissed.html
Seen on influencers, pop stars and White House staff, cross necklaces are popping up everywhere.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/style/cross-necklaces-christian-faith.html
The planned concessions to give automakers more time to relocate production to the United States would still leave substantial tariffs on imported cars and car parts.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/politics/trump-tariffs-cars-auto.html
Companies like Alibaba that built China’s world-leading online shopping sector are now helping its sellers find markets beyond the United States.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/asia/trump-tariffs-china.html
The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/asia/vietnam-war-photography-impact.html
These structures, now surrounded by a modern metropolis, tell the story of the nation that has evolved in the decades since the war’s end.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/asia/vietnam-saigon-pittman-building.html
Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines is known as the “Asian Francis.” But he has been criticized for not being vocal enough about his country’s brutal drug war and clerical sex abuse.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/asia/luis-tagle-asian-pope.html
The Vatican said that Francis had stripped a convicted cardinal, Angelo Becciu, of his right to vote for the next pope. Cardinal Becciu maintains his innocence but said he would sit this one out.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/europe/pope-conclave-cardinal-angelo-becciu.html
“It feels like I lost my whole extended family,” one survivor said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/europe/kyiv-russia-missile-strike.html
Russian forces launched 100 attack drones across Ukraine overnight, hours after President Vladimir V. Putin ordered a unilateral three-day cease-fire starting on May 8.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/europe/ukraine-russia-zelensky-putin-truce.html
President Alexander Stubb of Finland, who has become an interlocutor in peace talks, says in an interview he doesn’t want Ukraine to suffer the same fate his country once endured.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/europe/finland-stubb-russia-trump-ukraine.html
Alexander Stubb warned against subjecting Ukraine to “Finlandization,” called for more pressure on Russia’s leader to get a peace deal and said President Trump was running out of patience.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/europe/finland-president-interview-takeaways.html
Plus, the latest on the rising tensions between India and Pakistan.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/briefing/us-citizens-deportations.html
Seth Meyers called Donald Trump “the most unpopular president since Kevin Spacey.” Even measles is polling better, according to Jimmy Fallon.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/arts/television/late-night-trump-approval-rating.html
Electricity was back in most of the two countries almost 18 hours after a blackout that shut down much of daily life. The cause of the outage remained unclear.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/europe/power-outage-spain-portugal.html
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a $254 billion state budget agreement that includes tax credits. A measure to restrict mask wearing was watered down.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/nyregion/budget-ny-hochul.html