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Overlooked No More: Vera Menchik, First Women’s Chess Champion

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported…

Against Fierce Resistance, Ukraine Makes Small Gains in the South

KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine — After weeks of pounding Russian supply lines and logistical hubs, the Ukrainian military pushed forward this…

Ask a Flight Attendant: Middle-Seat Etiquette, Drunk Passengers and Jet Lag

As we say farewell to summer, travelers are surely hoping to say “so long” to the chaos in the skies…

Los derechos indígenas, en el centro de la polémica por la nueva Constitución chilena

TEMUCO, Chile — El pueblo mapuche rechazó a los invasores incas. También se defendieron de los colonizadores españoles. Y, siglos…

Myanmar Gives More Prison Time to Its Best-Known Convict

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader who was detained in a coup last year, was sentenced to…

New York’s Communal Summer Ritual: Grilling

This article is part of the Our City series, about how urban communities around the country use public and communal…

Zelensky says Russia prevented independent journalists from observing the I.A.E.A. mission.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine hailed the arrival of United Nations inspectors at the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant on Thursday…

Step Right Up, Mr. Tough Guy, and Try Enduring Menstrual Cramps

NEW DELHI— Faheem Rahman clutched his stomach tight and winced in pain. When after a couple of minutes he could…

The Contentious Vote in Chile That Could Transform Indigenous Rights

TEMUCO, Chile — The Mapuche people beat back Inca invaders. They fended off Spanish colonizers. And centuries later, they have…

‘Magic in Her Hands.’ The Woman Bringing India’s Forests Back to Life

HONNALI, India — She has walked for miles, deep into tropical rainforests, carefully cutting healthy branches from hundreds of trees…

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