These Beautiful Birds Form Something Like Lasting Friendships
Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,” one scientist said.
Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,” one scientist said.
The vessel was said to be carrying more than 40 tourists near the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country back into civil war.
The burial chamber most likely belonged to a ruler in a line of kings once lost to history, researchers said. “It’s a new chapter in investigating this dynasty,” one noted.
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
The bombing in a crowded market, which monitors called a likely war crime, was a grim reminder of the brutal toll caused by both sides in the two-year civil war.
L. Brent Bozell III, who must be confirmed by the Senate, would be stepping into the role at a time when relations between South Africa and the United States are at a low point.
On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns.
A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil war broke out two years ago. The scale of how much has been lost was inescapable.
Half a century ago, the “Rumble in the Jungle” became not just a fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali, but a cultural touchstone.