October 2024

The 175-year-old department store is trying to make amends for alleged abuse by its former owner, Mohamed Al Fayed, even while shoppers seem undeterred.

John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton have “showed a completely new way for us to use computers to aid and to guide us” in solving problems, the committee said.

Israel’s air attacks against Hezbollah continued, and it said parts of a fourth military division had begun operating against the militant group in southwestern Lebanon.

An explosive deception has ripped apart one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups, the Sinaloa cartel, and ignited a war between the rival factions.

The Hamas-led attacks that day shattered Israelis’ faith in the state, and the year of war that followed has deepened society’s divisions. Yet many find hope in the people’s resilience.

The government is again trying to insert itself into women’s childbearing decisions, knocking on doors and making calls with questions some find downright invasive.

Israelis are gathering to remember those killed and abducted last Oct. 7. For Palestinians in Gaza, there is no reprieve from a war that has killed tens of thousands.

Explosions were also heard in Tel Aviv as Hamas carried out new rocket attacks from Gaza.

The prize was awarded for their discovery of microRNA, which helps determine how cells develop and function.

Two Chinese nationals were killed and another was injured after a convoy was attacked in Karachi on Sunday. A separatist group claimed responsibility.