The New York Times

Russia has successfully tested its nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable Burevestnik missile and is preparing to deploy it.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: When the amount of deviant behaviour rises, people begin to redefine deviant behaviour as normal.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The US Symphony Orchestra has begun to open all its performances with the national anthem, the latest indication of how Donald Trump is putting his imprint on the Kennedy Centre.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Doechii’s style of rapping is at once laser-focused and cartoonishly animated, driven by dexterous wordplay and sudden pivots into entirely different flows, intonations and characters. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Lourve will not be compensated for its $156 million loss. It turns out none of the royal items were insured.

The sanctions are among the most significant measures that the United States has taken against the Russian energy sector since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he let on.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Disturbing details of a neo-nazi group’s plot against migrants and their places of worship have come to light.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Two narratives — China as cheater and China as colossus — are simplistic reactions to something far more complex. Yet their popularity reveals something deeper about the American psyche.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: With the cease-fire deal under strain, the US Vice President is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders.

A woman’s years-long fight for justice has finally led to a conviction after she received shocking messages.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Spanish has become a sanctioned indicator of potential criminality in the United States. The world’s fourth most spoken tongue has been deemed the sound of bad hombres in our midst.

Airlines have been ordered to ignore gender-neutral ‘X’ passport markers and classify all travellers as male or female under a new Trump-era directive.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: What happens in the group chat sure doesn’t stay in it, but the latest onslaught of racist and misogynistic messages is just a symptom of a depressingly perpetual story.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Xi faces a dilemma familiar to long-serving autocrats. Naming a successor risks creating a rival centre of power and weakening his grip, but failing to could jeopardize his legacy.