CAIRO, July 4 -- A deacon named Tisous left his name on the wall of a mudbrick house in the Dakhla Oasis around 350 CE. Then the city around his house disappeared into the sand, and he disappeared wit... Read More
WASHINGTON, July 4 -- For every American child born in the last eighteen months, the federal government now holds a $1,000 stake in their financial future. What the markets do with it over the next tw... Read More
New Delhi, July 4 -- All 13 answers to today's NYT Mini Crossword (Saturday, July 4, 2026) are listed below. The three entries most likely to cause trouble on this Saturday grid are ARIZONA (4-Across)... Read More
New Delhi, July 4 -- Lagos is one of the largest cities in Africa, spread across the mainland and several islands connected by a small number of major bridges. Its transport system mixes buses and rid... Read More
LONDON, July 4 -- France has dispatched two minehunters and two frigates to the Middle East, with a maritime patrol aircraft flying cover overhead. Britain has co-signed a joint statement with Oman pl... Read More
KIGALI, July 4 -- Claudette Kamikazi runs a souvenir shop in the capital. Her father has been in prison for most of her life, convicted of genocide crimes. She was born three years after the killing s... Read More
ERFURT, July 4 -- From the motorway bridges outside the city, demonstrators hung from harnesses and abseiled to block the access roads. Behind them, more than 200 buses arrived from across Germany, ca... Read More
BEIJING, July 4 -- On the day the United States marked its 250th birthday, Xi Jinping presided over a ceremony in Beijing that carried its own reckoning. China's supreme military commander presented p... Read More
WASHINGTON, July 4 -- On the 250th birthday of the United States, Philadelphia cancelled its Independence Day parade. Boston delayed entry to its riverside fireworks celebration by four hours. And the... Read More
MOUNT RUSHMORE, July 4 -- Rain and hail swept across Keystone, South Dakota on Thursday evening, briefly interrupting the proceedings meant to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States. The weat... Read More