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Cagdas Halicilar, a former electrician-turned-Bezos-impersonator from Germany, stood on a dock near the Aman, waving at the passing boats. He hoped to deliver an expensive bottle of whiskey as a wedding gift, but was unable to breach the security bubble.“It’s a dream to meet him and shake his hand,” Mr. Halicilar said. “I do this as a hobby — it’s not about money. It’s not even about attention. It just happens, totally automatically.”

These nuns in Brazil went viral for beatboxing. Now, they’re using their newfound fame to draw attention to the Catholic church and to their congregation’s mission. Jack Nicas, the Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times, goes behind the scenes as the nuns record their first music video.

new video loaded: ‘F1’ | Anatomy of a ScenetranscriptBacktranscript‘F1’ | Anatomy of a SceneJoseph Kosinski narrates a sequence from his film, starring Brad Pitt.My name is Joseph Kosinski and I am the director of “F1.” “Into turn one and there’s three cars gone off!” In this sequence at the Hungarian Grand Prix, we see Sonny Hayes, played by Brad Pitt, implement his own strategy without telling the rest of his team. So this sequence, there’s a couple different filming techniques we used here. We had modified the track cameras that Formula One uses to capture the material in a very,…

Christina Goldbaum, a New York Times reporter, and Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the international desk, discuss how the power dynamics in the Middle East could change as Iran has become more isolated.

After one of the most brutal wars of this century, a new flag flies across Syria: the emblem of the rebels who toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Ben Hubbard, The New York Times’s Istanbul bureau chief, describes what our journalists learned as they drove across Syria, meeting people in towns and cities along the way as they strove to rise from the wreckage and build new lives.

When President Trump took office, U.S.A.I.D. was one of the first agencies to be dismantled in the name of efficiency. Amy Schoenfeld Walker, a New York Times reporter and graphics editor who has been tracking the foreign aid cuts and restorations since they began in February, shares what she’s learned through her reporting.

“Hi, My name is Dean DeBlois. I’m the writer, director and one of the executive producers of “How to Train Your Dragon.” In this particular scene, it’s the catalyst of our story. Young Mason Thames, playing Hiccup, wanders into the woods to search for a dragon that he shot down the night before, and he finds it looking still and dead in a little gully in the woods. And as he approaches it, feeling victorious, he comes to realize that it’s still alive. And so he has to muster up the courage to pull out his dagger, act like a…

In recent extraordinary moves, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired and replaced a team that makes vaccine recommendations for the country. Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter at The New York Times, explains how this change could impact vaccine accessibility.

A cremation ceremony was held for Kinal Mistry, a victim of the Air India crash who hailed from a community that took pride in those who went abroad. Her family said she was someone who would “fulfill everyone’s dreams.”

“I’m Mike Flanagan. I am the screenwriter, the director, the editor, and one of the producers for “The Life of Chuck.” So we’re seeing Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays Marty Anderson. He’s walking right now to his ex-wife’s house in the middle of the end of the world. At this point in the story, and this scene is taken pretty much directly from Stephen King’s original novella, the world is almost over. No one understands why, and he’s on foot with his phone, no longer working with cars backed up, making traffic impossible, and he’s trying to find his way to…