Author: NY TIMES

In Mandalay, near the epicenter of the quake that rocked the region, volunteer rescue workers raced against time as they combed through the ruins of apartments, monasteries and mosques to find survivors. Others struggled to come to terms with all they had lost.Downed power lines, destroyed roads and a lack of equipment made rescue work even harder in a city already enduring a repressive military government and a civil war that is now in its fourth year.“There are at least a hundred people still trapped inside,” said Thaw Zin, a volunteer who was sitting in front of a destroyed condominium.…

Formula One has been getting more and more excited in the potential rewards of the V10 engine. The roar is part of the sport’s history and identity.But the call from senior figures in the F1 paddock, including FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem, also raised questions.If a simpler, louder and cheaper V10 engine is introduced in the next few years that can run on fully sustainable fuel and lead to a smaller, lighter automotive design, what will happen during this period? How will this affect the looming power unit changes planned for 2026?F1 stakeholders have been working on engine rules for…

After making a fortune in financial services, he funded the arts and made historical artifacts and documents widely available to the public.

The White House has spent the week trying to downplay the revelation that top national security officials discussed plans for U.S. strikes in Yemen on Houthi militants over Signal, a commercial messaging app.In a stunning breach of national security, the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, disclosed specific operational details before the attacks in the group chat — which inadvertently included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. Michael Waltz, the national security adviser who added Mr. Goldberg to the chat, said he took “full responsibility” for the leak.Several Democrats called for Mr. Hegseth to step down. But the Trump administration has…

Many people use a smartwatch to monitor their cardiovascular health, often by counting the number of steps they take over the course of their day, or recording their average daily heart rate. Now, researchers are proposing an enhanced metric, which combines the two using basic math: Divide your average daily heart rate by your daily average number of steps.The resulting ratio — the daily heart rate per step, or DHRPS — provides insight into how efficiently the heart is working, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and published today in…

In the music video for “Ankles,” the first single from Lucy Dacus’s fourth studio album, the singer plays a pleasure-seeking Victorian-era damsel that has escaped from a painting to gallivant around Paris. Her foil is a stern museum guard trying to corral her back into her frame.Dacus came up with the idea as a way to reflect the push and pull between curiosity and restraint in the song. Also, she said, “The song is pretty horny, so it’s not like I was going to recreate what happens.”For Dacus, frames have become a recurring motif. She used one in a video…

Turkey’s largest opposition party is organizing rallies, urging boycotts of pro-government businesses and standing by its presidential candidate — even if he will have to campaign from jail.At universities, students have formed councils to direct protests and spread the word, sharing tips for dealing with the riot police and tear gas. Their efforts — part of the largest wave of political protest in Turkey in more than a decade — were catalyzed by the government’s March 19 arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top political rival.They have been met with equally vast measures…

But, he said, if you really want them, make sure to watch out for any signs of illness, like lethargy or decreased appetite. If you see any, stay away. “If they are sick, you need to not touch them whatsoever,” Dr. Hopkins said. “And if you really have to, you need to use protective equipment.” (He said it was safe to touch chickens as long as they were not sick, but he did recommend taking precautions: “Even if you are refilling an outdoor bird feeder, go outside and feed them and then come inside and wash your hands with soap…

All it took was an all-caps social media threat by President Trump to impose a 200 percent tariff on European wine for the shipments of many Brunellos, Chiantis and Proseccos to come to a shuddering halt.In Tuscany, Italy’s most famous wine-exporting region, thousands of bottles meant for American tables are stranded in the wineries’ chilly cellars or in storage rooms in Livorno, the port city from which they were to depart.“Everything is stopped,” said Tiziana Mazzetti, the sales and marketing manager of the Old Cellar, a winery in the Tuscan town of Montepulciano, as she stood among boxes of wine…

PORTLAND, Oregon – Brian Vu has been an NBA fan, but he has never experienced a game like he had played that game in Portland last week.His hometown Trail Blazers beat not only the Memphis Grizzlies but also the first time in his life, he said he felt involved in the competition, with 18,491 players participating in each segment at the Moda Center.Vu has low vision and has not seen a single game in the Trail Blazers’ 115-99 victory. But he felt every score, every mistake, every shot.The 32-year-old VU uses a haptic device that allows him to perform actions…