Try Alterengo Reader with New York Times articles to help you better understand news around the world.
EXPLORE TOPICS
EXPLORE TOPICS
WORLD NEWS
As a King Is Crowned, Some Britons Ask Why the Monarchy Persists
As long as there has been a monarchy, there have been questions about its legitimacy. But for many people, it would be difficult to disentangle the royal family from British identity.
What’s Driving Record Levels of Migration to the U.S. Border?
While migration to the U.S. southern border has always fluctuated, the pandemic and the recession that followed hit Latin America harder than almost anywhere else in the world, plunging millions into hunger, destitution and despair.
In Norway, the Electric Vehicle Future Has Already Arrived
BAMBLE, Norway — About 110 miles south of Oslo, along a highway lined with pine and birch trees, a shiny fueling station offers a glimpse of a future where electric vehicles rule.
Open-Armed Chicago Feels the Strains of a Migrant Influx
Bulging suitcases lined the wall of windows facing the street at a North Side police station in Chicago one morning this week. Air mattresses, blankets and pillows covered the shiny lobby floor. And more than 40 women, men and children were crowded together wherever they could find space — sleeping, chatting in Spanish or eating forkfuls of scrambled eggs and sausages that a volunteer had arranged on a long table.
As Wildfires Burn Across 1 Million Acres in Canada, Thousands Face Uncertainty
CALGARY, Alberta — Judy Greenwood did not want to leave. But when the evacuation alerts on her phone blared repeatedly and emergency officials knocked on her door, she and her husband loaded their four cats into the car and drove away from their rural hamlet to escape approaching wildfires.
As a King Is Crowned, Some Britons Ask Why the Monarchy Persists
As long as there has been a monarchy, there have been questions about its legitimacy. But for many people, it would be difficult to disentangle the royal family from British identity.
What’s Driving Record Levels of Migration to the U.S. Border?
While migration to the U.S. southern border has always fluctuated, the pandemic and the recession that followed hit Latin America harder than almost anywhere else in the world, plunging millions into hunger, destitution and despair.
In Norway, the Electric Vehicle Future Has Already Arrived
BAMBLE, Norway — About 110 miles south of Oslo, along a highway lined with pine and birch trees, a shiny fueling station offers a glimpse of a future where electric vehicles rule.
Open-Armed Chicago Feels the Strains of a Migrant Influx
Bulging suitcases lined the wall of windows facing the street at a North Side police station in Chicago one morning this week. Air mattresses, blankets and pillows covered the shiny lobby floor. And more than 40 women, men and children were crowded together wherever they could find space — sleeping, chatting in Spanish or eating forkfuls of scrambled eggs and sausages that a volunteer had arranged on a long table.
As Wildfires Burn Across 1 Million Acres in Canada, Thousands Face Uncertainty
CALGARY, Alberta — Judy Greenwood did not want to leave. But when the evacuation alerts on her phone blared repeatedly and emergency officials knocked on her door, she and her husband loaded their four cats into the car and drove away from their rural hamlet to escape approaching wildfires.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE
&
TECHNOLOGY
Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds
Despite the continuing rise in opioid overdose deaths, one of the most effective treatments for opioid addiction is still drastically underprescribed in the United States, especially for Black patients, according to a large new study.
Bringing AI Tools to the Workplace Requires a Delicate Balance
By midyear, all of Morgan Stanley’s thousands of wealth advisers are expected to have access to a new artificial-intelligence-powered chat tool.
Pixel 7A Review: We’re Running Out of Reasons to Splurge on a ‘Pro’ Phone
Not long ago, there were plenty of compelling reasons to spend upward of $900 on a smartphone. Nowadays, you’ll have to come up with an excuse to pay that much.
Google Builds on Tech’s Latest Craze With Its Own AI Products
When San Francisco startup OpenAI released ChatGPT late last year, the AI chatbot looked like the first significant threat in decades to Google. One day, tech insiders thought, it could make Google’s internet search engine look old and stodgy.
How Tech Is Transforming Entry-Level, Customer-Facing Jobs
Customer service roles make up a large portion of the workforce and are undergoing a transformation. According the recent Gartner survey data, almost half of customer service reps are fielding more complex customer questions and issues than in the past.
Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds
Despite the continuing rise in opioid overdose deaths, one of the most effective treatments for opioid addiction is still drastically underprescribed in the United States, especially for Black patients, according to a large new study.
Bringing AI Tools to the Workplace Requires a Delicate Balance
By midyear, all of Morgan Stanley’s thousands of wealth advisers are expected to have access to a new artificial-intelligence-powered chat tool.
Pixel 7A Review: We’re Running Out of Reasons to Splurge on a ‘Pro’ Phone
Not long ago, there were plenty of compelling reasons to spend upward of $900 on a smartphone. Nowadays, you’ll have to come up with an excuse to pay that much.
Google Builds on Tech’s Latest Craze With Its Own AI Products
When San Francisco startup OpenAI released ChatGPT late last year, the AI chatbot looked like the first significant threat in decades to Google. One day, tech insiders thought, it could make Google’s internet search engine look old and stodgy.
How Tech Is Transforming Entry-Level, Customer-Facing Jobs
Customer service roles make up a large portion of the workforce and are undergoing a transformation. According the recent Gartner survey data, almost half of customer service reps are fielding more complex customer questions and issues than in the past.
LIFESTYLE
3 Quick Breakfast Waffles That Meet You Where You Are
I count myself among those devoted cooks who aren’t afraid to break out their waffle irons. A brave and foolhardy bunch, we make our batters from scratch or from boxes, and indulge in the ridiculous pageant of cooking waffles.
A Pakistani Artist Reimagines Her Relationship With Shame and Bodies
Misha Japanwala looked around her studio in the week leading up to her gallery show and wondered whether there were “too many nipples.”
A House That Is as Green as It Gets
Eleven years ago, Sally Liu, a water-resources engineer, and her husband Bay Chang, then a senior research scientist for Google, bought a 0.84-acre lot for $2.675 million in suburban Hillsborough, California. Avid environmentalists in their mid-40s with two young sons, they set out to build something different from the neighborhood’s overblown mansions and closer to their hearts: a green energy home.
An Architect Known for Building Castles in the ‘Vegetable Kingdom’
When architect Emilio Ambasz won a 1998 competition to redesign the headquarters of Eni SpA, an oil company controlled by the Italian government, he recalled wagging a metaphorical finger at the company’s president, saying, “You owe it to Italy to do something green.”
Asked to Delete References to Racism From Her Book, an Author Refused
It was the most personal story that Maggie Tokuda-Hall had ever written: the tale of how her grandparents met and fell in love at an incarceration camp in Idaho that held Japanese Americans during World War II.
3 Quick Breakfast Waffles That Meet You Where You Are
I count myself among those devoted cooks who aren’t afraid to break out their waffle irons. A brave and foolhardy bunch, we make our batters from scratch or from boxes, and indulge in the ridiculous pageant of cooking waffles.
A Pakistani Artist Reimagines Her Relationship With Shame and Bodies
Misha Japanwala looked around her studio in the week leading up to her gallery show and wondered whether there were “too many nipples.”
A House That Is as Green as It Gets
Eleven years ago, Sally Liu, a water-resources engineer, and her husband Bay Chang, then a senior research scientist for Google, bought a 0.84-acre lot for $2.675 million in suburban Hillsborough, California. Avid environmentalists in their mid-40s with two young sons, they set out to build something different from the neighborhood’s overblown mansions and closer to their hearts: a green energy home.
An Architect Known for Building Castles in the ‘Vegetable Kingdom’
When architect Emilio Ambasz won a 1998 competition to redesign the headquarters of Eni SpA, an oil company controlled by the Italian government, he recalled wagging a metaphorical finger at the company’s president, saying, “You owe it to Italy to do something green.”
Asked to Delete References to Racism From Her Book, an Author Refused
It was the most personal story that Maggie Tokuda-Hall had ever written: the tale of how her grandparents met and fell in love at an incarceration camp in Idaho that held Japanese Americans during World War II.