The launch, into waters west of Japan, came shortly after the United States and South Korea criticized the North for sending troops to join Russia’s war.

Comedy has become a way for women to skewer China’s gender inequality. Some men aren’t happy about it.

Times foreign correspondents describe what’s at stake for the world, including China, Israel, Ukraine, global trade and climate.

A Times investigation has found that an unusually tall mast, and the design changes it required, made a superyacht owned by a British tech mogul vulnerable to capsizing.

American agencies have assessed that China dislikes the growing partnership between Russia and North Korea. The State Department has raised the troop issue with Chinese diplomats.

More than 60 people were killed as floodwaters roared through Paiporta. “We are alive,” one woman said. “But we have lost everything.”

A confrontation between the judiciary and the governing party will test Claudia Sheinbaum’s leadership and offer a window into how she will wield power.

The storm was the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit Taiwan in nearly 30 years, the government said. At least two people were killed and hundreds were injured.

Even with peace talks underway, the region is far from stable.

At a critical battlefield in eastern Ukraine, advanced technology is shaping battles that resemble the wars of older eras. When drones are watching, assaults become violent sprints.