Japan Landslide Leaves 80 Missing in Resort Town

Four victims have been declared dead, and the authorities are trying to determine whether the dozens of missing were caught up in a disaster set off by record rains.


Inked Mummies, Linking Tattoo Artists With Their Ancestors

As scientists find more tattoos on preserved remains from Indigenous cultures, artists living today are drawing from them to revive cultural traditions.


Inside a Peyote Pilgrimage

Drug tourists, mining companies and farming encroachment are threatening the Wixárika people’s annual hunt for the psychedelic plant in the Mexican desert.


They Were the Nice, Older Couple Next Door. Then the First Body Turned Up.

An Iranian couple has confessed to murdering and dismembering their son, years after killing a daughter and her husband. They are not sorry.


Your Monday Briefing

America celebrates July 4.


Pentagon Seeks to Soften Blow of U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan

Keeping the top commander in the country longer is part of an effort to reassure Afghans as the Taliban step up their offensive.


Your Monday Briefing

A deadly plane crash in the Philippines.


The Tech Cold War’s ‘Most Complicated Machine’ That’s Out of China’s Reach

A $150 million chip-making tool from a Dutch company has become a lever in the U.S.-Chinese struggle. It also shows how entrenched the global supply chain is.


Should People With Immune Problems Get Third Vaccine Doses?

France is handing out third shots of the two-dose vaccines to cancer patients and others with immune system impairments. In the United States, patients like these are on their own.


Overnight Vaccination Drive in Rome Reaches Out to the ‘Most Fragile’

Nearly 900 people showed up for music, free espresso and cornetti, and a chance for protection against the coronavirus.