Trump Fired, Then Unfired, National Nuclear Security Administration Employees. What Were Their Jobs? The administration asked some of the agency’s workers, who were part of last week’s massive layoffs across the federal government, to come back.

Japan’s Economy Recovered In Second Half But Barely Grew in 2024 Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation and strained households.

‘Here We Go Again’: Kentucky Residents Face More Destruction and Anxiety From Storms The flood damage over the weekend was not as catastrophic as some previous climate disasters in the state. But the rains still brought widespread havoc, and painful reminders of trauma.

Starmer Offers to Send U.K. Troops to Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal Prime Minister Keir Starmer said for the first time on Sunday that he was “ready and willing” to deploy troops to help guarantee Ukraine’s security.

In Moving to Stop Adams Case, Career Lawyer Sought to Stave Off Deeper Crisis A high-stakes decision for public corruption prosecutors at the Justice Department revealed a generational difference.

Adams Forcefully Resists Calls to Resign: ‘I Am Going Nowhere’ Mayor Eric Adams spoke at two Black churches in Queens and pushed back at those who “are dancing on my grave.”

Journalists Share Short Sketches of ‘S.N.L.’ Memories “Saturday Night Live” has been on the air for 50 seasons. Times Culture journalists covering the milestone wrote about their own memories of watching the show, late at night and the morning after.

German Election Spotlight Turns to Trump The American president’s foreign policy, and a divisive speech by his vice president, drew attention away from an attack by a refugee that some expected would fan political tensions over migration.

BAFTA Awards Winners: ‘Conclave,’ ‘Anora’ and ‘The Brutalist’ Take Home Top Prizes “Anora” and “The Brutalist” also took home major prizes at the British equivalent of the Oscars, tipping the scales again.

A Mandate for Boston’s Suburbs: Make Room for More Apartments The state required 177 cities and towns served by public transit to loosen their zoning rules so that more multifamily housing can be built. A number of them resisted.

Yrjo Kukkapuro, Who Made the Easiest of Easy Chairs, Dies at 91 A celebrated Finnish modernist, he designed a variety of furnishings but was best known for his seating — which, his company said, “almost every Finn has sat on.”

Ukraine Won’t Accept a Deal It Didn’t Help Negotiate, Zelensky Says Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, told NBC News that he’d warned President Trump that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is a “liar.”

At Least 9 Dead in South After Rainstorm Pounds the Region A powerful storm moved through Kentucky and other parts of the South, leaving flooded communities and roads in its wake.

Trump Team Leaves European Alliance in Crisis; Macron Calls for Emergency Summit European leaders felt certain about one thing after a whirlwind tour by Trump officials — they were entering a new world where it was harder to depend on the United States.

Left Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response The Trump administration’s push for negotiations without Ukrainian involvement leaves European allies with no clear role.

She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.

Volunteers Search for ISIS Kidnap Victims No international body is searching for hundreds of Yazidi women and girls still held captive by the Islamist terrorists. Instead, their fates depend on a ragtag army of activists, relatives and armchair detectives.

Life, from New York Our comedy columnist reflects on 50 years of “Saturday Night Live.”

M23 Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered Bukavu Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.

Trump’s Legal Shakedowns Won’t End With the Adams Case The Justice Department’s loyalty game is new, dangerous and self-defeating.