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Israel, Hamas, the United States, Qatar and Egypt are involved in negotiations, which will go on for days. Officials called them promising, but an accord did not seem imminent.

Generous subsidies are helping the United States steal green industries from Europe, as countries race to secure the energy supplies of the future.

Are humans the only beings in the universe confronting global self-destruction? Or just the last ones standing?

Israel has asked the military to come up with plans to evacuate Gazans, but it isn’t clear where they are supposed to go or when Israel’s ground invasion might begin.

Also, Donald Trump’s high-stakes week and China’s stadium diplomacy.

Paolo Benanti advises the Roman Catholic Church and the Italian government on the tricky questions, moral and otherwise, raised by the rapidly advancing technology.

Positions have hardened on both sides in the face of the Gaza war, but some activists refuse to give up hope. They let us sit in on one of their meetings.

The ‘it’ mug’s selling point is sustainability — one cup to replace many disposable bottles. But what does it mean when people buy lots of them?

An interview with Russia’s leader and congressional resistance to aid for Ukraine underscore the transformation of the parties and electorate in the United States more than three decades after the Cold War.

Bologna has become the first major Italian city to impose the limit on most streets, citing safety and livability. But it’s too slow for some: “A city has to move,” one cabby complained.