Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Thelonious Monk
We asked Jon Batiste, Arooj Aftab, Mary Halvorson and others to share their favorites.Read More
Why Is Gaza’s Rafah Border Crossing With Egypt So Important?

The access point, where aid trucks have entered from Egypt and people are waiting to leave, is the only land crossing into Gaza that Israel does not control.Read More
Singapore Makes Its Largest Bank Take a Technology Timeout
The city-state’s top financial regulator has lost patience with DBS Group after repeated digital-banking service disruptions.Read More
What to Know About the Gaza Departures

Thousands of foreign passport holders and people affiliated with international organizations are set to evacuate from Gaza to Egypt starting on Wednesday.Read More
Singapore Makes Its Largest Bank Take a Technology Timeout
The city-state’s top financial regulator has lost patience with DBS Group after repeated digital-banking service disruptions.Read More
Beware a Chinese Fall Stall
Sudden weakness in October purchasing managers indexes raises the prospect of another stall-out like the one that derailed China’s recovery this spring.Read More
Some Ukrainians Helped the Russians. Their Neighbors Sought Revenge.

For people in Bilozerka, the invasion began a cat-and-mouse game of collaboration and resistance.Read More
Migrant Workers Propelled China’s Rise. Now Many See Few Options.

Migrant workers, who moved from China’s villages to its big cities, were a secret weapon building the economy. Now many see few options.Read More
For China’s Jobless Young People, Hostels Are the Place to Be

Chinese backpacker hostels offering bunk beds for a few dollars a night have become hubs for the anxiety and ambitions of job-seeking youth.Read More
Some of the Lawyers Who May Fill a Second Trump Administration

Donald Trump’s allies are hoping to install a different species of legal gatekeeper throughout the federal government. Here are some of the potential prospects.Read More