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Today β€” 5 October 2026NYT - Home Page

Russia Moves to Tamp Down Rumors About Plague Outbreak in Siberia

5 October 2026 at 14:40
The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that β€œan employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia. Rumors and unconfirmed reports sounded a more ominous note.

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An infectious-diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, Russia, on Monday. The mayor has urged residents β€œnot to spread rumors.”
Yesterday β€” 4 October 2026NYT - Home Page

Who Owns the Moon?

4 October 2026 at 09:06
A treaty from the 1960s declared that nobody can own outer space. Half a century later, billionaires and superpowers see fortunes to be made nonetheless.

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The moon in April, visible from NASA’s Orion spacecraft.

Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

4 October 2026 at 09:00
The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.

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The moon and Earth were aligned in the same frame, each partly illuminated by the sun, as seen from behind the moon during the Artemis II flight in April.
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Russia Turns to Striking Kyiv’s Bridges, Threatening a Vital Lifeline

3 October 2026 at 11:59
The bridges, used by many commuters in the Ukrainian capital, are the latest target in a broad Russian bombing campaign against infrastructure.

Β© Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

A Russian drone striking a bridge, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday.

Trump, Putin, Ukraine and an Oil Deal: 5 Takeaways

A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign policy.

Β© Anastasia Barashkova/Reuters

Cars waited to refuel at a Lukoil fuel station amid fuel shortages in August.

U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.

Β© Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times

The negotiations about the Lukoil deal show that personal business interests in President Trump’s inner circle are also in play. Lukoil is Russia’s biggest private oil company.

Ukraine Reports First Combat Use of Its Own Ballistic Missile

2 October 2026 at 14:30
While the missile fired on Thursday has a limited range, Kyiv is developing a larger weapon that could strike Moscow.

Β© Genya Savilov/Agence France-Presse β€” Getty Images

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine trumpeted the launch of the country’s first domestically made ballistic missile.
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