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Today — 19 October 2026Main stream

Ukraine Uses F-16s to Shoot Down Russia’s Jet-Powered Drones

19 October 2026 at 09:15
The fighters are a key tool against Moscow’s latest weapon of choice. But deploying the multimillion-dollar planes to counter drones is an imperfect fix.

© Andreea Campeanu for The New York Times

The Fetesti Air Base Air Base in Borcea, Romania, this month. The base is the only training site outside the United States where Ukrainian pilots fly the F-16.

Art Basel Las Vegas? The Fight Over Miami Beach’s Fair

19 October 2026 at 09:03
After 18 months of negotiations and warnings that it might relocate to Nevada, the Art Basel fair will remain in Miami Beach through 2031.

© Arturo Holmes/Getty Images

Throngs of visitors to the opening of Art Basel Miami Beach last December at the Miami Beach Convention Center. After a vote last week, the fair’s new contract offers five more years and veto power over competing art events.

‘A Ticking Time Bomb’: An Economic Crisis Looms in Indonesia

19 October 2026 at 09:03
Once a model of economic stability, Indonesia now faces growing hardship at home as President Prabowo Subianto’s policies shake investor confidence.

© Ulet Ifansasti for The New York Times

Commuters during the morning rush hour in Jakarta. A vulnerable middle class has continued to shrink.

As Alberta Holds a Referendum on Separatism, Premier Danielle Smith Has Alienated Both Sides

19 October 2026 at 09:02
By hedging her position on secession, Premier Danielle Smith risks a backlash from both her conservative base and from pro-Canada voters.

© Amber Bracken for The New York Times

Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta, in Calgary last year.

To Find Criminals and Child Exploitation in Gold Mines, We Just Had to Look

19 October 2026 at 09:01
Layers of people certify that gold is free from rights abuses and criminality. Nobody makes them leave their desks.

© Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Labor abuses and criminality are not hard to find in the world’s unlicensed gold mines. Assuming someone visits.

The VW Bus, Now Electrified, Keeps on Truckin’

19 October 2026 at 09:00
A restored version of Volkswagen’s Flower Power-era Microbus, kitted out by Kindred Motorworks, is aiming for the affluent, while VW’s own E.V. is slow to get moving, much like its forebear.

© Jim Motavalli

The 23-window Microbus, in its original form, had less than 60 horsepower. The “restomod” version from Kindred Motorworks swaps in a much more capable electric system.

How a Trillion-Dollar Industry Launders Illegal Gold

19 October 2026 at 09:00
The line between dirty and clean gold is an industry fiction. Wall Street and governments profit off gold from criminals, gangsters and those who exploit children.

© Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

For Israelis and Jews in the U.A.E., an Eroding Sense of Security

19 October 2026 at 08:58
The Emirates’ reputation as a haven was shaken by what the authorities said was a plot last month aimed at crashing a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

© Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

Tamar Smulowicz, an Israeli citizen, moved to the United Arab Emirates after the two countries normalized relations. But regional wars and domestic threats are testing a sense of safety for Israelis and Jews.
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