International

World leaders, gathering in Brazil, will try to agree on new, more ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gases.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article

The Kremlin is focusing its fire on Pokrovsk, a gateway to the Donetsk region, which Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, has long coveted.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article

“This is a type of science that has an impact that most people could see in their homes,” said Erin Hecht, a canine researcher at Harvard. “Now there’s just no money.”Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article

At least some of the fighters are believed to be in the enclave’s vast tunnel network, marooned behind the “yellow line” that Israeli forces withdrew to as part of the cease-fire.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article

A frontline visit to bring attention to Russian drone attacks on civilians sheds an inadvertent light on the Ukrainian Army’s troop shortages.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article

The R.S.F. paramilitary group, facing growing condemnation for atrocities in Darfur, said it had agreed to a cease-fire proposal, but it is not yet clear what the military will do.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article