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29/12/2025

"If publishers were being truthful about their 'New Year, New You' books, they'd all have the same title: 'Eight Great Habits That Won’t Last a Week.' But that's OK," Judith Newman writes. "Many of us really do look forward to beginning the New Year with a bit of a tuneup. Or at least trying to. Here are a couple of great places to start."

Our columnist has recommendations.

29/12/2025

President Trump said while hosting President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday that he believed Russia and Ukraine were “maybe very close” to ending a nearly four-year war.

But a joint U.S.-Ukraine proposal appeared unfinished, as Russia rejected several ideas.

The U.S. president said after a meeting at Mar-a-Lago that a deal was “maybe very close.” But a joint U.S.-Ukraine proposal appeared unfinished, as Russia rejected several ideas.

29/12/2025

The Virginia man arrested this month on charges of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the night before a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has given a detailed confession, according to court papers released Sunday.

A Virginia man was charged with planting the bombs outside Democratic and Republican headquarters. Court documents show he believed that the 2020 election had been “tampered with.”

29/12/2025

A passenger train derailed in the Mexican state of Oaxaca on Sunday, killing at least 13 people, the Mexican authorities said.

The train was carrying around 250 passengers and crew members on a cross-country route linking the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly 100 people were injured.

29/12/2025

It didn’t get any easier to afford a home in 2025, but week after week, we followed the stories of homeowners who, through a variety of means, made their home-buying dreams reality. Among the apartments, bungalows, rowhouses and all the structures in between, these are the Hunts that stuck with us.

This year, the Hunt followed home buyers in 17 states and three countries outside the United States, with a median home price of $596,000.

29/12/2025

Thirty miles from Salt Lake City in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, the former silver-mining hub turned sporty mecca of Park City is already well known to the skiers who tackle the slopes at sprawling Park City Mountain Resort, the country’s biggest ski area, and Deer Valley, known for its luxurious amenities. The big news: Deer Valley has more than doubled its terrain, adding more than 2,000 acres of skiing and a new base village in the first phase of the resort’s largest-ever expansion. Plus, a new 10-passenger gondola now whisks skiers up from the Canyons Village base area at Park City Mountain. But there’s more than outdoor enjoyment: Although this January will be the last year that Park City will host the Sundance Film Festival, a thriving cultural scene offers year-round performances, exhibitions and films.

More than 2,000 acres of new ski area add to the allure of this sporty mecca with a thriving cultural scene.

29/12/2025

For years Kate Hudson was pigeonholed as a rom-com star. But in “Song Sung Blue,” her character, Claire, transcends her movie-of-the-week attributes — so much so that Hudson could land in the best actress race at the Academy Awards. She has already been nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance. https://nyti.ms/4bbrpdr

29/12/2025

In recent decades, California’s San Luis Obispo County — or SLO, as both the city and county are called — has quietly evolved from an agricultural backwater into something resembling its celebrity neighbors, Santa Barbara and Big Sur. As wineries and boutique hotels have sprouted along its backroads and once-sleepy main streets, this Central Coast county — halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles — has become a destination in its own right.

Wineries and boutique hotels have sprouted along the backroads and once-sleepy main streets of this Central Coast county.

29/12/2025

These seven podcasts will help you indulge, develop or rekindle a love of reading, offering critical analysis and recommendations alongside tips and tricks on how to break through reader’s block.

In a world filled with digital distractions, these shows will help you indulge, develop or rekindle a love for reading.

29/12/2025

To mark the winter holidays — an especially popular time to break up — we asked people around the world for their most striking parting words to each other. https://nyti.ms/4bgmo3g

29/12/2025

The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats. “I don’t think people that were born and raised in the cities can represent us to the same extent,” one farmer said. https://nyti.ms/4aB8kRS

29/12/2025

From The New York Times Opinion Section

“I never predicted that a fringe conspiracy theorist like Mr. Kennedy would one day become leader of the health care system, but it doesn’t surprise me,” writes Dr. Benjamin Mazer.

So much in public health has changed.

29/12/2025

"I stumbled on a feature in my iPhone’s settings late at night, and was delighted the next morning by what awaited me." Our Wirecutter columnist recommends this simple phone feature, especially for parents. https://nyti.ms/4qkvnom

29/12/2025

From The New York Times Opinion Section

“In towns like mine, outsourcing and automation consumed jobs. Then purpose. Then people,” writes Brian Groh. “Now the same forces are climbing the economic ladder. Yet Washington remains fixated on global competition and growth, as if new work will always appear to replace what’s been lost.”

I was now facing the same reality my working-class neighbors knew well: the world had changed, my work had all but disappeared, and still, the bills wouldn’t stop coming.

29/12/2025

The ski runs above the mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, sat eerily empty on Saturday. Chair lifts hung as motionless as icicles. Tourists slumped beside outdoor fire pits, trying not to think about the money they had spent on ski vacations upended by a labor dispute.

Now, vacationers looking to ski are wondering what to do and merchants are hoping it doesn’t last.

29/12/2025

From The New York Times Opinion Section

“You cannot change the conditions of modern life, but you are the sovereign ruler of what enters your personal space,” writes Angela Duckworth. “Draw close what you want more of, push away what you want less.”

Rather than try to resist temptation in the moment, many successful people arrange their lives to minimize the need for willpower in the first place.

29/12/2025

Saturday Night Live cast member and human disco ball Sarah Sherman knows gross. So who better to review a selection of very gross gifts, all of them hand-picked by Wirecutter’s gifts team?

Comedian Sarah Sherman is an aficionado of all things ick, so who better to weigh in on some of Wirecutter’s most outlandish present picks.

29/12/2025

A host or hostess gift is a lovely way to say thank you for a good time. Of course, a bottle of vino is always appreciated, but if you’re staying for longer than an evening, it’s nice to bring something slightly more substantial. https://nyti.ms/4b9l5mG

29/12/2025

From The New York Times Opinion Section

Are the ’90s back? What did the California fires teach us? Why are the kids saying “6-7”? Here are 14 lists to make sense of a chaotic year.

As the year drew to a close, we reached out to Opinion columnists and contributors for personal lists.

29/12/2025

Fom Syria to Lebanon and Israel to Gaza, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed or wounded in more than a decade of wars in the Middle East. Among some in the region, exhausted by conflict, a quiet resolve is forming to find another way.

After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another way?

29/12/2025

"Indescribably delicious." The commenters have spoken, and they strongly recommend this recipe for rosemary white beans with frizzled onions and tomato. https://nyti.ms/3YAEV2N

28/12/2025

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met with President Trump on Sunday to discuss the revised draft peace plan that Kyiv has portrayed as its best effort to end the war with Russia. Here’s what we know about the plan.

The blueprint covers a broad range of issues, including territory, security guarantees and postwar reconstruction. But Russia has indicated little willingness to end the war.

28/12/2025

The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt across the country. A past era of immigration crackdowns contains some lessons on how walling off the U.S. now will profoundly alter daily life for millions of Americans.

The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come.

28/12/2025

President Trump has backed policies that allow the tech industry to grow unfettered. The mutually beneficial alliance is causing concern among some conservatives.

The president has backed policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered. The mutually beneficial alliance is causing concern among some conservatives.

28/12/2025

Are there other surprising ways we change as we get older? What’s considered normal, and what isn’t? We went to the experts.

We asked experts about what’s normal — and what’s not.