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New Year’s resolutions are often soon abandoned. In recent years, I’ve stumbled on a not-so-secret solution to sticking to them.

I am often asked by friends and acquaintances what my favorite part of my job is. It surprises me that through the years, my answer never changes:

Flipping through a photography magazine decades ago – when I first started visiting war zones – I came across a job description that has stayed wit

I almost couldn’t believe my eyes. The light began to fade, muted and amber. The air went cold. The buzz of the crowd seemed to wane with the sun.

Over the past four decades, I’ve had the great privilege of traveling on assignment for the Monitor to seven continents, 90 countries, and 49 state

Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to pause the potential TikTok ban until his administration can pursue a political resolution.

The rift laid bare the tensions between wealthy members of the tech world – including Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and their call for more highly skilled workers – and people in President-elect Trump’s MAGA base who championed his hard-line immigration policies.

National flags were lowered across Azerbaijan, traffic across the country stopped at noon, and signals were sounded from ships and trains as the country observed a nationwide moment of silence.

President-elect Trump has revived calls for the United States to buy Greenland and complains of high fees at the Panama Canal. Some experts say his words hark back to an aggressive style he used in business.

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident. Both pilots were recovered alive. The incident came as the U.S. military conducted airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Congress has pushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown. It now goes to President Joe Biden, who is expected to quickly sign it into law.

In ”Every Valley,” Charles King compellingly recounts how the composer, in a mere three weeks, wrote the soaring music for which he is best known today.

As Syrians seek to recover from decades of a brutal dictatorship, they want to learn what happened to missing loved ones. For many, the first stop is a notorious prison.

Despite the secular trappings of an imported holiday, the Chinese have devised a type of giving that captures the Christmas spirit.

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, is proving his outsized influence on American politics. His railings against Congress’ bipartisan budget deal contributed to killing the stopgap measure designed to prevent a partial government shutdown.

A new spending plan put forth by Donald Trump, and pushed by Elon Musk, was resoundingly rejected by House Democrats and a few dozen Republicans. The debate in the House chamber grew heated as lawmakers blamed each other for the mess.

A guide to what you might hear from millennials and Generation Zers while you eat dinner, binge holiday movies, and laze around the fireplace.

The filmmakers of “A Complete Unknown” were faced with a daunting task, our critic writes: How do you get behind the mask of a willfully enigmatic artist like Bob Dylan?

Family traditions that feel more of a burden than a gift sometimes take time to reveal their magic.

President Biden has appointed 233 federal judges, more than any one-term president since Jimmy Carter. Some 60% are women, and 60% are people of color.

The city of Berlin pays half the cost if you repair electronics and don't throw them away. That sounds better than it worked out in practice.

First Hamas, then Hezbollah, now Syria. As key components of Iran’s anti-Israel/anti-U.S. “Axis of Resistance” are sidelined or incapacitated, what is left of Tehran’s regional strategy?

A bill that would impose new restrictions on women’s rights has rekindled demands for equality – causing even hard-liners to pause.