New York Times

If your instinct is to feel compassion for brave people who try hard at something hard and fail nonetheless, consider granting yourself that same grace.

In an interview with The New York Times, the man leading Qatar’s preparations for the 2022 World Cup discussed the advantages, and challenges, of the task he was given.

Natural wines have taken off in Copenhagen, and seem tailor-made for a vibrant food scene that shuns pesticides and additives.

Residents of a tiny Bolivian hamlet vividly recall the day the guerrilla leader was shot at their school. “For us, this was a time of suffering,” says a woman who brought him soup.

Monday: A homeless proposal gains momentum, problems pile up for Harvey Weinstein, and Pink’s path to pop royalty.

The sister, Kim Yo-jong, who is the only one of Mr. Kim’s siblings active in his government, was made an alternate member of the Politburo.

Research shows trusted work relationships are crucial to career advancement, but some male leaders are getting skittish around female colleagues.

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

Investors in real estate racked up big financial losses. Some are lobbying for federal aid that would help Puerto Rico — and their bottom lines.

Monday: A holiday’s identity torn between history and symbolism, a rainy start to the week, and the tale of Rosalie Jones.

Babies haven’t changed, but parenting standards have.

Study after study has demonstrated that elevated blood pressure is correctly diagnosed in less than one-quarter of the children who have it.

A decision to defend the organizer of a white supremacist rally has provoked soul-searching within the civil-liberties group.

A prehistoric hut, a 19th-century samurai’s dwelling, a traditional farmhouse: These new stays go far beyond Tokyo (and the ryokan, too).

The two are not mutually exclusive, but harm to innovation in America could harm other nations, too.

Answers to the questions you should be asking yourself as you finalize your holiday travels.

“Complete Stories” shows Vonnegut using short fiction to test the ideas he would put to better use in his famous novels.

“Greater Gotham,” Mike Wallace’s sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Gotham,” focuses on the two decades between 1898 and 1919.

The three peacocks that live on the grounds of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine are getting a new home, chosen after a competition among architects.

The symptoms reported by U.S. embassy staff in Havana probably were not caused by a mysterious sonic weapon, experts said.