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The Netherlands is pioneering new ways to treat dementia, with sensory aids, soothing music and other tools to calm and nurture patients.
By CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE
A video takes direct aim at President Trump, portraying him as a bumbling leader who is indirectly advancing China’s interests.
By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
More white students are enrolling in public schools than at any time in the city’s history, as wealthy Chinese gravitate to its prestigious international schools.
By ANGIE CHAN
Visitors to Rome are regularly fined for wading in the city’s famous fountains. But when the fountain in question is also a war memorial, the outcry is national.
By PALKO KARASZ
Kevin Kwan, who left the country as a child, could face a fine or possible imprisonment for not fulfilling his national service obligations.
By AUSTIN RAMZY
“Millennials have moved on and I think people at my age should also move on as well,” the daughter, Imee Marcos, was reported to have said.
By FELIPE VILLAMOR
The conviction of President Trump’s former campaign manager has prompted Ukrainian prosecutors to look into former officials who approved millions of dollars in consulting fees.
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
The acceptance of an invitation from Russia was a reversal for the Taliban, and came after the Afghan and American governments declined to attend.
By RICK GLADSTONE
If deemed authentic, the speech would quell rumors of Mr. Baghdadi’s death.
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
Under the immigration laws of the United Arab Emirates, husbands hold the reins of authority. This can make life anxiety-ridden for foreign women.
By MARGARET COKER
Dubrovnik, Croatia, known to “Game of Thrones” fans as King’s Landing, is a fantasy made real. As crowds of “set-jetters” threaten to spoil the port’s sublime majesty, officials are fighting back.
By MARC SANTORA
Angered by the demolition of many of the historical buildings where they live in France, an impoverished community of outsiders protested and officials backed down. But the truce is only temporary.
By ADAM NOSSITER
While calm has returned to a Christian area of Syria ravaged by the Islamic State, the traumatized people have not, with whole villages emptied. “There are so few of us,” says a church official.
By BEN HUBBARD
Social media dominates communication in Japan, except atop the country’s best-known volcano. But hauling all those postcards off the summit isn’t easy.
By MOTOKO RICH
A country that once courted Chinese investment now fears becoming overly indebted for big projects that are neither viable nor necessary — except to China.
By HANNAH BEECH
A mysterious Chinese company went on a buying binge in the Czech Republic following Xi Jinping’s call for greater sway in the region. What was the cost?
By DAVID BARBOZA, MARC SANTORA and ALEXANDRA STEVENSON
Our correspondent went to the deserts of Patagonia to examine how China secured its new base, a symbol of its growing clout in the region.
By ERNESTO LONDOÑO
Beijing is putting billions of dollars behind facial recognition and other technologies to track and control its citizens.
By PAUL MOZUR
A Times investigation into Sri Lanka’s handover of its Hambantota Port starkly illustrates how China turned an ally’s struggles to its strategic advantage.
By MARIA ABI-HABIB