How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel
David Milstein, a top official in the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, has been entrusted with much of the mission’s portfolio by Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
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‘Absolute Nightmare’: Inside the Russian Warehouses Bombarded by Ukraine
A warehouse for a Russian e-commerce company near St. Petersburg after it was hit by Ukrainian drones in July.
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Myanmar’s Strongman President Is on a Global Quest for Legitimacy. Next Stop, Malaysia.
Myanmar’s U Min Aung Hlaing, left, and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Thursday.
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For France’s Resurgent Far Left, Student Protests Are an Opening and a Threat
Jean-Luc Mélenchon at a demonstration in Paris on Tuesday. The protests have provided him with both opportunity and peril.
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India’s Cockroach Party Leader Carries Gen Z’s Demands. They Are Many.
Abhijeet Dipke, who founded the Cockroach Janta Party as a joke, now leads a wide movement representing Gen Z's frustrations.
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Israel and U.K. Cut Last-Minute Deal to Avoid Full Closure of British Consulate in East Jerusalem
The British Consulate in East Jerusalem on Thursday. The building will now be known as the U.K. Mission, Jerusalem.
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Italy Weighs Controversial Law Giving Bonus Seats to Election Winners
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy speaking on Wednesday at a summit meeting in Split, Croatia. She has set a record for leading Italy’s longest-serving government.
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‘Maricarmen,’ Whose Eviction Enraged Spaniards, Dies at 87
María del Carmen Abascal packs a bag with her belongings in Madrid last month.
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Man Posing as ICE Agent at Miami Polling Site Faces Felony Charges
The Kendall campus of Miami Dade College in Florida, where Brazilian nationals voted in their country’s presidential election.
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For Twin Brothers Abducted in the Oct. 7 Attacks, Adjusting to Freedom Is a New Challenge
The twin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman were abducted by gunmen in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.
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Canada Halts Plan to Allow Medically Assisted Death for the Mentally Ill
Sean Fraser, Canada’s minister of justice, said parliament will pass legislation to bar people whose sole condition is a mental illness from seeking medically assisted death.
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Rubio Urges Europe to Awaken From ‘Slumber’ and Uphold Western Dominance
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis of Greece after a meeting in Athens on Wednesday.
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South Korea Recalls Envoy From Ukraine in Dispute Over North Korean POWs
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who said last month that two North Korean soldiers had been transferred to South Korea, angering Seoul.
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Blasts Rattle Riyadh as Saudi Arabia Hit by Deadliest Houthi Attacks So Far
A highway in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in February. The Houthis have escalated their targeting of the city in recent days.
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Hacker Used Chinese-Developed A.I. Tool to Target South Korean Banks, CrowdStrike Says
CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, said in a report on Wednesday that it had found evidence of the use of A.I. in the attacks.
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At a Potato Festival, Our Berlin Reporter Deepened His Ties to a New Land
Nora and Hugo Tankersley with their mother, Lily, at a family outing to a potato festival last month in Berlin.
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Indian Opposition Leaders Detained as Protests Over Voter Rolls Intensify
Police detaining Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, during a protest organized by opposition parties demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday.
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A Plague Mystery in Siberia
A hospital in Shelekhov yesterday, where an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute died.
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3 Killed and Dozens Injured in Attacks on Saudi Airports, as Houthis Claim Strikes
A poster showing the Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi during a rally to recruit more fighters, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday.
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Fears of a Plague Outbreak in Russia: What to Know
A security person looks out the door of an infectious diseases hospital in the Russian town of Shelekhov, where an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute died.
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Trump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research
Drawing blood at an H.I.V. clinic in South Africa last year. The research networks’ large footprint has enabled them to develop tools to prevent and treat H.I.V., including in marginalized or rare populations.
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Case of U.S. Marine Accused of Murder in Japan Draws Outcry
A protest after a U.S. marine was arrested on suspicion of murdering a local woman in Okinawa.
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Russia Says It Found No ‘Emergency’ in Plague Lab
The entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. An employee of the institute died of a mysterious pneumonia.
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The School Near Paris That Shows Why French Students Are Protesting
Students blocking access last week to Paul Éluard High School, during a protest for better learning conditions.
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Europe’s Trade Tensions With China Are Coming to a Head
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has warned that Europe’s trade deficit with China has reached a “tipping point.”
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Mass Trials Put Hundreds in One Dock in El Salvador
Inmates during a mass hearing at the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, prison in April in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
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How a Small Business Got Entangled in U.S. Sanctions on Iranian Oil
Shahul Hamid Ahmad, the owner of Tefcas Marine, a small shipping agency that was hit with U.S. sanctions, standing in his empty office in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, in September.
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How a Shadow Economy in Asia Is Keeping Iranian Oil Flowing
A tanker used as floating storage in the heavily trafficked waters off the Malaysian state of Johor in September.
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Inheritances Can Shatter Families. Could a Therapist Help?
Bill Martin doesn’t want his sons clashing over the future of the family farm in Rufus, Ore., as he did with his brother. He’s hired a coach to help.
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Can Artificial Intelligence Learn the Art of Surgery?
Dr. Madani, left, and Dr. Timothy Jackson, perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery on a patient at Toronto General Hospital, with the help of visual A.I. guides.
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Malawians Struggle to Survive After Fleeing Anti-Immigrant Violence
Women wait to buy fish from fisherman on the banks of Lake Malawi in Mangochi District, Southern Malawi, last month.
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The Fight for Britain’s Right: Can Kemi Badenoch Reboot the Conservatives?
The Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch in Birmingham, England, on Sunday.
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F.B.I. Charges American in Plot Behind Canada’s Tumbler Ridge School Shooting
A memorial for the victims of the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, in February.
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Understanding France’s Polycrisis
Paris yesterday.
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UK Security Adviser Jonathan Powell Traveled to Israel Ahead of Consulate Closure
Jonathan Powell, Britain’s national security adviser, on Downing Street last year.
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Live From the Barracks: Three Juntas Launch TV Channel
At a news conference in Bamako, Mali, in May. Military juntas have taken over Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years, cracking down on journalists and struggling to stop extremist groups like Al Qaeda.
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Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records
Immigration arrests have swept across the New York region as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown.
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People of All Ages Join French Student Protests as Movement Broadens
Demonstrators gathered in Paris to protest ailing schools.
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Spain Cancels Arrest Warrant for Carles Puigdemont, Catalan Separatist Leader
The Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont before a news conference on Tuesday in Belgium, where he has lived since 2017.
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Man Arrested in Connection With Incident at UK Air Base RAF Fairford
Armed police officers stood guard on a road outside the perimeter of the R.A.F. Fairford air base last month.
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Drones Hit Ships Off Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast, Prime Minister Says
Crew members of a ship that was damaged in a drone attack disembarking from a Bulgarian border police vessel on Tuesday.
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Kenya Records Ebola Case for First Time
The Kenyan cabinet secretary for health, Aden Duale, at a news conference in Nairobi on Tuesday. He said the man with Ebola had lived in Congo for seven years, and fell sick a month ago.
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German Officials Arrest Former Spy Chief on Espionage Charges
August Hanning in 2007, after he left the German intelligence service.
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As Spain Heads Into a Snap Election, Sánchez Turns an Eviction Into a Campaign Cause
People at a bar in La Cabrera, on the outskirts of Madrid, watching a televised speech on Monday in which Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced national elections.
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U.S. Sends Reaper Drones to Colombia and Ecuador to Hunt Cartels
An MQ-9 Reaper drone at Hancock Field Air National Guard base near Syracuse, N.Y.
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In Race With U.S., China Struggles to Recruit Foreign A.I. Researchers
Chinese A.I. companies like Deepseek and Moonshot have made a name for themselves internationally. But China still struggles to recruit foreign researchers.
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Melting Swiss Glaciers Release Archaeological Treasures
Fragments of wood found recently around a fast-melting ice patch in the Swiss Alps.
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Bolsonaro Family Emerges Triumphant in Brazil’s Elections, Mounting a Surprising Resurrection
Ukraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push
China Expands Its Military Reach by Building a Base in Laos