Canadian Police Arrest 3 in Killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Protesters from the Sikh community outside the Indian consulate in Vancouver in September. Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh nationalist and Canadian citizen, was killed in June in British Columbia, according to the police.
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Israeli Officials Weigh Sharing Power With Arab States in Postwar Gaza
A car driving past destroyed buildings in Khan Younis after the Israeli military withdrew from the southern Gaza Strip in late April.
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Haiti’s Police Force Is ‘Begging for Help’ Against Ruthless Gangs
A police officer kept watch in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in early March, a day after gang violence left at least five dead and 20 injured.
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The Death of a Treaty Could Be a Lifesaver for Taiwan
In this photo provided by the U.S. Army, the Typhon Strategic Mid-Range Fires (SMRF) System, formerly known as a Mid-Range Capability system, arrived in Philippines in April.
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U.K. Local Elections Show Sharp Setbacks for Conservatives
A polling station in London on Thursday. Results from some of the elections in England began landing Friday morning, though London results are expected on Saturday.
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Voters Swing to Labour in English Local Elections: Key Takeaways
Ballots being sorted in Blackpool, England, where Labour reclaimed a seat it had long held but lost to the Conservatives in the landslide 2019 election.
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U.S. Approved More Weapons for Ukraine. Now It’s a Race Against Time.
The Ukrainian 44th Artillery Brigade transporting a howitzer in the Zaporizhzhia region. The army has been running low on 155-millimeter artillery shells.
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Liberia Moves to Create War Crimes Court, Decades After Civil Wars Ended
A 2018 march in Monrovia, Liberia, to call for the establishment of a war crimes court for offenses committed during the country’s civil wars.
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Henry Cuellar, Texas Representative, and His Wife Indicted on Bribery Charges
Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas is one of the more conservative Democrats in the House and the only anti-abortion member of his party in the chamber.
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U.S. Accuses Russia of Using Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers wearing gas masks during a simulated chemical attack in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in October.
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Noisy, Gaudy and Spiritual: Young Pilgrims Embrace an Ancient Goddess
A statue, being carried on a litter, arrived at night to a temple jam-packed with people, beneath bright lights and colorful lanterns.
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The Premier League Title Race the Whole World Is Watching
The race to decide this year’s English soccer champion has captivated fans. But it’s not just an English story.
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Torrential Rain in Brazil Kills at Least 29, With More Missing
A flooded area next to the Taquari River in the city of Encantado in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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Gas Stove Pollution Risk Is Greatest in Smaller Homes, Study Finds
Yannai Kashtan, a scientist from Stanford University, lit a stove in a New York City apartment as part of the research last year.
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Champions League: Bayern Munich, Dortmund and the Lure of the Past
Borussia Dortmund fans, reveling in a forgotten feeling: triumph.
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Pro-Palestinian Student Protests Spread to Australia, France, U.K. and Elsewhere
Police officers escorting protesters away from the entrance hall of Sciences Po in Paris on Friday.
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on May 2024
Some NASA Satellites Will Soon Stop Sending Data Back to Earth
Marine stratocumulus clouds over the southeastern Pacific Ocean, captured by NASA’s Terra satellite in 2002.
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on May 2024
‘Dead Poets Society’ Has Some Distinctly Australian Relevance
Robin Williams in the 1989 film “Dead Poets Society.”
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Friday Briefing
Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, yesterday.
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Turkey Halts Trade With Israel Amid Deteriorating Relations
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey recently met with Hamas officials in Istanbul.
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Biden Calls Japan and India ‘Xenophobic’ in Defending U.S. Immigration
President Biden’s comments on Wednesday underscore how he is trying to find a politically palatable balance on immigration as he seeks a second term.
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John Swinney Looks Likely to Be Scotland’s Next First Minister
John Swinney, who has also served as Scotland’s deputy first minister, formally put himself forward on Thursday to succeed Humza Yousaf as first minister.
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F.T.C. Clears Exxon Mobil’s Acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources
The Federal Trade Commission said Exxon Mobil could not add the chief executive of Pioneer Natural Resources, Scott Sheffield, to its board.
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Global Growth Forecast Is Lifted but Risks Loom, O.E.C.D. Says
Outdoor dining at a restaurant in Madrid. The eurozone economy is forecast to expand at 1.5 percent in 2025, more than double the expected rate this year.
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Protests Swell in Georgia Over ‘Foreign Interests’ Bill
Protesters opposed to the legislation, which they call “the Russian law” in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday night.
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A Portrait Artist Fit for a King (but Not a President)
The artist Jonathan Yeo working in his West London studio with the back of the canvas with the as yet unveiled portrait of King Charles III on the left.
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on May 2024
Thursday Briefing
Police officers remained a jarring sight on the lawns and sidewalks of several American universities on Wednesday afternoon, as campuses across the country remained on edge after student arrests in New York and violent conflict in Los Angeles.
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U.K. Conservatives Hold Their Breath: How Bad Will Local Elections Be?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain speaking at a bus depot in Heanor, England, at the start of the local election campaign in March. He will come under intense pressure if results are particularly disappointing.
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U.S. and Israel Struggle With Clashing Visions on Ending Gaza War
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken speaking with the families and supporters of Israeli hostages in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
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U.K. Local Elections, Explained
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak opened his campaign for the English local elections in the East Midlands, an area that is choosing a regional mayor for the first time.
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Blinken Turns Up Pressure on Hamas to Accept Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
“We are determined to get a cease-fire that brings the hostages home and to get it now,” said Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, in Israel on Wednesday.
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Giant Pandas Are Returning to San Diego, China Announces
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed this week that two giant pandas would be sent to the San Diego Zoo.
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Thursday Briefing: Police Deployed at U.S. Campuses
Clashes at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Colombia Will Sever Ties With Israel Over Gaza War
President Gustavo Petro of Colombia at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City in September.
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U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Chinese Companies for Aiding Russia’s War Effort
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the sanctions would “further disrupt and degrade Russia’s war efforts.”
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Flooding in a Kenyan Natural Reserve Forces Tourist Evacuation
A lodge in the flooded Masai Mara National Reserve, where dozens of tourists were evacuated.
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Record Number of Writers Were Jailed Globally in 2023, PEN America Says
Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong protesting the arrest of Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist who was jailed in 2020 for her reporting on the coronavirus outbreak in the mainland Chinese city of Wuhan.
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Chinese Scientist Who Shared Covid Sequence Protests Lab Closure
The virologist Zhang Yongzhen in Shanghai in 2020.
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Expressway Collapses in Southern China Amid Heavy Rains, Killing 36
Rescuers working at the site of a collapsed expressway in the Chinese city of Meizhou on Wednesday, in a photo released by Xinhua News Agency.
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As South Korea Doctors’ Walkout Drags on, Many Blame President
Medical workers outside a hospital in Seoul in March.
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Blinken Meets With Netanyahu, Hoping to Stave Off Rafah Assault
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arriving near Tel Aviv, Israel on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
Drought That Snarled Panama Canal Was Linked to El Niño, Study Finds
A cargo ship in the Panama Canal in September. Officials last year had to slash the number of vessels allowed through.
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He Won by a Landslide. Why Is He Fighting for His Political Life?
Ben Houchen, the mayor of Tees Valley, at the site where development work is taking place to build a new quayside port on the location of the former steelworks in Redcar, England.
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Netanyahu Vows to Invade Rafah ‘With or Without’ Cease-Fire Deal
A destroyed building in the southern Gazan city of Rafah on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
Two Men Are Charged Over the Felling of the Sycamore Gap Tree
The cut on the Sycamore Gap tree was clean and appeared to have been made using a large heavy-duty chain saw.
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on May 2024
Wednesday Briefing: Clashes Escalate on U.S. Campuses
Student protestors stood guard outside shattered glass doors at Hamilton Hall after seizing the building at Columbia University early Tuesday.
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Nine Rescued in Atlantic After Days on Wreckage of Migrant Boat
The helicopter that brought shipwreck survivors to El Hierro in the far west of the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off northwestern Africa.
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Deadly Russian Strikes Hit Civilian Center and Other Targets in Odesa
A building of the Odesa Law Academy complex in Odesa, Ukraine, is on fire after a Russian missile attack on Monday.
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Rebuilding All Destroyed Gaza Homes Could Take 80 Years, U.N. Report Says
Friday Briefing: Hamas Considers Israel’s Proposal
Hamas Studies a Gaza Cease-Fire Offer From Israel, and Hints at Progress
5 Takeaways From the Times Interview of Brittney Griner
Bulgarian Distrust of Russia Simmers Over a Black Sea Oil Terminal
India’s Master of Nostalgia Takes His Sweeping Vision to Netflix
Ex-N.S.A. Employee Who Tried to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia Gets 22 Years
Middle East Crisis: Trade and Diplomatic Moves Deepen Israel’s Isolation
Thousands Believe Covid Vaccines Harmed Them. Is Anyone Listening?
Palestinians in Gaza Express Gratitude for U.S. Campus Protests
Wednesday Briefing