With a Gaza Cease-Fire in the Balance, Netanyahu Maneuvers to Keep Power
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel attending a Holocaust remembrance ceremony this week in Jerusalem. His war decisions could affect his future as prime minister.
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France Says It Built the Olympics Safely. Migrant Workers Don’t Count.
When two workers died on a subway project that Emmanuel Macron’s former transportation minister called “the lifeline of the Olympics,” their deaths were not included in the Olympic total.
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on May 2024
In Serbia, Xi Underlines Close Ties With Ally That Shares Wariness of U.S.
President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia with President Xi Jinping of China on Wednesday in Belgrade, Serbia, the latest stop on Mr. Xi’s European tour.
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on May 2024
How 360,000 Haitians Wound Up Living in Empty Lots and Crowded Schools
People forced from their homes by gang violence taking refuge at a high school that was converted into a shelter in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
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on May 2024
Russia Hits Ukrainian Power Plants, Further Straining Energy System
Surveying the damage of a house hit during a Russian strike in the Kyiv region of Ukraine on Wednesday.
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on May 2024
Hong Kong Court Bans ‘Glory to Hong Kong,’ a Pro-Democracy Song
People singing “Glory to Hong Kong” during a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong in 2019.
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on May 2024
Kim Ki-Nam, Chief Propagandist in North Korea for Decades, Dies
A photograph released by North Korean state media showed Kim Jong-un, center, the ruler of the country, at a service in Pyongyang for Kim Ki-nam, who died on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
Bulgaria Faces Another General Election
A rally of the “We Continue the Change” party in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in 2022 ahead of an earlier election. Bulgaria will hold elections again in June with a vote for a new Parliament.
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on May 2024
On European Tour, Xi Jinping Heads to Friendly Territory in the East
President Xi Jinping arrives for an earlier meeting with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in Paris on Monday.
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on May 2024
Isolated From West, Putin Projects Domestic Power at Inauguration
The Russian President Vladimir V. Putin arriving in the Kremlin’s St. Andrew’s Hall in Moscow on Tuesday for his inauguration for a fifth term.
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on May 2024
U.S. Soldier Is Detained in Russia and Accused of Theft, Officials Say
A bridge connecting an island to Vladivostok in Russia’s far east. An American soldier was detained in the port city on Thursday.
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on May 2024
The New Players in Brazilian Politics? Elon Musk and Republicans.
Supporters dressed as former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, left, and President Javier Milei of Argentina took part in a rally last month in Rio de Janeiro, where demonstrators thanked Elon Musk for his criticism of Brazil’s Supreme Court.
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on May 2024
Preparations Ramp Up for Global Security Force to Quell Haitian Violence
Residents fleeing the Delmas 22 neighborhood this month because of gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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on May 2024
Environmental Changes Are Fueling Human, Animal and Plant Diseases, Study Finds
White-footed mice, the primary reservoir for Lyme disease, have become more dominant in the U.S. as other rarer mammals have disappeared, one potential explanation for rising disease rates.
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on May 2024
Podesta Meets With China’s Climate Envoy Amid Deep Economic Tensions
Electric cars ready for export in Suzhou, China. The country’s dominance in EVs has rivals worried.
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on May 2024
Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports
President Biden has proposed higher tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum and started investigations of Chinese automotive technologies.
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on May 2024
Judy Devlin Hashman, Record-Holding Badminton Champion, Dies at 88
Judy Devlin Hashman won the all-England badminton singles championships 10 times, more than any other player.
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on May 2024
In the Caribbean, Mangroves Draw Visitors in Search of Wildlife and Quiet
The Curaçao Rif Mangrove Park offers guided tours, elevated boardwalks, programs for local schoolchildren and a tiered entrance-fee system for residents and overseas visitors.
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on May 2024
Israel Reopens a Gaza Crossing Critical for Humanitarian Aid
An aid truck passing through the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel in March.
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on May 2024
Rolling Blackouts Dim Several Cities as Heat Wave Scorches Mexico
The electrical grid in Mexico has been strained after soaring temperatures, leading to blackouts on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
Wednesday Briefing
Watching an area of Rafah hit by Israeli strikes on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
Biden Puts Arms Shipment to Israel on Hold Amid Dispute Over Rafah Attack
An Israeli tank near the Israel-Gaza border. Confirmation of the arms pause came just hours after Israel sent tanks into Rafah, in southern Gaza.
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on May 2024
Canada Re-Criminalizes Public Drug Use in British Columbia
British Columbians are no longer permitted to use certain drugs in public places. The new rule underscores the difficulties that governments face as they grapple with the opioid crisis.
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on May 2024
Israeli Tanks Enter Rafah as Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Resume in Cairo
A Palestinian youth inspects on Tuesday the damage inside a destroyed building following Israel’s bombardment of a district in Rafah, in southern Gaza.
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on May 2024
Outage Causes Delays at U.K. Airports’ Immigration Checkpoints
Besides Heathrow, the problem was affecting Manchester Airport, Gatwick Airport near London and Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland.
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on May 2024
Here Are the Gaps Between Israel and Hamas on the Latest Cease-Fire Proposal
Palestinians at a damaged school run by UNRWA near Gaza City on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
Boy Scouts to Change Its Name to Scouting America
The Boy Scouts of America have announced a change in the organization’s name to Scouting America.
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on May 2024
Garrick, the Men-Only London Club, Votes to Accept Female Members
Founded in 1831, the Garrick Club has long guarded its membership list closely. A leak put a new spotlight on its men-only policy.
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on May 2024
Macron Hosts Xi Jinping, China’s President, in the French Pyrenees
President Emmanuel Macron of France and President Xi Jinping of China and their spouses, Brigitte Macron and Peng Liyuan, on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
Biden’s Arms Transfer Policies Face New Pressures From Gaza War
Israeli soldiers in Gaza. President Biden’s critics say he is making a political decision to flout U.S. law and his own administration’s directives in the case of Israel.
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on May 2024
Blinken Holds Regional Talks on Migration in Latin America
The meeting on Tuesday is part of talks connected to the Los Angeles Declaration, a 2022 agreement signed by the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and other countries.
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on May 2024
Russian Plot to Kill Zelensky Foiled, Ukraine Says
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in April in Kyiv.
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on May 2024
Two Dozen Bodies Brought to Rafah Hospital, Doctor Says
A building damaged in a strike in Rafah, Gaza, on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
U.K. Armed Forces’ Data Is Exposed in Hostile Cyberattack
A cyberattack targeting a third-party payroll system used by Britain’s Ministry of Defense yielded the names and bank details of some serving members of the armed forces and some veterans.
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on May 2024
U.S. Repatriates 11 American Citizens From ISIS War Camps in Syria
Al Hol, the main camp holding families of Islamic State fighters, in January. The United States has been encouraging other countries to take back their nationals, and in some cases providing military logistical help.
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on May 2024
Israel’s Closures of 2 Gaza Border Crossings Prompt Alarm Over Humanitarian Aid
People removing flour from a truck in Rafah, Gaza, on Tuesday after the Israeli military called for evacuations in the eastern part of the city.
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on May 2024
Tuesday Briefing
Displaced Palestinians fleeing Rafah on Monday.
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on May 2024
A Week of Pomp to Project Putin’s Confidence
In a photo provided by a Russian state-owned news agency, Sputnik, President Vladimir Putin of Russia is seen attending the Orthodox Easter service at Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, on Sunday.
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on May 2024
Inside the White House Scramble to Broker a Deal in Gaza
Smoke rising over eastern Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, on Monday after strikes.
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on May 2024
Pact Hamas Has Embraced Is U.S.-Israel Cease-Fire Deal With Small Changes, Officials Say
Displaced Palestinians fleeing Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, after the Israeli military ordered civilians on Monday to leave the eastern parts of the city.
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on May 2024
U.S. Army Soldier Is Detained in Russia
“The Army notified his family, and the U.S. Department of State is providing appropriate consular support to the soldier in Russia,” said Cynthia O. Smith, an Army spokeswoman.
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on May 2024
A New Diplomatic Strategy Emerges as Artificial Intelligence Grows
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Monday. He has described an increasingly zero-sum competition, in which countries will be forced to choose between signing up for a Western-dominated “stack” of technologies or a Chinese-dominated one.
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on May 2024
Gaza Cease-Fire Talks: A Timeline of Recent Developments
Israel’s Iron Dome antimissile system intercepted rockets launched from Gaza on Monday.
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on May 2024
Where 3 Dead Tourists Were Found Fast, Thousands Remain Missing
The well where the remains of three missing tourists were found this weekend near La Bocana Beach, south of Ensenada, Mexico.
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on May 2024
Tuesday Briefing: Israel Orders Rafah Evacuations
Palestinians evacuating after the Israeli military warned people to leave eastern Rafah.
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on May 2024
Israel Orders Partial Evacuation of Rafah, Fueling Fears of New Offensive
Displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip carried their belongings as they left the city on Monday after an evacuation order by the Israeli Army.
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on May 2024
5 Dead After Inhaling Hazardous Gas at a Water Plant in Sicily
Relatives of the victims amid firefighters, medical staff and investigators at the site of a workplace accident that left five dead near Palermo, Sicily, on Monday. A sixth worker was seriously injured and in intensive care.
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on May 2024
Assaults on German Politicians Raise Election-Year Worries
Matthias Ecke, pictured at left in the placard, was assaulted while hanging campaign posters in Dresden, Germany.
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on May 2024
World’s Longest Baguette Is Baked in France
Food for thought in Suresnes, France: not quite 500 feet of baguette.
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on May 2024
‘Alarm Bells’ Were Ringing: Johannesburg Officials Faulted Over Deadly Fire
Firefighters at the scene of a blaze in downtown Johannesburg last August that killed dozens of people. They found exits that had been welded shut.
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on May 2024
Xi Bristles at Criticism of China Over the War in Ukraine
President Emmanuel Macron of France and President Xi Jinping of China at Élysée Palace after a meeting with the European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, right.
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on May 2024
Russia to Hold Drills on Tactical Nuclear Weapons in New Tensions With West
A devastated village on the outskirts of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine.
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on May 2024
What to Know About Xi Jinping’s Trip to Europe
The plane carrying President Xi Jinping of China arriving on Sunday at Orly airport, south of Paris.
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on May 2024
Meet Edmundo Gonzalez, the Candidate Challenging Maduro in Venezuela’s Elections
Edmundo González has emerged as the candidate the government would not seek to block and that the opposition would support.
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on May 2024
With Schools in Ruins, Education in Gaza Will Be Hobbled for Years
Palestinian children last month at a destroyed school in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. More than 80 percent of Gaza’s schools have been severely damaged or destroyed by fighting, according to the United Nations.
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on May 2024
Wednesday Briefing: Israel in Rafah; Negotiators in Cairo
Israel Downplays U.S. Hold on Arms Delivery, but Some See New Strain in Ties
A Cicada’s Guide to Periodical Romance
It Took Decades, but Japan’s Working Women Are Making Progress