What U.S.-Iran Talks Could Mean for Tehran’s Nuclear Ambitions
A poster in Tehran in November of Iranian scientists. President Trump said that the United States would hold talks with Iran on Saturday in an effort to rein in the country’s nuclear program.
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Europe Prepares to Counter Trump’s Tariff Moves. Will Retaliation Work?
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in Brussels, on Monday.
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With Trump’s Return, Netanyahu Faces Fewer Restraints On Gaza Than Ever
President Trump with Mr. Netanyahu after their meeting at the White House on Monday. Political analysts say Mr. Trump’s return to power has unleashed Mr. Netanyahu, removing guardrails that might have constrained his actions in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria.
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Panama Canal Ship Pilot Navigates Tricky Waters, and Trump
Capt. Efrain Hallax is one of 316 pilots authorized by the Authority of the Panama Canal to steer a ship through the canal.
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Is Trump Having a Liz Truss Moment?
Liz Truss after her resignation speech in October 2022. She was forced out of office by her own Conservative Party in little more than six weeks, the shortest tenure for a prime minister in British history.
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Two Chinese Citizens Captured in Ukraine While Fighting for Russia, Zelensky Says
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine addressing a news conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
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Israel’s Supreme Court Considers Netanyahu’s Attempt to Fire Spy Chief
Ronen Bar, who was fired as head of the Shin Bet last month.
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Pilots Discussed Alternate Ways to Land Before Deadly Jeju Air Crash
Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Dec. 29.
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Prince Harry’s Court Case Over Security in the UK, Explained
Prince Harry being greeted by security at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Tuesday. Three Court of Appeal judges will hear arguments by Harry’s lawyers that the decision to withdraw his police protection in the UK violated official policy.
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Trump, Netanyahu and Orban Continue to Ignore ICC and Test Its Boundaries
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary in Budapest last week.
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Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse: At Least 15 Killed
A photo released by Dominican emergency services showing emergency responders outside the Jet Set Nightclub, right, in Santo Domingo, whose roof caved in early Tuesday.
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Belgian Prince Seeks Pension Benefits
Prince Laurent of Belgium at a parade in Brussels in July.
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Some Israelis Favor Attacking Iran, Expressing Skepticism About Talks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump in the Oval Office on Monday.
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Tuesday Briefing
President Trump speaking with the press pool on Air Force One on Sunday.
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How Japan Built a 3D-Printed Train Station in 6 Hours
The new Hatsushima train station was printed at a factory, shipped to the Japanese city of Arida and assembled overnight.
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South Korea Sets New Presidential Election for June 3
A candlelight concert took place to celebrate the removal of Yoon Suk Yeol as South Korea’s president on Friday.
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U.S. and Iran Will Hold Nuclear Talks on Saturday
President Trump announced the talks during a visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to the White House on Monday.
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Tuesday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Threat to China
The business district in Beijing. Chinese companies could see the cost of their U.S. imports double.
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Global Leaders Rush to Woo Trump, Hoping to Sway Him on Tariffs
President Trump speaking with the press pool on Air Force One as he traveled from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday.
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Video Shows Search for Missing Gaza Paramedics Before Israelis Shoot Rescuers
A still image from a cellphone video taken by a paramedic moments before he and other rescue workers were killed by Israelis in Gaza on March 23, and released by the Palestine Red Crescent.
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Why Earthquake Relief Is Slow to Reach Myanmar
People searched through the debris of destroyed buildings in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Monday.
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U.S. Visa Ban Adds to South Sudan’s Mounting Troubles
The international airport in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. The Trump administration has not said whether it would seek to deport South Sudanese nationals whose visas had been revoked.
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Putin Congratulates Alex Ovechkin for Breaking NHL Record
Alex Ovechkin celebrates after scoring his 895th career goal on Sunday in Elmont, N.Y.
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In Response to Trump, E.U. Prepares to Vote on Retaliatory Tariffs
Parts of BMW car bodies emerging from a machine at a plant in Munich. Auto manufacturing is Germany’s largest industry, and the United States is the sector’s biggest export market.
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Ukraine Questions Value of Black Sea Truce With Russia
Ukrainian sailors aboard a navy patrol boat on the Black Sea this month. Russia and Ukraine have said they are committed to stop fighting in the Black Sea, with caveats.
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China Tries to Downplay the Trade War’s Effects on Its Economy
Shoppers in Beijing on Friday. The trade war will be painful, but it is nothing that the country cannot handle, China says.
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Monday Briefing
The New York Stock Exchange on Friday.
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In a Strongman State, a Trump Order Extinguishes Flickers of Freedom
Uon Chhin, left, and Yeang Sothearin, former journalists with Radio Free Asia, arriving at a court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2019.
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Oil Prices Tumble Further as Trump’s Tariffs Weigh on Economic Outlook
An oil field pump jack in Seminole, Texas, in February.
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Amadou Bagayoko, Half of Malian Duo Who Went Global, Dies at 70
Amadou Bagayoko, right, and his wife, Mariam Doumbia, perform in 2009 at a festival in England. As a duo, Amadou & Mariam, they were regularly described as the new century’s most successful African musical act.
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Monday Briefing: Trump’s Team Defends Tariffs
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the White House on Wednesday.
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Defiant, Le Pen Tells Supporters ‘I Won’t Give Up’ Despite 5-Year Ban
Marine Le Pen arriving to deliver a speech in Paris on Sunday.
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What We Know About the Case of Gaza Aid Workers Killed by Israeli Gunfire
Members of the Palestine Red Crescent and other emergency services last Monday carrying the bodies of rescue workers killed a week earlier by Israeli forces in Gaza.
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Israel Turns Away 2 British Lawmakers
Ben-Gurion International Airport, which services Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, is Israel’s busiest although many airlines avoid traveling to and from the country.
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Recovering Pope Francis Surprises Pilgrims With a Public Appearance
Thunderous applause and cheers greeted Pope Francis on Sunday, as he made his first public appearance since leaving a Rome hospital two weeks ago.
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Russia Strikes Kyiv as Ukraine Mourns Deadly Attack on Zelensky’s Hometown
Smoke rising in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday after a Russian attack. One person was killed and seven wounded, officials said.
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Trump’s Tariffs Will Wound Free Trade, but the Blow May Not Be Fatal
President Trump on Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden, where he announced a sweeping list of tariffs on more than 100 countries.
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Trump, Tariffs and Carney: Canada Polls Show Liberals With Early Election Lift
Support signs for the Liberal Party of Canada, in the windows of a house in the community of Manotick, in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Amid Trump’s Threats, Canada’s Conservative Leader Faces Uncertainty in National Election
Pierre Poilievre greeting supporters during his campaign launch for the Canadian federal election, in Manotick, a community in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on March 23.
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The Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write
[[CAPTION INFO: Jehuda Lindenblatt at home in November 2024.]]
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Vietnam Urges United States to Delay Imposing Tariffs On It
To Lam, Vietnam’s top leader, in Hanoi last month. He was one of the first world leaders to reach out to President Trump after details of the new tariffs were announced.
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Syria Likely Has Over 100 Chemical Weapons Sites, Inspectors Say
Investigating a possible chemical weapons attack site in the Ain Tarma area of Syria in 2013. As president, Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons during the country’s long civil war.
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Peace in Ukraine Will Not Mean a Return Home, Russian Émigrés Say
At a recent exhibition at Black Mustache, a bookstore in Istanbul founded by a Russian exile in 2022.
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Trump Administration Revokes Visas of South Sudanese in Clash Over Deportees
A billboard showing President Salva Kiir of South Sudan in Juba, the country’s capital, last year. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would revoke the visas of all South Sudanese passport holders over the country’s failure to accept the return of its repatriated citizens.
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After Trump’s Tariffs, Stocks Plunged but Penguin Memes Ticked Up
A photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division shows a group of King penguins standing on the shores of Corinthian Bay in the Australian territory of Heard Island.
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U.K. Labour Lawmaker Suspended From Party After Arrest
Dan Norris, a member of the Labour Party, speaking at the University of Bath in July in England.
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Chemical Industry Asks Trump for Exemption From Pollution Limits
The OxyVinyls chemical plant in La Porte, Texas.
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Netanyahu Will Meet Trump in Washington in a Sign of Their Strong Ties
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Budapest on Friday, where he met with Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orban.
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Trump Envoy Visits Lebanon Amid Fears Over a Shaky Cease-Fire
Morgan Ortagus, the U.S. deputy envoy for the Middle East, center, meeting with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam of Lebanon in Beirut on Saturday.
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Works of Art
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In Canada’s Auto City, Tariffs Have Already Caused a Shutdown
The Stellantis plant in Windsor, Ontario, which makes Chrysler minivans and Dodge muscle cars, is suspending production for two weeks.
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How South Korea’s Democracy Prevailed Over a Reckless Leader
Demonstrators in Seoul last month calling for the ouster of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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‘0 to 1939 in 3 seconds’: Why Anti-Elon Musk Satire Is Flourishing in Britain
China Accuses U.S. of Blackmail After Trump Threatens More Tariffs
How to Stay Safe if You’re Traveling and an Earthquake Strikes
Ideology May Not Be What You Think but How You’re Wired
As Netanyahu Meets With Trump, He Finds an ‘Unshackled’ Ally
Sudanese Refugees Flee to Chad Amid Deadly Airstrikes