A Drone Strike in Odesa, Ukraine, Shatters a Family’s Life
Yelyzaveta Gaidarzhi, 2, wakes up from a nap in Odesa, Ukraine, last month. Yelyzaveta lost her mother Anna Gaidarzhi, and her 4-month-old brother Tymofii in a Russian drone strike.
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Switzerland’s Climate Shortfalls Violate Human Rights, European Court Rules
Supporters for the group of older women bringing a climate-related lawsuit against Switzerland at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday.
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David Cameron Reaches Out to Trump, Taking a Risk on His U.S. Trip
The British foreign secretary, David Cameron, speaking during a joint news conference with the U.S. secretary of state, Antony J. Blinken, at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday.
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Iran Smuggles Arms to West Bank, Officials Say, to Foment Unrest With Israel
A damaged building in Syria. Airstrikes in Syria last week targeted units from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps overseeing smuggling, according to officials.
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Champions League: Security Increased After ISIS Threats
Police officers and fans in Madrid, where Real Madrid will play Manchester City in a Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday.
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Simon Harris Just Became Ireland’s Prime Minister. Who Is He?
Simon Harris, the new prime minister, or taoiseach, of Ireland, in Dublin on Tuesday. He said he was “ready for the challenge.”
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Xi of China Meets With Russia’s Foreign Minister, Reaffirming Ties
A photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry of Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov in Beijing, where he also met with his Chinese counterpart.
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Canada Wants to Regulate Online Content. Critics Say It Goes Too Far.
Arif Virani, the justice minister and attorney general of Canada, speaking about the Online Harms Act during a news conference in Canada in February.
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Surviving Daily Life in Ukraine’s Frontline Villages
SELYDOVE, Ukraine - November 17, 2023. Rescue workers look through the ruble of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in the eastern Ukrainian town of Selydove in the Donetsk region.
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U.N. Inspectors Say Nuclear Plant in Ukraine Was Struck by Drones
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant seen in the distance from Nikopol, Ukraine, last summer.
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Rwanda Marks Anniversary of 1994 Genocide
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and his wife, Jeannette Kagame, lighting a remembrance flame on Sunday in Kigali as part of commemorations of the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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Takeaways From the Vatican’s Document on Human Dignity
Pope Francis’ inclusive message in the Roman Catholic Church has a limit: Catholic doctrine.
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on April 2024
Wednesday Briefing
The climate-related lawsuit against Switzerland was brought by a group of older women.
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South Korean Election to Set Tone for Remainder of President’s Term
Casting a ballot in Seoul on Wednesday. The parliamentary election is seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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on April 2024
Germany Rebuffs Claim Its Arms Sales to Israel Abet Genocide in Gaza
The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis on Tuesday.
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on April 2024
Wednesday Briefing: A Divided South Korea Votes
South Korea’s politics are more divided than ever.
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Austin Pushes Back on Claims of Israel Carrying Out Genocide in Gaza
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III testifying before a Senate committee on Tuesday.
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When Is Eid This Year? How the Solar Eclipse Obscured Moon Sighting
Indonesian Muslims in Gresik, Java, use a telescope to see the new crescent moon and determine the end of Ramadan.
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on April 2024
Turkey Restricts Exports to Israel in Protest of War in Gaza
A cargo ship sailing in the Bosporus, seen from Istanbul.
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The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution.
Replacing existing power lines with cables made from state-of-the-art materials could roughly double the capacity of the electric grid in many parts of the country.
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At UN Court, Germany Fights Allegations of Aiding Genocide in Gaza
Members of Germany’s delegation, Tania von Uslar-Gleichen and Christian J. Tams, during hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Tuesday.
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Netanyahu Doubles Down on Rafah Invasion as Fighting Ebbs in Gaza
Palestinian women walking among the rubble of destroyed buildings in Khan Younis on Monday, after Israel pulled its ground forces out of the southern Gaza Strip.
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Tuesday Briefing
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New Method That Pinpoints Wood’s Origin May Curb Illegal Timber
Timber being moved down the Angara River in the Krasnoyarsk region, in Russia.
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on April 2024
German Business Is Tangled in Red Tape
In Germany, a spate of new rules means that Technotherm Heat Treatment Group must prove it complies with the same standards it has been certified as reaching since 2012.
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on April 2024
Active Fighting Subsides in Gaza, but the War Is Not Over, Officials Say
Damaged buildings in Khan Younis on Monday, after Israel pulled its ground forces out of the southern Gaza Strip.
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on April 2024
Tuesday Briefing: A Total Solar Eclipse
Spectators gasped in Mazatlán, Mexico.
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on April 2024
Ex-Ecuadorean Vice President, Arrested at Mexican Embassy, Is Hospitalized
Jorge Glas, a former vice president of Ecuador, in Quito, the capital, in 2018.
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on April 2024
For Nicaragua, International Case Against Germany Is Déjà Vu
Ambassador Carlos J. Argüello Gómez of Nicaragua, center, waiting on Monday for the start of a hearing at The Hague.
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on April 2024
‘Hardest Geezer’ Finishes Running the Length of Africa
Russ Cook crossed the finish line in Cape Angela, Tunisia, on Sunday after running the length of Africa. He completed the journey in a little under a year after setting off from Cape Agulhas, South Africa.
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Yair Lapid Calls for Close Ties With U.S. in Visit to Washington
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks to reporters after meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the US State Department on Monday.
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Gazans Find Khan Younis ‘Unrecognizable’ After Israeli Withdrawal
A Palestinian family rides on a cart through Khan Younis, Gaza, on Monday.
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PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Pervasive in Water Worldwide, Study Finds
The study “sets off alarm bells,” one of the authors said.
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Israel’s Account of World Central Kitchen Strike Raises Wider Legal Questions, Experts Say
A vehicle with the logo of World Central Kitchen that was damaged in an Israeli strike in Deir al Balah, Gaza. The Israeli military says a string of errors led to the fatal attack.
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Israel’s withdrawal suggests the war has entered a new phase.
A Palestinian woman walks past damaged buildings in Khan Younis on Monday, after Israel pulled its ground forces out of the southern Gaza Strip.
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Vatican Says Gender Change and Surrogacy Are Threats to Human Dignity
Pope Francis at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City last week.
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Nearly 100 Die After Boat Sinks Off Coast of Mozambique
A screen shot from a video on the Mozambique national broadcaster, TVM, showing the boat that sank on Sunday after it was brought back to shore.
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Nicaragua Is Taking Germany to ICJ Over Supplying Arms to Israel
Judges and delegates at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday.
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Yellen Sees ‘More Work to Do’ as China Talks End With No Breakthrough
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen with Premier Li Qiang of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday.
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Monday Briefing
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Could Ecuador’s Diplomatic Spat With Mexico Be a Boon for Noboa?
Military and police officers in Quito, Ecuador, on Saturday.
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Israel Withdraws Troops From Southern Gaza as War Hits 6-Month Mark
Khan Younis on Sunday. Israel said it had pulled its forces from the southern Gaza city.
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At Rally for Hostages, Nadler Is Booed After Calling for Gaza Aid
Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York, spoke during a demonstration calling for the release of hostages held in Gaza.
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Monday Briefing: Israel Pulls Some Troops from Southern Gaza
Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israel said it had pulled a division of soldiers from the city.
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Princess Reema, Saudi Ambassador, Navigates Rough Waters in Washington
Princess Reema Bandar al-Saud is the daughter of Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who was one of the most powerful diplomats in Washington. She has taken up his old role at a critical time.
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Gazans Are Turning to This Wild Plant for Survival
Selling khobeza leaves in Rafah, in southern Gaza, in February. The plant is making up an outsize portion of many Gazans’ diets by providing a lower-cost way to blunt hunger.
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A C.I.A. Black Site Remains a Touchy Subject for Lithuania
The former C.I.A. site, code-named Site Violet, in Antaviliai, Lithuania.
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on April 2024
Japan and US Seek to Strengthen Ties as Kishida Visits
President Biden with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan at the NATO headquarters in Brussels in 2022.
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Homecoming
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South Korea’s Election Is About ‘Gladiator Politics’
Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party and Yoon Suk Yeol of the People Power Party during the presidential election campaign in Seoul in 2022.
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on April 2024
Peter Pellegrini Wins Slovakia’s Presidential Election
Peter Pellegrini casting his ballot in Bratislava in the first round of Slovakia’s presidential election in March.
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Another Israeli Hostage’s Body Recovered, the Death Angering His Family
A March protest in Tel Aviv demanding the release of the Oct. 7 hostages. At center, a woman holds a poster of Elad Katzir, whose body was recovered Friday by the Israeli military.
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Who Is Jorge Glas, an Ecuadorean Politician Arrested at Mexico’s Embassy?
Ecuador’s former vice president, Jorge Glas, after his release from prison in Quito, Ecuador, in 2022.
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The Israeli hostage whose body was returned Saturday had spoken of feeling unsafe.
Maya Palty, left, rallied for her relative Elad Katzir in January. Mr. Katzir had deep roots in Nir Oz, the kibbutz in southern Israel where he was born and from which he was abducted on Oct. 7.
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New England Journal of Medicine Ignored Nazi Atrocities, Historians Find
Nazi doctors and scientists on trial at Nuremberg in 1947 for human experiments, murders and other atrocities during the Holocaust.
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on April 2024
Israel Says It Recovered Body of Elad Katzir, an Oct. 7 Hostage
Supporters held posters of Elad Katzir during a protest in Tel Aviv in February.
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