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Zelensky and E.U. Leaders Try to Understand Why Trump Abandoned Idea of a Cease-Fire

Par :Constant Méheut
16 août 2025 à 10:33
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will go to Washington on Monday seeking answers.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Rome last month. After the meeting in Anchorage on Friday, Mr. Zelensky spoke with President Trump on the phone, and made plans to travel to Washington this week.
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Why Is the U.S. Offering a $5 Million Reward for a Haitian Gang Leader?

Par :Frances Robles
16 août 2025 à 05:01
A major bounty has been offered for help apprehending Jimmy Cherizier, a gang leader known as “Barbecue.” Experts have doubts about whether it will make any difference.

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Jimmy Cherizier, the notorious Haitian gang leader known as “Barbecue,” in 2024 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital.
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After Meeting Putin, Trump Reverts to Land Swaps for Peace in Ukraine

Par :Steven Erlanger
16 août 2025 à 09:26
The U.S. president’s latest statements are a reversal of much of what he seemed to have agreed to with European allies this past week.

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President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Friday at a news conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.
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Israel Gears Up for Nationwide Strike to Support Hostages

Par :Aaron Boxerman
16 août 2025 à 07:25
Nearly two years of demonstrations have failed to push Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a deal with Hamas that would end the war and free the remaining captives.

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Family members of hostages held in Gaza protesting in Tel Aviv last week.
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Trump Praises Putin in Fox News Interview After Alaska Summit

Par :Chris Cameron and Maggie Haberman
16 août 2025 à 06:52
President Trump offered Sean Hannity few details of what he had discussed with President Vladimir V. Putin about Russia’s war in Ukraine, but talked up their personal connection.

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President Trump speaking with reporters on Air Force One on his way to Alaska on Friday.
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After Trump-Putin Alaska Summit, Europeans Worry Trump Will Pressure Zelensky

Par :Steven Erlanger
16 août 2025 à 07:41
With no strategy of their own for ending the war, the continent’s leaders are anxious that President Trump will force Kyiv to accept terms that favor Russia too much.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on Friday.
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Life in a City Where English Is the Minority Language

Par :Ian Austen
16 août 2025 à 06:00
Some thoughts from Quebec City’s English-speaking community.

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The Morrin Cultural Centre is home to Quebec City’s only English-language library.
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Arrests in Turkey Silence Erdogan’s Rivals, Opposition Says

Par :Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur
16 août 2025 à 05:00
Turkey has arrested at least 390 people associated with the political opposition since March.

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in Nicosia, Cyprus, last month. In a recent speech, he said that government investigators were exposing “the biggest gang of robbers in the history of the Republic.”
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A Lifelong Party of ‘Puzzle-Making Tomfoolery’

Par :Siobhan Roberts
16 août 2025 à 03:00
In 1978, Jerry Slocum assembled the first International Puzzle Party in his living room. Now it’s a global event.

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Roger Manderscheid of Orange County, Calif., tried to solve the Brother’s Key puzzle.
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Spain’s Old Ways May Show How to Keep Cool

Par :Jason Horowitz and Ilvy Njiokiktjien
16 août 2025 à 00:01
The tradition of the siesta is no accident. Spain has been living with extreme heat for centuries, and its people have ways of coping.
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Once Seen as Divisive, South Korea’s New Leader Tries for Charming

Par :Choe Sang-Hun
16 août 2025 à 00:01
To South Koreans weary of the political polarization that led briefly to martial law, President Lee Jae Myung is showing a more human touch than his predecessor. But his biggest challenges lie ahead.

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President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea taking questions during a news conference at the Blue House in Seoul last month, after his first 30 days in office.
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At Trump’s Summit, No Deal on Ukraine, and No Consequence for Putin

Par :David E. Sanger
15 août 2025 à 23:36
President Trump’s failure to reach an accord on Ukraine only made his warm welcome for the Russian leader more striking.

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President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin during a joint news conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.
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Trump and Putin Put on a Show in Summit, but No Ukraine Deal Emerges

Par :Peter Baker and Katie Rogers
15 août 2025 à 21:51
President Trump gave President Vladimir Putin a warm public reception, effectively ending his diplomatic isolation over the past three years for his invasion of Ukraine. But Mr. Putin did not agree to stop the war.

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President Vladimir V. Putin and President Trump on Friday. They exchanged pleasantries, but revealed few details about their talks.
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Fox News to Interview Trump 3 Times During the Summit With Putin

Par :Michael M. Grynbaum
15 août 2025 à 18:02
President Trump is expected to speak with Sean Hannity after meeting with the Russian leader. Bret Baier is interviewing Mr. Trump twice on Air Force One.

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Sean Hannity of Fox News is set to interview President Trump in Anchorage on Friday.
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False Flags, Fake Flags: Propaganda Muddles the Trump-Putin Meeting

Par :Steven Lee Myers
15 août 2025 à 17:44
The summit in Alaska between President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has unleashed a wave of propaganda and disinformation from Russian state media and online conspiracy theorists.

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A screen in Manhattan showing President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Alaska on Friday.
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As Trump Meets Putin in Anchorage, Zelensky Condemns Russia’s Continuing Strikes

Par :Ashley Ahn
15 août 2025 à 16:23
The Ukrainian leader sounded off on social media before the summit in Anchorage from which he was excluded.

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Ukrainians carrying their belongings out of a heavily damaged building after a Russian strike in the town of Bilozerske in the Donetsk region on Tuesday.
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New I.R.S. Rules for Large Wind and Solar Projects Released

Par :Brad Plumer
15 août 2025 à 15:57
The move comes as the Trump administration has issued a barrage of new restrictions on renewable energy across the country.

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Wind turbine tower pieces under construction for the South Fork Wind Farm at the New London State Pier in Connecticut in 2023.
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Mali’s Junta Accuses Frenchman of Plot to Overthrow the Military Government

Par :Eve Sampson
15 août 2025 à 14:08
A representative of the junta said the man had worked “on behalf of the French intelligence service, which mobilized political leaders, civil society actors and military personnel” to foment a coup.

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The leader of Mali’s ruling junta and “transitional president,” Lt. Col. Assimi Goita, center, in 2022. The junta said it had foiled an attempted coup, organized by French intelligence.
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Air Canada’s Flight Attendants Begin Strike, Crippling the Airline

Par :Ian Austen and Matina Stevis-Gridneff
16 août 2025 à 07:07
Ahead of the work stoppage, the airline said it had canceled most of the 700 flights that it directly operates, which carry about 130,000 people each day.

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Passengers waiting at an Air Canada check-in counter at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada on Friday.
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Hours Before Putin Meeting, Trump Calls Belarusian Leader, Kremlin’s Closest Ally

Par :Ivan Nechepurenko
15 août 2025 à 13:30
President Trump referred to the authoritarian ruler of Belarus, who has been isolated by the West for years, “the highly respected President.”

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President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus during a news conference in Minsk in 2023. President Trump said he spoke on Friday with Mr. Lukashenko, who has long been shunned by Western leaders.
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A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply

Par :Apoorva Mandavilli and Taiwo Aina
15 août 2025 à 11:48
The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has disrupted the global supply chain that provides a therapeutic food, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.

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Kaltum Mohammad with her daughter, Fatima, in the Gubio internally displaced persons camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria, in November.
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Who’s Attending the Trump-Putin Meeting in Alaska

Par :Jonathan Wolfe and Ivan Nechepurenko
15 août 2025 à 11:20
The delegations include top diplomatic, military and economic officials, a sign that the U.S. and Russia will discuss more than the war in Ukraine.

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Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, will lead the entourages of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Trump during their bilateral meeting in Anchorage on Friday.
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A Timeline of Trump’s Complicated Relationship With Putin

Par :Talya Minsberg
15 août 2025 à 09:50
President Trump has long admired President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Their meeting in Alaska will be at least their seventh face-to-face encounter.

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President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Hamburg, Germany, in 2017.
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United Nations Plastic Treaty Talks End Without Deal

Par :Hiroko Tabuchi
15 août 2025 à 08:57
Countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether the world should limit plastic manufacturing and restrict the use of harmful plastic chemicals.

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Plastic waste collected at a California state park in May.
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Flash Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 150 People in a Single Day

Par :Elian Peltier and Zia ur-Rehman
15 août 2025 à 14:29
The country has endured heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change. The authorities said that at least 194 people died on Friday.

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Residents and rescue workers at an area hit by flash flooding in Salarzai, in Bajaur District, northern Pakistan, on Friday.
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China’s Economy Slows Broadly Even as Exports Keep Rising

Par :Keith Bradsher
15 août 2025 à 01:05
Officials blamed U.S. “protectionism” for the dismal July data, but growth was likely held back by real estate and new policies aimed at slowing factory investments.

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A residential construction site in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province in July.
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The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza: No School, Few Toys, Little Hope

Par :Patrick Kingsley and Bilal Shbair
15 août 2025 à 05:37
Over the past two years, tens of thousands of children in the territory have been killed, wounded or orphaned. Childhood as they once knew it has ceased to exist.

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A camp for the displaced on a beach in Gaza City.
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Masaoki Sen, a Kamikaze Volunteer and Japan Tea Ceremony Grandmaster, Dies

Par :Martin Fackler
15 août 2025 à 16:56
Spared from flying a suicide mission in World War II, he became a grandmaster of Japan’s venerable tea ceremony and used his stature to speak out against all wars.

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Masaoki Sen performed a traditional Japanese tea ceremony in 2011 at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
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How Trump’s Meeting With Putin Could Unfold, as Trump Seeks Cease-Fire in Ukraine

Par :David E. Sanger
15 août 2025 à 05:03
A sudden feud, an impasse or a first step toward a cease-fire are all possible at the summit in Alaska as the two leaders navigate thorny issues such as Ukraine’s territory and NATO expansion.

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President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a joint news conference in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018. The summit on Friday will be their first face-to-face meeting since Mr. Trump’s first presidency.
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For Some Venetians, This Overgrown Island Is Paradise

Par :Elisabetta Povoledo
15 août 2025 à 14:35
A citizens’ group is now in charge of the island of Poveglia, where they will create a park for anyone who wants to leave Venice’s maddening crowds of tourists behind.

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Members of the Poveglia for Everyone association on Poveglia, an island in the Venetian Lagoon. Last year, a court determined that the group could manage one of Poveglia’s three islets on a six-year renewable lease.
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Evo Morales, Barred from Bolivia’s Election, Urges Null Votes

Par :Genevieve Glatsky · María Silvia Trigo and Marian Carrasquero For The New York Times
15 août 2025 à 05:00
Despite being barred from running again for president and being sought for arrest, a towering figure of Bolivian politics is trying to rally supporters to cast null votes.

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  • Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.
    The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.
     
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Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.

Par :Mike Ives
15 août 2025 à 03:00
The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.

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The $7.2 million U.S. Treasury check that sealed the American purchase of Alaska in 1867.
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