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Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections

18 juillet 2025 à 18:32
A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a department cable that public comments on foreign elections “should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”

Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador

18 juillet 2025 à 17:56
A deal freed 10 Americans and permanent U.S. residents detained in Venezuela, for more than 200 Venezuelan migrants who were imprisoned in El Salvador after being expelled from the United States.

Cuban Minister Resigns After Accusing Beggars of Faking Poverty

18 juillet 2025 à 15:54
The labor and social security minister drew public outrage when she said “there are no beggars” in Cuba, where many people struggle to afford food.

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Cuban Minister of Labour and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, in 2023.

Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Former President, Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor Before Trial

18 juillet 2025 à 11:50
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges against him be dropped.

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Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, outside the country’s Senate on Thursday. Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered him to stay away from foreign embassies because it fears he could flee justice.

Floods and Heavy Rain Kill Dozens in Pakistan

18 juillet 2025 à 07:08
Relentless rain began on Wednesday, causing flooding in several cities and across vast rural stretches in the province of Punjab.

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A flooded village in northern Pakistan on Thursday.

UK, France and Germany Plan for a Post-U.S. Future

18 juillet 2025 à 05:58
The leaders of France, Germany and Britain are building parallel diplomatic institutions to defend Europe as President Trump retreats from the continent.

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From left: President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany at a summit in Tirana, Albania, in May.

Who Are the Druse? The Religious Minority at the Center of Israel and Syria’s Tensions

18 juillet 2025 à 05:03
Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now, members are at the heart of the region’s shifting power struggles.

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Clerics praying during a funeral for people killed during clashes between Druse fighters and Bedouin tribes in Sweida, Syria, on Monday.

Extra! Extra! Read All About Last Newspaper Hawker in Paris

18 juillet 2025 à 05:02
Ali Akbar started selling papers on the streets in 1974. He is still at it, winning over Parisians and presidents with persistence, humor and his signature catchphrase: “Ça y est!”

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Ali Akbar, 72, has been hawking newspapers in the streets of Paris for more than a half-century.
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Musk Clears Final Hurdles for Tesla and Starlink in India

17 juillet 2025 à 20:15
In the first tangible inroads Elon Musk has sought for years in India, Starlink passed a final regulatory hurdle and Tesla opened its first India store.

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The first Tesla showroom in India, in Mumbai, on Tuesday.

5 Charged in U.C. Berkeley Professor’s Killing in Greece, Including His Ex-Wife

17 juillet 2025 à 22:51
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, who taught quantitative marketing at the Haas School of Business, was shot several times on July 4 outside Athens, the authorities said.

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An image from video showing police officers arresting five people over the killing of a University of California, Berkeley, professor in a suburb of Athens.

‘Bonjour’ Sets Off a Linguistic Dispute on a Belgian Train

17 juillet 2025 à 13:33
The rules can get complicated in a country with French, Dutch and German as official languages.

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Commuters at a train station in Leuven, Belgium, in 2022. Language rules in the Flanders region can get complicated.

Blood in the Streets and Death in the Air: Residents Survey Damage in Syrian City

17 juillet 2025 à 15:56
In the southern city of Sweida, residents describe the aftermath of a wave of sectarian violence.

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Buildings that were burned and looted near Sweida, Syria, on Tuesday.

Israeli Strike on a Gaza Church Kills Three

17 juillet 2025 à 16:05
As cease-fire talks stalled, a deadly strike on a Catholic church in Gaza City prompted Pope Leo XIV to call for an immediate end to the fighting.

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Transporting a person who was injured in the strike on the Holy Family Catholic Church to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Thursday.

The UK Plans to Lower the Voting Age to 16. Here’s What to Know.

17 juillet 2025 à 10:38
The plan has been described as the largest expansion of voting rights in Britain in decades.

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A polling station in Brighton, England, last year. Britain has set the minimum voting age for general elections at 18 since 1969.

Prominent Human Rights Group Flees El Salvador

17 juillet 2025 à 09:34
The group, Cristosal, has investigated prison deaths and torture under President Nayib Bukele. Its employees were threatened and surveilled, its director said.

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Ruth López, the anti-corruption director of Cristosal, leaving a courthouse in June, following her May arrest.

Rescuers Seek American Hiker Missing for Days in the Pyrenees

17 juillet 2025 à 07:57
Cole Henderson, 27, was last heard from on July 9, when he told friends he was putting his phone into airplane mode ahead of a mountain hike in Spain.

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Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, in the Pyrenees mountains of Spain.

Prince Harry Follows Diana’s Footsteps in Angola as Specter of Land Mines Returns

17 juillet 2025 à 07:23
Harry walked through a minefield in Angola, retracing a journey by his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. Several countries plan to revive use of the weapons.

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Prince Harry, left, walking through a minefield in Cuito Cuanavale, Angola, on Wednesday, in a photo released by The Halo Trust. He repeated the journey that his mother, Diana, took in 1997.
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  • Why Israel Attacked Syria
    For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.
     

Why Israel Attacked Syria

17 juillet 2025 à 07:18
For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.

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An Israeli airstrike damaged the entrance to Syria’s defense ministry headquarters on Wednesday.

They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan Makes Them Uneasy.

17 juillet 2025 à 06:37
After President Trump announced that Coke will be made with cane sugar in the U.S., as it is in Mexico, foodies of Mexican heritage said in interviews that they weren’t excited.

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A Coca-Cola truck driving through Izamal, Mexico, last year.

Israel, Mixing Force With Diplomacy, Takes ‘Discordant’ Approach to Syria

17 juillet 2025 à 06:04
For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.

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An Israeli airstrike damaged the entrance to Syria’s defense ministry headquarters on Wednesday.

Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s Decade of Legal Woes Ends

17 juillet 2025 à 06:24
​The South Korean Supreme Court’s ruling dispels uncertainty​ over Lee Jae-yong’s leadership as the tech giant faces challenges from tariffs and chip making rivals.

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Lee Jae-yong, the chairman of Samsung Electronics, arriving for a court appearance in Seoul in February.

Syria’s President Condemns Israeli Strikes on Damascus

17 juillet 2025 à 10:35
President Ahmed al-Shara said the airstrike on Damascus threatened to escalate sectarian violence, in his sharpest criticism of Israel since he came to power.

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Debris in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Wednesday, after an Israeli strike.

Trump’s Brazil Tariff Threats Rekindle Support for President Lula

17 juillet 2025 à 05:01
Once called the planet’s most popular politician, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil faced long odds in next year’s election. President Trump’s tariffs are changing that.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil has seen a surge in popularity after confronting President Trump over tariffs.

Tomorrowland Music Festival Is Still On After Blaze Wrecks Main Stage

17 juillet 2025 à 07:57
Organizers of the major electronic festival in Belgium said it would continue as planned despite the destruction of its focal point.

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Lauren Southern, Former Right-Wing Commentator, Says Andrew Tate Assaulted Her

17 juillet 2025 à 01:00
Ms. Southern’s account of a 2018 encounter, made in a self-published memoir, adds to the allegations against Mr. Tate, the online influencer. “She is lying through her teeth,” Mr. Tate’s lawyer said.

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Lauren Southern during a rally in 2017.

China’s Aircraft Carriers Push Into Waters Long Dominated by U.S.

17 juillet 2025 à 00:01
Recent drills near Japan reflect China’s ambitions to extend its navy’s reach and exert greater influence, in the Pacific and beyond.

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Fighter jets could be seen on the flight deck of China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, as it was anchored in Hong Kong this month.

Germany’s Merz and UK’s Starmer Sign Mutual Defense Pact as U.S. Steps Back

17 juillet 2025 à 08:49
The new treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other, in the latest sign of European nations uniting amid growing instability.

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The Anglo-German accord, signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany covers energy, economic cooperation and migration, in addition to defense.

K-Beauty Fans Stock up on Cosmetics After Trump’s Tariff Threat

17 juillet 2025 à 00:00
American consumers of Korean cosmetics and skin-care products are bulk buying, as President Trump threatens 25 percent tariffs on imports.

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Shoppers at an Olive Young store in Seoul in April.
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Trump Has Promised More Tariffs on Mexico. What Happens Next?

16 juillet 2025 à 19:31
President Trump has threatened to increase Mexico’s tariff rate to 30 percent starting Aug. 1, claiming the country hasn’t sufficiently tackled drug cartels.

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Vehicles lining up on the Tijuana side of the U.S.-Mexico border to cross into Southern California last year.

Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration

16 juillet 2025 à 17:38
The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them. But Eswatini says it will send them home.

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Mswati III, King of Eswatini, addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2023.
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  • Why So Many Afghans Have Been Forced Out of Iran
    More than 1.4 million Afghans have been forced out of Iran since January amid a governmental crackdown. Elian Peltier, an international correspondent at The New York Times, reports from the Afghanistan-Iran border. There, he met with Afghans grappling with an uncertain future, as they return to a country with widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights.
     

Why So Many Afghans Have Been Forced Out of Iran

More than 1.4 million Afghans have been forced out of Iran since January amid a governmental crackdown. Elian Peltier, an international correspondent at The New York Times, reports from the Afghanistan-Iran border. There, he met with Afghans grappling with an uncertain future, as they return to a country with widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights.

London’s Kew Gardens Will Renovate Iconic Glasshouses

16 juillet 2025 à 16:10
The Palm House and the Waterlily House, two hulking greenhouses built in the Victorian Era, will close in 2027 for four years of major renovations.

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The Palm House at Kew Gardens will close for major restorations in 2027.

Carney Moves to Reduce Canada’s Chinese Steel Imports in Response to Trump’s Tariffs

16 juillet 2025 à 15:56
Canada’s steel industry fears that Chinese steel facing steep tariffs in the United States will be sent north and overwhelm the Canadian market.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney announced steps on Wednesday intended to reduce steel imports from China at a steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario.

Norwegian Olympic Skier, Audun Groenvold, Dies After Lightning Strike

16 juillet 2025 à 14:29
Audun Groenvold, 49, won a bronze medal at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

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Audun Groenvold of Norway won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Mosaic of Lovers, Taken by Nazi Officer, Is Returned to Pompeii

16 juillet 2025 à 13:54
The mosaic, which depicts a couple in an intimate bedroom scene, is among thousands of artifacts stolen from the ancient Roman city.

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Archaeologists believe the mosaic may have once decorated the bedroom floor of a villa or another private residence belonging to one of Pompeii’s wealthier families.

The Air India Plane Crash Took His ‘Everything’

16 juillet 2025 à 10:00
His son and daughter-in-law brought love to his home and represented the family’s hope for a better life.

Anil Ambalal Patel kissing a photo of his son, Harshit, and his daughter-in-law, Pooja, on the morning of their funeral.

Israel Strikes Syria’s Capital, Sending Warning to Government

16 juillet 2025 à 18:56
Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province dominated by the country’s Druse minority.

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Smoke rising from the Syrian Defense Ministry in the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday.

Russia Appears Unfazed by Trump’s Ukraine War Ultimatum

16 juillet 2025 à 09:39
Russian officials and commentators have shown little indication that Moscow is about to change course under new pressure.

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Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, center, in Malaysia this month. He said Moscow wanted to understand what was behind Mr. Trump’s remarks.

Mike Huckabee Visits Netanyahu’s Trial in Israel

16 juillet 2025 à 12:25
A highly unusual appearance from Mike Huckabee comes as President Trump has called for the long-running legal case to be canceled.

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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, arrived on Wednesday at the court where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on trial for corruption.

At Least 20 Killed in Stampede Outside a Gaza Aid Site

16 juillet 2025 à 18:33
There were conflicting accounts from Palestinian and aid officials over what happened at the food distribution hub run by the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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Casualties were brought into Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza on Wednesday after a stampede at a food distribution site.

Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil

15 juillet 2025 à 21:12
The United States has begun investigating Brazil’s trade practices and “anti-corruption interference,” after the president’s criticisms of Brazil’s treatment of Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.

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Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said he was beginning the investigation “into Brazil’s attacks on American social media companies as well as other unfair trading practices that harm American companies, workers, farmers and technology innovators.”

Trump Announces ‘Great Deal’ on Trade With Indonesia

16 juillet 2025 à 07:56
President Trump said the agreement would partly walk back some of the steep tariffs he threatened on the country last week. Indonesia’s president called Mr. Trump a “tough negotiator.”

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President Trump called a trade agreement with Indonesia a “great deal for everybody.”

The West’s Megadrought Might Not Let Up for Decades, Study Suggests

16 juillet 2025 à 07:00
Clues from another dry spell 6,000 years ago are helping scientists understand what’s driving the latest one, and why it’s been so unrelenting.

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Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona, where July water levels are only at a third of capacity.

As Iran Deports a Million Afghans, ‘Where Do We Even Go?’

16 juillet 2025 à 05:16
Afghans being forced out of Iran are grappling with an uncertain future in Afghanistan, where widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women and girls await.

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Afghan Women and Girls Deported From Iran Fear Returning to Afghanistan

16 juillet 2025 à 05:15
“Get ready to cope” was the message from an aid worker to women returning to Taliban rule in Afghanistan after their expulsion from Iran.

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Migration Fears Turn Europe’s Borderless Dreams Into Traffic Nightmares

16 juillet 2025 à 05:01
Germany’s new government imposed border checks to demonstrate toughness on migration, though crossings started slowing years ago.

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German border guards stop cars crossing from Poland last week.

Iceland Volcano Erupts Again but Doesn’t Threaten Towns

16 juillet 2025 à 03:06
An official said the eruption near Reykjavik, the 12th in four years from the same volcanic system, posed no threat to people or infrastructure.

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Lava flowing from the Sundhnukur Crater in Iceland on Wednesday.

What to Know About Israel’s Attack in Syria and the Druse Minority

16 juillet 2025 à 15:09
Israel has been bombing Syrian government forces who intervened in clashes in a region controlled by the Syrian Druse minority, which Israel pledged to protect.

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Members of the Syrian government’s security forces in a truck in the southern Syrian province of Sweida on Tuesday. More than 200 people have been killed in the region since violence erupted on Sunday, according to a war monitoring group.

Club Drugs Strain Health System on Ibiza, Spain’s Party Island

16 juillet 2025 à 01:00
Drug-related calls from nightclubs are driving Ibiza’s ambulance services to collapse, health workers say. It’s the latest example of tensions in Europe over tourism.

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The Pacha nightclub in Ibiza, Spain, in 2022. The island is an engine of Spain’s tourism industry, with 3.3 million visitors last year.

Huckabee Calls Death of Palestinian-American in West Bank ‘Terrorism’

15 juillet 2025 à 19:48
Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, demanded “accountability for this criminal and terrorist act,” referring to the killing last week of Sayfollah Musallet in the occupied territories.

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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, urged Israel to “aggressively investigate” the death of a Palestinian-American in a clash in the West Bank.

A 900-Year-Old Typo May Unravel a Chaucer Mystery

15 juillet 2025 à 19:01
The Tale of Wade, twice referred to in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poems, survives only in a tiny fragment. Two academics argue a scribe’s error deepened the confusion around it.

How Much Military Aid Has the U.S. Given to Ukraine? Here’s What to Know.

15 juillet 2025 à 18:19
The United States began sending weapons to Ukraine years before Russia invaded in 2022.

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The 148th separate artillery brigade of Air Assault Forces fire a French 155-millimeter self-propelled howitzer at a Russian target in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in April.

What to Know About the Fighting in Southern Syria

15 juillet 2025 à 17:17
Druse militiamen have been fighting with Bedouins in the Sweida Province, and Syrian government forces and the Israeli military are getting involved.

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Members of the Syrian government’s security forces in a truck in the southern Syrian province of Sweida on Tuesday. More than 100 people have been killed in the region since violence erupted on Sunday, according to a war monitoring group.

Republicans in Congress Shift to Backing Ukraine, Matching Trump’s Reversal

15 juillet 2025 à 16:21
After years pressing to end U.S. aid to Ukraine, many Republicans have abandoned that position now that President Trump is supporting the country against Russian aggression.

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Representative Derrick Van Orden, Republican of Wisconsin, previously opposed aid to Ukraine but has voiced support for the president’s latest plan to send it weapons.

Police Arrest Far-Right Leader After Anti-Immigrant Riots in Spanish Town

15 juillet 2025 à 16:07
Prosecutors said the local head of Deport Them Now, an anti-immigrant group, helped incite four days of violence that have rattled a town with a large North African community.

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Masked men carrying bottles, canes and other blunt objects march down the middle of a street early Tuesday, during anti-migrant unrest in Torre Pacheco, Spain.

Three Aid Workers Were ‘Intentionally Killed’ in Tigray Region of Ethiopia, M.S.F. Says

15 juillet 2025 à 15:37
The group accused Ethiopia’s government of failing to properly investigate the deaths, which took place in the Tigray region.

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The wreckage of a car that had carried three aid workers who were killed in the Tigray region of Ethiopia in 2021.

Netanyahu’s Ultra-Orthodox Allies Threaten His Coalition Government

15 juillet 2025 à 10:56
Some of the prime minister’s political allies have quit over a proposal to make religious students serve in military, and more are threatening to do so.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Parliament on Monday. His government is fracturing because of the debate over whether ultra-Orthodox students must serve in the military.

Men Who Cut Down Beloved Tree in England Get More Than 4 Years in Prison

15 juillet 2025 à 16:29
The tree, a landmark that stood by Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, was found illegally cut down in 2023.

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China Puts New Restrictions on E.V. Battery Manufacturing Technology

15 juillet 2025 à 11:55
Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars.

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CATL, a Chinese company that is the world’s largest producer of electric vehicle batteries, displayed at the Shanghai auto show in April a lithium-ion battery that can be recharged in five minutes.

U.K. Secretly Resettled 4,500 Afghans in Britain After Huge Data Breach

15 juillet 2025 à 14:37
The government said that information about 18,000 Afghans was accidentally revealed in 2022. A legal order had prevented any reporting on the subject.

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British soldiers in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in 2020. The acknowledgment of the data exposure comes at a time when immigration is a sensitive issue in British politics.

Trump’s Shift on Ukraine Is Good News for Europe, for Now

15 juillet 2025 à 21:33
After European leaders stepped up military spending, President Trump aligned himself more closely with them on the war. But his tariff threats have left bruises.

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Firefighters in Odesa, Ukraine, this month after a Russian strike. President Trump warned Moscow that he would impose new economic punishments if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.

Israel Stages Rare Attack on Syrian Government Forces

15 juillet 2025 à 21:31
Israel intervened in sectarian violence in Syria and attacked the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.

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Syrian government forces entered the predominantly Druse city of Sweida on Tuesday. Israel intervened after days of deadly sectarian clashes in the southern Sweida region.

Indian Police Find Russian Woman Living in a Cave With 2 Children

15 juillet 2025 à 06:21
Officials said she had spent years in the country seeking spirituality and living among nature. But she faces deportation after overstaying her visa.

Blazes in Northern Ireland Recall an Old Message: You Are Not Welcome Here

15 juillet 2025 à 06:38
A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target Irish Catholics in the territory.

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A fire set in the streets during an anti-immigrant riot last month in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Violence there erupted after two boys were charged with the attempted oral rape of a teenage girl.

Air India Crash Findings Prompt Inspections of Boeing Fuel Switches

15 juillet 2025 à 05:51
Airlines in India, Singapore and South Korea were inspecting fuel control switches on their Boeing jets.

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Workers removing the airplane’s tail from the wreckage of the Air India crash, in Ahmedabad, India, last month.

E.U. Nations Plan Retaliatory Tariffs Against Trump and U.S., but Would They Do It?

15 juillet 2025 à 07:15
European Union officials have drawn up plans to impose levies on American imports, but questions abound about whether they would go through with them.

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Shipping containers at a port in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. European Union officials say that if President Trump follows through on his tariff threats, it could upend trans-Atlantic trade.

Australian Premier Albanese Meets China’s Xi in Beijing

15 juillet 2025 à 07:43
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is trying to deepen ties with China, his country’s biggest trading partner, while being under pressure from the United States.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia arriving in Beijing on Monday.

Canada Wildfire Smoke Triggers Air Quality Alerts in Toronto, Montreal and U.S.

15 juillet 2025 à 14:27
Smoke from wildfires in Manitoba, a Western province facing its worst fire season in 30 years, has created hazardous air quality conditions across Eastern Canada and the United States.

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Haze blanketed the skyline in Toronto on Monday, which is under an air quality alert as a result of wildfire smoke.

Trump Threatens Russia With Sanctions and Vows U.S. Weapon Support for Ukraine

14 juillet 2025 à 16:35
The president also warned Russia that he would impose a new round of punishing sanctions if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.

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President Trump in the Oval Office with Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general, on Monday.

Excavation of Children’s Remains Begins at Irish Home for Unwed Mothers

14 juillet 2025 à 12:14
Experts are searching for the remains of hundreds of children who died at the institution run by Catholic nuns until 1961, including bodies disposed of in septic tanks.

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The site of the former St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home, a home for unmarried mothers and their children run by the Bon Secours order in Tuam, Ireland, in 2022.

Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries

13 juillet 2025 à 09:14
Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”

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Downtown Juba, South Sudan, last year. Third-country deportations could accelerate under new internal guidance issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Clashes Between Bedouin and Druse in Syria Kill More Than 50, Health Official and Rights Group Say

14 juillet 2025 à 16:00
The violence underscores the government’s challenge to assert nationwide control as ethnic and religious tensions simmer after the end of the civil war.

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A member of the Syrian security forces walks past a burning car near Al Mazra in Sweida Province on Monday. The violence in the heartland of the Druse community threatens to further exacerbate tensions stemming from the civil war.

Zelensky Announces Plan for Major Government Shake-Up in Ukraine

14 juillet 2025 à 10:23
An announcement by the Ukrainian president that he will seek to replace the prime minister with a loyalist came as the country faces battlefield setbacks and a souring mood.

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Mr. Zelensky said on Facebook that he would nominate for prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko, a loyalist now serving as a first deputy prime minister.

BBC Ends Ties With ‘MasterChef’ Host Gregg Wallace After Investigation

14 juillet 2025 à 11:48
The BBC said it would stop working with Mr. Wallace after dozens of sexual misconduct allegations were upheld.

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Gregg Wallace at Windsor Castle, a royal residence outside London, last year.

E.U. Says Trump’s Threat of 30% Tariffs Would Hobble Trade With U.S.

14 juillet 2025 à 12:57
The bloc’s trade commissioner says the two sides were close to a deal before the president last week threatened to impose a 30 percent levy.

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Maros Sefcovic, the European Union trade commissioner, said that the bloc thought it was close to a trade deal with Trump administration last week.

Plan to Indefinitely Displace Palestinians Threatens to Derail Gaza Truce

14 juillet 2025 à 10:04
An Israeli proposal to force much of Gaza’s population into a small enclave is now overshadowing negotiations over a truce.

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A tent camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah, southern Gaza, last year.

Chinese University Expels Woman for ‘Improper Contact’ With a Foreigner

14 juillet 2025 à 05:56
The university published the student’s full name and said her behavior had “damaged national dignity.” The move prompted an online debate and accusations of sexism.

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Danylo Teslenko, who goes by the nickname Zeus, at a gaming event in Poland in 2019. Mr. Teslenko had shared videos of himself with a Chinese woman that led to her expulsion from university.

Trump Reluctantly Comes Around to Backing Ukraine. Will He Stick With It?

14 juillet 2025 à 15:17
President Trump is formalizing a new plan to sell American weapons to European allies, who would pass them onto Kyiv. But he made it clear this wasn’t his war.

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The approach President Trump is taking seems intended to keep him at least one arm’s length away from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

China Is Buying Appliances and iPhones. What Happens When the Subsidies Stop?

14 juillet 2025 à 00:01
Shoppers are taking advantage of a $42 billion government trade-in program aimed at boosting spending. But in recent weeks, some cities have started to cut back on the subsidies.

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A shopping area in Beijing. Confronting a trade war with the United States, China’s government has poured $42 billion this year into a consumer trade-in program.

It’s No Bluff: The Tariff Rate Is Soaring Under Trump

14 juillet 2025 à 08:23
The president has earned a reputation for bluffing on tariffs. But he has steadily and dramatically raised U.S. tariffs, transforming global trade.

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President Trump argues that low tariffs have left the country at a disadvantage in the past, allowing Americans to import cheap products that put U.S. factories out of business and left the country dependent on foreign nations.

Trump’s Willingness to Arm Ukraine Puts Him Closer to Biden Approach

14 juillet 2025 à 05:01
President Trump is expected this week to formalize a new plan to sell American weapons to European allies, who would pass them onto Kyiv.

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The approach President Trump is taking seems designed to keep him at least one arm’s length away from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

How Trump Changed His Tone on Putin and the Russia-Ukraine War

14 juillet 2025 à 13:17
After years of lavishing praise on the Russian leader, President Trump abruptly changed his posture amid mounting frustration with the lack of progress on a cease-fire.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Trump in 2019. While he was running for president in 2024, Mr. Trump said he could settle the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.

Trump Is Expected to Announce New Weapons Pipeline for Ukraine

14 juillet 2025 à 04:59
Under the plan, other NATO countries would buy U.S.-made arms, then give them to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia. NATO’s secretary general was set to meet Mr. Trump on Monday.

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Firefighters on the scene of a Russian attack on a neighborhood next to a military recruitment center in Odesa, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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