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Protests Highlight Growing Discontent With Netanyahu and the Gaza War

18 août 2025 à 07:17
Many Israelis feel that freeing the hostages cannot happen if the government refuses to come to terms with Hamas and pursues its policy of trying to eliminate the group militarily.

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Protesters attending a mass rally in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Trump Bows to Putin’s Approach on Ukraine: No Cease-Fire, Deadlines or Sanctions

18 août 2025 à 06:54
The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal.

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“I’m in this to stop the killing,” President Trump had said on the way to Alaska. He left Anchorage with pictures of him and President Vladimir V. Putin joshing on a red carpet and in the presidential limousine known as the Beast.

Live Updates: Zelensky Heads Back to White House, Facing Hard Choice From Trump

18 août 2025 à 07:58
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, whose last Oval Office meeting ended in acrimony, was expected to hear a plan from President Trump to cede land to Russia in exchange for security guarantees. European leaders were joining Mr. Zelensky to show support for Ukraine.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Berlin, earlier this month.

Trump’s Tariffs Will Crush India’s Exporters, Threatening Livelihoods

18 août 2025 à 04:07
New U.S. taxes on American imports, even at 25 percent, will hurt many Indian businesses and may put vast numbers of people out of work.

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A jewelry store in Chennai, India, this month. The potential damage to India’s gems and jewelry industry of tariffs that may go as high as 50 percent is not yet clear. But insiders are raising alarms.

Protests Highlight Growing Discontent With Netanyahu and the Gaza War

18 août 2025 à 05:55
Many Israelis feel that freeing the hostages cannot happen if the government refuses to come to terms with Hamas and pursues its policy of trying to eliminate the group militarily.

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Protesters attending a mass rally in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Putin’s Proposal for Land Deal, Made to Trump, Shifts Pressure to Zelensky

18 août 2025 à 05:03
In Alaska, the Russian leader proposed that Ukraine hand over the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow to stop the fighting.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, shown in Berlin last week, is to meet with President Trump in Washington on Monday.

They Were Treated Like Orphans. But They Knew the Truth.

18 août 2025 à 05:01
In Syria, the Assad regime took hundreds of children away from their parents. A Times investigation reveals the workings of the operation — and how one family fought to reunite.

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He Left a Belarus Prison 132 Pounds Lighter, but Just as Outspoken

18 août 2025 à 05:00
The release of Sergei Tikhanovsky and 13 other political prisoners in Belarus was a diplomatic win for the Trump administration.

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Sergei Tikhanovsky, a Belarusian opposition activist, last week during a “Freedom March for Belarus” in Warsaw.

As Heat Waves Intensify, Paris Plans for Record Temperatures

18 août 2025 à 05:00
City planners say the day when temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, or 50 Celsius, could stall the French capital is not far off. They are already starting to prepare.

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Trying to cool off this month. France has recently been experiencing its second heat wave of the summer.

At China’s Humanoid Robot Games, Athletes Fell Down a Lot

18 août 2025 à 04:33
The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer — highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too.

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Trump Is Pushing India Back Toward China

18 août 2025 à 00:01
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been moving to align India with the United States and freeze out China. Now, efforts to rebuild ties between the Asian giants are gaining momentum.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Trump met at the White House in February, when relations between the two were friendlier.
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Zelensky Brings Backup to the White House as Trump Aligns More Closely With Putin

17 août 2025 à 16:11
European leaders are joining a trip to Washington to make sure the trans-Atlantic alliance remains intact.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arrives in Belgium to take part in a video conference with European leaders in Brussels on Sunday.

What to Know About Russia-U.S.-Ukraine Peace Talks

17 août 2025 à 11:17
The president of Ukraine and his European allies are to visit the White House on Monday, after President Trump backed Russia’s plan to end the war.

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Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Sunday in Brussels.

Air Canada Flight Attendants Say They Will Defy Back-to-Work Order

17 août 2025 à 15:11
The decision by the union representing the 10,000 workers means that travel chaos will continue for at least a second day. Air Canada said it had suspended its reopening plan until Monday evening.

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Demonstrators gathered at Vancouver International Airport on Sunday as Air Canada flight attendants said they would remain on strike.

Putin’s Ukraine Proposal Backed by Trump Centers on Donbas. Here’s Why.

The traditionally Russian-speaking area is at the heart of what the Russian president calls the “root causes” of the war, and taking it over is near the top of his list of territorial and political demands.

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A Ukrainian soldier at a frontline position outside Toretsk, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. The area is at the center of territorial disputes between Ukraine and Russia.

Ukraine Weighs Trump’s Offer of Security Guarantees With Caution

17 août 2025 à 07:49
President Trump offered security guarantees to deter future Russian aggression. But the offer was vague, prompting Kyiv to seek clarity.

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Members of Ukraine’s 17th Tank Brigade took part in live-fire training exercises near the front line in the Donetsk region in January.

Israelis Join Nationwide Rallies to Call for Release of Hostages

17 août 2025 à 14:19
Hundreds of thousands turned out for an evening demonstration in Tel Aviv following a national day of protest, organizers said.

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Protesters blocked the main highway connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Sunday.

A Centrist Surges in Bolivia as Voters Turn Away From Socialism

18 août 2025 à 01:14
Rodrigo Paz, who had trailed in the polls, won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, as decades of dominance by a leftist party neared an end.

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Senator Rodrigo Paz at a polling station in Tariga, Bolivia, on Sunday. He will face Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, a conservative former president, in the second round of the presidential election in October.

Ukrainians Fleeing Russia’s Attacks Say the Alaska Summit Was an Insult

17 août 2025 à 05:21
Evacuees at a shelter in eastern Ukraine reacted angrily to talk that land that has long been theirs could be given to Russia in exchange for peace.

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Ukrainian civilians, evacuated from villages in eastern Donetsk under attack by advancing Russians, arrive by bus at a hub for humanitarian assistance in the city of Pavlohrad in Ukraine’s Dnipro region on Friday.

Israel Says Iranian Agents Recruited Dozens of Its Citizens

17 août 2025 à 05:00
The agents cajoled people into acts of sabotage and even assassination plots. The cases have raised questions about greed, gullibility and loyalty.

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Vladislav Victorson, second from left, and Anya Bernstein, second from right, at a hearing in Tel Aviv last month. They have been accused of crimes including maintaining contact with a foreign agent.

Putin Sees Ukraine Through a Lens of Grievance Over Lost Glory

17 août 2025 à 00:25
Speaking after Friday’s summit, President Putin again implied that the war is all about Russia’s diminished status since the fall of the Soviet Union.

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President Vladimir Putin during a news conference at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
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U.S. Pauses Visitor Visas for Gazans After Laura Loomer Posts

17 août 2025 à 14:54
The move blocked a pathway for those seeking medical care in the United States, including young children, who have arrived in recent weeks with serious conditions.

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Fadi Alzant, 6, arrived with his mother from Gaza for emergency medical treatment in New York in May.

Trump Backs Off Cease-Fire Demand in Ukraine War, Aligning With Putin

16 août 2025 à 17:22
President Trump’s break from a strategy agreed to with European allies could give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia an edge as talks to end the fighting continue.

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President Trump, center right, with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, center left, at a news conference on Friday during their summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.

Europe moves to back Ukraine after Trump drops cease-fire demand.

16 août 2025 à 13:13

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom, left, and President Emmanuel Macron of France were among the European leaders who released statements in support of Ukraine after President Trump’s meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Friday.

The Power of the Trump-Putin Presidential Photo Op

16 août 2025 à 19:06
At their meeting in Alaska, President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia both understood the power of the summit’s imagery, regardless of whether they achieved their goals.

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President Vladimir V. Putin and President Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage on Friday.

Government Shuts Down Air Canada Strike That Grounded Hundreds of Flights

16 août 2025 à 16:10
A walkout by flight attendants ended after about 12 hours with the imposition of binding arbitration. But getting travel back to normal will take days.

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Striking flight attendants outside Toronto Pearson International Airport on Saturday.

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

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.

Why Is the U.S. Offering a $5 Million Reward for a Haitian Gang Leader?

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.

After Meeting Putin, Trump Reverts to Land Swaps for Peace in Ukraine

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.

Israel Gears Up for Nationwide Strike to Support Hostages

16 août 2025 à 16:29
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.

Trump Praises Putin in Fox News Interview After Alaska Summit

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.

Europeans Worry Trump Will Pressure Zelensky After Meeting With Putin

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.

Life in a City Where English Is the Minority Language

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.

Arrests in Turkey Silence Erdogan’s Rivals, Opposition Says

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.”

A Lifelong Party of ‘Puzzle-Making Tomfoolery’

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.

Spain’s Old Ways May Show How to Keep Cool

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.

Once Seen as Divisive, South Korea’s New Leader Tries for Charming

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.

At Trump’s Summit, No Deal on Ukraine, and No Consequence for Putin

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.

Trump and Putin Put on a Show in Summit, but No Ukraine Deal Emerges

15 août 2025 à 22:46
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.

Fox News to Interview Trump 3 Times During the Summit With Putin

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.

False Flags, Fake Flags: Propaganda Muddles the Trump-Putin Meeting

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.

As Trump Meets Putin in Anchorage, Zelensky Condemns Russia’s Continuing Strikes

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.

New I.R.S. Rules for Large Wind and Solar Projects Released

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.

Mali’s Junta Accuses Frenchman of Plot to Overthrow the Military Government

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.

Air Canada’s Flight Attendants Begin Strike, Crippling the Airline

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.

Hours Before Putin Meeting, Trump Calls Belarusian Leader, Kremlin’s Closest Ally

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.

How Trump-Putin Summit Signals Return to Imperial Thinking

16 août 2025 à 00:38
The two leaders are bringing some old-world approaches to bear on a 21st-century conflict.

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President Trump meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018.

A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply

15 août 2025 à 20:06
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.

Who’s Attending the Trump-Putin Meeting in Alaska

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.

A Timeline of Trump’s Complicated Relationship With Putin

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.

Flash Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 150 People in a Single Day

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.

China’s Economy Slows Broadly Even as Exports Keep Rising

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.

The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza: No School, Few Toys, Little Hope

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.

Masaoki Sen, a Kamikaze Volunteer and Japan Tea Ceremony Grandmaster, Dies

16 août 2025 à 13:22
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.

How Trump’s Meeting With Putin Could Unfold, as Trump Seeks Cease-Fire in Ukraine

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.

For Some Venetians, This Overgrown Island Is Paradise

16 août 2025 à 00:06
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.

Evo Morales, Barred from Bolivia’s Election, Urges Null Votes

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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    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.
     

Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.

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.

Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin

15 août 2025 à 09:29
The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.

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A summit meeting with President Trump is widely seen as a victory for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, even if no agreements are reached.

Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows

14 août 2025 à 15:16
Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem had won approval. But a procedural step remained.

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of Israel, center, arriving for a news conference regarding settlements expansion on Thursday.

Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike

14 août 2025 à 15:55
The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.

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Air Canada flight attendants picketed outside Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, on Monday.

Pilgrimage Route Hit as Flash Flood Kills Dozens in Kashmir

14 août 2025 à 12:47
Hundreds more were missing, many of them Hindu pilgrims, after a cloudburst triggered flooding in mountainous terrain.

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An image from a video of an injured person being carried to a hospital on Thursday in the Paddar area of Kishtwar District in India-controlled Kashmir.

Echoes of Old Walls Appear, Briefly, in Britain’s Arid Soil

14 août 2025 à 12:39
Unusually dry conditions are revealing the outlines of old walls at British historical sites. Climate change is making the lines, called “parchmarks,” more frequently visible.

Israel Says More Aid Is Entering Gaza, but Relief Groups Warn of Bottlenecking

14 août 2025 à 17:35
Israel says it has allowed more aid into Gaza in recent days, and food prices are dropping, but humanitarian groups warn it is not enough.

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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, on Monday.

In Reversal, Toronto Film Festival Will Screen Documentary About Oct. 7 Attack

14 août 2025 à 22:04
Organizers said they had addressed concerns that led the festival to cancel screenings of the Israeli film, which includes footage of atrocities recorded by Hamas fighters.

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Cameron Bailey, the chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival, said the festival had failed to “clearly articulate the concerns and roadblocks” that led to the withdrawal of the documentary from its lineup.

Syria Violence in March Amounts to War Crimes, U.N. Report Says

14 août 2025 à 11:31
An inquiry found that members of the new government’s forces took part in killing Syrian civilians during sectarian fighting in March, but found no evidence that they acted on government orders.

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Smoke rising above Baniyas, Syria, in March, amid clashes between the new Syrian government’s security forces and those loyal to the former Assad regime.

Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks

14 août 2025 à 15:27
Over recent months, the Kremlin has been trying to move the diplomatic focus away from Ukraine to bilateral issues, such as trade and strategic stability.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a photo released by Russian state media on Thursday. He told officials that he hoped to discuss “strategic offensive arms control.”

Tourist ‘Is in Trouble’ After Stones Taken From Pompeii, Police Say

14 août 2025 à 10:19
A Scottish man is under investigation for aggravated theft, police officials said, after visiting the ancient Italian site.

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Tourists visiting Pompeii in April.

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.

As Trump Pushes International Students Away, Asian Schools Scoop Them Up

14 août 2025 à 00:00
The president’s hostility toward foreign students has made American higher education a riskier proposition for them. Other countries are eager to capitalize.

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The Trump administration’s policies are scaring off foreign students, who are being courted by more Asian universities like Yonsei University, above, in Seoul.

The U.S. Is Auctioning a Seized Russian Yacht. Will Anyone Buy It?

14 août 2025 à 05:03
The Justice Department said the yacht, Amadea, was worth at least $300 million when it was seized in 2022 from a Russian oligarch. It’s unlikely to sell for that price.

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The United States government is auctioning off the Amadea, a luxury yacht that it seized in 2022, saying it belonged to a Russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the United States.

A Year After the Revolution, Bangladesh Grapples With Frustration

14 août 2025 à 02:03
There are concerns about the slow pace of change in the country, with a promised election still months away, a struggling economy and familiar problems persisting.

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Bangladeshis celebrated the one-year anniversary of the downfall of Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister, on Aug. 5 in Dhaka.

Sudan Hit by Its ‘Worst Cholera Outbreak’ in Years, Medical Charity Says

14 août 2025 à 01:00
International charities warned that, left unchecked, the disease’s spread might exacerbate similar outbreaks across the African region for weeks or months to come.

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Patients received treatment in the cholera ward of a refugee camp in the town of Tawila in the western Darfur region of Sudan on Tuesday.
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