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Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It

20 juin 2025 à 10:09
To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently suspended the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes.

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague, which has attracted the ire of President Trump.

Medically Assisted Dying Closer to Legalization After Vote by UK Lawmakers

20 juin 2025 à 10:04
British lawmakers on Friday confirmed their support for assisted suicide for some terminally ill people, after months of scrutiny that followed an initial vote last year.

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Activists demonstrating at Parliament Square on Friday.

Russia Wants Thaw With U.S. Before Talking Peace, but U.S. Doesn’t, Kremlin Says

20 juin 2025 à 07:53
Moscow has been hoping to restore ties with the United States while continuing to wage war in Ukraine. On Friday, it acknowledged that Washington has a different view.

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Walking through debris at the site of a Russian strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on Friday.

6 Months After the Pelicot Trial, a Staging Brings Insight and Despair

19 juin 2025 à 17:56
The stripped-back performance, based on the rape trial that shocked France and the world, ran all night at a church in Vienna.

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Actresses Safira Robens. left, and Mavie Hörbiger, center, during a performance of “The Pelicot Trial,” at the Church of St. Elisabeth in Vienna on Wednesday.

Pro-Palestinian Activists Break Into the UK’s Largest Air Base

20 juin 2025 à 07:18
The Palestine Action group said two of its members had entered R.A.F. Brize Norton on electric scooters and sprayed red paint in aircraft engines and on the runway.

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R.A.F. Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, southern England, houses about 5,800 service personnel.

Ex-Malaysia Premier Najib Has Money Laundering Charges Dropped

20 juin 2025 à 05:15
Money-laundering charges against Najib Razak were dropped because of prosecutorial delays, intensifying criticism that he was being treated leniently.

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Najib Razak’s prison sentence was halved and his fine slashed in 2024.

Forced to Wait for Trump, Israel Faces Strategic Dilemma in Iran

20 juin 2025 à 05:13
The Israeli military needs American help to destroy a key nuclear site in Iran. Waiting for that help comes with risks for Israel.

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Israel’s air defense system intercepting missiles from Iran over Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The longer Israel waits for President Trump’s decision on an American attack on Iran, the greater the strain on Israel’s defenses.

Under Pressure, Officials in Western India Move Against Abuse in Sugar Fields

20 juin 2025 à 05:01
Women are coerced into needless hysterectomies and girls are pushed into child marriages. After a court ruling and a Times investigation, things may be changing.

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Women carrying sugar cane in Pawarwadi, India, in 2023.

What Happens if Trump Decides to Strike Iran or Assassinate Its Leader?

20 juin 2025 à 05:01
If the United States bombs an underground uranium enrichment facility in Iran or kills the country’s supreme leader, it could kick off a more dangerous and unpredictable phase in the war.

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People marching in Tehran on Saturday following Israel’s attacks.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Meets With European Counterparts Amid War Fears

20 juin 2025 à 10:57
The meeting in Geneva with top diplomats from Britain, France and Germany is viewed as a last-ditch effort to avoid a dangerous escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict.

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Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, speaking at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on Friday.

A U.S. Attack on Iran Would Show the Limits of China’s Power

20 juin 2025 à 00:26
China, which depends on Iran for oil and to counter American influence, has a lot to lose from a wider war. But there’s not much it can do about it.

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Smoke rose over Tehran after Israel attacked the Iranian state broadcaster on Monday.

Air India Plane Crash Highlights Dangers of Crowded Airport Zones

19 juin 2025 à 23:46
The crash of an Air India flight shows how the country’s ambitions of rapid growth are often superimposed on urban infrastructures already pushed to the limit.

A plane waiting to take off at the Ahmedabad airport which is surrounded by the cityscape of Ahmedabad, India, in June.
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Israel’s Military Says Iran Struck Israel With Missile Armed With Cluster Munitions

Israel’s military accused Iran of using a type of weapon banned by more than 100 countries, though not by Iran or Israel. Experts said evidence offered support for the claim.

Bank Transfer Signals Syria Is Making Strides in Ending Economic Isolation

19 juin 2025 à 17:44
The bank-to-bank transfer using the SWIFT system was symbolically important, indicating the war-torn country was reintegrating into the global financial community.

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People lined up to use an A.T.M. on Tuesday in Damascus, Syria. This week, the country completed its first electronic transfer in 14 years with a Western bank.

Suchinda Kraprayoon, Thai Leader Who Set Off Bloody Protests, Dies at 91

19 juin 2025 à 17:15
A top general, he was appointed prime minister in 1992, a short-lived tenure that immediately incited the Black May uprising — and a violent backlash by his military.

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Gen. Kraprayoon Suchinda at the annual Trooping the Color military parade in Bangkok in 1991. He assumed the prime ministership after saying he would not, inciting four days of violent protest in Thailand’s capital.

Why Israelis View the Prospect of a Nuclear-Armed Iran as a Threat

19 juin 2025 à 14:54
Much of the world views Iran’s nuclear program with alarm, and experts say its stockpile of highly enriched uranium has grown fast.

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An Israeli strike on Sunday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken against a nuclear Iran for decades.

Iranian Missile Hits Israeli Hospital as Trump Appears to Put Off U.S. Action

President Trump said he would decide within two weeks whether the United States would intervene militarily in the war against Iran, according to the White House press secretary.

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Emergency workers and hospital staff at the Soroka Medical Center in southern Israel after a strike on Thursday.

Why Israelis View the Prospect of a Nuclear-Armed Iran as a Threat

19 juin 2025 à 14:54
Much of the world views Iran’s nuclear program with alarm, and experts say its stockpile of highly enriched uranium has grown fast.

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An Israeli strike on Sunday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken against a nuclear Iran for decades.

Chilling Photos Capture Police Shooting Man, Fueling Anger in Kenya

19 juin 2025 à 13:07
The protests and police shooting on Tuesday came nearly a year after demonstrations against President William Ruto of Kenya convulsed the country.

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Protests in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday were set off by word of the death of Albert Ojwang, a blogger who died in police custody on June 8.

Former Interpol Official Detained for Role in ‘Big Carousel’ of Corruption

19 juin 2025 à 12:59
The official led a powerful and highly sensitive commission at Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon, France.

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The Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France.

French Lawmaker Says He Was Denied Entry Into the United States

20 juin 2025 à 09:42
Pouria Amirshahi, a leftist member of Parliament, said that he hoped that the decision would be reversed. On Friday, Mr. Amirshahi said he had received his visa

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Pouria Amirshahi, a member of the Green party, in the National Assembly in Paris in February.

Europe to Hold Talks With Iran on Friday

19 juin 2025 à 13:17
The continent’s most important leaders are divided over Israel’s conduct and filled with fears about a spiraling regional conflict.

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Kaja Kallas, the European Union foreign policy chief. Foreign ministers from several European countries are expected to meet on Friday with Iranian representatives over the escalating war between Israel and Iran.

Doctor at Soroka Hospital in Israel Recounts Iranian Strike

19 juin 2025 à 07:50
An Iranian missile hit a building at the Soroka Medical Center, a major hospital complex in southern Israel. The hospital said it was treating several patients with minor injuries.

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Emergency workers at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel, on Thursday.

Cave Explorer Videos Show Decade of Trash in ‘Avatar’ Park in China

19 juin 2025 à 07:25
Officials ordered a huge cleanup effort after videos of the mountains of garbage spread widely online.

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Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie, China, in 2024.

Student Who Filmed Himself Raping at Least 10 Women Is Given Life Sentence

19 juin 2025 à 12:59
Zou Zhenhao, 28, is considered by the police in London to be “one of the most prolific predators” they have encountered. Investigators say there are probably many more victims.

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A photo made available by the London police of an apartment used by Zou Zhenhao, who attacked women in Britain and China. He would lure victims back to his homes and then drug and rape them.

This Oregon Native Went to Kyiv as a Volunteer. He Died in a Russian Attack.

19 juin 2025 à 06:46
Fred Grandy was upset by the United States’ reversal in its support for Ukraine, his family said. This week, he was among the 28 people killed in a drone and missile assault.

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Firefighters at the site of a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

No Rock Stars, No Mercedes: A Russian Expo Shows the Cost of Divorce With the West

19 juin 2025 à 10:22
The annual economic forum in St. Petersburg used to yield multibillion-dollar deals and feature performances by global music stars. With the war in Ukraine still raging, the mood has shifted.

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At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia on Wednesday. Major American investors once again shunned the conference.

Iran Has Its Back Against the Wall

19 juin 2025 à 06:19
The Iranian regime finds itself in its most difficult position 46 years after the revolution that brought it to power. But does it mean the end?

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Watching Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s message to the people of Iran, in Tehran, on Wednesday.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Faces Calls to Resign After Leak

19 juin 2025 à 06:25
Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been widely criticized for appearing weak in a conversation with Cambodia’s Hun Sen, who released a recording of their exchange.

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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of Thailand has apologized for comments, which she cast as a “negotiation technique.”

Will Israel’s Interceptors Outlast Iran’s Missiles? The Answer May Shape the War.

Israel has a world-leading missile interception system but its bank of interceptors is finite.

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Tel Aviv this week. Since Iran started retaliating against Israel’s fire, Israel’s defense system has intercepted most incoming Iranian ballistic missiles.

Air India Cuts International Flights After Crash Causes Chaos

19 juin 2025 à 05:14
The move came a day after Indian officials told the airline to improve its operations, and as delays and canceled flights are drawing complaints from passengers.

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An Air India aircraft takes off at the international airport in Ahmedabad, India, on Tuesday.

The Crane That Ruined Florence’s Skyline Is Gone

19 juin 2025 à 05:03
A reviled crane used during the expansion of the Uffizi Galleries was taken down this week after years of protests.

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A crane in front of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Italy, in 2022.
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