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The Pelicot Trial Returns, This Time to the Stage

Many of those who attended the trial returned to see a new play based on the case of Gisèle Pelicot, who confronted her ex-husband and dozens of men accused of raping her.

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“The Pelicot Trial,” at the Avignon Festival in southern France, on Friday night.

At Least 28 Dead After Tourist Boat Capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay

The boat, carrying 48 passengers and five crew members, was on a sightseeing tour of Ha Long Bay when a sudden storm caused it to overturn, state media said. At least 10 people were rescued.

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A tourist boat capsized on Saturday in Ha Long Bay, in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh Province, northeast of Hanoi.

Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein

For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.

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Mar-a-Lago in March 1996.

South Korea Pulls Report Into Jeju Air Crash After Victims’ Families Protest

Relatives of the Jeju Air disaster victims objected to the report in a stormy scene at a news conference, complaining that it blamed the pilots prematurely.

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Firefighters and investigators at the scene of the deadly Jeju Air crash in Muan, South Korea, in December.

Syria Declares Cease-Fire After a Week of Upheaval

Sectarian-tinged clashes left hundreds dead and attracted Israeli military intervention. A U.S. envoy said Israel and Syria had agreed to a truce.

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An aerial view of Sweida, Syria, on Saturday.

Gaza Health Ministry Says Israeli Military Killed 32 Near Aid Site

The latest deaths add to U.N. figures showing that more than 670 Palestinians have been killed since May near sites built under a new Israel-backed aid system.

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Mourners at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Saturday with the bodies of two people killed near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site.

Driver Plows Car Into Crowd in Los Angeles, Injuring at Least 30

At least seven people were in critical condition after a driver veered onto a sidewalk outside a music club, the Los Angeles Fire Department said early Saturday.

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Police vehicles near the scene in Los Angeles where a driver plowed into a crowd early Saturday.

Russia Makes Gains in Ukraine in Summer Offensive

The most important factors may be far from the battlefield.

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Army recruitment advertisements in Moscow last month. To bolster recruitment, Russia is offering outsize sign-up bonuses and salaries.

They Vanished in Syria’s Long Occupation of Lebanon. Now Their Families Want Answers.

Thousands went missing during Syria’s decades-long intervention in Lebanon. Months after the fall of the Syrian regime, families are still clinging to hope.

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Family members looking for any signs of missing relatives in the Sednaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, in December.
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