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Plastic Pollution Talks Collapse as Oil States Oppose Tough Treaty

Par :Hiroko Tabuchi
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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It remains unclear what the next step in the United Nations-brokered effort might be. Floating plastic waste collected at a California state park in May.
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Flash Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 60 People in a Single Day

Par :Elian Peltier and Zia ur-Rehman
The country has faced heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change.

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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
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
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
A pilot who never flew on a suicide mission during World War II, Mr. Sen went on to become a grandmaster of Japan’s tea ceremony and used the platform to oppose all wars.

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

Par :David E. Sanger
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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No Running Water and No Electricity, but for Some Venetians, This Island Is Paradise

Par :Elisabetta Povoledo
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
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.

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

Par :Andrew Higgins and Nataliya Vasilyeva
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.
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Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows

Par :Ephrat Livni
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.
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Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike

Par :Ian Austen and Niraj Chokshi
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.
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Pilgrimage Route Hit as Flash Flood Kills Dozens in Kashmir

Par :Showkat Nanda
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.
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Echoes of Old Walls Appear, Briefly, in Britain’s Arid Soil

Par :Amelia Nierenberg
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.
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Israel Says More Aid Is Entering Gaza, but Relief Groups Warn of Bottlenecking

Par :Natan Odenheimer and Adam Rasgon
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.
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In Reversal, Toronto Film Festival Will Screen Documentary About Oct. 7 Attack

Par :Vjosa Isai
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.
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Syria Violence in March Amounts to War Crimes, U.N. Report Says

Par :Christina Goldbaum
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.
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Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks

Par :Ivan Nechepurenko
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.”
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Huckabee Calls Death of Palestinian-American in West Bank ‘Terrorism’

Par :Ephrat Livni
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.
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As Trump Pushes International Students Away, Asian Schools Scoop Them Up

Par :Lydia DePillis and Jin Yu Young
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.
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Israeli Settlers Unleash Record High Attacks in West Bank

Par :Patrick Kingsley · Fatima AbdulKarim and Natan Odenheimer
Extremists are carrying out one of the most violent campaigns against Palestinian villages since the U.N. began keeping records.

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Burned out cars in Burqa, in the West Bank, last month.
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The U.S. Is Auctioning a Seized Russian Yacht. Will Anyone Buy It?

Par :Aishvarya Kavi
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.
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A Year After the Revolution, Bangladesh Grapples With Frustration

Par :Anupreeta Das and Saif Hasnat
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.
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Sudan Hit by Its ‘Worst Cholera Outbreak’ in Years, Medical Charity Says

Par :Eve Sampson
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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How a Call From Trump Ignited a Frantic Week of Diplomacy by Ukraine

Par :Constant Méheut
Once a vague proposal for a territorial swap gained clarity, a worried President Volodymyr Zelensky worked to rally allies before Friday’s Trump-Putin summit.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany in Berlin on Wednesday.
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U.S. Pilot Stranded in Antarctica Says It’s ‘Isolating and Lonely’

Par :Michael Levenson
Ethan Guo, a content creator, said that he has been effectively trapped at a Chilean base since June. The authorities had said he landed there without permission.

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An aircraft lands at the Chilean military base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva on King George Island in 2014.
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Canada’s Wildfire Season Is One of Its Worst Ever, and It’s Not Over Yet

Par :Talya Minsberg and Amy Graff
Thousands have been evacuated as quick moving wildfires burn in Eastern Canada.

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Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for several communities in Newfoundland and Labrador Province this month. Five fires continue to be classified as out of control in the province.
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After Reassuring Europe, Trump Strikes a Different Tone About Russian Threats

Par :Katie Rogers
Hours after presenting a united front with allies, President Trump warned Vladimir V. Putin of “severe consequences” if Russia refuses to end the war in Ukraine. But he also suggested that he has limited power to alter the Russian leader’s behavior.

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A residential building in Kyiv destroyed by a Russian missile last month.
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Top Iranian Official Visits Lebanon as Hezbollah Bucks Calls to Disarm

Par :Euan Ward
The visit by Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s top security body, came as the Lebanese government moves to disarm Hezbollah, the militant group that has long been Tehran’s most powerful regional ally.

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Ali Larijani, second right, head of Iran’s National Security Council, arrived in Beirut on Wednesday to meet Lebanese leaders.
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Dozens of Migrants Drown Off Lampedusa, Italy

Par :Elisabetta Povoledo
Sixty people survived after two boats with nearly 100 migrants capsized. The causes of the shipwrecks were not clear, Italian officials and U.N. agencies said. The death toll is likely to grow.

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Italian Coast Guards officers carrying a body bag on the dock of the Lampedusa harbor on Wednesday.
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U.K. Secretly Spent $3.2 Million to Stop Journalists From Reporting on Data Breach

Par :Lizzie Dearden
After British authorities accidentally exposed information about 19,000 Afghans, the government sought a legal order preventing disclosure of the breach.

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British and Canadian soldiers guarding the Kabul airport after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 as Afghans hoping to flee the country stood by.
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What It Takes to Find Food in Gaza

Par :Ashley Wu · Christina Shaman · June Kim · James Surdam and Rebecca Suner
Starvation has spread in Gaza, as the prices of basic goods have skyrocketed and getting aid is difficult and often deadly. Ashley Wu, a graphics reporter for The New York Times, explains the dire choices that many Gazans face, as Israel faces growing condemnation over the crisis.
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JD Vance Meets Nigel Farage, Another Right Wing Populist, on Trip to UK

Par :Mark Landler
JD Vance, the vice president, sat down with Nigel Farage, a longtime supporter of President Trump whose party, Reform U.K., is leading in British polls.

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Vice President JD Vance was hosted on Friday by David Lammy, the British foreign secretary, at a government-owned estate in southern England.
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Europe Battles Deadly Wildfires as High Winds Fuel Flames

Par :Amelia Nierenberg and José Bautista
Firefighters were struggling to tame blazes in several countries in southern Europe, including Albania, Greece, Montenegro and Spain, and in Turkey.

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Fighting a wildfire on the outskirts of Patras, Greece, on Wednesday.
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Gaza Plan Stokes Tension Between Israel’s Military Chief and Government

Par :Lara Jakes
Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has pushed back against a proposal to control Gaza City, according to officials. One hard-right member of the government suggested he could be dismissed.

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Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, the Israeli military’s chief of staff, in Jerusalem in March. He has been criticized over promotions of top officers and for consulting with outside advisers.
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Israel Hasn’t Prosecuted a Single Suspect for the Oct. 7 Attack

Par :Johnatan Reiss
Israel has extensively documented the 2023 Hamas-led assault and is believed to be holding at least 200 Palestinians suspected of involvement. Not one has been charged or put on trial.

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Damage at kibbutz Be’eri, which was a target during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, the deadliest in Israel’s history.
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Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s Engagement Raised Eyebrows in Saudi Arabia

Par :Vivian Nereim
The soccer star has been living in the country with Georgina Rodríguez, the mother of his children, testing the boundaries of social change in the conservative Islamic kingdom.

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez attending an event held by the Saudi team he plays for, Al Nassr, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2023.
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Trump and Putin Could Decide Others’ Fates, Echoing Yalta Summit

Par :Steven Erlanger
In 1945, the map of Europe was redrawn in Yalta without input from the affected countries. Ukraine and Europe fear a repeat in Alaska.

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From left, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta summit in 1945. The meeting, during which the three leaders redrew the map of Europe, has become a symbol for how superpowers can decide the fates of other nations.
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The South Korean Collector Who Fell for Posters From Communist Poland

Par :John Yoon · Zuzanna Piekarska and Chang W. Lee
Oh Hwangtaek has amassed one of the largest collections of Polish posters outside Poland. He shares his unlikely passion at his own museum in Seoul.

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Beijing Evacuated Thousands Before Deadly Floods, but Not a Nursing Home

Par :Lily Kuo and Berry Wang
The recent flooding that killed 31 in a single nursing home exposed flaws in emergency planning as China braces for more extreme and unpredictable weather.

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Flooded buildings in Taishitun, northeast of central Beijing, last month.
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Pakistan Is in Trump’s Good Graces, but for How Long?

Par :Elian Peltier
President Trump hosted the South Asian nation’s army chief and seeks deals on critical minerals and crypto. But Pakistan is also tightening its military partnership with China.

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A poster of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, in Lahore.
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Pakistan Is in Trump’s Good Graces, but for How Long?

Par :Elian Peltier
President Trump hosted the South Asian nation’s army chief and seeks deals on critical minerals and crypto. But Pakistan is also tightening its military partnership with China.

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A poster of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, in Lahore.
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