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Chemours, DuPont and Corteva Settle $875 Million New Jersey PFAS Claims

Par :Hiroko Tabuchi
New Jersey officials called it the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.

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New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the deal on Monday, calling it the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.
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Bolsonaro Placed Under House Arrest by Brazil’s Supreme Court

Par :Ana Ionova
Former President Jair Bolsonaro, whose case has partly motivated President Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, was ordered to remain under house arrest as he awaited trial.

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Former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil had been required to wear an ankle monitor. Now the Supreme Court had ordered him placed under house arrest.
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Eight People, Including 3-Year-Old, Are Kidnapped From Haiti Orphanage

Par :Ephrat Livni and David C. Adams
The abductees, including an Irish missionary who directs care for children with special needs, were taken from an orphanage serving about 270 children.

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A police patrol near Kenscoff, Haiti, on Monday. Eight people were kidnapped from an orphanage in Kenscoff on Sunday.
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Russia Says It Will Stop Abiding By INF Treaty

Par :Paul Sonne and John Ismay
The United States has accused Russia of violating the pact, which expired in 2019, for more than a decade.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said intermediate-range ballistic missiles would be deployed to Belarus, which shares a border with three NATO countries.
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U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry

Par :Michael Crowley
A State Department pilot program will tie the cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high visa overstay rates.

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The move is the Trump administration’s latest in a multifront effort to crack down on illegal immigration.
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Razia Jan, 81, Who Built an Enduring Girls’ School in Afghanistan, Dies

Par :Penelope Green
Before 9/11, she ran a dry cleaning business in Massachusetts; in the aftermath, she returned home after decades away to educate young girls.
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Russian Nuclear Submarine Base Was Damaged in Earthquake, Satellite Images Show

Par :Nataliya Vasilyeva and Josh Holder
The Rybachiy base, which hosts nuclear-powered submarines from Russia’s Pacific Fleet, lies in a cove about 80 miles from the powerful earthquake that struck near the Kamchatka peninsula last week.

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Submarines from Russia’s Pacific Fleet off the port city of Vladivostok during Navy Day celebrations in 2023.
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Trump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs

Par :Alan Rappeport
President Trump is using an “Art of the Deal” approach to get other nations to hand over cash to lower their tariffs.

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President Trump has added an extra wrinkle into trade deals by suggesting countries invest in the United States or face higher tariffs.
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More than 140 African Migrants Feared Dead In Boat Disaster Near Yemen

Par :Ismaeel Naar and Abdi Latif Dahir
The vessel capsized along a heavily traveled but treacherous route for Africans transiting the war-torn country to find work in the rich Gulf states.

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Africans who are looking for work travel through Yemen, which has a porous land border with Saudi Arabia.
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El Salvador’s Leader Is Autocrat to Some, Godsend to Others

Par :Annie Correal and Maria Abi-Habib
Lawmakers approved constitutional changes abolishing term limits and allowing President Nayib Bukele to stay in power indefinitely. Why now?

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President Nayib Bukele’s success in restoring safety in El Salvador has made him enormously popular, even as his tactics have raised alarms.
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What’s It Like to Deal With Brutal U.S. Tariffs? Ask Malaysia.

Par :Alexandra Stevenson and Zunaira Saieed
Once a cog in the Malaysian economy, the solar industry profited from Chinese investment. Now it’s becoming a case study of what happens when the United States closes its markets.

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Kuala Lumpur. Over the last decade, Malaysia rose to become one of the world’s biggest makers of solar panels, but only two solar panel makers remain today.
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Netanyahu Squanders His Moment to Halt the War in Gaza

Par :Patrick Kingsley
Israel’s leader is now pushing for an “all or nothing” deal with Hamas. He has not made the compromises needed to make it happen.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at a Jerusalem event, on July 27.
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A Weakened Hezbollah Resists Pressure to Give Up Its Weapons

Par :Neil MacFarquhar and Hwaida Saad
The Lebanese militant group has lost much of its power since the recent war with Israel. But it is balking at demands to surrender whatever is left of its once formidable arsenal.

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Hezbollah supporters in late June in the group’s stronghold of Dahiya on the southern outskirts of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
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He Survived the Khmer Rouge and Built a Musical Legacy

Par :Mike Ives
Kong Nay, a blind lute player who endured the horrors of a totalitarian regime, exposed a new generation of Cambodians to their country’s traditional music.

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Kong Nay teaching the chapei dang veng, a long-necked lute, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2003.
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More Than 60 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Yemen

Par :Saeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim
The trip across the Gulf of Aden is the first leg of one of the world’s riskiest — and busiest — migration and smuggling routes.

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The Gulf of Aden seen from Sirah Island, Yemen. Crossing the gulf is the first step in one of the world’s most dangerous journeys for migrants. Tens of thousands attempted the trip last year.
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Sandra Grimes, Who Helped Unmask a C.I.A. Traitor, Dies at 79

Par :Trip Gabriel
She became suspicious when she discovered large deposits in the bank account of Aldrich Ames, whose betrayal cost the lives of at least eight double agents.

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Sandra Grimes in 2013. She had planned to retire from the C.I.A. in 1991, but stayed on to help track down a traitor.
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U.S. and Israeli Officials Float Idea of ‘All or Nothing’ Gaza Deal

Par :Isabel Kershner and Aaron Boxerman
The apparent shift in tone comes as cease-fire negotiations have hit a wall and pressure is mounting on Israel over the hunger crisis in Gaza. But Israel and Hamas remain far apart on the terms of any deal.

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Protesters in Tel Aviv demanding an immediate end to the war and the release of all hostages held in Gaza.
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Ukraine Announces Arrests Targeting Corruption in Military Procurement

Par :Maria Varenikova
The arrests came days after President Volodymyr Zelensky’s U-turn on an effort to neuter anticorruption agencies.

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A protest in Kyiv, Ukraine, last week against legislation stripping the independence of anti-corruption agencies.
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Long-Dormant Russian Volcano Erupts for the First Time in Centuries

Par :Nataliya Vasilyeva
The eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano on Sunday in Russia’s Far East came after a series of seismic events this past week on the Kamchatka peninsula.

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An undated photograph of the Krasheninnikov volcano, which erupted on Sunday for the first time in “at least 400 years,” according to a statement by the Kronotsky Nature Reserve, where the volcano is.
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Sykes-Picot, the 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over French and British Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State

Par :Mark Landler
The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty Britain and France signed more than a century ago. Many consider it to have seeded a legacy of strife in the Middle East.

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Speaking at the United Nations on Tuesday, Britain’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, evoked Britain’s role in the creation of Israel.
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Putin Widens Effort to Control Russia’s Internet

Par :Paul Sonne
The introduction of a state-approved messaging app has raised fears that Russia could be preparing to block WhatsApp and Telegram.

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A new state-sanctioned messenger service, MAX, will come preinstalled by law on all new smartphones sold in Russia starting in September.
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How Trump Is Transforming the U.S. Government’s Environmental Role

Par :David Gelles and Maxine Joselow
The E.P.A. said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.

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A smoggy street in Los Angeles in 1954.
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A Former American Soldier Finds a Home in Mexican Wrestling

Par :James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas
Flip Gordon was uneasy about being a lucha libre wrestler dressed in a U.S. military uniform. Booed at first, he is now a fan favorite.
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No Passports, No Study Abroad: China Limits Public Employees’ Travel

Par :Vivian Wang
Even low-level government employees like elementary school teachers and nurses have been ordered to hand in their passports, to enforce “discipline.”

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Candidates lining up for a civil service exam in Nanjing, China, last year.
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With Festivities and Papal Prayer, the Vatican Aims to Attract the Young

Par :Elisabetta Povoledo
At a gathering that has been called the “Catholic Woodstock,” the church has embraced influencers on social media as a way to engage the youth.

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Pope Leo XIV arriving at the festival in a Roman suburb on Saturday evening, the culmination of the Vatican’s six-day celebration of youth in the church.
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A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia

Par :Mark Walker
Officials say a flying osprey dropped its catch, which then struck power lines, causing sparks that ignited dry grass.

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Firefighters in British Columbia say they believe a brush fire started after an osprey dropped a fish onto a set of power lines on Wednesday.
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Protesters in Thailand Denounce Prime Minister After Clashes With Cambodia

Par :Sui-Lee Wee and Muktita Suhartono
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of Thailand had already been suspended after a leaked phone call that many say showed her selling out her country.

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A rally in Bangkok on Saturday calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of Thailand.
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What Do Trump’s Tariff Hikes Mean for Canada’s Trade-Dependent Economy?

Par :Ian Austen
After Canada failed to strike a trade deal with Washington, the president raised tariffs on some Canadian exports this week.

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Tiff Macklem, the governor of the Bank of Canada, said that tariffs on cars, steel and aluminum were “having a very direct, severe effect” on some industries.
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Mike Huckabee, Israel’s Passionate Defender as Gaza War Drives Allies Away

Par :Elisabeth Bumiller
Mr. Huckabee, a Baptist minister, is the first evangelical to serve as American ambassador to Israel. Christian conservatives and the Netanyahu government are pleased.

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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, on Tuesday at his official residence in Jerusalem.
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An American Team Went to Combat Haiti’s Gangs, Then Lost Two of Its Own

Par :Frances Robles · David C. Adams and André Paultre
A Haitian American Navy veteran and his police officer cousin who were working in Haiti with Studebaker, an American military contractor, are missing and presumed dead.
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Iran Is Holding at Least 4 US Citizens, Rights Groups and Families Say

Par :Farnaz Fassihi
Two were seized after Israel and the United States attacked Iranian targets in June, and two others have been held since 2024.

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An anti-American mural in Tehran this spring.
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U.S. Victims of Hamas and Hezbollah Attacks Sue UNRWA

Par :Ephrat Livni
Relatives of people killed in terrorist attacks accuse the agency that aids Palestinians of providing support to the armed groups.

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American citizens living in Israel and the United States filed a lawsuit accusing UNRWA of providing support to Hamas and Hezbollah.
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India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say

Par :Mujib Mashal
There is a growing sense in India that its leaders should not allow American policymaking to shape its choices on vital energy supplies.

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An oil refinery in Guwahati, India, in 2023. Russia is the source of more than one-third of India’s oil imports.
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A Bid to Undo a Colonial-Era Wrong Touches a People’s Old Wounds

Par :Pragati K.B.
An Oxford museum’s collection of objects taken from the Naga people includes human remains. What to do with them now is not a simple matter.

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Members of a Naga delegation visited the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England, in June.
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Photos From a Gaza Airdrop

Par :Diego Ibarra Sanchez and Eric Nagourney
A photographer accompanied a Jordanian aircrew as it dropped aid to Gaza, where starvation is rising.

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A devastated Gaza, as seen from a Jordanian Air Force Hercules during a coordinated aid drop by Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, delivering 18 tons of food and basic necessities.
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SpaceX, NASA Launch Astronauts to Space Station as Clouds Stay Just Far Enough Away

Par :Kenneth Chang
After a scrubbed launch on Thursday, four astronauts lifted off from Florida and will dock at the International Space Station on Saturday.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching on Friday. It was carrying NASA’s Crew-11 astronauts to the International Space Station.
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Trump Turns to Untested Tariffs to Reorder Global Trade

Par :Ana Swanson
President Trump has long wanted to rework world trade. The tariffs set to go into effect next week will carry out that plan.

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Economists remain skeptical that President Trump’s approach to tariffs will work as he intends.
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Putin Blames Frustration Over Ukraine Talks on ‘Inflated Expectations’

Par :Nataliya Vasilyeva and Paul Sonne
The Russian president didn’t directly respond to President Trump’s ultimatum that Moscow halt its offensive by the end of next week or face financial penalties.

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Ukrainian firefighters in the courtyard of a tuberculosis hospital after a Russian bomb struck its roof in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in July.
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Why Trump’s Tariffs Are Closing Factories in Lesotho

Par :John Eligon · Katrin Bennhold · Christina Thornell · Joao Silva · Nikolay Nikolov and Laura Salaberry
The closure of a factory in the small southern African nation of Lesotho is an early effect of the global disruption caused by President Trump’s tariffs. John Eligon, the Johannesburg bureau chief for The New York Times, talks with Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer, about what he has seen there.
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