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Felix Baumgartner, Professional Daredevil, Dies Paragliding at 56

Par :Claire Moses
Nicknamed “Fearless Felix,” Mr. Baumgartner jumped from the edge of space in 2012.

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Mr. Baumgartner saluting before jumping toward Earth over Roswell, N.M., in 2012.
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Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Former President, Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor Ahead of Trial

Par :Jack Nicas and Ana Ionova
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges against Mr. Bolsonaro be dropped.

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Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, outside the Senate in Brasília, Brazil’s capital, on Thursday.
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Floods and Heavy Rain Kill Dozens in Pakistan

Par :John Yoon · Zia ur-Rehman and Salman Masood
Relentless rain began on Wednesday, causing flooding in several cities and across vast rural stretches in the province of Punjab.

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A flooded village in northern Pakistan on Thursday.
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UK, France and Germany Plan for a Post-U.S. Future

Par :Michael D. Shear and Jim Tankersley
The leaders of France, Germany and Britain are building parallel diplomatic institutions to defend Europe as President Trump retreats from the continent.

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From left: President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany at a summit in Tirana, Albania, in May.
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Who Are the Druse? The Religious Minority at the Center of Israel and Syria’s Tensions

Par :Euan Ward
Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now, members are at the heart of the region’s shifting power struggles.

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Clerics praying during a funeral for people killed during clashes between Druse fighters and Bedouin tribes in Sweida, Syria, on Monday.
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Extra! Extra! Read All About Last Newspaper Hawker in Paris

Par :Roger Cohen
Ali Akbar started selling papers on the streets in 1974. He is still at it, winning over Parisians and presidents with persistence, humor and his signature catchphrase: “Ça y est!”

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Ali Akbar, 72, has been hawking newspapers in the streets of Paris for more than a half-century.
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Musk Clears Final Hurdles for Tesla and Starlink in India

Par :Pranav Baskar
In the first tangible inroads Elon Musk has sought for years in India, Starlink passed a final regulatory hurdle and Tesla opened its first India store.

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The first Tesla showroom in India, in Mumbai, on Tuesday.
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Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site Was Badly Damaged by U.S. Strikes, New Assessment Finds

Par :Julian E. Barnes · David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt
A clearer picture begins to emerge of what the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites achieved.

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A satellite image of the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordo after the U.S. attacks last month.
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5 Charged in U.C. Berkeley Professor’s Killing in Greece, Including His Ex-Wife

Par :Neil Vigdor and Niki Kitsantonis
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, who taught quantitative marketing at the Haas School of Business, was shot several times on July 4 outside Athens, the authorities said.

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An image from video showing police officers arresting five people over the killing of a University of California, Berkeley, professor in a suburb of Athens.
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Interior Dept. to Put Wind and Solar Projects Through Stricter Political Review

Par :Brad Plumer
Industry groups said the directive could create new delays and bottlenecks for renewable energy projects across the country.

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Wind tower components on a lot in Newton, Iowa, this month.
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Blood in the Streets and Death in the Air: Residents Survey Damage in Syrian City

Par :Christina Goldbaum and Reham Mourshed
In the southern city of Sweida, residents describe the aftermath of a wave of sectarian violence.

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Buildings that were burned and looted near Sweida, Syria, on Tuesday.
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Israeli Strike on a Gaza Church Kills Three

Par :Natan Odenheimer
As cease-fire talks stalled, a deadly strike on a Catholic church in Gaza City prompted Pope Leo XIV to call for an immediate end to the fighting.

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Transporting a person who was injured in the strike on the Holy Family Catholic Church to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Thursday.
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The UK Plans to Lower the Voting Age to 16. Here’s What to Know.

Par :Stephen Castle
The plan has been described as the largest expansion of voting rights in Britain in decades.

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A polling station in Brighton, England, last year. Britain has set the minimum voting age for general elections at 18 since 1969.
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Prominent Human Rights Group Flees El Salvador

Par :Annie Correal
The group, Cristosal, has investigated prison deaths and torture under President Nayib Bukele. Its employees were threatened and surveilled, its director said.

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Ruth López, the anti-corruption director of Cristosal, leaving a courthouse in June, following her May arrest.
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Rescuers Seek American Hiker Missing for Days in the Pyrenees

Par :Ali Watkins
Cole Henderson, 27, was last heard from on July 9, when he told friends he was putting his phone into airplane mode ahead of a mountain hike in Spain.

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Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, in the Pyrenees mountains of Spain.
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Prince Harry Follows Diana’s Footsteps in Angola as Specter of Land Mines Returns

Par :Lizzie Dearden
Harry walked through a minefield in Angola, retracing a journey by his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. Several countries plan to revive use of the weapons.

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Prince Harry, left, walking through a minefield in Cuito Cuanavale, Angola, on Wednesday, in a photo released by The Halo Trust. He repeated the journey that his mother, Diana, took in 1997.
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Why Israel Attacked Syria

Par :Patrick Kingsley
For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.

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An Israeli airstrike damaged the entrance to Syria’s defense ministry headquarters on Wednesday.
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They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan Makes Them Uneasy.

Par :Mike Ives
After President Trump announced that Coke will be made with cane sugar in the U.S., as it is in Mexico, foodies of Mexican heritage said in interviews that they weren’t excited.

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A Coca-Cola truck driving through Izamal, Mexico, last year.
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Israel, Mixing Force With Diplomacy, Takes ‘Discordant’ Approach to Syria

Par :Patrick Kingsley
For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.

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An Israeli airstrike damaged the entrance to Syria’s defense ministry headquarters on Wednesday.
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Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s Decade of Legal Woes Ends

Par :Choe Sang-Hun
​The South Korean Supreme Court’s ruling dispels uncertainty​ over Lee Jae-yong’s leadership as the tech giant faces challenges from tariffs and chip making rivals.

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Lee Jae-yong, the chairman of Samsung Electronics, arriving for a court appearance in Seoul in February.
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Syria’s President Condemns Israeli Strikes on Damascus

Par :Christina Goldbaum and Euan Ward
President Ahmed al-Shara said the airstrike on Damascus threatened to escalate sectarian violence, in his sharpest criticism of Israel since he came to power.

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Debris in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Wednesday, after an Israeli strike.
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Trump’s Brazil Tariff Threats Rekindle Support for President Lula

Par :Ana Ionova
Once called the planet’s most popular politician, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil faced long odds in next year’s election. President Trump’s tariffs are changing that.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil has seen a surge in popularity after confronting President Trump over tariffs.
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Lauren Southern, Former Right-Wing Commentator, Says Andrew Tate Assaulted Her

Par :Isabella Kwai
Ms. Southern’s account of a 2018 encounter, made in a self-published memoir, adds to the allegations against Mr. Tate, the online influencer. “She is lying through her teeth,” Mr. Tate’s lawyer said.

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Lauren Southern during a rally in 2017.
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China’s Aircraft Carriers Push Into Waters Long Dominated by U.S.

Par :Chris Buckley and Marco Hernandez
Recent drills near Japan reflect China’s ambitions to extend its navy’s reach and exert greater influence, in the Pacific and beyond.

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Fighter jets could be seen on the flight deck of China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, as it was anchored in Hong Kong this month.
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Germany’s Merz and UK’s Starmer Sign Mutual Defense Pact as U.S. Steps Back

Par :Mark Landler and Jim Tankersley
The new treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other, in the latest sign of European nations uniting amid growing instability.

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The Anglo-German accord, signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany covers energy, economic cooperation and migration, in addition to defense.
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K-Beauty Fans Stock up on Cosmetics After Trump’s Tariff Threat

Par :Jin Yu Young
American consumers of Korean cosmetics and skin-care products are bulk buying, as President Trump threatens 25 percent tariffs on imports.

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Shoppers at an Olive Young store in Seoul in April.
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Trump Has Promised More Tariffs on Mexico. What Happens Next?

Par :James Wagner and Paulina Villegas
President Trump has threatened to increase Mexico’s tariff rate to 30 percent starting Aug. 1, claiming the country hasn’t sufficiently tackled drug cartels.

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Vehicles lining up on the Tijuana side of the U.S.-Mexico border to cross into Southern California last year.
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Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration

Par :John Eligon and Hamed Aleaziz
The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them. But Eswatini says it will send them home.

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Mswati III, King of Eswatini, addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2023.
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Why So Many Afghans Have Been Forced Out of Iran

Par :Elian Peltier · Jim Huylebroek · Yaqoob Akbary · Rebecca Suner · David Seekamp and Laura Salaberry
More than 1.4 million Afghans have been forced out of Iran since January amid a governmental crackdown. Elian Peltier, an international correspondent at The New York Times, reports from the Afghanistan-Iran border. There, he met with Afghans grappling with an uncertain future, as they return to a country with widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights.
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London’s Kew Gardens Will Renovate Iconic Glasshouses

Par :Amelia Nierenberg
The Palm House and the Waterlily House, two hulking greenhouses built in the Victorian Era, will close in 2027 for four years of major renovations.

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The Palm House at Kew Gardens will close for major restorations in 2027.
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Carney Moves to Reduce Canada’s Chinese Steel Imports in Response to Trump’s Tariffs

Par :Ian Austen
Canada’s steel industry fears that Chinese steel facing steep tariffs in the United States will be sent north and overwhelm the Canadian market.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney announced steps on Wednesday intended to reduce steel imports from China at a steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Mosaic of Lovers, Taken by Nazi Officer, Is Returned to Pompeii

Par :Lynsey Chutel
The mosaic, which depicts a couple in an intimate bedroom scene, is among thousands of artifacts stolen from the ancient Roman city.

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Archaeologists believe the mosaic may have once decorated the bedroom floor of a villa or another private residence belonging to one of Pompeii’s wealthier families.
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The Air India Plane Crash Took His ‘Everything’

Par :Pragati K.B. · Mujib Mashal and Atul Loke
His son and daughter-in-law brought love to his home and represented the family’s hope for a better life.

Anil Ambalal Patel kissing a photo of his son, Harshit, and his daughter-in-law, Pooja, on the morning of their funeral.
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Israel Strikes Syria’s Capital, Sending Warning to Government

Par :Euan Ward and Aaron Boxerman
Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province dominated by the country’s Druse minority.

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Smoke rising from the Syrian Defense Ministry in the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday.
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Russia Appears Unfazed by Trump’s Ukraine War Ultimatum

Par :Paul Sonne
Russian officials and commentators have shown little indication that Moscow is about to change course under new pressure.

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Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, center, in Malaysia this month. He said Moscow wanted to understand what was behind Mr. Trump’s remarks.
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Mike Huckabee Visits Netanyahu’s Trial in Israel

Par :Aaron Boxerman
A highly unusual appearance from Mike Huckabee comes as President Trump has called for the long-running legal case to be canceled.

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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, arrived on Wednesday at the court where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on trial for corruption.
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At Least 20 Killed in Stampede Outside a Gaza Aid Site

Par :Lara Jakes and Nader Ibrahim
There were conflicting accounts from Palestinian and aid officials over what happened at the food distribution hub run by the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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Casualties were brought into Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza on Wednesday after a stampede at a food distribution site.
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U.K., France and Germany Threaten to Reimpose Tough U.N. Nuclear Sanctions on Iran

Par :Steven Erlanger
“Snapback” sanctions will be triggered by the end of August if Tehran fails to make concrete progress to limit its nuclear program.

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A satellite image released by Maxar Technologies last month showed damage at an Iranian nuclear complex after U.S. strikes.
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Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil

Par :Ana Swanson and Tony Romm
The United States has begun investigating Brazil’s trade practices and “anti-corruption interference,” after the president’s criticisms of Brazil’s treatment of Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.

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Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said he was beginning the investigation “into Brazil’s attacks on American social media companies as well as other unfair trading practices that harm American companies, workers, farmers and technology innovators.”
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Trump Announces ‘Great Deal’ on Trade With Indonesia

Par :Ana Swanson and Alexandra Stevenson
President Trump said the agreement would partly walk back some of the steep tariffs he threatened on the country last week. Indonesia’s president called Mr. Trump a “tough negotiator.”

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President Trump called a trade agreement with Indonesia a “great deal for everybody.”
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The West’s Megadrought Might Not Let Up for Decades, Study Suggests

Par :Raymond Zhong
Clues from another dry spell 6,000 years ago are helping scientists understand what’s driving the latest one, and why it’s been so unrelenting.

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Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona, where July water levels are only at a third of capacity.
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As Iran Deports a Million Afghans, ‘Where Do We Even Go?’

Par :Elian Peltier · Farnaz Fassihi · Yaqoob Akbary and Jim Huylebroek
Afghans being forced out of Iran are grappling with an uncertain future in Afghanistan, where widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women and girls await.

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Migration Fears Turn Europe’s Borderless Dreams Into Traffic Nightmares

Par :Jim Tankersley and Christopher F. Schuetze
Germany’s new government imposed border checks to demonstrate toughness on migration, though crossings started slowing years ago.

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German border guards stop cars crossing from Poland last week.
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What to Know About Israel’s Attack in Syria and the Druse Minority

Par :Christina Goldbaum
Israel has been bombing Syrian government forces who intervened in clashes in a region controlled by the Syrian Druse minority, which Israel pledged to protect.

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Members of the Syrian government’s security forces in a truck in the southern Syrian province of Sweida on Tuesday. More than 200 people have been killed in the region since violence erupted on Sunday, according to a war monitoring group.
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Club Drugs Strain Health System on Ibiza, Spain’s Party Island

Par :Jonathan Wolfe
Drug-related calls from nightclubs are driving Ibiza’s ambulance services to collapse, health workers say. It’s the latest example of tensions in Europe over tourism.

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The Pacha nightclub in Ibiza, Spain, in 2022. The island is an engine of Spain’s tourism industry, with 3.3 million visitors last year.
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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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How Much Military Aid Has the U.S. Given to Ukraine? Here’s What to Know.

Par :John Ismay
The United States began sending weapons to Ukraine years before Russia invaded in 2022.

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The 148th separate artillery brigade of Air Assault Forces fire a French 155-millimeter self-propelled howitzer at a Russian target in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in April.
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What to Know About the Fighting in Southern Syria

Par :Christina Goldbaum
Druse militiamen have been fighting with Bedouins in the Sweida Province, and Syrian government forces and the Israeli military are getting involved.

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Members of the Syrian government’s security forces in a truck in the southern Syrian province of Sweida on Tuesday. More than 100 people have been killed in the region since violence erupted on Sunday, according to a war monitoring group.
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Republicans in Congress Shift to Backing Ukraine, Matching Trump’s Reversal

Par :Robert Jimison
After years pressing to end U.S. aid to Ukraine, many Republicans have abandoned that position now that President Trump is supporting the country against Russian aggression.

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Representative Derrick Van Orden, Republican of Wisconsin, previously opposed aid to Ukraine but has voiced support for the president’s latest plan to send it weapons.
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Police Arrest Far-Right Leader After Anti-Immigrant Riots in Spanish Town

Par :Lynsey Chutel and José Bautista
Prosecutors said the local head of Deport Them Now, an anti-immigrant group, helped incite four days of violence that have rattled a town with a large North African community.

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Masked men carrying bottles, canes and other blunt objects march down the middle of a street early Tuesday, during anti-migrant unrest in Torre Pacheco, Spain.
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Three Aid Workers Were ‘Intentionally Killed’ in Tigray Region of Ethiopia, M.S.F. Says

Par :Eve Sampson and Declan Walsh
The group accused Ethiopia’s government of failing to properly investigate the deaths, which took place in the Tigray region.

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The wreckage of a car that had carried three aid workers who were killed in the Tigray region of Ethiopia in 2021.
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Netanyahu’s Ultra-Orthodox Allies Threaten His Coalition Government

Par :Aaron Boxerman
Some of the prime minister’s political allies have quit over a proposal to make religious students serve in military, and more are threatening to do so.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Parliament on Monday. His government is fracturing because of the debate over whether ultra-Orthodox students must serve in the military.
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Men Who Cut Down Beloved Tree in England Get More Than 4 Years in Prison

Par :Lizzie Dearden
The tree, a landmark that stood by Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, was found illegally cut down in 2023.

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China Puts New Restrictions on E.V. Battery Manufacturing Technology

Par :Keith Bradsher
Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars.

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CATL, a Chinese company that is the world’s largest producer of electric vehicle batteries, displayed at the Shanghai auto show in April a lithium-ion battery that can be recharged in five minutes.
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U.K. Secretly Resettled 4,500 Afghans in Britain After Huge Data Breach

Par :Stephen Castle and Mark Landler
The government said that information about 18,000 Afghans was accidentally revealed in 2022. A legal order had prevented any reporting on the subject.

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British soldiers in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in 2020. The acknowledgment of the data exposure comes at a time when immigration is a sensitive issue in British politics.
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Trump’s Shift on Ukraine Is Good News for Europe, for Now

Par :Steven Erlanger
After European leaders stepped up military spending, President Trump aligned himself more closely with them on the war. But his tariff threats have left bruises.

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Firefighters in Odesa, Ukraine, this month after a Russian strike. President Trump warned Moscow that he would impose new economic punishments if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.
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Israel Stages Rare Attack on Syrian Government Forces

Par :Euan Ward
Israel intervened in sectarian violence in Syria and attacked the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.

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Syrian government forces entered the predominantly Druse city of Sweida on Tuesday. Israel intervened after days of deadly sectarian clashes in the southern Sweida region.
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Ukraine Will Get U.S. Weapons in a New Way. Here’s What We Know.

Par :Lara Jakes
NATO allies will buy arms, then give them to Ukraine, President Trump said.

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President Trump with Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, left, at the White House on Monday.
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Blazes in Northern Ireland Recall an Old Message: You Are Not Welcome Here

Par :Ali Watkins
A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target Irish Catholics in the territory.

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A fire set in the streets during an anti-immigrant riot last month in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Violence there erupted after two boys were charged with the attempted oral rape of a teenage girl.
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Air India Crash Findings Prompt Inspections of Boeing Fuel Switches

Par :John Yoon
Airlines in India, Singapore and South Korea were inspecting fuel control switches on their Boeing jets.

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Workers removing the airplane’s tail from the wreckage of the Air India crash, in Ahmedabad, India, last month.
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E.U. Nations Plan Retaliatory Tariffs Against Trump and U.S., but Would They Do It?

Par :Jeanna Smialek
European Union officials have drawn up plans to impose levies on American imports, but questions abound about whether they would go through with them.

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Shipping containers at a port in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. European Union officials say that if President Trump follows through on his tariff threats, it could upend trans-Atlantic trade.
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Australian Premier Albanese Meets China’s Xi in Beijing

Par :Victoria Kim and David Pierson
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is trying to deepen ties with China, his country’s biggest trading partner, while being under pressure from the United States.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia arriving in Beijing on Monday.
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Behind Trump’s Tough Talk on Russia and Putin, Doubts and Missing Details

Par :Michael Crowley · Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes
Pentagon officials said details were still being worked out, and experts doubted Mr. Trump’s threat of huge tariffs for Russian trading partners.

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Ukrainian soldiers near the front lines in the Kharkiv region in May.
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Canada Wildfire Smoke Triggers Air Quality Alerts in Toronto, Montreal and U.S.

Par :Vjosa Isai
Smoke from wildfires in Manitoba, a Western province facing its worst fire season in 30 years, has created hazardous air quality conditions across Eastern Canada and the United States.

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Haze blanketed the skyline in Toronto on Monday, which is under an air quality alert as a result of wildfire smoke.
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Trump Threatens Russia With Sanctions and Vows U.S. Weapon Support for Ukraine

Par :Erica L. Green
The president also warned Russia that he would impose a new round of punishing sanctions if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.

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President Trump in the Oval Office with Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general, on Monday.
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Excavation of Children’s Remains Begins at Irish Home for Unwed Mothers

Par :Amelia Nierenberg
Experts are searching for the remains of hundreds of children who died at the institution run by Catholic nuns until 1961, including bodies disposed of in septic tanks.

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The site of the former St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home, a home for unmarried mothers and their children run by the Bon Secours order in Tuam, Ireland, in 2022.
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Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries

Par :Mattathias Schwartz
Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”

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Downtown Juba, South Sudan, last year. Third-country deportations could accelerate under new internal guidance issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Clashes Between Bedouin and Druse in Syria Kill More Than 50, Health Official and Rights Group Say

Par :Raja Abdulrahim and Reham Mourshed
The violence underscores the government’s challenge to assert nationwide control as ethnic and religious tensions simmer after the end of the civil war.

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A member of the Syrian security forces walks past a burning car near Al Mazra in Sweida Province on Monday. The violence in the heartland of the Druse community threatens to further exacerbate tensions stemming from the civil war.
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Zelensky Announces Plan for Major Government Shake-Up in Ukraine

Par :Andrew E. Kramer
An announcement by the Ukrainian president that he will seek to replace the prime minister with a loyalist came as the country faces battlefield setbacks and a souring mood.

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Mr. Zelensky said on Facebook that he would nominate for prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko, a loyalist now serving as a first deputy prime minister.
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E.U. Says Trump’s Threat of 30% Tariffs Would Hobble Trade With U.S.

Par :Jeanna Smialek
The bloc’s trade commissioner says the two sides were close to a deal before the president last week threatened to impose a 30 percent levy.

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Maros Sefcovic, the European Union trade commissioner, said that the bloc thought it was close to a trade deal with Trump administration last week.
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Plan to Indefinitely Displace Palestinians Threatens to Derail Gaza Truce

Par :Patrick Kingsley and Aaron Boxerman
An Israeli proposal to force much of Gaza’s population into a small enclave is now overshadowing negotiations over a truce.

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A tent camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah, southern Gaza, last year.
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Chinese University Expels Woman for ‘Improper Contact’ With a Foreigner

Par :Vivian Wang
The university published the student’s full name and said her behavior had “damaged national dignity.” The move prompted an online debate and accusations of sexism.

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Danylo Teslenko, who goes by the nickname Zeus, at a gaming event in Poland in 2019. Mr. Teslenko had shared videos of himself with a Chinese woman that led to her expulsion from university.
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Trump Reluctantly Comes Around to Backing Ukraine. Will He Stick With It?

Par :David E. Sanger and Maggie Haberman
President Trump is formalizing a new plan to sell American weapons to European allies, who would pass them onto Kyiv. But he made it clear this wasn’t his war.

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The approach President Trump is taking seems intended to keep him at least one arm’s length away from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
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China Is Buying Appliances and iPhones. What Happens When the Subsidies Stop?

Par :Daisuke Wakabayashi
Shoppers are taking advantage of a $42 billion government trade-in program aimed at boosting spending. But in recent weeks, some cities have started to cut back on the subsidies.

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A shopping area in Beijing. Confronting a trade war with the United States, China’s government has poured $42 billion this year into a consumer trade-in program.
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It’s No Bluff: The Tariff Rate Is Soaring Under Trump

Par :Ana Swanson
The president has earned a reputation for bluffing on tariffs. But he has steadily and dramatically raised U.S. tariffs, transforming global trade.

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President Trump argues that low tariffs have left the country at a disadvantage in the past, allowing Americans to import cheap products that put U.S. factories out of business and left the country dependent on foreign nations.
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Trump’s Willingness to Arm Ukraine Puts Him Closer to Biden Approach

Par :David E. Sanger and Maggie Haberman
President Trump is expected this week to formalize a new plan to sell American weapons to European allies, who would pass them onto Kyiv.

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The approach President Trump is taking seems designed to keep him at least one arm’s length away from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
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How Trump Changed His Tone on Putin and the Russia-Ukraine War

Par :Minho Kim
After years of lavishing praise on the Russian leader, President Trump abruptly changed his posture amid mounting frustration with the lack of progress on a cease-fire.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Trump in 2019. While he was running for president in 2024, Mr. Trump said he could settle the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.
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Trump Is Expected to Announce New Weapons Pipeline for Ukraine

Par :Steven Erlanger
Under the plan, other NATO countries would buy U.S.-made arms, then give them to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia. NATO’s secretary general was set to meet Mr. Trump on Monday.

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Firefighters on the scene of a Russian attack on a neighborhood next to a military recruitment center in Odesa, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers

Par :Jason Horowitz
In peak vacation season, many of the continent’s most desirable getaways are becoming places to get away from.

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Increasingly frequent storms have washed much of the sand from the beach at Montgat, near Barcelona in Spain.
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