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Bank Transfer Signals Syria Is Making Strides in Ending Economic Isolation

Par :Neil MacFarquhar and Reham Mourshed
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.
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Suchinda Kraprayoon, Thai Leader Who Set Off Bloody Protests, Dies at 91

Par :Trip Gabriel
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.
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Why Israelis View the Prospect of a Nuclear-Armed Iran as a Threat

Par :Isabel Kershner
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.
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Iranian Missile Hits Israeli Hospital as Trump Appears to Put Off U.S. Action

Par :Adam Rasgon · Natan Odenheimer · Tyler Pager and Michael Levenson
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.
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Why Israelis View the Prospect of a Nuclear-Armed Iran as a Threat

Par :Isabel Kershner
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.
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Chilling Photos Capture Police Shooting Man, Fueling Anger in Kenya

Par :Eve Sampson
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.
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Former Interpol Official Detained for Role in ‘Big Carousel’ of Corruption

Par :Andrew Higgins
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.
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French Lawmaker Says He Was Denied Entry Into the United States

Par :Ségolène Le Stradic
Pouria Amirshahi, a leftist member of Parliament, hopes that the decision will be reversed so that he can travel to meet lawmakers to understand life under President Trump.

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Pouria Amirshahi, a member of the Green party, in the National Assembly in Paris in February.
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Europe to Hold Talks With Iran on Friday

Par :Steven Erlanger · Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek
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.
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Under China’s Threat, Taiwan Needs Its Own Power Sources More Than Ever

Par :Amy Chang Chien and Meaghan Tobin
Taiwan, which makes most of the world’s advanced computer chips, relies almost entirely on imported energy.

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The Renze geothermal power plant in Yilan, Taiwan.
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Student Who Filmed Himself Raping at Least 10 Women Is Given Life Sentence

Par :Lizzie Dearden and Vivian Wang
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.
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This Oregon Native Went to Kyiv as a Volunteer. He Died in a Russian Attack.

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

Par :Ivan Nechepurenko
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.
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Iran Has Its Back Against the Wall

Par :Roger Cohen
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.
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Thailand’s Prime Minister Faces Calls to Resign After Leak

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
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.”
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Will Israel’s Interceptors Outlast Iran’s Missiles? The Answer May Shape the War.

Par :Patrick Kingsley · Adam Rasgon · Ronen Bergman · Natan Odenheimer and Julian E. Barnes
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.
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Air India Cuts International Flights After Crash Causes Chaos

Par :Anupreeta Das
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.
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Trying to Satisfy Trump, NATO Is Running Into Difficulties

Par :Lara Jakes and Steven Erlanger
A plan to increase military spending at the level President Trump wants is becoming clearer, as are its shortcomings.

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A Norwegian naval commando hoisted himself onto the deck of a ship during a NATO exercise in March.
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Can A.I. Quicken the Pace of Math Discoveries?

Par :Alexander Nazaryan
Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using artificial intelligence.

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Patrick Shafto, who oversees DARPA’s information innovation office. A.I., he said, shows “huge potential benefit to the community of mathematicians and to society at large.”
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A Sardinian Road Trip: Coastal Cliffs and Picturesque Villages

Par :Marta Giaccone
A photographer’s road trip traced the coastal cliffs around the Mediterranean island, a world apart from mainland Italy. Here’s what she saw.

Sea cliffs at the Regional Natural Park of Porto Conte, along Sardinia’s northwestern coast.
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China Is Hacking Russia to Steal War Secrets

Par :Megha Rajagopalan
Since the war in Ukraine began, analysts have monitored a series of intrusions aimed at stealing information about weaponry and warfighting.

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Russian soldiers marching in the country’s annual Victory Day parade in May. Hacking groups appear to have become more interested in Russian targets after the country’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Belgian Nonprofit Papy Boom Is Helping Retirement-Home Residents Hit the Clubs

Par :Jenny Gross
A group of Brussels retirement-home residents grooved to electronic music late one night as part of a program to fight loneliness among seniors.

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Nicole Dekoster, 71, dancing at the Mirano nightclub in Brussels, in an outing organized by a Belgian nonprofit.
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Iran Missile Strikes Hospital in Southern Israel

Par :Adam Rasgon
The strike highlighted the risks to civilians in Israel and Iran after days of fighting between the two nations.

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The Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel, on Thursday, after an Iranian missile strike.
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Hurricane Erick Makes Landfall in Mexico as a Major Storm

Par :Diana Manzo · Elda Cantú · Nazaneen Ghaffar and John Yoon
The storm had been a Category 4 hurricane as it bore down from the eastern Pacific toward Mexico. The authorities ordered evacuations in Oaxaca and Guerrero.

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U.S. to Review Social Media Posts of Student and Scholar Visa Applicants

Par :Edward Wong
The State Department is restarting the processing of visa applications from students and visiting scholars, but is screening for “hostility” toward the United States.

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All applications for F, M and J nonimmigrant visas will be reviewed, officials said.
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Iranian Civilians Are Killed in Israeli Strikes, Including a Poet and an Equestrian

Par :Farnaz Fassihi · Leily Nikounazar and Parin Behrooz
Israel has said it does not target Iranian civilians, but hundreds have died in the violence, among them a poet and her family, an equestrian and a graphic designer.

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A copy of an Iranian newspaper showing people killed in recent Israeli strikes.
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