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How to Panic Italians? Jack Up the Price of Espresso.

Par :Patricia Mazzei
Prices for coffee beans have risen, but in a country where coffee drinking is a ritual, customers demand cheap espresso. That has left coffee bars in a bind.

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A cup of espresso at the Lavazza Museum in Turin, Italy. Executives from Lavazza and Illy have warned for more than a year that higher coffee prices are most likely here to stay.
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Russia Sees France as Its Main Enemy in Europe, French General Says

Par :Catherine Porter
During a rare news conference on Friday, the head of the French military, Thierry Burkhard, said Russia remains a “lasting, close” threat.

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Gen. Thierry Burkhard, the head of the French military, speaking about the Russian threat in Paris during a news conference on Friday.
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Ben Jealous, Sierra Club’s Executive Director, on Leave After Rocky Tenure

Par :Claire Brown
Ben Jealous, who joined the environmental group in 2023, has clashed with some employees and the organization’s union.

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Ben Jealous, executive director of the Sierra Club, at a climate rally in Washington in 2023. He is now on leave.
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Air India Plane Crash Report Says Fuel to Engines Was Cut Off

Par :Mujib Mashal and Suhasini Raj
A focus on the fuel switches in a preliminary assessment raised questions about the pilots’ actions, but much is still unknown about Flight 171.

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Workers removing the airplane’s tail from the wreckage of the Air India crash last month.
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Evidence Supports War Crimes Allegations in Darfur, I.C.C. Prosecutor Says

Par :Eve Sampson
The International Criminal Court has “reasonable grounds to believe” war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed, the court’s deputy prosecutor said.

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A refugee camp in Adré, Chad, last year, where many people from Darfur have fled.
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Appeals Court Overturns Plea Deal in 9/11 Case

Par :Carol Rosenberg
The court found that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had the authority to invalidate a contract reached between the accused mastermind and a Pentagon official.

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Camp Justice at the U.S. naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2023.
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Republicans Blame Canada for Wildfire Smoke ‘Suffocating’ the U.S.

Par :Vjosa Isai
Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.

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A wildfire burning last month in Squamish, British Columbia.
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Trump Says NATO Countries Will Buy Weapons to Give to Ukraine

Par :Lara Jakes · Andrew E. Kramer and Eric Schmitt
If the plan is finalized, it would allow critical aid to flow to Ukraine as it endures one of Russia’s heaviest assaults of the war.

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Ukrainian soldiers firing American-made munitions, last year.
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Netanyahu Ends Washington Trip Without a Gaza Truce

Par :Patrick Kingsley
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, met several times with President Trump, amid rising hopes of a cease-fire in Gaza, but there are still obstacles to a truce with Hamas.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israeli on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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Police Investigate Burning of Migrant-Boat Effigy in Northern Ireland as a Hate Crime

Par :Lizzie Dearden
An effigy of a boat containing mannequins of migrants was set alight in the village of Moygashel on Thursday, in an incident condemned by political and religious leaders as racist and threatening.

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Want to Understand Russia? Visit Dubai.

Par :Anton Troianovski and Katarina Premfors
It’s a key refuge for Moscow’s wealthy, including the record producer Iosif Prigozhin. He insists he still loves President Vladimir V. Putin, no matter what you’ve heard.

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Strava Fitness App Revealed Locations of Swedish Leaders

Par :Lynsey Chutel
Secret meetings and private holidays of the royal family and prime minister were inadvertently made public on Strava, which has raised security concerns in other instances.

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Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of Sweden with his wife, Birgitta Ed, in 2024. Fitness data from bodyguards gave away the location of his private residence, a newspaper report found.
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Republicans Blame Canada for Wildfire Smoke ‘Suffocating’ the U.S.

Par :Vjosa Isai
Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.

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A wildfire burning last month in Squamish, British Columbia.
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Germany Takes an Unassuming Approach to Tax Cuts, in Contrast to Trump

Par :Jim Tankersley
Chancellor Friedrich Merz will pass an early plank of his domestic agenda into law on Friday, grounded in classical economic arguments.

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, right, and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil in Berlin on Friday.
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Trump’s Latest Canada Tariff Threats Come Despite Cordial Negotiations With Carney

Par :Matina Stevis-Gridneff
The country’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, has been called the “Trump whisperer,” and negotiations have been cordial and professional. But it’s been a wild ride.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and President Trump at the Group of 7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, last month. The two leaders have had a friendly relationship.
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Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey

Par :Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur
The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people.

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Arms belonging to Kurdish P.K.K. insurgents from Turkey were set on fire during a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday.
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Cairo Telecommunications Building Hit With 2nd Fire in a Week

Par :Andrés R. Martínez and Rania Khaled
A blaze on Thursday at one of Egypt’s main telecommunications hubs was extinguished, days after a larger fire there killed four people and disrupted internet, transport and banking services.

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The initial fire broke out on Monday at a telecommunications hub in central Cairo, killing at least four people.
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As Trump Sows Tariff Confusion, Rules of Global Commerce Give Way to Chaos

Par :Jeanna Smialek and Ana Swanson
Blunt letters dictating terms posted to social media and changes late in negotiations have left trading partners wondering what President Trump will do next.

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After President Trump unveiled tariff numbers at the White House in April, a rapid volley of negotiations began.
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Trump Threatens 35% Tariffs on Canada in the Middle of Trade Talks

Par :Ana Swanson and Ian Austen
The president revived his discredited claims about fentanyl entering the U.S. from Canada to justify his latest proposed rate of 35 percent.

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The border crossing to Canada from Point Roberts, Wash. Tariffs of 35 percent on Canadian goods, if applied widely, could cause serious harm to Canada’s export-dependent economy.
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Rubio and China’s Top Envoy Vie for Influence in Asia Over Trump’s Tariffs

Par :Edward Wong and David Pierson
Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants to bolster ties with Asia to counter Beijing’s power, but President Trump’s tariff threats have nations asking why they should align with Washington.

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Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday.
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Behind Trump’s Decision to Tax Brazil to Save Bolsonaro

Par :Jack Nicas and Ana Ionova
Right-wing Brazilians wanted sanctions against the judge prosecuting Brazil’s former president. President Trump opted for something far bigger — tariffs.

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President Trump said the new 50 percent tariffs on Brazilian imports would take effect on Aug. 1, just before Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, is to stand trial.
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Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into Benjamin Netanyahu

Par :Patrick Kingsley · Ronen Bergman and Natan Odenheimer
Prolonging the Gaza war helped the Israeli prime minister forestall a political reckoning.

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Benjamin Netanyahu leaving the King David Hotel in Jerusalem to visit the Western Wall on June 12, shortly before Israel attacked Iran.
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How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power

Par :Patrick Kingsley · Ronen Bergman and Natan Odenheimer
Secret meetings, altered records, ignored intelligence: the inside story of the prime minister’s political calculations since Oct. 7.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 5.
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What to Know About the Rare Earths Mining Boom in Myanmar

Par :Hannah Beech
In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end up in China.

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A gold mine in Karen State in Myanmar last year. Chinese state-owned firms and criminal networks control the extraction of many natural resources in Myanmar.
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Rare Earths Mining in Myanmar Is Polluting Thailand’s Kok River

Par :Hannah Beech · Mauricio Lima and Weiyi Cai
Unregulated activity led by Chinese enterprises in conflict-ravaged Myanmar is creating an environmental calamity in neighboring Thailand.

Levels of arsenic and other toxic metals have spiked to dangerous levels in Thai waterways like the Kok River, seen here in June.
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At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post Office Scandal, Report Says

Par :Aishvarya Kavi
A public inquiry into the wrongful prosecutions of about 1,000 postal workers has uncovered more victims than previously known, according to a report.

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Thousands of postal workers were wrongfully accused of crimes over more than a decade in the British post office scandal, according to a report.
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Targeting Brazil, Trump Tests Legal Limit of His Tariff Powers

Par :Tony Romm
The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.

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President Trump linked his threat of a 50 percent tariff on Brazil this week to that country’s treatment of its former president Jair Bolsonaro, above.
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US-Brazil Tariffs: What to Know About Trump’s History With Bolsonaro

Par :Jack Nicas and Ana Ionova
The fight is rooted in years of political history between President Trump and the last two presidents of Brazil.

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Then-President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil with President Trump during a visit to the White House in 2019. In Mr. Trump’s first term, few world leaders were a more reliable ally than Mr. Bolsonaro.
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Four More Rescued in Red Sea, as Houthis Vow to Keep Up Attacks

Par :Ismaeel Naar
A total of 10 crew members have been rescued so far after Yemeni militants sank a Greek-owned cargo ship in the Red Sea.

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This image released by the Houthis’ Ansarullah Media Center on Wednesday shows what the group says is the Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, sinking after it was attacked by the Houthis.
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Some of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Survived Attacks, Israeli Official Says

Par :David E. Sanger
The assessment came as experts are trying to determine how long it would take Iran to rebuild its nuclear program in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes.

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A uranium processing site in Isfahan, which hosts Iran’s nuclear laboratory, seen in 2005.
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U.K. Faces Rising Threat From Iranian Plots, Intelligence Committee Says

Par :Stephen Castle
An official report warned that Iran was targeting dissidents and gathering intelligence on Jewish and Israeli targets in Britain.

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Kevan Jones, the chairman of Britain’s parliamentary intelligence committee, in a photo provided by the British Parliament.
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UK Braces for Record Temperatures as Third Heat Wave Spreads

Par :Nazaneen Ghaffar
A third official heat wave is expected to descend this weekend, with record-breaking temperatures possible in Scotland.

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A spectator on Day 11 of Wimbledon in London on Thursday. In the coming days, most of England, eastern Scotland and eastern Northern Ireland are likely to meet the official heat wave criteria.
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Israel Will Allow More Aid Into Gaza, Officials Say

Par :Natan Odenheimer · Jeanna Smialek and Isabel Kershner
The decision followed discussions with the European Union, which has pressed Israel to ease the dire humanitarian conditions for Palestinians in the territory.

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Palestinians waiting in line to receive flour from an aid center in Gaza City in June.
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La Scala Warns Opera Patrons: No Flip-Flops or Tank Tops Allowed

Par :Amelia Nierenberg
Milan’s famed opera house is cracking down on the underdressed, even as it and other European opera companies try to attract a wider audience.

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Visitors dressed in formal attire in the Teatro alla Scala bar in December.
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L.A.-Area Bishop Excuses Faithful From Mass Over Fear of Immigration Raids

Par :Claire Moses and Orlando Mayorquín
Bishop Alberto Rojas of the Diocese of San Bernardino lifted the obligation to attend Mass for anyone who had a “genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions.”

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Bishop Alberto Rojas leading Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Chino Hills, Calif., in 2023.
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As Israel and Ukraine Advance Drone Warfare, U.S. Sees Its Own Vulnerabilities

Par :Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
Israel and Ukraine have used drones against their adversaries in audacious ways that have helped the Pentagon see the need for new technology.

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Ukrainian soldiers at an air defense position, where they monitor for, and shoot down armed Russian drones in May.
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A Lethal Israeli Airstrike Hits Near a Gaza Aid Clinic

Par :Adam Rasgon and Natan Odenheimer
The attack struck near a facility run by an American aid organization as negotiators from Hamas and Israel wrangle over a potential new cease-fire agreement.

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A screen grab from a video shows a wounded child being treated in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the town of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on Thursday.
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