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China Exit Ban on Wells Fargo Executive Stokes Foreign Business Anxiety

Par :Keith Bradsher
The case comes around the same time a Japanese pharmaceutical executive was imprisoned, adding to growing unease even as Beijing tries to court overseas investors.

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A Wells Fargo branch in New York City. Wells Fargo is one of six global banks that dominate the processing of dollar-denominated payments for China’s exports and imports.
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Israel Issues Evacuation Order for New Area in Gaza

Par :Isabel Kershner and Aaron Boxerman
The military told Palestinians to leave an area where many have sought refuge during the 21-month war and warned that it may expand operations.

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Palestinians moving through wreckage after an Israeli airstrike this month in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza. So far, however, Israeli ground forces have largely refrained from operating there.
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Even as Air-Raid Sirens Blare, Ukrainians Wait for the Light to Change

Par :Kim Barker
Anyone new to Ukraine may quickly notice the disconnect between the front line and much of daily life farther away, including the patient behavior of pedestrians waiting to cross the street.

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As Trump Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out

Par :Ana Swanson and Tripp Mickle
The Trump administration has dialed back aggressive measures against China and reversed its position on technology controls as the president angles for a Chinese trip later this year.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, second from right, meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva in May.
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Typhoon Wipha Pounds Hong Kong and Macau With Rain and Wind

Par :Yan Zhuang
The tropical cyclone made landfall in mainland China late Sunday afternoon with winds near to those of a Category 1 Atlantic hurricane.

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Fallen trees on top of a car in Hong Kong on Sunday.
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A Kite Surfer, Navy SEAL and Makeup Artist: Freed in a U.S.-Venezuela Swap

Par :Julie Turkewitz
Over 260 people were released from prisons in El Salvador and Venezuela. Now they face the challenge of coming home.

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Venezuelan migrants who were jailed in El Salvador arrived at Simon Bolivar International Airport, outside Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, on Friday.
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The Pelicot Trial Returns, This Time to the Stage

Par :Catherine Porter
Many of those who attended the trial returned to see a new play based on the case of Gisèle Pelicot, who confronted her ex-husband and dozens of men accused of raping her.

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“The Pelicot Trial,” at the Avignon Festival in southern France, on Friday night.
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At Least 28 Dead After Tourist Boat Capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay

Par :Tung Ngo and Lynsey Chutel
The boat, carrying 46 passengers and three crew members, was on a sightseeing tour of Ha Long Bay when a sudden storm caused it to overturn, state media said. Ten people were rescued.

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A tourist boat capsized on Saturday in Ha Long Bay, in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh Province, northeast of Hanoi.
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South Korea Pulls Report Into Jeju Air Crash After Victims’ Families Protest

Par :John Yoon
Relatives of the Jeju Air disaster victims objected to the report in a stormy scene at a news conference, complaining that it blamed the pilots prematurely.

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Firefighters and investigators at the scene of the deadly Jeju Air crash in Muan, South Korea, in December.
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Syria Declares Cease-Fire After a Week of Upheaval

Par :Euan Ward
Sectarian-tinged clashes left hundreds dead and attracted Israeli military intervention. A U.S. envoy said Israel and Syria had agreed to a truce.

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An aerial view of Sweida, Syria, on Saturday.
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Gaza Health Ministry Says Israeli Military Killed 32 Near Aid Site

Par :Patrick Kingsley · Bilal Shbair and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad
The latest deaths add to U.N. figures showing that more than 670 Palestinians have been killed since May near sites built under a new Israel-backed aid system.

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Mourners at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Saturday with the bodies of two people killed near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site.
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Russia Makes Gains in Ukraine in Summer Offensive

Par :Ivan Nechepurenko and Constant Méheut
The most important factors may be far from the battlefield.

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Army recruitment advertisements in Moscow last month. To bolster recruitment, Russia is offering outsize sign-up bonuses and salaries.
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They Vanished in Syria’s Long Occupation of Lebanon. Now Their Families Want Answers.

Par :Euan Ward
Thousands went missing during Syria’s decades-long intervention in Lebanon. Months after the fall of the Syrian regime, families are still clinging to hope.

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Family members looking for any signs of missing relatives in the Sednaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, in December.
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Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building.

Par :Vivian Wang and Andrea Verdelli
Defying demolition orders, a Chinese man turned his home into a rickety 11-story tower. Now tourists are coming.

Chen Tianming’s house, which evokes a Dr. Seuss drawing, has drawn gawkers to his rural corner of Guizhou Province, in southwestern China.
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Sohei Kamiya Brings Trump-Style Populism to Japan’s Election

Par :Martin Fackler
With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery right-wing populism to Japan’s election on Sunday.

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Sohei Kamiya, the leader of an upstart right-wing political party called Sanseito, delivering a campaign speech this month at Takasaki Station in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo.
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Japan Election 2025: What to Know

Par :Martin Fackler
Shigeru Ishiba of the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party could face calls to resign if his party fares poorly in Sunday’s Upper House elections.

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Supporters putting up election campaign posters this month on a bulletin board in Tokyo.
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Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections

Par :Michael Crowley and Julian E. Barnes
A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a department cable that public comments on foreign elections “should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”
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Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador

Par :Julie Turkewitz and Hamed Aleaziz
Ten Americans and permanent U.S. residents detained in Venezuela were traded for more than 250 Venezuelans expelled from the U.S. and imprisoned in El Salvador.
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Cuban Minister Resigns After Accusing Beggars of Faking Poverty

Par :David C. Adams
The labor and social security minister drew public outrage when she said “there are no beggars” in Cuba, where many people struggle to afford food.

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Cuban Minister of Labour and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, in 2023.
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Felix Baumgartner, Skydiver Who Jumped From the Edge of Space, Dies Paragliding at 56

Par :Jeré Longman and Claire Moses
Nicknamed “Fearless Felix,” he 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 Before 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 him be dropped.

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Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, outside the Secretariat of Penitentiary Administration on Friday. Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered him to stay away from foreign embassies because it fears he could flee justice.
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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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