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What U.S.-Korea Ties Mean on the 75th Anniversary of the Incheon Landing

Par :Choe Sang-Hun and Jun Michael Park
Incheon, the site of a crucial battle of the Korean War, has a singular place in South Korea’s modern history and in its ties with the United States.

Incheon was also the site for many firsts in South Korea, including the nation’s first soccer and baseball games.
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Trump’s Threats to Media in Jimmy Kimmel Fallout Resemble World Autocrat

Par :Damien Cave
The tactics President Trump has embraced place the United States in awkward company as freedom of expression is declining in dozens of countries.

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President Trump on Air Force One on Thursday. He has threatened to revoke licenses from networks with late-night hosts who make jokes at his expense.
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Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle

Par :Max Bearak
The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.

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The treaty allows for establishing vast conservation zones in international waters.
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In Mexico, New Mothers Are Seeking Out Old Rituals

Par :Paulina Villegas and Greta Rico
Some women in the country’s capital are turning to midwives who they say offer a more holistic approach to care than hospitals usually provide.

Kay Nicte Cisneros García, a new mother, was wrapped in shawls as part of a postpartum ritual.
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Trump Administration Will End Deportation Protections for Thousands of Syrians

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Madeleine Ngo
A homeland security official said it was “contrary to our national interest to allow Syrians to remain in our country” through the temporary program.

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Some immigration policy experts criticized the decision and said that conditions in Syria are still unstable.
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Taliban Bans Books by Women in Afghanistan’s Universities

Par :Pranav Baskar
More than 600 books, many of them written by women, are being purged, based on a contention that they conflict with Sharia principles.

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At a book store in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2017.
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Trump and China Suggest TikTok Deal Could Move Ahead in Vague Statements

Par :Emmett Lindner
The president told reporters Friday that China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, had approved a deal for TikTok. But he also suggested the agreement was a work in progress.

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President Trump spoke to members of the press aboard Air Force One on Thursday.
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Russian Fighter Jets Enter Airspace of Estonia, a NATO Member

Par :Steven Erlanger
Estonia’s foreign minister described the flights, which lasted for an unusually long 12 minutes, as an “unprecedentedly brazen” intrusion.

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Russian MIG-31 fighter jets above Moscow in 2018. Estonian officials said three MIG-31s entered Estonian airspace on Friday.
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Threatening Broadcasters, Trump Takes a Page From the World’s Autocrats

Par :Damien Cave
The tactics President Trump has embraced place the United States in awkward company as freedom of expression is declining in dozens of countries.

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President Trump on Air Force One on Thursday. He has threatened to revoke licenses from networks with late-night hosts who make jokes at his expense.
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Suspect in 1982 Attack on Jewish Deli in Paris Is Arrested by Palestinian Authorities

Par :Aurelien Breeden
The man was arrested in the West Bank by Palestinian authorities, President Emmanuel Macron said. The attack killed six people, including two Americans.

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Outside Chez Jo Goldenberg, a restaurant in the Marais neighborhood of Paris, after an attack killed six people in 1982.
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Europe Announces New Sanctions to Ramp Up Pressure on Russia

Par :Jeanna Smialek
The latest set of European Union restrictions are aimed at chipping away at Russia’s energy profits and ability to do business globally.

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Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, last week. “It is time to turn off the tap,” she said on Friday, referring to Russian sanctions.
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Still Divided, a Syrian City Ruined in War Edges Back to Life

Par :Carlotta Gall · Saad Alnassife and Nicole Tung
Battered by years of bombing and shelling, Deir al-Zour remains a frontline, even as its people struggle to rebuild.

© Nicole Tung for The New York Times

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Dozens Killed in Missile Strike on Sudan Mosque: ‘Harrowing Beyond Description’

Par :Declan Walsh
A doctor who spoke with The Times last week was among those killed when a missile hit a mosque on Friday as paramilitaries stepped up their brutal siege of the city of El Fasher.

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Taliban Releases British Couple, Peter and Barbie Reynolds, Detained for Months in Afghanistan

Par :Elian Peltier and Lynsey Chutel
Peter and Barbara Reynolds, 80 and 76, ran an education and training company in the country for years, and chose to remain after the Taliban took over in 2021.

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A picture released by the Qatari government show Peter and Barbara Reynolds, on the right, with British and Qatari diplomats on a plane after they were released from custody in Afghanistan.
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Battered but Undefeated, Hamas Remains a Fighting Force in Gaza

Par :Adam Rasgon
Some Israeli officials believe the military assault on Gaza City will deliver a decisive blow to the group, which continues to stage ambushes and guerrilla attacks.

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Hamas fighters during a handover of Israeli hostages in February.
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How China Stands to Gain as the U.S. Steps Away From the U.N.

Par :Mara Hvistendahl
U.S. funding cuts are straining the United Nations and giving Beijing an opening to strengthen its influence, at a fraction of the cost Washington once paid.

© Pool photo by Andres Martinez Casares

China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, along with his wife, Peng Liyuan, welcomed António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, in Beijing in 2024.
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Still Divided, a Syrian City Ruined in War Edges Back to Life

Par :Carlotta Gall · Saad Alnassife and Nicole Tung
Battered by years of bombing and shelling, Deir al-Zour remains a frontline, even as its people struggle to rebuild.

© Nicole Tung for The New York Times

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She’s Starting a Blood Bank for Zoos

Par :Emily Anthes and Jamie Kelter Davis
Captive animals sometimes need a transfusion, but the typical approach to blood banking isn’t practical for zoos and aquariums. One veterinarian is testing a solution.

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Autocrats Move Quickly to Fill Void as Trump Retreats From U.N.

Par :Mara Hvistendahl
As President Trump pulls back U.S. funding of the United Nations, countries like China, Russia and Qatar are seeking to influence the body’s work on human rights and labor.

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President Trump in February called for a general review of U.S. funding and involvement in the United Nations.
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Taliban Rebuffs Trump’s Effort to Regain Air Base in Afghanistan

Par :Elian Peltier
An Afghan official rejected the idea of a renewed presence for the U.S. military in the country, but left the door open for “political and economic relations.”

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A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter after takeoff from Bagram Air Base, in Afghanistan, in May 2021.
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Trump Hails Progress on TikTok Deal After Call With Xi

Par :Lily Kuo
President Trump said he would meet with President Xi Jinping next month in South Korea. Mr. Xi said he welcomes a TikTok deal that would benefit both sides.

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President Donald Trump reaching out to shake hands with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, during the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan in 2019.
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Drones vs. Lasers

Par :Lara Jakes
We explore the math problem facing NATO — and one possible solution.

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Flattery and Flourish for Trump. For His U.K. Hosts, Relief at Avoiding Strife.

Par :Mark Landler
The president was feted by King Charles III with the sort of pageantry he covets, signed a technology deal and steered clear of big disagreements with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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King Charles III hosted President Trump at a state dinner on Wednesday in a banquet hall at Windsor Castle.
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West Africans Deported by the U.S. Sue Ghana for Rights Violations

Par :Ruth Maclean
Ghana said it was taking in 14 deported migrants to help its fellow Africans. But it sent three to their country of origin, including one who said he feared for his life.

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Accra, Ghana.
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Drones vs. Lasers

Par :Katrin Bennhold
My colleague Lara Jakes tells us about Russian drones and the math problem facing NATO — and one possible solution.

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Trump and Starmer, Skirting Differences, Praise Each Other in U.K.

Par :Michael D. Shear · Shawn McCreesh · Stephen Castle and Richard Pérez-Peña
The Republican U.S. president and the Labour British prime minister appear to have formed a friendship, however unlikely.

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President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain at the Chequers Estate, outside London, on Thursday.
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Exxon Urges Europe to Repeal Rules to Make Companies Track Climate Pollution

Par :Rebecca F. Elliott and Somini Sengupta
Its chief executive called the E.U. regulations one part of a “very misguided effort to kill oil.” His words followed comments by Trump administration officials criticizing Europe’s climate policies.

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Darren Woods, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil.
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José María Tojeira, 78, Dies; Pursued Killers of His Fellow Priests

Par :Adam Nossiter
As the Jesuit leader in Central America, he pushed for justice when six priests were shot to death in the midst of El Salvador’s civil war.

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The Rev. José María Tojeira in 2003. Investigators found that the killings of his fellow priests had been planned at high levels of the El Salvador military.
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Climate Activists Argue 3 Executive Orders Violate Their Constitutional Rights

Par :Karen Zraick
In a Montana courtroom, a group of young people argued that a judge should halt three of President Trump’s sweeping executive orders on climate and energy policy.

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Some of the young plaintiffs arriving at the Russell Smith Federal Courthouse in Missoula, Mont., on Tuesday.
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U.S. to Cut Out Nongovernmental Groups in Refocusing Health Aid

Par :Edward Wong
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would negotiate agreements to deliver aid in new ways and would focus on the Western Hemisphere and Asia Pacific.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pictured in Israel on Tuesday, has announced changes to international U.S. health aimed at ending “a culture of dependency among recipient countries.”
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E.P.A. Keeps Polluters on the Hook to Clean Up ‘Forever Chemicals’

Par :Hiroko Tabuchi
The decision came despite an effort by a former industry lawyer who is now at the E.P.A. to reverse the regulation.

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Reservoirs in a water treatment plant designed to remove forever chemicals, known as PFAS, in North Carolina.
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Windsor Castle’s State Dinner Features Lavish Menu

Par :Anushka Patil
Just over 100 staff members served 160 guests at the white-tie event.

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President Trump, center, during a state banquet at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.
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Do Reptiles Have Moods, Too?

Par :Brandon Keim
Long dismissed as unintelligent, reptiles are emerging as cognitively and emotionally complex animals. A new study involving tortoises suggests that they also possess mood states.

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A wary red-footed tortoise. In tortoises, neck extension is an indicator of relaxation; the farther the animal sticks its head out, the less anxious it is likely to be.
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Trump Administration Reinstates More Difficult Citizenship Test

Par :Jenny Gross
The Trump administration said the more complex test is the “first of many” changes to acquiring U.S. citizenship.

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A naturalization ceremony for new citizens in Georgia last year.
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Assailant Kills 2 Israeli Soldiers at West Bank-Jordan Border

Par :Natan Odenheimer
Israel’s military said the attacker crossed the border in a truck transporting aid. He was armed with a gun and a knife, initially opening fire and then stabbing people.

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Israeli security closed off a road leading to the Allenby Bridge crossing on Thursday after a deadly attack there.
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Catholics Project Many Images Onto Pope Leo: Liberal? Conservative? Cubs Fan?

Par :Motoko Rich
Unlike Francis, Leo XIV has given few clues about where he stands on issues dividing the church (though he’s definitely a White Sox guy). Followers fill in the gaps.

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Pope Leo XIV arriving for a general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican this month.
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Diplomatic Coup or Abject Groveling? U.K. Debates Trump’s Royal Welcome

Par :Stephen Castle
Some British commentators praised the state visit as a necessary piece of realpolitik. Others criticized it as an embarrassing display for a destructive president.

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President Trump was welcomed with a glittering banquet in Windsor Castle on the first day of his state visit.
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Syria’s President Says Border Deal With Israel Could Come ‘Within Days’

Par :Ben Hubbard
Syrian and Israeli officials have been holding talks about security arrangements along their shared border as part of U.S.-mediated efforts to reset decades of hostility.

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President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria, pictured here in April, said this week that his country is tired of conflict.
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Trump Hails Kimmel Suspension After Criticizing UK on Free Speech

Par :Michael D. Shear
President Trump has accused Britain of mounting a crackdown on political expression. But he welcomed the ABC network’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

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Trump’s administration has forced the ouster of Jimmy Kimmel over comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist.
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Longtime Putin Aide Who Opposed Ukraine War Is Granted Rare Resignation

Par :Anton Troianovski
Dmitri N. Kozak’s departure is one of the few known splinters in President Vladimir V. Putin’s inner circle since the start of his invasion of Ukraine.

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Dmitri N. Kozak, a long-serving aide to President Vladimir V. Putin, in 2022. It was not immediately clear whether Mr. Kozak would move to a different government job or become a private citizen.
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U.K. to Formally Recognize Palestinian Statehood After Trump Departs

Par :Mark Landler
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to confirm that the British government will vote to recognize a Palestinian state hours or days after President Trump’s visit to Britain.

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Palestinian families fleeing Gaza City on Tuesday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is pushing to recognize an independent Palestinian state as Israel’s combat operations in Gaza are killing and starving civilians.
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Democratic Senators Call for U.S. Recognition of Palestinian State

Par :Robert Jimison
The resolution has little chance of advancing in the Republican-controlled Senate, given growing G.O.P. opposition to a two-state solution in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

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A group of Democratic senators, led by Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, on Thursday introduced legislation calling on President Trump to recognize a demilitarized Palestinian state.
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Internet Shutdowns Hit Parts of Afghanistan

Par :Taimoor Shah and Elian Peltier
Some provincial officials said the country’s leader instructed them to switch off Wi-Fi in their area to limit the “misuse of the internet” and diffusion of “immoral acts.”

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A Taliban flag waves on a rooftop near telecom equipment providing internet services in Mazar-i-Sharif, in Balkh Province, on Tuesday. The local authorities have switched off Wi-Fi service there.
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