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Argentines, Already ‘Losing Their Minds,’ Brace for World Cup Final

Par :Emma Bubola · Natalie Alcoba · Lucía Cholakian Herrera and Daniel Politi
A championship victory would be pure elation, but Argentina is already basking in a state of grace after a win against England and a monthlong fever dream.

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Thousands of people celebrated Argentina’s victory over England, and its qualification for the World Cup final, on Wednesday in Rosario, Argentina.
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Did This World Cup Change Soccer Forever?

Par :Tariq Panja
With a wartime host nation, a referee deported and a ban overturned after a call from the White House, the 2026 tournament tested FIFA like no other.

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Fans watching the World Cup final in Madrid on Sunday. Spain won 1-0.
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The U.S. Is Sending More Warplanes to the Middle East, Officials Say

Par :Eric Schmitt
F-16 and F-35 jets were en route to the region from Europe, according to U.S. officials who were not authorized to speak publicly.

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Fighter jets stationed in Germany and Britain are being deployed to the Middle East according to officials.
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Increased Cooperation With U.S. Has Put Jordan in Iran’s Cross Hairs

Par :Raja Abdulrahim
Jordan’s role in U.S. operations against Iran has grown as other allies in the region have restricted Washington’s ability to use their bases and airspace.

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Iran’s recent attacks on U.S.-allied Jordan, including one that killed two U.S. service members on Friday, introduce a new complexity in the war.
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Another U.S. Service Member Is Killed as Iran War Expands

Par :The New York Times
The Pentagon said a service member was killed in northern Iraq while troops disposed of an Iranian drone. It also said “unidentified remains” were found in Jordan, where an earlier attack had left two soldiers dead and another missing.

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A satellite image of the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, in Azraq, Jordan, which came under Iranian fire last week.
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Russia Batters Kyiv in One of the Largest Missile Assaults of the War

Par :Cassandra Vinograd and Marc Santora
On Saturday, Ukraine hit two warehouses in Russia in strikes that killed at least eight people and injured 62.

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A helicopter dropping water on Sunday over the site of a Russian missile strike in the Kyiv region of Ukraine.
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Argentines, Already ‘Losing Their Minds,’ Brace for World Cup Final

Par :Emma Bubola · Natalie Alcoba · Lucía Cholakian Herrera and Daniel Politi
A championship victory would be pure elation, but Argentina is already basking in a state of grace after a win against England and a monthlong fever dream.

© Sebastián López Brach for The New York Times

Thousands of people celebrated Argentina’s victory over England, and its qualification for the World Cup final, on Wednesday in Rosario, Argentina.
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The U.S. Braced For the World Cup. It Fell in Love Instead.

Par :Tariq Panja
Amid anxiety over how the United States would welcome the world, cities like Lawrence, Kan., and Boston threw open their doors. The bonds forged are still visible on the streets.

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Fans celebrating during a match between France and Senegal at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., in June.
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A Modest Proposal for the Strait Dispute: A Shared Pact Among Gulf States

Par :Neil MacFarquhar
A London-based research group has invoked a now-defunct European pact on coal and steel to suggest forming a coalition of countries that would share control of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Oil tankers and cargo vessels were anchored last month off the coast of Oman during an effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Why Tokyo’s New Shorts Policy is Sparking Debate in Japan

Par :Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno
The Tokyo government is allowing workers to wear shorts for the first time this summer, prompting delicate questions about etiquette and hairy legs.

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Two officials wearing shorts at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, on Tuesday.
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Why Jordan Is Becoming a New Focus in the U.S.-Iran War

Par :Greg Jaffe · Julian E. Barnes and Jonathan Swan
Four Iranian attacks in five days have targeted U.S. troops in Jordan, U.S. officials said, including one on Friday that killed two soldiers and left another service member missing.

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American and Jordanian forces took part in multinational military exercises hosted by Jordan in 2022.
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Deaths of 2 U.S. Troops in Jordan Brings American Toll in the War With Iran to 16

Par :John Ismay and Lara Jakes
President Trump has vowed to avenge the deaths of any U.S. military personnel.

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The remains of a U.S. service member killed in Kuwait earlier in the war arrived at Dover Air Force Base, Del., in March.
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Ukraine’s Top General Becomes a Target of Protesters’ Anger

Par :Andrew E. Kramer and Cassandra Vinograd
Demonstrators supporting Ukraine’s ousted defense minister have begun denouncing the commander he clashed with in office, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi.

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People in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday protesting President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to oust Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who had championed drone warfare.
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Wildfires Continue To Burn in Ontario, Canada, Sending Smoke to U.S. Cities

Par :Vjosa Isai
Nearly 200 fires continued to devastate swaths of the province as smoke continued to drift across parts of Canada and the United States.

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Premier Doug Ford of Ontario after a news conference in Thunder Bay on Saturday. Roughly 1.7 million acres have burned in Ontario, data from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center shows.
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U.S. Strikes Leave Iranians Isolated and Scared

Par :Leily Nikounazar
Overnight strikes damaged a tunnel and three bridges in Hormozgan Province, the governor’s office said.

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The Persian Gulf off the coast of Bandar Abbas, an Iranian port city in the south of the country, in May. Residents said roads around the city were heavily damaged by U.S. airstrikes this week.
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Your ‘Live’ World Cup Broadcast Is Not Really Live

Par :Victor Mather
Everyone is watching the goals after they happen, and some get them significantly faster.

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Lautaro Martinez of Argentina scored the winning goal over England on Wednesday. When did you see it?
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A Very British CPAC: Few, if Any, Costumes and Not Much Trump

Par :Michael D. Shear
London hosted an understated version of the Conservative Political Action Conference, known in the United States for its over-the-top celebration of MAGA causes.

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Matt Schlapp, chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference, and the former prime minister Liz Truss onstage at CPAC’s London conference on Thursday.
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Uproar Over Surrogate Baby Prompts German Official’s Sudden Resignation

Par :Jim Tankersley
Jens Spahn, a top leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, resigned his post after announcing that he had a baby by surrogate, which is illegal in Germany.

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Jens Spahn, parliamentary group leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party, in the plenary hall during a session at the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of Parliament, in December.
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Most Forest Fires in Canada Are Simply Impossible to Put Out

Par :Norimitsu Onishi
Half of Canada’s wildfires are in remote areas with no road access. Impossible to fight, they are often left to burn.

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A wildfire burning in Bison Lake, Alberta, last year.
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In Bangladesh, Argentina’s Soccer Team Finds a Huge Fan Base

Par :Saif Hasnat
Bangladesh has never qualified for the World Cup. But every four years, many in the country adopt Argentina’s team as their own.

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Fans of Argentina’s soccer team gathering last month in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during the World Cup.
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Freedom Convoy Leader, Under House Arrest, Wants to Visit the White House

Par :Ian Austen
Prosecutors say Tamara Lich wants a “blank cheque” for international travel, including a cruise, arguing that she is trying to profit from the very protest that got her sentenced.

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The Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich at her sentencing hearing last summer. She is asking a court to let her travel to the United States.
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Lamine Yamal, Soccer Star and Son of African Migrants, Personifies a Changing Spain

Par :Jason Horowitz
As he prepares for the World Cup final, Lamine Yamal, 19, is at the heart of a national debate about what it means to be Spanish in an increasingly multicultural society.

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A crowd near Rocafonda, the neighborhood where Lamine Yamal grew up, watches the player on a giant screen during Spain’s semifinal with France last week.
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Iqaluit, Canada’s Most Northern City, Gets Its First Bus Line

Par :Norimitsu Onishi and Renaud Philippe
Jacinto Marques left Angola for Canada’s frozen edge. Now he’s running a bus service in Iqaluit, the largest, and only city in Canada’s Arctic.

Looking out the window of an Iqaluit Transit bus during its route through the city.
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Israel Counters Iranian Spying by Warning Against Recruitment

Par :Isabel Kershner
The Israeli authorities have enacted a broad array of countermeasures to contain what they describe as online recruiting efforts by Iranian agents.

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People walking in Tehran this month. According to Israeli authorities, Iran has intensified efforts to recruit people in Israel for intelligence gathering.
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As Trump Scraps With Meloni, His Envoy to Italy Is at Sea

Par :Motoko Rich and Gianni Cipriano
Tilman J. Fertitta, the U.S. ambassador to Rome, is summering on his superyacht as President Trump squabbles with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy.

Tilman Fertitta aboard his yacht, Boardwalk, on the Fourth of July.
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They Called Sam Neill ‘Skux.’ (It Was a Compliment.)

Par :Laura Chung
The New Zealand slang word, dating back to the 1990s, was pulled back into circulation in tributes to the actor, who died on Tuesday.

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Sam Neill at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019.
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7 Americans Sent to Disputed Kenya Ebola Site After New Trump Travel Ban

Par :Apoorva Mandavilli and Matthew Mpoke Bigg
The aid workers were on the frontline in the fight against the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and have shown no symptoms, their employer said.

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A satellite image showing the field hospital at Laikipia Air Base in central Kenya, where America aid workers are being quarantined.
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The Rise and Fall of Ukraine’s Drone Warfare Mastermind

Par :Andrew E. Kramer
The popularity of drones, and the defense minister who heavily promoted them, helped lead to a clash in which President Volodymyr Zelensky sided with the military brass.

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Mykhailo Fedorov, the former minister of defense for Ukraine, speaking Thursday in Kyiv. Mr. Fedorov’s growing reliance on drones had reportedly irked some members of the military’s leadership.
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Karim Khan’s Accuser Breaks Silence on Alleged Sexual Misconduct at I.C.C.

Par :Amanda Taub and Jeanna Smialek
Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, has denied the accusations. He faces a vote next week that will determine whether he keeps his job.

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Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, at a U.N. Security Council meeting.
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War Between U.S. and Iran Expands, With Strikes Across the Region

Par :Leily Nikounazar · Shirin Hakim and Lara Jakes
Videos and reports in Iranian state media showed damage to bridges, railways and other infrastructure. U.S. allies in the region reported retaliatory strikes by Iran.

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An image taken from social media and verified by The New York Times showing a damaged portion of a bridge in Hormozgan Province, Iran, on Friday.
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War Between U.S. and Iran Expands, With Strikes Across the Region

Par :Leily Nikounazar · Shirin Hakim and Lara Jakes
Videos and reports in Iranian state media showed damage to bridges, railways and other infrastructure. U.S. allies in the region reported retaliatory strikes by Iran.

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An image taken from social media and verified by The New York Times showing a damaged portion of a bridge in Hormozgan Province, Iran, on Friday.
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Lam Wing-Kee, Hong Kong Bookseller Who Defied Authorities, Dies at 70

Par :Adam Nossiter
One of five booksellers kidnapped by Chinese officials in 2015, Mr. Lam spoke out after his release and became an international cause célèbre.

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Lam Wing Kee in 2020 at the Causeway Bay Bookstore in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan’s ministry of culture saluted the store as “an inspiration and role model for democracy, liberty and human rights across borders.”
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Prominent Cuban Artist Will Go Into Exile After 5-Year Prison Term

Par :David C. Adams
The United States offered a visa to Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who was expected to fly to Miami on Saturday.

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Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara in Havana in 2021.
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Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills Seven People, Health Officials Say

Par :Adam Rasgon and Abu Bakr Bashir
The Israeli military said the attack targeted members of the second-biggest militant group in Gaza. It also said it was “aware of the claims that several uninvolved individuals” had been harmed.

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Palestinians carrying the body of a man killed during an Israeli strike in central Gaza on Friday.
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Burnham Becomes Labour Leader and Britain’s Incoming Prime Minister

Par :Michael D. Shear
At a time of political upheaval and economic stagnation, Andy Burnham will on Monday become the seventh prime minister in a decade.

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Andy Burnham, the new leader of the Labour Party, speaking in London on Friday.
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Burnham Becomes Labour Leader and Britain’s Incoming Prime Minister

Par :Michael D. Shear
At a time of political upheaval and economic stagnation, Andy Burnham will on Monday become the seventh prime minister in a decade.

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Andy Burnham, the new leader of the Labour Party, speaking in London on Friday.
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7.3-Magnitude Earthquake Off Coast of Mexico and Guatemala Poses Tsunami Threat

Par :Zane Irwin
A powerful earthquake near the border of Mexico and Guatemala raised fears of a tsunami and shook buildings across three countries.

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People outside the Biblioteca Nacional in San Salvador, El Salvador, following a 7.4 magnitude earthquake on Friday.
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Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars

Par :Greg Jaffe and Eric Schmitt
Like his predecessors, President Trump has struggled to turn battlefield successes into long-term victories.

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“We’re going to knock out all their power plants,” President Trump told Fox News this week. “We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.”
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