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OpenAI Engineer, Who Is Charged With Planting Bug, Advised Saudis

The employee, now fired, had said he advised government agencies in Saudi Arabia. He was also listed as a partner at a venture firm with a Saudi prince.

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The San Francisco offices of OpenAI. According to a court filing, a thumb-size recording device wrapped in toilet paper was found plugged into the back of a television in an executive conference room.
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Mexico Bans Violent Content on Social Media for Children

Joining a global movement, President Claudia Sheinbaum signed a decree requiring the removal of a range of material for people under 18 and held out the prospect of tougher measures.

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A student turning over his phone before entering a classroom in Mexico City on Tuesday. Mexico has clamped down on phone use in schools.
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Brazil’s President Lula Accuses Meta of Helping His Right-Wing Opponent

With a narrow presidential election looming, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his allies claim Meta is trying to give his right-wing rival an advantage.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília on Monday. He is taking on a right-wing candidate in a runoff on Oct. 25.
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Angry Youth in Aging Europe

A bitter generational battle over resources is boiling over as economic growth on the continent stalls.

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A student protest in Bordeaux, France, on Tuesday.
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Sally Rooney Withdraws Her Books From UK Over Her Support of Palestine Action

Ms. Rooney and her publisher said that she could no longer receive royalties from British sales because she pledged to donate book revenues to Palestine Action, which is banned in Britain.

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Sally Rooney in Dublin in 2021.
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Why Trump Made a Diesel Deal With Putin

Our national security and White House correspondent David E. Sanger breaks down why President Donald Trump struck a deal with President Vladimir V. Putin to import Russian diesel fuel in the coming months, despite having signed recent congressional legislation tightening energy sanctions on Russia.
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Turkey Raids Pro-Opposition TV Station

The government appointed an overseer to the last big news channel critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The authorities have now replaced the leadership at five major news outlets.

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Turkish police officers outside the headquarters of Halk TV in Istanbul on Wednesday.
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As Pope Leo Recovers From Surgery, Messages of Support Abound at Rome Hospital

The pontiff, 71, is expected to spend about a week in the hospital recovering from surgery that found lung cancer. Messages of support have flooded in from far and wide.

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A statue of Pope John Paul II outside the hospital in Rome where Pope Leo XIV was hospitalized. The statue has become a gathering point for prayers.
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Japan Protests Russia’s Detention of Journalist Accused of Spying

Tokyo summoned Russia’s ambassador after a Japanese reporter was arrested in Russia’s far east and accused of collecting military intelligence.

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The Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper headquarters in Sapporo, Japan on Wednesday. A journalist from the newspaper was arrested in Russia and accused of spying.
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Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates

A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.

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Firefighters at the site of a strike at an apartment building in Kyiv on Wednesday.
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Burnham Pledges to Back Zelensky as Trump’s Ukraine Support Wavers

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with Britain’s prime minister, has said Ukraine received no warning of Russian attacks, but President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham welcoming President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine outside 10 Downing Street, in London, on Wednesday.
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Argentina’s President Has a Dog Psychic. Meet Celia Melamed.

In Argentina, many people try to read the mind of the president. Celia Melamed read the mind of his dogs.

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Celia Melamed, a pet psychic, was hired by President Javier Milei of Argentina to talk to his dogs.
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‘The Assassin(s)’ Movie Fuels South Korea’s Culture Wars

The film, “The Assassin(s),” revisits a 1974 shooting that has spawned J.F.K.-style conspiracy theories, exposing divides over the country’s history.

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Park Chung-hee, a South Korean military dictator, and his wife, Yook Young-soo, in 1964.
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Pope Leo Is Recovering After Cancer Surgery, Vatican Says: What to Know

Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with a common form of lung cancer. The Vatican said that he had celebrated Mass at the hospital three days after an operation to remove a cancerous nodule.

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Pope Leo celebrating Mass in a room at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Friday.
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‘Why Did They Kill Him?’ Mourning Victims of Houthi Attack on a Saudi Airport

The strike was the Iran-backed militia’s most lethal against Saudi Arabia, by far, during their long conflict.

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Mourners carrying the body of Mahmoud Barqawi, 33, at his funeral in Amman, Jordan, on Monday. He was killed in a Houthi missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday.
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The Taliban Suspend BBC Broadcasts Across Afghanistan

The Taliban government has intensified its crackdown on the press in recent months but had so far targeted Afghan news outlets.

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Telecommunications antennas in Kabul, Afghanistan, where transmissions of BBC broadcasts from FM radio stations were suspended.
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Indian Protesters Describe Rough Treatment by the Police

Some of those detained accused security forces of beating them during an intense crackdown on demonstrations in India’s capital over the weekend. Police have said they followed the law.

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Security personnel detained protesters demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi, India, in October.
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Argentina’s President Has a Dog Psychic. Meet Celia Melamed.

In Argentina, many people try to read the mind of the president. Celia Melamed read the mind of his dogs.

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Celia Melamed, a pet psychic, was hired by President Javier Milei of Argentina to talk to his dogs.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Rise and Fall as Trump’s Ambassador to Greece

President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle with President Trump at a White House event in March. In announcing her resignation, Ms. Guilfoyle decried what she called false accusations.
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‘The Assassin(s)’ Movie Fuels South Korea’s Culture Wars

The film, “The Assassin(s),” revisits a 1974 shooting that has spawned J.F.K.-style conspiracy theories, exposing divides over the country’s history.

© Ullstein Bild, via Getty Images

Park Chung-hee, a South Korean military dictator, and his wife, Yook Young-soo, in 1964.
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From Allies to Enemies: Ethiopia and Eritrea Edge Toward War

The two nations fought alongside each other during a brutal conflict in Tigray that left hundreds of thousands of people dead just a few years ago. Now they are on the brink of fighting each other.

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Members of the Ethiopian Federal Police on patrol aboard a pickup truck as they continued operations after federal forces pushed back the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front in Mekelle, Ethiopia, last week.
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China’s Exports Soar, Putting Its Trade Surplus on Track for a Record

China’s exports grew last month at the fastest pace in almost any month since the end of the global financial crisis.

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A weak currency has helped make Chinese goods more competitive overseas while raising the cost of imported products at home.
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