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A Wayward Shark Becomes a Celebrity in South Korea

Stranded in a port waterway for weeks, the 10-foot fish has attracted more than a million spectators, while officials try to guide her back to open sea.

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The shark that has been stuck in a canal in Busan, South Korea, since September.
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Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and Washington Post Journalist in West Bank

In the latest surge of violence, settlers targeted Palestinians during the olive harvest, a cultural touchstone and economic lifeline in the Israeli-occupied area.

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Israeli settlers gathering as Palestinians harvested olives in the West Bank, on Friday.
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Pope Asks Putin for a Cease-Fire for a Ukrainian City Under Siege

Recovering from lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Vladimir V. Putin to make a plea for Oleshky, where mines and drones have trapped some 2,000 people who are at risk of starvation.

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Pope Leo XIV entering a hospital in Rome before his surgery, on Tuesday.
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16 People Rescued in Pacific Ocean Off Mexico, U.S. Coast Guard Says

The agency said a major rescue operation was underway near the coast of Baja California after it received reports of 27 people in the water.

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A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter lifting off at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in San Diego on Friday.
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The Rupturing Trump-Zelensky Relationship Stands to Hurt Ukraine and Its European Allies

Where the two presidents’ war of words will end is anybody’s guess. But if it continues, it could threaten the crucial operational help that Ukraine still gets from the United States.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida in December.
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Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia Put In Doubt Kingdom’s Sports and Business Events

The Iran-backed group’s attacks have disrupted sports tournaments and threatened business events that the kingdom has long used to attract investment and raise its profile.

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Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, has been rocked by Houthi attacks in recent weeks that have forced the authorities to close the city’s main international airport.
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Deadly School Roof Collapse in Pakistan Raises Questions Over Regulation

A roof collapse that killed 32 children and a teacher in northwest Pakistan has prompted safety inspections of schools across the region.

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The courtyard of the Al-Khair Education System school in Peshawar, Pakistan, after its roof collapsed on Thursday.
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The Arab Kingmaker in Israel’s Election Who Wants a Partnership With Jews

Mansour Abbas, a dentist-turned-lawmaker, helped oust Benjamin Netanyahu once before. Now, he and a Jewish ex-police commander have teamed up to try to do it again.

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Mansour Abbas, leader of Raam, in Nazareth, Israel, in September.
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Japan’s Leader Says She Loses Hours to Makeup and Chores. Opinions Abound.

Sanae Takaichi said she has a busier schedule than her male predecessors, a nod to the disproportionate share of household tasks in Japan that fall to women.

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Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said her all-male team of aides has had trouble adapting to her schedule.
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Caracas Is Eerily Safe After Deadly Police Raids in Venezuela Killed Thousands

Crime plunged after police raids killed thousands. Venezuela is now withdrawing from the International Criminal Court as it investigates this blood-soaked campaign.

Visitors to a former safe house used by an armed gang in Cota 905, a neighborhood in Caracas.
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Caracas Is Eerily Safe After Deadly Police Raids in Venezuela Killed Thousands

Crime plunged after police raids killed thousands. Venezuela is now withdrawing from the International Criminal Court as it investigates this blood-soaked campaign.

Visitors to a former safe house used by an armed gang in Cota 905, a neighborhood in Caracas.
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What Life Is Like in Kyiv as Russia Tries to Make It Unlivable

A day in the Ukrainian capital, a new kind of battlefield far from the front, where daily life means assessing — and accepting — deadly risks.

A destroyed garage on Oct. 7 after an attack on an industrial complex that killed two security guards in Kyiv.
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El Niño Threatens Global Sugar Supply

A sugarcane crop withered by El Niño in India, the world’s second-largest producer, is hurting consumers and farmers — plus undermining the country’s energy security goals.

A worker tending to a sugarcane crop in Maharashtra, India, in September.
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The Sexual Abuse Crisis in Paris’s Public Schools

A surge of abuse accusations has led Parisian authorities to acknowledge a “collective failure” to prevent sexual offenders from working in schools.

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The entrance to St.-Dominique, a kindergarten in Paris where 16 current and former employees were arrested following accusations of child abuse.
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