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Dozens of Students Among Over 200 Dead in Two Boat Disasters in Congo

One of the boats was carrying mostly students who were returning to town for the start of the new school year, residents of the area said.

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A boat makes its way down the Congo River in 2021.
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‘You Burned This Country Down’: After Arsons, Nepal Reckons With Its Future

The frenzy of arson that blazed nationwide this week as protests spread added to those suffering acute burns in a country where fires maim and kill with shocking regularity.

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Doctors attended to Sibam Sah, left, and his cousin Birendra Kumar Sah, whose face and body were also ravaged by burns.
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The Perilous Path to Escape Gaza City

Gazans have had to load up their lives in search of refuge multiple times throughout the war. As thousands were forced to flee again this week, a Times photographer joined them heading south.
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Man Fatally Shot in Confrontation With ICE Officers in Chicago Area

The shooting took place during a federal crackdown on illegal immigration in the region. Officials said an ICE officer was dragged and injured.

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The fatal shooting was in Franklin Park, Ill.
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Former Judge Sushila Karki Named Nepal’s Leader After Gen Z Protests

Sushila Karki, a former chief justice, was the choice of the student protesters whose mass rallies led to violent clashes and toppled the government.

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Sushila Karki, a former chief justice, was sworn in at a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday.
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In Public and in Private, New York Marks 9/11 Anniversary

The names of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were read at a memorial plaza in Lower Manhattan. Other remembrances took place across the region.

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Russian Bomb Hits Crowd of Retirees, Killing at Least 23, Ukraine Says

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the strike on older people picking up their pensions should prompt a global response.

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Police officers and medics transferring a woman to an ambulance on Tuesday in Yarova, the village in eastern Ukraine where the strike took place.
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After 2 Teenagers Are Killed in West Bank, Israeli Military Opens Inquiry

Two boys, both 14, were killed by gunfire from Israeli soldiers, according to the Palestinian Authority health ministry. Israel said that the shooting was “under review.”
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Rick Davies, Lead Singer of Supertramp, Dies at 81

The English vocalist wrote hits including “Goodbye Stranger” and “Bloody Well Right.” His use of the Wurlitzer piano became one of the rock band’s signature sounds.

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Rick Davies performing in Paris in 2010 with several members of Supertramp.
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Social Media Goes Back Online in Nepal After 19 Are Killed in Protests

The government reversed its ban on Facebook, Instagram and other platforms, which had helped to fuel demonstrations by young people who were also angry about corruption.

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Protesters in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on Monday.
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Thrust Into the Line of Fire, Iranians Worry About What Comes Next

A 12-day war in June upended the shadow war rivalry between Israel and Iran. Some Iranians want to strike back, others want to move on.

Over 12 days of war in June, more than 1,000 Iranians were killed in Israeli attacks. Most were civilians.
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Man Who Vanished Is Identified 52 Years Later, Bringing ‘Rest’ to His Sisters

Eric Singer left his Ohio home on his bicycle, never to be seen again. With the help of advances in DNA research, he was finally found.

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Eric Singer was 22 when he was last seen alive in Cleveland in 1973.
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Authorities Point to Cable Disconnecting in First Report on Lisbon Funicular Crash

Portuguese authorities released a highly anticipated preliminary report into the disaster, which killed 16 people this week.

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Tributes to victims of the funicular accident in Lisbon, on Friday.
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Thrust Into the Line of Fire, Iranians Worry About What Comes Next

A 12-day war in June upended the shadow war rivalry between Israel and Iran. Some Iranians want to strike back, others want to move on.

Over 12 days of war in June, more than 1,000 Iranians were killed in Israeli attacks. Most were civilians.
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New Summer Camp Safety Laws Follow Texas’ Tragic Floods

The families of “Heaven’s 27,” the children and counselors lost at Camp Mystic, pressed the Legislature to toughen flood rules over the objections of some Hill Country camp operators.

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Gov. Greg Abbott discussing the new law, which includes a requirement for youth camps to move existing cabins away from dangerous floodplains.
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How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

The 2019 operation, greenlit by President Trump, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead.

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President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, had an erratic relationship. They met on Sentosa Island in Singapore in 2018.
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Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Kasai Province of Congo

Health officials have recorded 28 suspected cases and 15 fatalities so far in the latest outbreak of the deadly virus, which has claimed thousands of lives in previous outbreaks in the Central African country.

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Receiving a vaccination against Ebola in 2019 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A team, joined by World Health Organization personnel, has been deployed to monitor the latest outbreak.
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Portugal Searches for Cause of Lisbon Funicular Crash as Death Toll Rises

The crash, at a popular tourist site, killed at least 16 people. The authorities were working to identify the victims, who included an American citizen.

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The Elevador da Glória is a well-known attraction in hilly Lisbon. There are two vehicles on the line, and each can carry about 40 people.
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Lisbon Funicular Crash: What to Know About the Cause and Victims

At least 16 people were killed after the Glória funicular, one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions, crashed.

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Emergency workers remove one of the funiculars in Lisbon on Friday.
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At Least 15 Dead After Lisbon Funicular Derails and Crashes, Officials Say

The funicular line, one of three in Lisbon, is a popular tourist attraction.

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Emergency teams working at the site where the Elevador da Glória funicular derailed in Lisbon on Wednesday, killing more than a dozen people.
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Assad and Aides Are Wanted in France for Deadly Strike on Journalists

Judges issued arrest warrants for Bashar al-Assad and six officials of his regime in Syria for an attack that killed two journalists, including Marie Colvin.

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A damaged plaque with an image of former President Bashar al-Assad of Syria outside an abandoned base in Quneitra Governorate, Syria, in August. Mr. al-Assad and his family fled to Russia last December.
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Houston Man Is Charged With Murder in ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ Shooting

The man, facing a murder charge, is accused of firing at an 11-year-old boy who rang a doorbell and ran away as part of a prank, the police said.

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The 11-year-old boy was out with friends in a Houston neighborhood in the east of the city when he was shot, the authorities said.
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After Deadly Earthquake in Afghanistan, Emergency Aid Trickles In

Villages remain cut off in the remote, mountainous areas in the east that have been hardest hit by the disaster, which has killed at least 1,400 people.

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Afghan villagers on Tuesday carried the body of a woman killed in the village of Shamraz two days earlier.
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Landslide Kills Hundreds in Sudan

The landslide leveled a village in the remote Marra mountains, a local rebel group said. Its leader appealed for urgent help, saying, “This is a nightmare.”

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The landslide on Sunday swept across the village of Tarsin in Sudan’s Darfur region, killing more than 1,000 people.
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2 Are Found Dead After San Antonio Flooding

The bodies of a man and a woman were found on Monday, the authorities said. The discovery came after heavy thunderstorms struck the area on Sunday evening.

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The bodies of the two victims were found in Salado Creek in the northern section of the city, following heavy rain on Sunday.
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Searching the Rubble After Afghanistan’s Deadly Earthquake

Hundreds of people were killed and at least 2,500 others were injured in a difficult to reach mountainous region. Officials warned many more people may still be awaiting rescue.

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What to Know About the Earthquake in Afghanistan

At least 1,400 people were killed and more than 3,100 others injured, according to the Afghan authorities, and the death toll was expected to rise.

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A military helicopter in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province on Monday carried people injured in the earthquake.
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Afghanistan Earthquake Leaves More Than 800 Dead

The quake, near the border with Pakistan, injured more than 2,500 people in mountainous areas that rescue workers took hours to reach.

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Preparing to evacuate injured victims in Mazar Dara on Monday.
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Over 15 Killed in Gaza City, One Day After Israel Ends Daily Pauses for Aid

One attack was an effort to assassinate Abu Obeida, one of Hamas’s best-known spokesmen, Israeli officials said. It was not immediately clear if that succeeded.

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Palestinians looking for survivors at the site of an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on Saturday.
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Large Russian Air Attack Hits Ukraine, Amid Stalled Bid for Peace Talks

It was the second massive assault in three days, as the Kremlin rebuffed peace talks sought by Ukraine and the United States.

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The site of a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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‘Spiritual Delusion’ Led to Father and Son’s Apparent Drownings, Sheriff Says

Vincen Miller, 4, died after he was thrown into Atwood Lake in Ohio. His mother, Ruth Miller, faces two counts of aggravated murder, the authorities said.
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Man Who Faked Kayaking Death and Fled U.S. Gets 89-Day Jail Sentence

The sentence matched the period last year when the authorities believed Ryan Borgwardt had drowned in a Wisconsin lake.

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Ryan Borgwardt, left, in court in Green Lake County, Wis., on Tuesday. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge for having led the authorities to believe he had drowned while kayaking in August 2024.
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Israel Links Deadly Hospital Attack in Gaza to Hamas Surveillance Camera

The Israeli military said, without providing evidence, that its initial inquiry found that militants had placed an observation camera in the area. It said the attack killed six militants.

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People and rescuers working to recover the body of a Palestinian cameraman, Hussam al-Masri, who worked for Reuters and was killed in an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday.
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Collapse of Bridge Under Construction in China Leaves 12 Dead

A section of the railway bridge, under construction in the country’s northwest, plunged into the Yellow River early on Friday.

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The aftermath of a bridge collapse on the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway in northwest China on Friday in a photo released by Chinese state media.
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