Ukraine’s Parliament Approves Biggest Tax Hike of War to Support the Army
Firing from a position near Selydove, eastern Ukraine, this month. The tax rise is likely to hit hard in the country, where people have already seen their economic well-being plummet because of the war.
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U.N. Says Israel Opened Fire on Peacekeepers in Lebanon
Smoke rising from southern Lebanon on Thursday following strikes seen from northern Israel.
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Nearly a Million in Lebanon Flee Israel-Hezbollah Conflict, U.N. Says
Emergency personnel at work after a fire at a residential building caused by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on Wednesday.
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Rubble, and Defiance
In One Image Rubble, and Defiance By David Guttenfelder
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Man Charged for South Africa Mass Shooting that Killed 18 People
A photo supplied by the South Africa Police Services showing where 18 people were slain last month at a family gathering near the rural town of Lusikisiki, South Africa.
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Black Girls Hike Founder Seeks to Make U.K. Hiking More Inclusive
Rhiane Fatinikun, the founder of Black Girls Hike, on Ingleborough, a peak in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in England, after climbing it with a group of hikers this year.
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Biden and Netanyahu Speak as Israel Weighs Retaliation Against Iran
President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the White House in July. Their call on Wednesday came at a moment when U.S. national security officials believe the Middle East is on a knife’s edge.
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Faced With Regional Setbacks, India Flexes Its New Economic Muscle
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, right, with President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives in New Delhi on Monday. Mr. Muizzu called India, which offered more than $750 million in aid, “a key partner.”
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Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary Gets a Hostile Serenade in Strasbourg
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary spoke Wednesday at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
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Who Will Be U.K. Conservative Leader? The Contest Narrows to an Unexpected Choice.
Robert Jenrick, one of the two finalists for the Conservative Party leadership in Britain, has appealed to the right by promising to slash annual immigration numbers.
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A Gaza Family Separated by a Few Miles, and the War
Smoke rising after an airstrike in Gaza City last year. Hammam Malaka worried every time there were reports of airstrikes near where his wife and three youngest children were staying.
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Prestigious U.S.-Ireland Mitchell Scholarship Paused Amid Funding Woes
Trinity College Dublin, where some of this year’s George J. Mitchell scholarship students are studying.
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Meeting of Western Leaders on Ukraine Is Postponed in Setback for Kyiv
President Biden disembarking from Marine One on Tuesday after arriving at the White House.
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Israel’s Security Cabinet to Meet to Discuss Response to Iran Attack
An Israeli soldier inspects the remains of an Iranian ballistic missile in southern Israel on Wednesday.
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While N.B.A. Plays in Abu Dhabi, Critics Cry Foul
Jaden Springer with the ball in the second game, played at Etihad Arena on Sunday.
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Nima Rinji Sherpa Becomes Youngest Climber to Summit 14 Highest Mountains
The mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa at Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal in March.
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Latest WWF Wildlife Survey Points to ‘Alarming’ Declines
In the Colombian Amazon. The Living Planet Index found a reduction of 73 percent in the average size of monitored wildlife populations worldwide from 1970 to 2020.
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Democracy Struggles in an Era of Mistrust and Upheaval
Achilles Tsaltas, the president of the Democracy & Culture Foundation, which organizes the Athens Democracy Forum, at the 2024 event last week.
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Biden and Netanyahu Speak for First Time Since August
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant of Israel, center, in Washington in March.
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Turkish Airlines Pilot Dies, Forcing Emergency Landing
A Turkish Airlines plane at Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
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Iranian Official Heads to Saudi Arabia as Israel Postpones U.S. Meeting
Destruction in Hod Hasharon, Israel, last week after an Iranian missile attack.
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Trump Family Business Eyes Hotel Deals in Israel
The Trump Organization discussed a branding deal involving the Haleom Hotel, under construction in Jerusalem.
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Mozambique’s 2024 National Elections: What to Know
A wall plastered with election campaign posters for Daniel Francisco Chapo, the candidate for the governing party, Frelimo, in Maputo, Mozambique, on Tuesday.
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As I Am: L.G.B.T.Q. in Japan
Satoko Nagamura, right, with her partner, Mamiko Moda, and their son in Tokyo.
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In This Office, the Fading Dream of a Unified Korea Lives On
A meeting Tuesday of the “governors” appointed by South Korea to run provinces in North Korea. They have no real power in the North; the appointments are a way for the South to claim sovereignty there.
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How Harrods of London Is Dealing With a Sexual Abuse Scandal
People walking past the Harrods department store in London in 2022. Mohamed Al Fayed, who owned the store from 1985 until 2010, allegedly used it as a hunting ground for young women whom he would select from the storeroom floor and then elevate to work in his personal office.
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Climate Change Increased Rain and Wind Speeds of Helene
Damage in Swannona, N.C., on Sept. 28.
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Ruth Glacier in Alaska Hides America’s Deepest Gorge
Chloe Steiner, a mountain guide, descended into a cave inside Ruth Glacier.
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Israel Sends More Soldiers Into Lebanon as Strikes Hit Beirut and Damascus
Smoke billowing from multiple Israeli airstrikes targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday.
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Brazil Unblocks X After Musk Backs Down
Protesters criticizing the Brazilian Supreme Court’s decision to ban X during a demonstration in São Paulo last month.
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Wednesday Briefing: An Israeli Airstrike in Syria
A residential building on the western outskirts of Damascus, Syria, yesterday.
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Yoav Gallant, Israel’s Defense Minister, Postpones Trip to DC, US Says
Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defense minister, in Tel Aviv, last year.
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Biden Excoriated Netanyahu on Israel’s Conduct in the War, Woodward Book Says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel with President Biden at the White House in July.
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Toronto Woman Is Accused of Murdering 3 in Serial Killings
The police outside of the Toronto home of Sabrina Kauldhar, who is accused of killing three people last week.
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What We Know About the Israeli Forces Fighting in Lebanon
Israeli military vehicles staging near the border with Lebanon earlier this month.
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U.K.’s MI5 Chief Says Russian Spies Seek to ‘Generate Mayhem’
Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, speaking in west London on Tuesday.
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France’s Government Survives a No-Confidence Vote
Prime Minister Michel Barnier of France in Paris on Monday. A no-confidence vote against his government failed on Tuesday.
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Does My Home Have Lead Pipes? And What Can I Do About Them?
A lead pipe in a Chicago home. It’s possible to identify lead pipes with a magnet and by lightly scratching the metal.
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Iran Crisis Ignites New Debate About Trump’s Nuclear Deal Exit
In May 2018, President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States would no longer abide by the Iran nuclear deal.
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U.N. Official Took $3 Million in Secret Gifts From Businessman
A U.N. court found last week that Vitaly Vanshelboim had committed fraud and “blatant misconduct” by failing to disclose gifts from a British businessman.
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India’s Elections Offer Mixed Results for Modi
Supporters of the opposition Congress Party celebrating on Tuesday in Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir. Congress and its allies won overwhelmingly in the territory.
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Russia Pushes Forward in Ukraine’s East After Fall of Vuhledar
Ukrainian servicemen near Toretsk, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, in September.
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What Is Hamas Capable of After a Year of War?
The scene of a rocket assault in Kfar Chabad, Israel, on Monday.
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Japan Says It Doctored Photo of Cabinet Ministers
New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan, center front, posing for an official photo with his cabinet in Tokyo this month.
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A Cartel Double-Cross Turns a Mexican State Into a War Zone
Police guarding a crime scene last month in Culiacán, Mexico.
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Biden Requires Lead Drinking-Water Pipes to be Replaced Nationwide
President Joe Biden in Milwaukee on Tuesday. “I’m here today to tell you that I finally insisted that it gets prioritized and I’m insisting it get done,” he said about the order to replace lead pipes throughout the country.
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For Many Israelis, Oct. 7 Never Ended
In Kfar Aza last month.
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So, Are You Pregnant Yet? China’s In-Your-Face Push for More Babies.
Propaganda artwork in Miyun, a district of Beijing, depicting a couple with three children and including slogans promoting childbearing.
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Athens Democracy Forum: Where Is Global Politics Headed?
Voters in France, above, and 20 other countries cast their ballots in the European Parliament election in June.
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Thursday Briefing: Florida Braces for Hurricane Milton
Netanyahu Says Israel Killed Nasrallah’s Replacement and ‘the Replacement of the Replacement’
Flooding Ravages Thai District Known for Elephant Parks