Trump-Putin Call Notches Diplomatic Win for Russia, but Economic Goals Remain in Limbo
Conscripts in Bataysk, Russia, at a ceremony last month before their departure for garrisons. On the front line in Ukraine, Moscow’s offensive has picked up this month after anemic gains earlier this year.
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Ukrainians Brace for a Longer War as Trump Backs Off Cease-Fire Call
Kupiansk, a city in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine that is under daily Russian bombings, on Friday.
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U.S. Says It Wants Trade, Not Aid, in Africa. Cuts Threaten Both.
U.S. funding for this overpass in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, ends in August. It’s unclear if the project will be finished by then.
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Britain, France and Canada Condemn Israel’s Expansion of Gaza War
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening an Israeli takeover of Gaza and the forced relocation of Palestinian civilians into designated areas.
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EU Plans New Sanctions on Russia in Push for Ukraine Cease-fire
Aid workers on the front line in Ukraine. The new sanctions aim to pressure Russia to negotiate to end the war.
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Trump’s Gulf Trip Also Brought Benefits to Elon Musk
Elon Musk in Saudi Arabia last week.
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China’s Fighter Jets and Missiles Get a Boost From the India-Pakistan Clash
Pakistan’s air force flying Chinese-made J-10C fighter jets during a parade rehearsal in Islamabad, Pakistan, last year.
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Telefonica Outage in Spain Knocks Out Emergency Lines
Travelers prepare to spend the night at a train station in Córdoba, Spain, during a massive power outage last month.
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Second Man Charged Over Fires at Properties Linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer
A police forensics officer conducting an investigation after a fire at a former home of Prime Minister Keir Starmer in North London this month.
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UK’s Trade Deals Bare the Reality It’s a Midsize Economy Among Giants
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, center, with António Costa, left, president of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, on a British Navy vessel in London on Monday.
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U.S. Bill Named for Artemis Ghasemzadeh Aims to Shield Asylum Seekers
Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who was deported to Panama, says: “I am not sure I will ever see America again, but I want to know this won’t happen to anyone else.”
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In Eastern Europe, Centrists Hold Off 2 Nationalist Challenges
Romanian presidential candidate Nicusor Dan greeting supporters after exit poll results were announced in Bucharest on Sunday.
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South Africa’s President to Challenge Trump on Afrikaner Refugees
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa at the United Nations in New York last year.
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Wednesday Briefing
A view of northern Gaza yesterday.
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Trump’s Tariffs Impede Malaysia’s Plan to Prepare for A.I.
Workers at in a factory in Penang, Malaysia, last year. The Southeast Asian country wants to move from assembling and testing semiconductors into chip design and cutting-edge manufacturing.
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French Government and Nestlé Accused of Cover-Up in Perrier Water Scandal
Perrier has found itself embroiled in a scandal involving food and drink regulations, the definition of “natural” water and, this week, accusations of a cover-up.
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Virginia Farmers Are Reviving a Tradition of Harvesting Herbs
Katie Commender, the director of agroforestry at the Appalachian Harvest Herb Hub, sniffed spearmint at Reeds Valley Farms in Cleveland, Va.
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McCormick Place in Chicago Is Helping to Reduce Bird Deaths
A common yellowthroat that was found on the ground near the Lakeside Center. It was only stunned and was later released.
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Trump’s New Position on the War in Ukraine: Not My Problem
President Trump walks off Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Friday.
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Venezuela Frees an Air Force Veteran the U.S. Says Was Wrongfully Held
Scott and Patti St. Clair in March with a photograph of their son, Joseph, who was detained in Venezuela.
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E.U. to Lift Economic Sanctions on Syria
A bazaar in the Old City of Damascus, Syria, on Monday. Lifting sanctions would be an economic game changer for the war-torn country.
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R.F.K. Jr. Has Unlikely Allies in His Drive to Limit Atrazine
The weedkiller atrazine, widely used on corn and other crops in the United States, has been banned in Europe for years.
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G7 Officials Gather Amid Headwinds From Trump’s Trade War
For Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, explaining the Trump administration’s tariff policies to his foreign counterparts could be a challenge.
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Scott Adams, Creator of ‘Dilbert,’ Says He Has the Same Cancer as Biden
Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created “Dilbert,” at home in Pleasanton, Calif., in 2014.
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Tuesday Briefing
A member of Ukraine’s 14th Mechanized Brigade near the eastern city of Kupiansk on Thursday.
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How Trump’s Search for a New Air Force One Led to Qatar’s Jet
The Boeing 747-8 from Qatar at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida after President Trump took a tour of the plane in February.
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Trump Backs Off His Demand That Russia Declare a Cease-Fire in Ukraine
President Trump said after his call that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had agreed to “immediately” start direct negotiations with Ukraine toward a cease-fire.
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Tuesday Briefing: A Trump-Putin Phone Call
A Ukrainian soldier near Kupiansk, in Ukraine’s northeast, last week.
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Israel Recovers Troves of Documents Belonging to Its Most Famous Spy
An undated photo released by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office shows identity documents that belonged to Eli Cohen.
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Prominent Anti-Corruption Lawyer Is Arrested in El Salvador
Ruth López, in San Salvador in 2021, has been at the forefront of investigations into potential corruption or negligence by the government of President Nayib Bukele.
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Dick Garwin Fought Nuclear Armageddon. He Hid a 50-Year Secret.
Richard L. Garwin, second right, with, from left, Peter A. Clausen, a disarmament expert, and the physicists Hans Bethe and Kurt Gottfried, during a news conference on missile defense hosted by the Union of Concerned Scientists in 1984.
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Portugal’s Center-Right Takes an Election. But Is the Hard Right the Victor?
Luís Montenegro, Portugal’s center-right prime minister, is likely to remain at the head of a minority government.
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Trump and Putin Discuss Ukraine War in High-Stakes Call
A member of Ukraine’s 14th Mechanized Brigade near Kupiansk on Thursday.
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Israel Wavers as Far Right and Military Disagree on Gaza Strategy
Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, after an Israeli operation last week.
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Will Trump’s Trade War Turn Canada’s Auto-Parts Capital Into a Ghost Town?
A worker fitting clips on plastic auto parts at Stratus Plastics in Windsor, Ontario. Colby Wu, the company’s co-owner, says he has had a hard time getting some U.S. firms to buy from him.
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The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial
President Trump at a White House event on April 8 at which he signed an executive order titled “Unleashing American Energy.”
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EU and UK Strike a Deal: What to Know
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Tirana, Albania, on Friday.
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Nicusor Dan Beats George Simion in Romana’s Presidential Election
Nicusor Dan greeting supporters in Bucharest, Romania, on Sunday.
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Monday Briefing: Trump and Putin Are Set to Talk
A resident next to his damaged home outside Kyiv, Ukraine, yesterday.
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Poland Election: Trzaskowski Wins Critical Vote for President
Rafal Trzaskowski speaking in Sandomierz, Poland, on Sunday.
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Pakistan Says It Expects Truce to Hold as Hotline to India Stays Open
Women gathering at an ice cream stand in Muzaffarabad, a city in Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region, earlier this month.
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Russia Unleashes One of Its Largest Drone Barrages of the Ukraine War
A resident next to his damaged home outside Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, on Sunday.
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Israel Says It Has Expanded Ground Operations in Gaza Amid Cease-Fire Talks
An Israeli military vehicle on Sunday near the border with Gaza in southern Israel.
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Pope Leo, Taking Helm of a Divided Church, Urges Unity
Pope Leo XIV at the end of Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
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Zelensky Meets With Pope Leo After Inaugural Mass
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and his wife, Olena Zelenska, arriving for Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
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A small, tight-knit religious order molded Pope Leo XIV.
A message from the Augustinians Across the World Foundation near the Vatican this month. The order has fewer than 3,000 members globally.
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Legacy of St. Peter Will Be Evident in Pope Leo’s Inaugural Mass
A fresco inside the Sistine Chapel of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore shows St. Peter holding a pair of large keys — the traditional symbol of spiritual authority given to him by Christ — in Rome.
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Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Inaugural Mass as Head of Catholic Church
Pope Leo XIV greeted crowds as he arrived in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
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Why There’s No Battlefield Solution to India’s Perpetual Pakistan Problem
A house damaged in a Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch, in the India-controlled part of Kashmir, on Wednesday.
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Trump Shrugs Off Netanyahu on Gulf Tour
President Trump being shown a model of a city under construction during a State Dinner in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday
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How Trump’s America Is Reuniting the U.K. and E.U.
European leaders in Tirana, Albania, on Friday. Five years after Britain formally exited the European Union, their leaders are moving cautiously toward a new era of cooperation.
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How One Woman Is Breaking a Military Stereotype in Ukraine
Kateryna, a senior lieutenant in the Ukrainian Army, with her aircraft after returning from a combat mission last month.
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Three Iranians Accused of Targeting People in the U.K.
The Metropolitan Police arrested three men accused of helping Iran’s intelligence service by targeting individuals in Britain.
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From Oregon, a Chocolate Cake That Changes Hearts and Minds
Minnesota’s Green Crew Is Helping Teens Fight Climate Anxiety
What Helped Clean Up Oklahoma Waters? Getting Cows to Use a Different Washroom.
What to Know About Israel’s Renewed Ground Offensive in Gaza
Russia Beefs Up Bases Near Finland’s Border