What Yahya Sinwar’s Death Could Mean for the Gaza Cease-Fire Talks
Families and supporters of hostages, some noting the death of the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, demonstrated in favor of a truce in Tel Aviv, on Thursday.
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Biden Prepares Quick, Rescheduled Visit to Germany, a Key Ally
President Biden preparing to board Air Force One, en route to Berlin, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday.
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Meloni’s Balancing Act: Centrist Abroad, Right Wing at Home
The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, at a session in Rome related to an upcoming European Council meeting. She has moved away from her past association with hard-right politics.
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Egypt Replaces Its Powerful Spy Chief, a Key Gaza Mediator
A photo made available by the Egyptian presidency in 2023 of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, center, and Gen. Abbas Kamel, second from right, the head of the country’s intelligence services.
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Gazans So Malnourished That They Could Face Famine, Report Warns
Palestinians gathering to receive food aid in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza, in August.
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Alone in the Dark: The Nightmare of Bangladesh’s Secret Underground Prison
Family members of Sajedul Islam Sumon, a victim of an enforced disappearance, after hearing unverified reports of his death in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in August.
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Zelensky Outlines Ukraine’s ‘Victory Plan’ to EU Leaders
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, left with Charles Michel of the European Council, told a gathering in Brussels that Russia would “resort to diplomacy” only “when it sees that it cannot achieve anything by force.”
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Indian Doctors Go on Hunger Strike to Protest Killing of Colleague
Medical workers on a hunger strike in Kolkata, India, last week to protest the rape and killing of a colleague.
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Moscow Roils a Country on the Edge of Europe and Russia
A supporter of Moldova’s joining the European Union handed out leaflets last week in Chisinau, Moldova, urging people to vote in a referendum.
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Peru Pañamarca Archaeological Site Finds ‘Hall of the Braided Serpents’
A figure painted on a pillar at Pañamarca, Peru, where archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a female ruler.
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Former Seoul Police Chief Acquitted in Halloween Crowd Crush Case
Police officers guarding the site of the crowd crush in Seoul a few days after the disaster in 2022.
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Mexico’s Ex-Security Chief Sentenced to 38 Years for Cartel Bribery
Genaro García Luna in 2012, during his tenure as Mexico’s public security minister.
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Italy Passes Law Banning People From Seeking Surrogacy Abroad
A protest organized by families and L.G.B.T.Q. associations to support surrogacy in Rome in April.
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The Gisele Pelicot Rape Trial Hits Painfully Close to Home in This French Town
Graffiti saying “Death to patriarchy,” on a wall in Mazan, France, where Gisèle Pelicot used to live with her husband.
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Friday Briefing
Yahya Sinwar, the Palestinian leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at a rally in 2021.
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Ukraine Draft Officers Detain Men After Concert Amid Ongoing Russia War
Draft officers and the police waited outside a Kyiv concert hall after a sold-out show by Okean Elzy, looking for men trying to dodge military service.
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U.S. Charges Indian Official in New York Assassination Plot
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, right, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia last month as President Biden spoke in Clayton, Del.
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David Lammy, U.K. Foreign Secretary, Visits China in Bid to Reset Relations
David Lammy speaking at the Labour Party conference last month. “Engagement with China is pragmatic and necessary to support U.K. and global interests,” he said in a statement released ahead of his visit to Beijing on Friday.
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Biden Talks to Netanyahu About Sinwar’s Death and Getting to a Cease-Fire
President Biden talking with reporters in Berlin, on Thursday.
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Friday Briefing: The Leader of Hamas is Dead
Yahya Sinwar in Gaza City last year.
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Behind Nigeria’s Fuel Tanker Explosion, a Fatal Quest for Cheap Gasoline
Victims of a tanker explosion receive treatment inside an ambulance at the Aminu Kano teaching hospital in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday.
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How Israeli Military Trainees Found and Killed Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza
An Israeli military vehicle driving along the border of Gaza, on Thursday.
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In Northern Gaza, Hunger Looms Over Daily Existence
Palestinians receiving vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, in August.
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More Forests Are on Fire, a Big Risk in Climate Change Fight
A forest fire burning northeast of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in 2021.
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Yahya Sinwar, Leader of Hamas, Is Dead
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, greeting the audience at the International Quds Day festival in Gaza City last year.
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A Look at Hamas’s Leadership Following Sinwar’s Death
Yahya Sinwar in Gaza City last year.
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The U.K. Will Debate Legalizing Assisted Dying. Here’s What to Know.
Demonstrators rally in support of assisted dying in April outside the Houses of Parliament in London.
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U.S. Wrestles With Aiding Allies and Maintaining Its Own Weapons Supply
A THAAD antiballistic missile system in Guam last year. The United States has announced plans to send a similar system to Israel.
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Fan Bingbing, Once China’s Top Actress, Returns to Film Years After Tax Scandal
Fan Bingbing in Beijing in 2019. The year before, she was at the peak of her career.
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He Didn’t See Daylight for Five Years
Relatives of victims of enforced disappearances comforting one another while protesting in August in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka.
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U.S. Bombs Weapons Caches of Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen
Houthi soldiers in Yemen last month. The U.S. attack was aimed at disrupting the Houthis’ capability to attack ships and disrupt commerce in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the defense secretary said.
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Thursday Briefing
Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
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U.N. Security Council Urges Israel to Increase Flow of Aid Into Gaza
Riyad Mansour, Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, left, at a Security Council meeting at the United Nations on Wednesday.
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Water Crises Threaten the World’s Food Supply, Studies Show
Watering newly planted corn during a drought in Jinan, China, in June.
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Thursday Briefing: Trump Threatens ‘the Enemy From Within’
Donald Trump at a campaign event in Philadelphia on Monday.
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Trudeau Accuses Political Foes of Engaging in Foreign Interference
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking on Wednesday during a hearing in Ottawa focused on foreign interference into internal Canadian affairs.
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Israeli Strike Hits Lebanese Municipal Building, Killing Mayor
The Dahiya, an area outside Beirut, after an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday.
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Biden Announces $425 Million in Aid to Ukraine
Ukrainians leaving an area after Russian bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in August.
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A Top Chess Player Is Disqualified After a Phone Is Found in a Bathroom Stall
Kirill Shevchenko at a tournament in Warsaw earlier this year.
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on October 2024
Plastics Are Turning Up in Dolphin Breath
Dolphins have become a common subject in pollution research because they’re found around the world, including in heavily-populated coastal areas.
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Criminal Network Cashed In on Fake French Wine, the Europol Said
French grapes, like those found at the famous Château Angélus in the Bordeaux region of France, were not used for the wine in the fraudulent bottles of wine said to have been sold by a criminal network.
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Thomas J. Donohue Dies at 86; Transformed Chamber of Commerce
Thomas J. Donohue in his office in Washington in 2013. He was a scrappy can-do cheerleader for both corporate America and Main Street.
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In ‘Vladimir,’ a Russian Reporter’s Fight Is an Apt Election Season Tale
Norbert Leo Butz and Faridany as two Russian journalists.
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Appointment of Thomas Tuchel, a German, Is Met With Pushback From England Soccer Fans
The new coach of the England men’s national soccer team, Thomas Tuchel, center, is a familiar face to Premier League fans.
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2 Missing After Navy Fighter Jet Crashes Near Mount Rainier
A Boeing EA-18G Growler flying over the Aegean Sea in 2022.
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Fuel Tanker Explosion Leaves at Least 150 Dead in Nigeria
Carrying a body for a funeral after a fuel tanker explosion in Majia, Nigeria, on Wednesday.
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Israel Allows Some Aid Into Gaza After U.S. Threatens to Withhold Military Aid
Distributing meals at a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, in September.
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Zelensky Pitches ‘Victory Plan’ in Ukraine’s Parliament
President Volodymyr Zelensky told Ukraine’s Parliament that his plan had the potential to end the war “no later than next year.”
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For North Korea, War in Ukraine Is a Coveted Chance for Military Practice
Kim Jong-un of North Korea with Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in June, in a broadcast shown in Seoul. During their meeting, Mr. Kim vowed his country’s “full support and solidarity” for Russia in its war in Ukraine.
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With Jets and Ships, China is Honing Its Ability to Choke Taiwan
Scores of Chinese aircraft and dozens of ships surrounded Taiwan, after President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing’s claim over the island.
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Luís Roberto Barroso, Brazil’s Chief Justice, Defends Supreme Court’s Expanded Power
The chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Luís Roberto Barroso, defends the court’s investigation into attacks on the court and other government institutions.
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A Beloved Maple Tree Had to Come Down, But It Lives On
Corey Snyder, a wood turner in Pennsylvania, cut sections of a felled sugar maple.
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on October 2024
Is Brazil’s Supreme Court Saving Democracy or Threatening It?
The Brazilian Supreme Court building lit in the country’s national colors in Brasília, the capital, last month.
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on October 2024
Wednesday Briefing
Trucks carrying aid lined up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip last month.
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on October 2024
Global Electricity Demand Is Rising Faster Than Expected, I.E.A. Says
Cooling towers of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pa., which will reopen in 2028 to supply power to Microsoft data centers.
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Trump’s Changing Views on Talking to Foreign Leaders
Former President Donald J. Trump’s comments on Tuesday once again put his relationship with Russia’s leader at issue, with three weeks left in his campaign to reclaim the White House.
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on October 2024
Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Was Killed After a Surprise Battlefield Encounter
Hamas Leader Killed in Gaza Fighting, Israel Says
Fleeing Israeli Bombs, the Displaced in Lebanon Search for Safety