U.S. Casts Sole Vote Against Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution
Robert A. Wood, the American ambassador to the U.N., raising his hand to veto a draft resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza, on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York City.
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Biden Agrees to Supply Ukraine With Anti-Personnel Mines
A Ukrainian soldier outside Toretsk, in October. The Biden administration has approved supplying Ukraine with anti-personnel mines to bolster defenses against Russia’s increasing reliance on foot soldiers to lead their assaults.
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What Are Anti-Personnel Mines?
An emergency services worker holds a sign warning that the nearby forest is mined as his colleague clears a path in Sosnove, Ukraine.
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U.S. and Europeans Move to Censure Iran for Nuclear Secrecy
The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, in April.
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U.S. Envoy Will Head to Israel, Citing Progress on Lebanon Cease-Fire
Amos Hochstein, center, a top U.S. envoy to the Middle East, was in Beirut, Lebanon, for talks on Tuesday.
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Ugandan Opposition Leader Charged After Being ‘Kidnapped’ in Kenya
Kizza Besigye, left, and an associate, Haji Obeid Lutale, in the steel dock of the Uganda Military General Court in Kampala on Wednesday.
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U.S. Pauses Operations at Kyiv Embassy, Warning of ‘Significant Air Attack’
Searchlights in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, early Wednesday.
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Vatican Sets Out New Rules to Simplify Papal Funerals
Pope Francis during the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI last year. From the beginning of his papacy, Francis has used symbols to break from the formality and pomp that has long marked the Roman Catholic Church.
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Middle East Airlines Has Become an Unlikely National Hero in Lebanon
A Middle East Airlines flight over the outskirts of Beirut last month.
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Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong Media Mogul, Takes Stand in National Security Trial
Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2019. He has long been one of Hong Kong’s most vocal critics of China’s ruling Communist Party.
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Smog in Pakistan Smothers Lahore, Breaking a Vibrant City’s Rhythms
Full weekend lockdowns, reminiscent of Covid-19 restrictions, are being imposed in Lahore, Pakistan, because of the intense air pollution.
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Long Tied to Russia, Georgia’s Winemakers Look to the West
The wine harvest in Georgia’s Kakheti region in October. Wine has been cultivated continuously in Georgia for more than 8,000 years.
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Putin Lowers Nuclear Weapons Threshold After U.S. Allows Ukraine to Use Missiles Against Russia
President Vladimir V. Putin in Sochi, Russia, this month. His decree on nuclear weapons seemed timed to show that the Kremlin could respond aggressively to Ukrainian strikes with American missiles.
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Thursday Briefing: U.S. Anti-Personnel Mines for Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier outside Toretsk, in October.
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Is Trump More Flexible on China Than His Hawkish Cabinet Picks Suggest?
Many top officials in China see the United States as a superpower in decline.
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U.S. Vetoes Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution at U.N. Security Council
Robert A. Wood, the American ambassador to the U.N., raising his hand to veto a draft resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza, on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York City.
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A Travel Writer Remembers Arthur Frommer
Arthur Frommer in Trafalgar Square in London in 1976.
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Trump Promises Clean Water. Will He Clean Up PFAS?
A geologist collected samples of treated Lake Michigan water in a laboratory in Illinois in 2021 that were found to have PFAS contamination.
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What Trump’s Return Could Mean for Animals
Caribous graze near ConocoPhillips oil pipelines on the North Slope of Alaska. During his first term, President Trump moved to open up the state’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development.
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Wednesday Briefing
A test of the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS.
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Iran Suggests Pausing High Levels of Uranium Enrichment to Avoid Censure, Monitor Says
A reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, in 2010.
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Activist Kianoosh Sanjari’s Final Act Stuns Iran
Kianoosh Sanjari speaking at an Amnesty International concert in New York in 2014.
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Netanyahu Offers $5 Million for Each Hostage Freed in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has offered a $5 million reward and safe passage out of Gaza to anyone who returns an Israeli captive held in the enclave.
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Biden Fades Out of the Picture in Talks With World Leaders
President Biden and Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, met on Tuesday during a working lunch at the Group of 20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.
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Wednesday Briefing: Ukraine hits Russia with U.S. Missiles
The U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS.
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Son of Norway’s Crown Princess Is Arrested on Suspicion of Rape
Marius Borg Hoiby in 2022. He was 4 when his mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001.
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Sweden, Finland and Norway Update Crisis Advice as Ukraine-Russia War Grinds On
Soldiers in a military camp near Heinujarvi, in northern Finland, on Tuesday.
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Brazilian Police Arrest Soldiers in Alleged Plot to Kill President Lula
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil defeated Jair Bolsonaro in a close election in 2022.
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The Perfect Novel for the Baku Climate Summit: Lydia Kiesling’s Mobility
Oil fields on the outskirts of Baku, Azerbaijan, in view of the stadium, left, where the U.N. climate summit is taking place.
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Delhi Trudges Through Another Air Pollution Nightmare
India Gate in New Delhi was enveloped with smog on Tuesday.
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As Pelicot Rape Trial Nears End in France, Wife Speaks of ‘Banality’
Gisèle Pelicot entering the courthouse with her lawyers Stephane Babonneau, center, and Antoine Camus in Avignon, France, on Tuesday.
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Ukraine Fired U.S.-Made Missiles Into Russia for First Time, Officials Say
President Biden on Sunday gave Ukraine authorization to use the U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, to strike inside Russia.
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U.S. Envoy Visits Lebanon, Seeking Truce Between Israel and Hezbollah
Damage at the site of an Israeli strike in the Zuqaq al-Blat neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday.
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U.K. Farmers Protest in London Over Inheritance Tax Change
Tractors drove past Britain’s Parliament on Tuesday morning, as part of a broader protest by some farmers.
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Magicians Mount Search for Woman Behind Decades-Old Deception
The Magic Circle, a society of magicians, expelled a woman who had posed as a man to gain membership. Now the society is trying to track her down.
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Tuesday Briefing
Ukrainian soldiers heading toward the Kursk region of Russia.
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Is the Russian Army Depleted From Fighting in Ukraine?
A cemetery for fallen Russian soldiers in Ulan-Ude, Russia, last year.
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Mining Company Whose C.E.O. Was Detained Agrees to Pay Mali $160 Million
Bamako, Mali, this month. The country is one of several African countries pushing for a greater share of their valuable minerals in the past few years.
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Tuesday Briefing: Ukraine is Poised to Strike inside Russia
Ukrainian soldiers near the Kursk region of Russia in August.
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Gisèle Pelicot’s Sons Tell of a ‘Devastated’ Family at Rape Trial in France
Gisèle Pelicot’s sons, David, middle, and Florian, attended the trial of their father in Avignon, France, on Monday.
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Venezuela Frees Over 130 People Imprisoned After Disputed Election
Jorge Marin, 20, who was detained during the post-election crackdown, was the only prisoner set free on Sunday, the second day of prisoner releases, in Tocorón, Venezuela.
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Looters Strip Aid From About 100 Trucks in Gaza, U.N. Agency Says
Trucks bearing humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel last week.
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COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Head Into Final Stretch
Mukhtar Babayev, the Azerbaijani official who is presiding over the U.N. climate summit, in Baku on Monday. Some diplomats have expressed frustration with his management of the talks.
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I Tried to Teach My Son Soccer. Here’s What He Taught Me.
Mr. Smith and his son at the end of practice.
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Israeli Strikes in Beirut’s Center Shatter a Tenuous Sense of Security
A Lebanese police officer on Monday at the site of an overnight strike in the Mar Elias neighborhood of Beirut.
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Ukraine Is Poised to Strike Into Russia After Biden Approves Use of Long-Range Missiles
Ukrainian soldiers in a tank driving toward the Kursk region of Russia in August.
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Coffee, Juice, Shawarma: Tiny Traces of Normal Life in a Ruined Gaza
A street flooded with sewage water in Deir al Balah, Gaza, in July. The city was once known for its restful olive and date palm groves. Now, bombing can shatter the calm in a second.
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As Trump Looms, Biden Makes a Twilight Pitch on Ukraine to Global Leaders
President Biden boarding Air Force One in Lima, Peru, on Sunday en route for Rio de Janeiro for the Group of 20 summit.
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Venezuela’s ‘Iron Lady’ Pleads With Trump to Save Her Country’s Democracy
María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, has been in hiding since July.
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Why Oil Companies Are Walking Back From Green Energy
The difference in profits companies can make from extracting oil and gas and what they can earn from harnessing wind and solar has swung sharply in favor of fossil fuels.
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Emergency Declared as Smog Chokes Parts of India and Pakistan
Heavy smog engulfed the skyline of New Delhi, India’s capital, on Sunday.
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Burglars Break Into Windsor Castle Estate, Home of Prince William, Kate and Family
Alan Jones, Australian Former Radio Host, Arrested on Sexual Abuse Charges
Russia Intensifies Assaults on an Exhausted Ukraine
Man Drives Car Into Crowd Outside Primary School in China
Why Michael Learns to Rock Is Big in Asia
Maori Protest Bill That Is Part of Sharp Rightward Shift in New Zealand
Dozens of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leaders Sentenced in Mass Trial