Battlefield Picture Worsening for Ukraine as Trump Pushes Peace Plan
The 148th Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Army in October in the Zaporizhzhia region of eastern Ukraine.
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Saudi Arabia Will Sell You Alcohol Now, if You’re Rich Enough
Nonalcoholic draft beer served at a cafe this year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The kingdom has banned alcohol for more than 70 years.
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Trump’s Security Doctrine Leaves Europe at a Strategic Crossroads
A Norwegian soldier during a NATO military exercise this year. European governments have tried to wean themselves off American military might by increasing their own military spending and cooperation.
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China’s National Security Office in Hong Kong Summons Foreign Journalists
Smoke rising from the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Hong Kong last month. Beijing’s national security arm in Hong Kong said that some foreign news outlets had twisted facts and spread false information.
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Afrikaner Access Soars Amid Trump’s Policy Shift
White South Africans rallied in support of President Trump in February outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Survivors of the Deadly Hong Kong Fire Are in Limbo
Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, after a blaze damaged the complex late last month.
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Zelensky’s Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption in Ukraine to Fester
President Volodymyr Zelensky, center right, at the nuclear power plant in the Khmelnytskyi region of western Ukraine in February.
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The ‘Cocaine Superhighway’ Fueled by the U.S. Focus on Fentanyl
The aftermath of a car bombing in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Car bombs have become common, killing and terrorizing civilians, and gangs frequently clash with the military and the police.
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Gianni Infantino Awards Trump a FIFA Peace Prize and Announces World Cup Draw
President Trump, holding a replica of the men’s World Cup, with Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, in the Oval Office in August. Mr. Trump later asked to keep the trophy.
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Putin Basks in Praise From Modi on India Visit
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India in New Delhi on Friday. They pledged deeper cooperation in defense, trade and energy.
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Yemen’s Civil War Could Escalate Again. Here’s What to Know.
Forces loyal to the Southern Transitional Council during clashes with pro-government forces in Abyan Province, Yemen, in 2020.
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On Pope Leo’s Visit to Lebanon and Turkey, A.I. Was a Frequent Concern
Pope Leo in Bkerke, Lebanon, on Monday. During his six-day tour, he called out the risks of artificial intelligence and other rapidly advancing technologies.
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Like Trump, Benjamin Franklin Sought to Annex Canada
A sculpture of Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia.
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Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
President Trump at the White House last month. The National Security Strategy his administration released describes a world in which American interests are far narrower than how prior administrations — even in his first term — had portrayed them.
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Man Who Swallowed Stolen Fabergé Egg Passes It Naturally, Police Say
“No medical intervention was required, and the pendant passed naturally,” the police said in a statement.
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ICE Arrests Harvard Professor Charged for Shooting a Pellet Gun
The professor, who is from Brazil, had been teaching at Harvard during the fall semester.
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Trump Wants Maduro to Go. Here’s Who Could Replace Him in Venezuela.
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela holding a sword during a speech last month. Should he end up losing power, his potential replacement would be largely determined by the manner of his departure.
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Wary of Russia, German Defense Minister Pistorius Is Growing His Army
Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, speaking to lawmakers in Berlin on Friday.
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U.S. Warns of Europe’s ‘Civilizational Erasure’ Through Immigration
President Trump has made no secret of his disdain for the political leadership in Europe.
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How the U.S. Focus on Fentanyl Helped Fuel the Cocaine Trade’s Resurgence
The police in Spain displaying tons of cocaine last year at the port in Algeciras after it was transported in a container from Ecuador.
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How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid More Reliable
Employees working on battery units at the solar project, which is owned by AES, a Virginia company that holds utilities and power plants across the world.
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Trump Trumpets Peace in Africa Amid War on Drug Boats, in Day of Dissonance
President Trump trumpeted a peace agreement while hosting President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Washington on Thursday.
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Stellantis Is in Default for Moving Jeep Production to U.S., Canada Says
Stellantis’s plant in Brampton, Canada. The European-based automaker also produces vehicles under the Chrysler, Dodge and Ram brands in North America.
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Dominik Duka, Czech Cardinal Jailed Under Communism, Dies at 82
Dominik Duka in 2010, when he became the archbishop of Prague. Cardinal Duka spent much of his early life under one of the most anti-religious governments in Communist Europe.
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U.N. Warns of ‘Another Wave of Atrocities’ in Sudan’s Civil War
Displaced people from El Fasher, in Darfur, lined up for aid at a camp in northern Sudan last month.
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After Years of Debate, Vatican Says No to Women Deacons, at Least for Now
Pope Leo XIV in Beirut in November. Some campaigners had hoped that the Vatican, under Leo’s leadership, might allow for the inclusion of women in the lowest rungs of the church ministerial hierarchy.
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Aid Workers Stand Trial for Helping to Smuggle People Into Greece
The campaigner Sara Mardini before the start of the trial of 24 aid workers involved in refugee rescues, at Lesbos, Greece, on Thursday.
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Groups Express Anixety as Trump Threatens to Derail U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Pact
Though President Trump negotiated and signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, he said this year that he wanted to make it a “much better deal.”
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Yasser Abu Shabab, Militant Leader Backed by Israel, Is Killed in Gaza, Official Says
Destruction in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, where Yasser Abu Shabab was reported killed on Thursday.
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Amid Russian Sabotage, U.K. Points Finger at Putin Over Novichok Death
A police cordon around the residential area where Dawn Sturgess was exposed to the Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, in 2018.
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Deadly Attacks in Gaza Test Cease-Fire as Body of Another Captive Is Returned
The site of an Israeli strike on an encampment in Khan Younis, Gaza. A Palestinian health official said the attack killed at least six people and injured many more.
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Cambodia Shuts Down Group That Laundered Billions in Scam Profits
The Huione Pay headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in March.
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Ruined Rice Fields and Broken Rail Lines: Sri Lanka Counts Cost of Cyclone
Locals wading through floodwater from Cyclone Ditwah, at Mannar in northern Sri Lanka, on Thursday.
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How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians
“All my memories are in that home. They are not only stealing our land but also trying to cut the roots that connect us to it,” Muhammad Abdulrahman said.
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Spain Sees Itself as a Beacon for Immigrants. So Do Many Latin Americans.
Luz Fanny Arce Campiño in the restaurant she works in, in Paiporta, Spain, in October.
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Snail Theft Hits France Before Holiday Rush
A snail farm in Souligné-sous-Ballon, in western France.
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The Diplomat Who Was Accused of Sexual Abuse but Kept His Job
Pauline Muthoni Kariuki said her Saudi employer and his friend raped her in 2020. She became pregnant and sought help at the embassy. There, she said, a Kenyan diplomat, Robinson Juma Twanga, accused her of seducing men.
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Macron Urges Xi to Help End War in Ukraine
President Emmanuel Macron of France with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing on Thursday. Mr. Macron was welcomed with a red carpet and honor guard.
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Hamas Returns Body of Last Thai Hostage in Gaza
Placards of hostage, Sudthisak Rinthalak, during a rally calling for the immediate return of the remains of all hostages held in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv in November.
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Taiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward China
The Nationalist Party leader Cheng Li-wun in her office in Taipei, Taiwan, in November.
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What to Know About Putin’s Visit to India as Oil Trade Dries Up
In this photo released by Russian state media, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets President Vladimir V. Putin in New Delhi, where he arrived on Thursday.
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Trump Faces Choices on Russia-Ukraine Talks as Peace Deal Deadline Passes
“It does take two to tango,” President Trump said after his envoys left a meeting in Moscow with no major breakthroughs in their meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
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In Yemen, Separatist Forces Backed by UAE March Into Oil-Rich Region
Forces from Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council being redeployed from the southern province of Abyan in 2020.
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China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II
A Chinese veteran with his military medals in September.
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What to Know About Trump’s Threat of Military Action in Venezuela
Nicolás Maduro in Caracas in November. According to multiple people close to the Venezuelan government, Mr. Maduro believes he can remain in control and ride out the gravest threat to his 12-year rule.
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Yegor Ligachev, Gorbachev’s No. 2 Who Turned Foe, Is Dead at 100
Yegor K. Ligachev. Kremlin watchers came to regard him as an enigma, symbolic of Russia itself, teetering between a past of untold suffering and a future of unknown perils.
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Stakes High, Europe Races to Save Its Financing Plan for Ukraine
Members of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine last year.
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Two U.K. Women’s Groups Ban Transgender Girls and Women
Protesters in London rallied for trans rights in April after the Supreme Court ruled that only biological women are recognized under Britain’s Equality Act.
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Tunisia Arrests Opposition Figure in Widening Crackdown
Ayachi Hammami is a leading opposition figure in Tunisia.
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Air Traffic Control Issue Briefly Grounds Flights at Edinburgh Airport
When Kids Adopt New Technologies, Hype Can Turn to Backlash
His Group Made World-Class Measurements of Atomic Elements