He Survived the Invasion. What He Really Wanted Was a Friend.
Artem in his room at the camp. His family fled their home in Kherson shortly after Russia invaded.
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Trump and Xi Ease Off the Trade War, but New Nuclear Threat Brings a Chill
President Trump said after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, that he and Xi Jinping of China had agreed to an economic truce, walking back some of the tariffs and retaliatory measures that had roiled the world economy.
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In Canada, a New Play Celebrates Indigenous Storytelling of the Northern Lights
Salik Lennert and Julia Ulayok Davis performing in “Kiuryaq,” a new play that emerged from a four-year collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists from Canada, Greenland and the Sápmi region in Norway.
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Inside the Louvre Jewel Heist That Shocked the World
Investigators on the day of the burglary, examining the balcony where the thieves broke in.
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Syria’s Rocky Transition Brings New Waves of Displacement
Syrians fleeing sectarian violence across a river into Lebanon in March.
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Prince Andrew to Be Stripped of His Royal Title
Andrew in April. Buckingham Palace said he would lose his royal title and “will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.”
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How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger
President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, after talks on Thursday ended. Mr. Xi said to Mr. Trump that both sides should avoid falling into a “vicious cycle of mutual retaliation.”
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Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Stage ‘March of the Million’ Against Military Draft
Israeli ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrated against military conscription for their community on Thursday in Jerusalem.
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Far-Right Party Suffers Big Losses in Dutch Election as Centrists Surge
Rob Jetten, the leader of the socially progressive party Democrats 66, ran a campaign of relentless optimism.
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Why a Cloud-Seeding Experiment to Fight Air Pollution in India Failed
Buildings in New Delhi seen through heavy smog on Wednesday. Efforts last week by the state government to seed clouds to produce rain to help wash away pollution failed.
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Wilders’s Far-Right Party Faces Rebuke in the Netherlands
A campaign poster of Geert Wilders in The Hague on Wednesday.
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Chinese Officials Heap Praise on Trump and Xi Before They Meet
President Trump at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum’s C.E.O. luncheon in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
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For These Women, the American Dream Is in Mexico City
Hannah McGrath shopping at a farmers market in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood.
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French Police Arrest 5 More in Louvre Jewel Heist Investigation
Police vans parked outside the Louvre this week after the authorities arrested some suspects in connection with the heist.
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Xi Delivers Veiled Warning to Nations Not to Take the U.S.’s Side
President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, on TV at a restaurant in Gyeongju. Mr. Xi was the sole superpower leader at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit with Mr. Trump gone.
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How Saudi Arabia and Qatar Benefited From Rule Changes to Reach the World Cup
The Qatari national team celebrated with fans in Doha this month after qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
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Some of Trump’s Favorite Things on Asia Trip: A Crown and ‘Vicious’ Weapons
President Trump was given a replica of an ancient crown at a meeting with South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
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Carney Plans to Meet With Xi to Try and Reset Relations
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, center left, at a dinner hosted by the South Korean president. Mr. Carney met with China’s leader, Xi Jinping on Friday.
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Jamaica Prepared a Financial Fortress for Disaster. Hurricane Melissa Will Test It.
Hurricane Melissa destroyed crop fields, homes and businesses, bringing rains that washed away trees, roads and cars.
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What to Know About US Nuclear Weapons as Trump Threatens to Restart Testing
The tower for Icecap, a nuclear test that was nearly ready to execute but never happened because of the testing moratorium enacted on Oct. 1, 1992, at the Nevada National Security Site.
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In China Truce on Tariffs and Rare Earths, National Security Controls Are Bargaining Chip
The Trump administration agreed to pause a new rule that would restrict trade with foreign companies that pose a national security threat.
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Trump’s Call to Resume Nuclear Testing After Decades Revives a Cold War Debate
A crater left behind after a 100-kiloton thermonuclear bomb test at the Atomic Energy Commission’s Nevada Test Site in July 1962.
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Six Arrested in Robbery of Precious-Metal Refinery in France
The police outside a precious-metal company that was robbed in Lyon, France, on Thursday.
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Why Trump’s Boat Killings Would Be Hard to Prosecute
Air Force personnel arming an MQ-9 Reaper drone with missiles in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, earlier this month.
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French Magazine Acknowledges Breaching Prince William and Catherine’s Privacy
Prince William and his wife, Catherine, in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, this month. A French magazine has acknowledged breaching their privacy.
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He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
Jay Falk is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Colorado who studies the white-necked jacobin, a hummingbird that lives in Central and South America. His postdoctoral research fellowship from the National Science Foundation was canceled in April.
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China’s Pause on Rare Earth Controls: What to Know
A mine for heavy rare earth metals on the outskirts of Longnan in south-central China, in April.
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U.S. Beef and Thousand Island Dressing: Trump’s Food Tour of Asia
President Donald Trump raised a glass at a dinner hosted by President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea, which was attended by leaders from eight countries.
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Jamaica and Haiti Tally Hurricane Victims as Melissa Slams Cuba
Destruction on Wednesday at Treasure Beach, Jamaica, which is in St. Elizabeth, the southwestern parish where Melissa struck the island as a Category 5 hurricane.
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Melissa Leaves Black River, Centuries-Old Jamaican Port Town, ‘Totally Destroyed’
Satellite imagery showing Black River, Jamaica, before and after Hurricane Melissa.
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U.S. Military Kills Four More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a cabinet meeting with President Trump this month.
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Judge Cuts Greenpeace Dakota Access Pipeline Award in Half
Demonstrators protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota in 2016.
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Hundreds Killed in Massacre at Sudanese Hospital, W.H.O. Warns
A satellite image showing the Al Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on Tuesday.
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Police Raid in Rio de Janeiro Leaves Over 130 Dead
The bodies of people killed during the raid.
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Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom Loses Seats in Dutch Election
Supporters of D66 in Leiden, the Netherlands, celebrating on Wednesday.
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As Trump Weighs Sale of Advanced A.I. Chips to China, Critics Sound Alarm
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, at the company’s conference in Washington on Tuesday.
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Four Decades After It Was Stolen, a Renaissance Treasure Returns to Rome
The 15th-century manuscript page attributed to Fra Antonio da Monza, depicting a “Virgin and Child,” is displayed on Wednesday in the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli after being recovered by police in Rome.
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In Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa Brought ‘ Unprecedented Devastation’ U.N. Official says
Damage on Wednesday to Frenchman’s Bay in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa made landfall the day before.
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2 Louvre Heist Suspects Have ‘Partially Admitted’ to the Crime
Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor in charge of the case, said on Wednesday that the suspects were traced through DNA samples left on objects at the scene or later found by police.
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France Adds Consent to Its Rape Law After Yearslong Fight
Gisèle Pelicot leaves the courthouse during an appeal trial earlier this month. Her landmark rape trial raised questions about the pervasiveness of sexual violence in France.
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Protests in Tanzania as Voters Head to the Polls
Voters casting ballots in Stone Town, Zanzibar, in Tanzania’s general election on Wednesday.
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Life Lessons from (Very Old) Bowhead Whales
Scientists have measured the molecular damage that accumulated in the eyes, ears and eggs of bowhead whales and found more evidence of extraordinary longevity. They are estimated to live up to 268 years.
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Putin Announces Test of Tsunami-Making Nuclear Weapon
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow this month. He announced the successful test of a nuclear-powered underwater drone on Wednesday.
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Executions and Mass Casualties: Videos Show Horror Unfolding in Sudan
Who Walked Away Stronger in U.S.-China Trade Talks?
Candy Companies Are Quietly Cutting Down on Cocoa to Save Money
Why the Price of Electricity Is Spiking Around the Country
The Warnings Before the Hurricane