French Student Protests Continue as Government Seeks Way Out of Crisis
Protesters in Nantes, France, clashed with the police on Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations across the country.
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How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel
David Milstein, a top official in the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, has been entrusted with much of the mission’s portfolio by Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
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2 Latvians Arrested after Breaching Perimeter of RAF Molesworth, UK Air Base Used by US
A police car leaving R.A.F. Molesworth, after two Latvian citizens were arrested there in the early hours of Thursday morning.
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Russia’s Silence on Possible Plague Outbreak Stokes Fears of a Cover-Up
The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. The researcher who died worked in the lab.
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Warrants to Search Former Prince Andrew’s Properties Were Unlawful, Court Says
Officers at an entrance to Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, eastern England, in February after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest. He was later released without charge and has denied wrongdoing.
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Nana Patekar, Indian Actor Who Embodied the Everyman, Dies at 75
Nana Patekar in 2023. He was a theater actor who brought intensity and coarse baritone to the screen.
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Escalating Assaults on Ukrainian Cities Are Taking an Enormous Toll
A handout photo shows firefighters in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, where a bus was struck by projectiles on Thursday.
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Margaret Papandreou, American-Born First Lady of Greece, Dies at 102
Margaret Papandreou in 1986. “The women’s movement is a political movement,” she once said. “It is a social revolution.”
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Houthi Attacks on Saudi Airports Prompt Mass Cancellations
A highway in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in February. The Houthis have escalated their targeting of the city in recent days.
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South Korea Recalls Envoy From Ukraine in Dispute Over North Korean POWs
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who said last month that two North Korean soldiers had been transferred to South Korea, angering Seoul.
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‘Absolute Nightmare’: Inside the Russian Warehouses Bombarded by Ukraine
A warehouse for a Russian e-commerce company near St. Petersburg after it was hit by Ukrainian drones in July.
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Hacker Used Chinese-Developed A.I. Tool to Target South Korean Banks, CrowdStrike Says
CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, said in a report on Wednesday that it had found evidence of the use of A.I. in the attacks.
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Myanmar’s Strongman President Is on a Global Quest for Legitimacy. Next Stop, Malaysia.
Myanmar’s U Min Aung Hlaing, left, and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Thursday.
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Spain’s Protesters See ‘Madness’ of Rising Rent and a ‘Martyr’ in Maricarmen
Protesters marched in memory of Maria del Carmen Abascal, who was widely known as Maricarmen, in Madrid on Thursday. Soaring rents have far outpaced wage growth in Spain, according to an analysis by the newspaper El País.
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The Man City Scandal Is About More Than Football
City lifting the Premier League trophy in 2012.
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U.N. Warns Against Technology Used to Read Citizens’ Minds
While neurotechnologies have become powerful clinical tools for patients with brain injuries, the United Nations on Thursday warned that future technologies could be abused by governments.
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Pita Limjaroenrat: The Leader Thailand Could Have Had
Pita Limjaroenrat’s Move Forward Party won the most votes in Thailand’s election in 2023. But his party failed to get enough support in the military-backed Senate. A few months later, the party was disbanded, and Mr. Pita was banned from politics for 10 years.
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At the Athens Democracy Forum, Debating the Risks Posed by A.I.
At the Athens Democracy Forum, one panel after another warned of the potential risks that social media, deepfakes, cyberattacks and A.I. posed to humanity.
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In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners
A Lukoil refinery near Burgas, Bulgaria. Once the sale of the Lukoil international assets is complete, the buyers plan to expand and retrofit different parts of its operations in Bulgaria and Romania.
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The Wave of Student Protests Roiling France
Protesters in Nantes, France, clashed with the police on Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations across the country.
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At a Potato Festival, Our Berlin Reporter Deepened His Ties to a New Land
Nora and Hugo Tankersley with their mother, Lily, at a family outing to a potato festival last month in Berlin.
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Indian Opposition Leaders Detained as Protests Over Voter Rolls Intensify
Police detaining Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, during a protest organized by opposition parties demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday.
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Israel and U.K. Cut Last-Minute Deal to Avoid Full Closure of British Consulate in East Jerusalem
The British Consulate in East Jerusalem on Thursday. The building will now be known as the U.K. Mission, Jerusalem.
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India’s Cockroach Party Leader Carries Gen Z’s Demands. They Are Many.
Abhijeet Dipke, who founded the Cockroach Janta Party as a joke, now leads a wide movement representing Gen Z's frustrations.
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Italy Weighs Controversial Law Giving Bonus Seats to Election Winners
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy speaking on Wednesday at a summit meeting in Split, Croatia. She has set a record for leading Italy’s longest-serving government.
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For France’s Resurgent Far Left, Student Protests Are an Opening and a Threat
Jean-Luc Mélenchon at a demonstration in Paris on Tuesday. The protests have provided him with both opportunity and peril.
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A Plague Mystery in Siberia
A hospital in Shelekhov yesterday, where an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute died.
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3 Killed and Dozens Injured in Attacks on Saudi Airports, as Houthis Claim Strikes
A poster showing the Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi during a rally to recruit more fighters, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday.
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‘Maricarmen,’ Whose Eviction Enraged Spaniards, Dies at 87
María del Carmen Abascal packs a bag with her belongings in Madrid last month.
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Russia Plague Scare: What to Know About Fears of an Outbreak
A security person looks out the door of an infectious diseases hospital in the Russian town of Shelekhov, where an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute died.
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Canada Halts Plan to Allow Medically Assisted Death for the Mentally Ill
Sean Fraser, Canada’s minister of justice, said parliament will pass legislation to bar people whose sole condition is a mental illness from seeking medically assisted death.
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Trump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research
Drawing blood at an H.I.V. clinic in South Africa last year. The research networks’ large footprint has enabled them to develop tools to prevent and treat H.I.V., including in marginalized or rare populations.
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Rubio Urges Europe to Awaken From ‘Slumber’ and Uphold Western Dominance
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis of Greece after a meeting in Athens on Wednesday.
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Case of U.S. Marine Accused of Murder in Japan Draws Outcry
A protest after a U.S. marine was arrested on suspicion of murdering a local woman in Okinawa.
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Russia Says It Found No ‘Emergency’ in Plague Lab
The entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. An employee of the institute died of a mysterious pneumonia.
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The School Near Paris That Shows Why French Students Are Protesting
Students blocking access last week to Paul Éluard High School, during a protest for better learning conditions.
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Europe’s Trade Tensions With China Are Coming to a Head
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has warned that Europe’s trade deficit with China has reached a “tipping point.”
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Mass Trials Put Hundreds in One Dock in El Salvador
Inmates during a mass hearing at the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, prison in April in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
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How a Small Business Got Entangled in U.S. Sanctions on Iranian Oil
Shahul Hamid Ahmad, the owner of Tefcas Marine, a small shipping agency that was hit with U.S. sanctions, standing in his empty office in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, in September.
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How a Shadow Economy in Asia Is Keeping Iranian Oil Flowing
A tanker used as floating storage in the heavily trafficked waters off the Malaysian state of Johor in September.
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Inheritances Can Shatter Families. Could a Therapist Help?
Bill Martin doesn’t want his sons clashing over the future of the family farm in Rufus, Ore., as he did with his brother. He’s hired a coach to help.
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Can Artificial Intelligence Learn the Art of Surgery?
Dr. Madani, left, and Dr. Timothy Jackson, perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery on a patient at Toronto General Hospital, with the help of visual A.I. guides.
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For Twin Brothers Abducted in the Oct. 7 Attacks, Adjusting to Freedom Is a New Challenge
The twin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman were abducted by gunmen in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.
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Malawians Struggle to Survive After Fleeing Anti-Immigrant Violence
Women wait to buy fish from fisherman on the banks of Lake Malawi in Mangochi District, Southern Malawi, last month.
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The Fight for Britain’s Right: Can Kemi Badenoch Reboot the Conservatives?
The Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch in Birmingham, England, on Sunday.
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F.B.I. Charges American in Plot Behind Canada’s Tumbler Ridge School Shooting
A memorial for the victims of the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, in February.
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Understanding France’s Polycrisis
Paris yesterday.
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Bolsonaro Family Emerges Triumphant in Brazil’s Elections, Mounting a Surprising Resurrection
China Expands Its Military Reach by Building a Base in Laos
Ukraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push