U.S. and Ukraine Hail Progress on Peace Plan to End War With Russia
Emergency workers at the site of a Russian strike that hit a residential building in Ternopil, in western Ukraine, on Friday.
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Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture US Ties
The RT control room in Moscow in 2018. Kremlin-owned media outlets in Mexico have expanded greatly in recent years.
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Bolsonaro’s Arrest Exposes Limits to Trump’s Power
President Trump during a bilateral meeting with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in October.
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Grisly Killings of a Married Couple Spark New Sectarian Unrest in Syria
Syrian soldiers walk past an abandoned movie theater in downtown Homs on Friday. Homs has long been a microcosm of Syria’s sectarian fault lines.
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Images From Vietnam’s Year of Deadly Wet Weather
Floodwaters besieged Nha Trang, Vietnam, last week.
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Putin’s Win-Win: Take a Russia-Friendly Peace Deal, or Fight On
An image released by Russian state media last week shows President Vladimir V. Putin inside the Kremlin on Wednesday. He has said Moscow was content to pursue its interests “through armed confrontation.”
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Why a Man With U.S. Ties Fought for Russia in Ukraine
Mr. Demurenko views President Vladimir V. Putin as a savior who restored Russia’s strength and is leading it in battle against an implacable enemy.
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Malaysia to Ban Children Under 16 From Social Media, Echoing Australia
Social media platforms have been under intense scrutiny in Malaysia in recent months.
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Can the World Move On Without the U.S.? G20 Leaders Gave It a Shot.
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa at the opening plenary session of the G20 summit on Saturday.
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In Russian-Occupied Mariupol, Everything Ukrainian Must Go
A newly built residential building in Mariupol, in August 2023. The city has undergone drastic changes since the Russian military took the city in 2022.
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Denmark Offers Lessons as Europe Toughens Up on Immigration
Voting this past week in Tingbjerg, Denmark. The governing party, which has championed a stricter stance on asylum, performed badly in municipal elections.
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Fire Threatens Iran’s Ancient Forest, a World Heritage Site
A forest in Iran that is part of the Hyrcanian Forests, which are “among the oldest and most biodiverse ecosystems across the globe,” an expert said.
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Roya Mahboob Seeks New Ways to Educate Afghan Girls Under Taliban Rule
Ms. Mahboob, at the Doha Forum in Qatar in 2022, said her organizations “rely on encrypted channels, local partners and small community networks of women” to continue educating girls in Afghanistan.
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Skye Gyngell, Chef Who Championed ‘Slow Food,’ Dies at 62
Skye Gyngell, then owner of Petersham Nurseries Cafe, where she was awarded her first Michelin star, in Richmond, England, in 2011.
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In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Locals Fight for ‘The Right to Night’
The night sky above Eagle Harbor, a village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula along the shoreline of Lake Superior.
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Dharmendra, Bollywood Leading Man, Dies at 89
The Bollywood actor Dharmendra in a scene from a 1969 film. He appeared in more than 300 productions.
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Israel Military Commanders Punished Over Hamas Attack Mistakes
Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir at a ceremony for soldiers and security personnel last month in Jerusalem.
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How a Sabotaged Ankle Monitor Ended Bolsonaro’s House Arrest
The damaged ankle monitor of former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, in a still image taken from a video released by the Federal District’s Secretariat for Penitentiary Administration.
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Israel Says It Assassinated Top Hezbollah Commander in Lebanon
Lebanese civil defense workers inspect the damage from an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in a Dahiya, a suburban area south of Beirut.
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Motorcyclist Dies in ‘Globe of Death’ Circus Accident in Italy
Performers rehearsing inside a “Globe of Death” sphere in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 2015. A rider was killed during a similar stunt in Italy last week.
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Zelensky Is Under Pressure from Trump and Domestically
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a French air base this month. He is seeking support from his European partners as he negotiates with the Trump administration over a U.S. peace proposal.
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Haitians Rejoice Over Their First World Cup Berth in 50 Years
Fans in Port-au-Prince, the capital, celebrated Haiti’s defeat of Nicaragua on Tuesday to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People.
People meet to discuss regional policies in Eupen, the capital of the German-speaking region of Ostbelgien in eastern Belgium.
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Texas Men Plotted Coup of Haitian Island to Enslave Women and Children, U.S. Says
The island of Gonave as seen from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two Texas men were indicted in a murder and kidnapping plot that called for staging a coup of the island, federal prosecutors said.
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20 Killed in Israeli Strikes as Israel and Hamas Trade Blame Over Truce
Rescue workers extinguishing a fire after an Israeli airstrike in western Gaza City on Saturday.
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Jair Bolsonaro Arrested in Brazil Amid Fears He Might Flee to Avoid Prison
Jair Bolsonaro during his house arrest in Brasília on Friday. The former president was arrested the next morning.
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Cannon and Other Artifacts Are Recovered From San José Shipwreck
A photograph released by the Colombian government shows President Gustavo Petro examining a cannon that was recovered from the wreckage of the San José, a Spanish galleon that sank in 1708.
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G20 Leaders Push Back on Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan
António Costa, president of the European Council, left, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, right, with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, in Johannesburg on Thursday.
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Pushing Off
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Are Fighter Jets Canada’s ‘Bargaining Chip’ in Trade Talks?
Prime Minister Mark Carney and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a state dinner in Ottawa this week. Sweden wants to sell fighter jets manufactured by Saab, a Swedish company, to Canada.
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A Socialist Priest Embraces Venezuela’s Maduro, an Autocratic Leader
People line up to take photos with Father Numa Molina after a Mass in Marizapa, Venezuela.
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Trump Claims a White ‘Genocide’ in South Africa. Here’s What’s Really Happening.
At night in Sonop, a community outside Brits in the North West province of South Africa.
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Russian Exiles See Europe Visa Rule as Blow Against Them, Not Putin
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, as she attends the unveiling of a plaque for her late husband, in The Hague, this month.
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What Is Trump’s 28-Point Plan to End Russia’s War in Ukraine?
President Trump has given President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine until Thursday to accept the plan.
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What to Know: Trump Labels Nigeria’s Christian Violence a ‘Genocide’
At a Catholic Mass in Lagos, Nigeria, in April.
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3 Children Are Injured in Grizzly Bear Attack in British Columbia
Grizzly bears in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park near Bella Coola, British Columbia.
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To Many Ukrainians, U.S. Peace Plan Looks Like ‘Capitulation’
A Ukrainian artillery unit firing at Russian targets in the Zaporizhzhia region, last month.
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As Trump Pushes on Russia-Ukraine Peace Plan, Zelensky’s Options Are Narrowing
The 148th Artillery Brigade preparing to fire at Russian targets in the Zaporizhzhia region of eastern Ukraine in October.
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A Colossal, Hidden Pile of Trash Ignites an Outcry in Britain
A large pile of illegally dumped waste accumulated next to the River Cherwell near Kidlington, England, on Sunday.
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Former Reform U.K. Politician Sent to Prison for Taking Pro-Russia Bribes
Nathan Gill arriving for sentencing at the Old Bailey court in London on Friday.
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At Least 52 Kidnapped From Nigeria School in Second Mass Abduction This Week
Police officers outside a school in Kebbi, Nigeria, where children were kidnapped on Monday. An attack early Friday happened in the neighboring state of Niger.
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Satellite Data Reveals How the U.S. Navy Is Deployed Near Venezuela
The guided-missile destroyer Gravely leaving a port in Trinidad and Tobago in late October. It is among several U.S. Navy vessels sailing near the coast of Venezuela.
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Before Berlin’s Cowboys Are Booted Off Their Land, One Final Hoedown
Ukraine, U.S. Meet About Trump’s Peace Plan to End War With Russia
Amid GPS and Ride-Hailing, the Allure of London’s Black Cab Endures
Who Chanel and Louis Vuitton Have Called When Making Woven Leather Bags
Denmark’s Migration Model
Stopping the Greatest Threat to the Amazon, One Fire at a Time
Germans Are Going Off Beer. That’s Forcing Brewers to Adapt or Go Bust.