A Crisis at a British Steel Mill Has Cast a Shadow Over U.K.-China Relations
A view of the blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, on Monday. They are the last working blast furnaces in Britain, producing crude steel which is vital for major construction projects.
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Inside Trump’s Rushed Effort to Deport 238 Migrants
Nathali Sánchez, the wife of Arturo Suárez, a migrant sent to prison in El Salvador, with her daughter in Santiago, Chile.
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Airport Warned Repeatedly on Bird Strikes Before Fatal Jeju Air Plane Crash
A flock of birds flying near the airport at the scene of the Jeju Air plane crash in Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, in December.
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Van Gogh’s Last Painting Poses a Problem for an Idyllic French Village
Auvers-sur-Oise, long famous as an artist’s paradise, is embroiled in a dispute over “Tree Roots,” lately determined to be the final work of Vincent Van Gogh.
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Head of Kuwait Specialty Field Hospital in Gaza Says Israeli Strike Killed a Guard
Palestinians inspect the damage after Israel’s attack on the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Sunday.
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Autopsies of Slain Gaza Medics Show Some Were Shot in the Head
Members of the Palestine Red Crescent and other emergency services carrying the bodies of fellow rescuers killed by Israeli forces in March.
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Jordan Says It Foiled a Plot Against the Kingdom
King Abdullah II of Jordan. In 2021, he faced an attempted palace coup.
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France Says It Will Expel 12 Algerian Officials
Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s foreign minister, said he was “ready to act” in response to the expulsions.
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China’s Xi Courts Vietnam as Trade War With the U.S. Mounts
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, landed in Hanoi on Monday, and will also visit Malaysia and Cambodia this week.
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Trump Cracks Down on Cuba and Its Medical Missions Around the World
Cuban medical workers in Honduras last year. The team includes oncologists and cardiologists who will work in the country for two years.
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U.K. Top Court Says Trans Women Do Not Meet Legal Definition of Women Under Equality Act
Activists in Parliament Square near the Supreme Court in London on Wednesday.
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Its Journalism Challenged Autocrats. Trump Wants to Silence It.
Andrei Kuznechyk, a journalist with the Belarus service of Radio Free Europe, this month. He was released in February after three years in a Belarus prison.
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Mexico’s Reliance on U.S. Natural Gas Could Be Its Achilles’ Heel
Children playing soccer during a power outage in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in 2023. Mexico relies heavily on natural gas imported from the United States to produce electricity.
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In Toronto, the Fight to Preserve Ontario Place Turns Into a Farewell
The West Island of Ontario Place in Toronto, Canada, is being developed by a European spa company.
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Wednesday Briefing: A Trump-Harvard Showdown
Harvard University is 140 years older than the U.S.
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A U.S.-China Trade War With Students and Tourists as Potential Pawns
Tourists in central Shanghai taking photos of a historic building.
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Trump Has Mixed Emotions Toward Japan
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan received a book from Mr. Trump during a visit to the White House in February. Mr. Ishiba has tried to build a relationship with the U.S. president akin to that developed by Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister.
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Wednesday Briefing: A Trump-Harvard Showdown
Harvard University is 140 years older than the U.S.
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19 Big Cats Rescued in Spain as Police Raid Animal Smuggling Ring
The Spanish authorities released this image of a Caracal, right, confiscated with 18 other exotic felines during a police operation on Majorca.
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Sperm Donors Fathered More Than 25 Children Each, Netherlands Data Reveals
The industry has come under increased scrutiny after two scandals in the Netherlands involving sperm donors who purposely fathered hundreds of children. Jonathan Jacob Meijer, at The Hague in January, fathered more than 500 children around the world.
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How Trump Might Unwittingly Cut Emissions From Online Shopping
Shein packages ready to be shipped from a factory in Guangzhou, China, in February.
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American Airlines Will Offer Free Wi-Fi on Most Flights Next Year
American Airlines said it will partner with AT&T to offer internet access at no cost. Other major airlines already offer free Wi-Fi on their flights.
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Attackers Target Prisons in France, Burning Vehicles and Firing Shots
The Toulon-La Farlède prison near Toulon, France, which was targeted by attackers overnight Monday to Tuesday.
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In Argentina, a Boom in Antarctic Cruises Is Straining the ‘End of the World’
About 90 percent of Antarctic cruises depart from Ushuaia, Argentina. Many of those passengers will spend a night or two in town, where they may take day trips to see penguins in places like nearby Martillo Island.
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Tuesday Briefing: El Salvador Will Not Return Deportee
President Trump greeted President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador.
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Trump’s Dilemma: A Trade War That Threatens Every Other Negotiation With China
President Trump may be entering any eventual negotiations alone because he has alienated the allies who in recent years had come to a common approach to countering Chinese power.
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Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half
The memo proposes cutting funding for humanitarian assistance and global health programs by more than 50 percent, despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s pledges that lifesaving assistance would be preserved.
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China’s Halt of Critical Minerals Poses Risk for U.S. Military Programs
Rare earth minerals are present in almost every form of American defense technology. They can form very powerful magnets, for use in fighter jets, warships, missiles, tanks and lasers.
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Tuesday Briefing: El Salvador Won’t Return Deportee
President Trump greeted President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador.
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Pope Places Antoni Gaudí, ‘God’s Architect,’ on Path to Sainthood
Construction of the Sagrada Familia began in 1882, and Antoni Gaudí took over the project a year later.
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Hungary Changes Constitution to Mandate Two Genders
Demonstrators protesting the banning of the annual Pride march in Budapest last month.
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Mehul Choksi, Fugitive Jeweler Wanted by India, Is Arrested in Belgium
Mehul Choksi in Dominica, where he was arrested in 2021.
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Pete Marocco, Who Helped Gut Foreign Aid for Trump, Leaves State Department
Pete Marocco had been acting as the head of foreign aid at the State Department and would have overseen the remaining aid operations, which amount to only a fraction of those active before President Trump took office.
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Trump Calls Russia’s Strike on Sumy a ‘Mistake’
A rescue worker in Sumy, northeast Ukraine, on Sunday, after a Russian missile strike.
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When Elected Leaders Pursue Risky Policies, What Can Stop Them?
An Apple Store in New York. President Trump added some tariff exemptions for smartphones and computers late Friday.
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Military Leader Wins Presidential Election in Gabon
Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema celebrated the provisional results of Gabon’s presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Libreville on Sunday.
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With Trump’s Tariffs, Europe Fears a Flood of Cheap Goods From China
New cars in Guangzhou, China, this month. With China facing an extraordinary wall of tariffs thanks to President Trump, Europe is bracing for an influx of diverted goods.
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Why a Ukrainian Lawmaker Is Pushing to Legalize Pornography
Creators of erotic content say that their work should be decriminalized given that they are being asked to contribute to the tax rolls.
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A Small City That Lost Big in the Dominican Nightclub Tragedy
Mourners attending a Mass in honor of the people who died after a roof collapse at the Jet Set nightclub, in Haina, Dominican Republic, on Sunday.
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The Former C.I.A. Officer Capitalizing On Europe’s Military Spending Boom
Eric Slesinger, the venture capitalist at 201 Ventures, which invests in European defense start-ups.
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In Canada’s Fight With Trump, Danielle Smith Is Playing Good Cop
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at a provincial government office building in Calgary, Alberta, in February.
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Musicians Who Knew Amadou Bagayoko Pay Tribute With Their Songs
Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia in New York City in 2009, the year they performed in honor of President Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Monday Briefing: China Pauses Crucial Exports
A factory making rare earth magnets in Ganzhou, China. The country produces 90 percent of the world’s rare earth magnets.
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Ecuadorean President’s Opponent Contests His Re-election Win
Supporters of President Daniel Noboa during an election campaign event in Quito, Ecuador, in February.
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89
Mr. Vargas Llosa in 1975. He often drew derision for his free-trade principles in Latin America, ranking among the most prominent critics of leftist governments in Venezuela and Cuba.
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UK Laws Are Not ‘Fit for Social Media Age,’ Says Report Into Summer Riots
Riot police holding back protesters after disorder broke out last July in Southport, England. Violent disorder, fueled by the far right, affected several towns and cities for days after a teenager stabbed multiple children at a dance class.
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Monday Briefing: China Pauses Crucial Exports
A rare earth magnets factory in Ganzhou. China produces 90 percent of the world’s rare earth magnets.
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Italy’s Meloni Heads to Washington to Meet Trump. Will It Pay Off for Europe?
European Spa Company Therme Misrepresented Itself in an Effort to Expand Into Canada
Assad Defaced: Syrians Destroy a Dictator’s Icons
Palm Sunday Attack Leaves Sumy Residents Doubtful of a Ukraine-Russia Cease-Fire
Sandstorm Turns Iraq’s Skies Orange and Sends Thousands to Hospitals
The ‘Great Moose Migration’ Livestream Captivates Sweden
Keith Siegel, a Former Hostage, Recounts Captivity in Gaza
Santa Lives in Rovaniemi, Finland. Some of His Neighbors Are Not Thrilled.