‘I’m Here! Can You Hear Me?’: One Family’s Story of Death in Gaza
After a two-month truce, Israel resumed bombing in mid-March, destroying buildings like this one in central Gaza City, in March.
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Myanmar Military Fires on Chinese Red Cross Convoy in Quake Zone
Members of the Chinese Red Cross during a rescue operation in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Monday, in a photo released by Chinese state media.
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Angola Rail Line Offers Clues to Trump’s Africa Policy
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. discussed the Lobito Corridor railway project with African leaders in Angola in December. President João Lourenço of Angola was sitting to Mr. Biden’s left.
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Bangkok Building Collapse Leads to Scrutiny of Chinese Company
The site of the toppled building in Bangkok on Tuesday.
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Israel Announces Plans to Seize ‘Large Areas’ of Gaza as It Expands Offensive Against Hamas
The site of a strike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
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Desperation Grows in Gaza as U.N. Shutters Bakeries
A shuttered bakery after it ran out of flour in Gaza City on Tuesday.
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Death Sentences Commuted for 3 Americans Over Failed Congo Coup
Benjamin Zalman-Polun, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson waiting to hear the court verdict in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in September.
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23 More Women Come Forward With Allegations Against Serial Rapist
A photo made available by the London police of an apartment used by Zou Zhenhao. The court heard he would lure women to his apartments, drug them and rape them.
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Heathrow Was Warned of Power Supply Vulnerabilities, Airlines Advocate Says
Firefighters dousing flames at an electrical substation, about a mile from Heathrow, that caught fire last month. The blaze cut off power to the airport for almost an entire day.
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France’s Parliament Is Set to Debate Changing Rape Law to Include Consent
Pressure to change France’s rape law increased after the Pelicot trial. One poster showing her image says: “Survivors, fighters, together.”
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Senators Denounce Trump Administration’s Response to Myanmar Quake
China and Russia have sent rescue and relief teams to Myanmar in the wake of an earthquake that killed hundreds of people.
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Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP
A delivery of heating oil in Farmington, Me., in 2023. The program, known as LIHEAP, also helps to cover bills for cooling in summer.
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Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study Finds
Preparing a shingles vaccine in Carol Stream, Ill.
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A Remote Spot in Saudi Arabia Won’t be Remote for Long
Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, features sandstone and granite formations.
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Already Seen Kyoto? Expand Your Itinerary in Japan.
Monks performing morning rites in Koyasan, Japan.
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Travelers Call Supermarket Tourism a Key Part of Any Trip
Keith Crockford, the chief executive of the Bucket List Company, in a local Indian supermarket in the English county of Devon, where he lives.
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Fire Briefly Disrupts Heathrow Airport Train Service
The Paddington railway station in London in March.
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Wednesday Briefing
Jimmy Patronis, a Republican, won the race to replace Matt Gaetz in the First Congressional District in Florida.
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Wednesday Briefing: An Elections Test for Trump
Voters in Wisconsin, yesterday.
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More than 230 People Infected With Norovirus on Luxury Cruise Ship
The Queen Mary 2 is the flagship ocean liner of Cunard Lines.
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Immigration Officials Detain Former Taliban Ambassador to Spain
Mohammad Rahim Wahidi was detained at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
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Venezuelan Migrants Ask Supreme Court to Block Deportations
A photograph released by El Salvador’s government showed U.S. deportees arriving at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, last month.
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Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s directive said that starting immediately, consular officers must refer certain student and exchange-visitor visa applicants to the fraud prevention unit for a mandatory social media check, according to two American officials.
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Coming, but at a Cost to U.S. Alliances
President Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Sunday, after spending the weekend at his private residence at Mar-a-Lago.
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Fourth U.S. Soldier Is Found Dead in Lithuania
A woman at a shrine in Lithuania for three U.S. soldiers who were found dead earlier this week. The body of a fourth soldier was found in Lithuania on Tuesday.
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U.N. Accuses Israel of Killing 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza
The funeral for people who were killed in Gaza last month, marked by the logo of the Palestinian Red Crescent aid group in Khan Younis, on Monday.
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‘I Am Disgusted’: Le Pen Voters Voice Outrage Over Her Conviction
Some of Marine Le Pen’s constituents watch her responding to her conviction for embezzlement, in Café de la Paix, Hénin-Beaumont, France on Monday.
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Italy Tightens Citizenship Rules Amid Influx of Applications
Until last week, anyone who had an Italian ancestor who was alive after the country was formed in 1861 could seek citizenship.
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Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women
Waiting for a contraceptive implant procedure at a clinic in Epworth, Zimbabwe, in November.
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Netanyahu Drops Nominee for Spy Chief After Backlash
Eli Sharvit, a former commander of Israel’s navy, is being passed over for the country’s top intelligence job.
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SpaceX Puts Humans in Orbit Over Earth’s Poles for the First Time
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching on Monday night in Florida with four private astronauts.
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Pope Francis’ Health Continues to Improve, Vatican Says
Pope Francis made a brief public appearance last month, greeting well-wishers from a hospital balcony, before returning to the Vatican.
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Hooters Files for Bankruptcy, but Its Restaurants Will Stay Open
Hooters restaurants around the country will continue operating during the bankruptcy proceedings. As the company said on a site explaining the transaction, “It’s always hang time at Hooters.”
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A Symbol of Mandalay’s Rapid Growth Comes Crashing Down in Earthquake
Rescue teams working to save residents trapped under the rubble of a Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Sunday.
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U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Pursuing Activists Abroad
Dong Jingwei, the director of Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, speaking during an event last year.
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China’s Military Exercises Around Taiwan Enter Second Day
A photo released by the Taiwan Defense Ministry showed what it said was the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong sailing in waters off Taiwan on Monday.
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Tuesday Briefing
President Trump told NBC News he was “not joking” about the possibility of a third term in office, which the Constitution prohibits.
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There’s No Party Like an Iftar Party for Bangladesh’s Aspiring Leaders
Muslims preparing meals for iftar at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in March.
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As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening
Waiting to break the Ramadan fast this month at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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The UK Government Wouldn’t Ban Smartphones in Schools. These Parents Stepped Up.
Daisy Greenwell, right, and her husband, Joe Ryrie, center, in their home office in Suffolk, England, this month. They work with a small staff, including Nancy Waters, an operations manager, to run the Smartphone Free Childhood campaign.
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Israel’s Military Strikes Near Beirut, Killing at Least 4
A damaged building near Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday.
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South Korea’s President Will Learn His Fate on Friday
The impeached president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, greeting supporters in Seoul last month.
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U.A.E. Sentences Three People to Death for Killing an Israeli Rabbi
The coffin of Rabbi Zvi Kogan during his funeral last year in Kfar Chabad, near Tel Aviv.
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U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at Guantánamo
The administration has sent fewer than 400 men, at least half of them Venezuelans, to the base since February as part of President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Le Pen’s Embezzlement Charges and What They Mean for France’s Democracy
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Rally, leaving her party’s headquarters in Paris on Monday.
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Prince Harry Resigns From Charity Amid Board Dispute: What to Know
Prince Harry at a Sentebale charity event in London in 2019.
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A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss
Greenpeace representatives outside the courthouse in Mandan, N.D., where the jury ruled against the environmental organization this month.
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Marine Le Pen’s Embezzlement Conviction: What to Know and What’s Next
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen leaving the courtroom in Paris Monday.
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Investigating a Sprawling Money Laundering Network
The Times reporter Selam Gebrekidan recently traveled to Sihanoukville, Cambodia, where she reported on scamming and money laundering.
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As Rescuers Work at Collapsed Bangkok Building, Those Who Found Love There Await News
Rescue operations in Bangkok on Monday, when the so-called golden window — the 72 hours in which survival is most likely — closed.
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Why Did Israel Break the Cease-Fire in Gaza? What to Know About the Attacks
Betty Webb, Who Helped Bletchley Park Code Breakers, Dies at 101
Tuesday Briefing: A Shock Ruling in France
China’s New Barges Reveal How it Might Try to Seize Taiwan
Druse Militia Refuse to Join Syria’s New Army