The Putin Confidant Who Pushed Back Against Russia’s War in Ukraine
Dmitri N. Kozak, then a deputy prime minister of Russia, in 2019. Early in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he was a rare voice of dissent.
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Iran’s President Says He Can’t Make ‘Miracles’ to Solve the Country’s Woes
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran attending a protest in Tehran in June after the U.S. attacks on nuclear sites in Iran.
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Over 1,000 Were Killed in Attack on Camp in Darfur, Sudan, U.N. Says
People displaced in April after attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on the Zamzam camp in North Darfur, Sudan. A revised toll is over three times as great as earlier estimates.
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At Tokyo Zoo, Visitors Worry Pandas Could Be China’s Next Target
Visitors watching Lei Lei, one of the Ueno Zoo’s two giant pandas, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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Australia to Crack Down on Hate Speech After Bondi Beach Attack
New South Wales police officers escorting the hearse carrying Rabbi Eli Schlanger after his funeral in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday.
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Australia Mourns the Youngest Victim of the Bondi Beach Shooting
A mourner carrying a balloon bearing Matilda’s name and an illustration of a bee, an insect she was known to love, before her funeral in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday.
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Australian Police Detain 7 on Suspicion of Planning a ‘Violent Act’
Seven men were detained in the police operation in the Liverpool neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, on Thursday.
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Nigeria Closes Lead Recycling Factories Linked to U.S. Car Industry
Collecting soil samples at True Metals, in Ogijo, Nigeria, on Tuesday.
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Zelensky Appeals to E.U. Leaders for Frozen Russian Funds to Fight War
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke during a news conference on Thursday as part of the European Council meeting in Brussels Thursday.
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French Doctor Sentenced to Life for Fatally Poisoning 12 People
Frédéric Péchier, a former anesthesiologist, outside a courthouse in France this week.
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Trump Revised Chevron’s Venezuela Deal. Maduro’s Oil Trader Profited.
A statue outside Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA headquarters in Caracas.
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Christian Turner Is Appointed New UK Ambassador to US
Christian Turner, right, will become the next British ambassador to the United States after his predecessor was dismissed over his links to the financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Putin’s Year-End News Conference Set for Friday
A digital screen in Moscow promoting President Vladimir V. Putin’s year-end televised phone-in and news conference.
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Birthrates Are Falling, but Don’t Blame Dogs in Strollers
Strolling in Seoul. A South Korean official said young couples were choosing pets over children, but it might not be that simple.
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Peter Arnett, Pulitzer-Winning War Correspondent, Dies at 91
Peter Arnett in Vietnam in 1967. His war coverage there earned him a Pulitzer Prize.
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Israel Approves $37 Billion Deal to Deliver Gas to Egypt
The Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel’s northern coast. Gas is vital to Israel’s economy, typically accounting for about 70 percent of electric power generation.
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Trump’s Claim That Venezuela ‘Stole’ U.S. Oil Fields Sets Off a Nationalist Reaction
Derricks in the Maracaibo oil fields of Venezuela in the early 20th century. American oil companies invested millions of dollars in the region, generating profits that flowed to the United States, rather than Venezuela.
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Canada’s Population Shrinks Amid Tightened Immigration
International students and others lining up for buses in Brampton, Canada, where many students and temporary workers from India have settled.
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A Militant’s Transformation
Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former rebel commander and now president of Syria.
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Finland Apologizes to China, Japan and South Korea for Racist Gesture
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo of Finland apologized after lawmakers in the country’s most prominent anti-immigration party and a beauty queen made similar gestures that mocked Asians.
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Two U.K. Police Forces Pledge to Arrest People Who Chant ‘Globalize the Intifada’
A demonstration in London in support of Palestinians after a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
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More Than 2,000 Dinosaur Footprints Are Found in the Italian Alps
Dinosaurs once roamed the earth, including, it seems, in this spot in Italy.
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Bondi Beach Shooting Is a Reminder of ISIS’s Power to Inspire Attacks
Paramedics wheel away a wounded man at the scene of the mass shooting in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.
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South Africa Arrests Workers Processing U.S. Refugee Applications
South Africans rallying in support of President Trump outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, in February.
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UK Rejoins EU’s Erasmus Student Exchange Program That It Left After Brexit
Students taking part in the Erasmus exchange program arriving in Gdansk, Poland, in May 2019.
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Grief Mixes With Anger at Funeral of Rabbi Killed in Bondi Beach Attack
Mourners arriving at the Chabad of Bondi on Wednesday for the funeral of Eli Schlanger, in Sydney, Australia.
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On Bali, the Holiday Vibe Masks Memories of a Massacre
A graveyard on the Indonesian island of Bali where some of the victims of anti-Communist killings in the 1960s are believed to have been buried.
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Trump Orders Blockade of Some Oil Tankers to and From Venezuela
Oil tankers anchored in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2021. Venezuela relies entirely on tankers to export its oil to world markets.
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India Charges Pakistan-Based Groups in April Terrorist Attack in Kashmir
People mourn one of the victims killed in an attack in Pahalgam, Indian-administered part of Kashmir, in April.
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ISIS and the Bondi Beach Attack
A memorial at Bondi Beach yesterday.
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Sydney Attackers Motivated by “Islamic State Ideology,” Officials Say
The family of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in the attack on Sunday, at a memorial service on Tuesday in Bondi Beach.
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US Boat Strikes Shift to Pacific, Placing Colombia on Watch
Video images posted by the U.S. Southern Command on Monday showed what the U.S. military said were strikes on three narcotrafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Rome’s New Subway Stops Are Part Museum, Part Station
Ancient Roman findings displayed inside of the new subway station Colosseo, in Rome on Tuesday.
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Ukraine Plan Calls For Enhanced Military, With U.S. and European Backup
Ukrainian soldiers during a live-fire training exercise at a military training ground in the Dnipro region this month.
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Mark Carney Caught in Canada’s British Spelling Debate
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking in Ottawa last week. As a former leader of England’s central bank Mr. Carney spent years exposed to British English.
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U.S. Is Seeking Exemption From a European Climate Law, Officials Say
A liquified natural gas tanker. This year the Trump administration signed a deal with the European Union in which Europe pledged to buy American gas in exchange for tariff relief.
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Rwanda-Backed Militia Says It Will Withdraw From Key City in Congo
Militants fighting with the Congolese government surrendered weapons to the Rwanda-backed M23 militia in Uvira, Congo, on Monday.
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France Passes Welfare Budget Law, Giving Government Rare Win
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, at France’s National Assembly on Tuesday, seems to have succeeded after a false start.
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Australia, After a Mass Shooting During Hanukkah, Looks for a Path Forward
A memorial service outside the Bondi Pavilion on Tuesday for the victims of the attack in Sydney, Australia.
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Trinidad and Tobago Sides With U.S. in Battle Against Venezuela, Military Tool Suggests
A U.S. radar at the A.N.R. Robinson International Airport in Trinidad and Tobago.
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10-Year-Old Killed in Russia School Stabbing
Police officers at the entrance of a school in the Moscow region after a stabbing on Tuesday.
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Australia Doubles Down on Gun Control in Wake of Bondi Beach Shooting
A memorial in Sydney on Tuesday. The shooting, which left at least 15 dead and scores of others injured, has forced a hard look at gun control in Australia.
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Man Who Plowed Car Into Liverpool F.C. Parade Is Sentenced to 21 Years
Water Street in Liverpool, England, in May, after a car rammed into people gathered for a parade.
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Zelensky Expresses Wary Optimism About Russia-Ukraine Peace Plan
Damage after bombing in Kostiantynivka, eastern Ukraine, this year.
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Heroic Bondi Beach Bystander’s Immigrant Background Is a Balm for Some Australians
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia visiting Ahmed el Ahmed on Tuesday.
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Brigitte Macron, First Lady of France, Says Sorry for Slur Against Feminist Activists
Brigitte Macron in Paris this month. Despite saying sorry for her comments, she also said that she did not regret them. “I am indeed the wife of the president of the Republic, but I am also, above all, myself,” she said.
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Free Nigerian Students Recount Mass Kidnapping
Europe’s Fight Over Russian Assets Is Testing Its Ability to Support Ukraine
Suspect in Bondi Beach Killings Is Charged With Murder and Terrorism
The German Chancellor Betting on America
Dashcam Footage Shows Couple Confronting a Suspected Bondi Beach Gunman