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Rubio Meets Saudi Crown Prince for Talks on Gaza and Ukraine
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday.
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John
on February 2025
European Leaders Meet to Discuss Ukraine War as Trump Officials Prepare For Russia Peace Talks
President Emmanuel Macron of France, right, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Monday.
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John
on February 2025
Trump’s Threats Against Canada Upend Conservative’s Playbook
Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party, has been endorsed by people close to President Trump — a double-edged sword in Canada.
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John
on February 2025
Israel Says It Will Keep Troops ‘Temporarily’ in 5 Points in Lebanon
Israeli soldiers on patrol in southern Lebanon, on Monday.
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on February 2025
South African Imam and Gay Rights Advocate is Shot Dead
Muhsin Hendricks, in Cape Town in 2016.
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John
on February 2025
Trump’s USAID Cuts Halt Agent Orange Victims Program in Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diem, an Agent Orange victim in southern Vietnam.
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John
on February 2025
Pope Francis Will Remain in Hospital for ‘Complex’ Clinical Issue
A statue of Pope John Paul II in front of the Rome hospital where Pope Francis was admitted on Friday with bronchitis.
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John
on February 2025
How Can the Russia-Ukraine War End? A Guide to a Possible Peace Deal
Ukrainian special forces during training exercises in the Donbas region on Thursday.
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John
on February 2025
Keir Starmer Offers to Send U.K. Troops to Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s statement came on the eve of an emergency meeting of European leaders in Paris on Monday to discuss the war in Ukraine.
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John
on February 2025
Palestinian Displacement in the West Bank Is Highest Since 1967, Experts Say
Palestinians leave their homes for safety during a raid Tuesday by the Israeli army in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
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John
on February 2025
Pritam Singh, Singapore Opposition Leader, Found Guilty of Lying Under Oath
Pritam Singh, the head of the Workers’ Party, is the first opposition leader in Singapore to be formally designated as such.
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John
on February 2025
South Korea Bans Downloads of DeepSeek, the Chinese A.I. App
DeepSeek has rocketed to the top of app store charts around the world since its release last month.
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John
on February 2025
South Korean Actress Kim Sae-ron Is Found Dead
The South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron at the Seoul Central District Court in 2023.
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John
on February 2025
Zakia Jafri, Who Sought Justice for Victims of Indian Riots, Dies at 86
Zakia Jafri in 2015. Her husband was hacked to death in his home in 2002 as the rest of his family sought safety from a mob.
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John
on February 2025
An Invisible Medical Shortage: Oxygen
More than 370 million people worldwide need oxygen as part of their medical care each year, but fewer than 1 in 3 receive it, according to a new report on the shortage.
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John
on February 2025
Tuesday Briefing: E.U. Discusses Security and Ukraine
President Emmanuel Macron of France, right, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany in Paris yesterday.
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John
on February 2025
Delta Plane Crashes at Toronto Airport While Landing
Emergency responders at the Delta Air Lines plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.
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John
on February 2025
Canada as the 51st State? In Electoral Terms, Trump’s Idea Favors Democrats.
Making Canada a state, according to some early studies of popular opinion and voting patterns, would almost surely cost Republicans control of the House, trim their majority in the Senate and make it harder for them to win the White House in future elections.
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John
on February 2025
The Land Ukraine Could Be Forced to Give Up to End the War
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John
on February 2025
Monday Briefing
President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, said Ukraine would reject any peace deal reached by the U.S. and Russia if it was excluded from the negotiations.
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John
on February 2025
Monday Briefing: E.U. Leaders Set to Meet on Ukraine
Ukrainian forces during training exercises in the Donbas region last week.
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John
on February 2025
German Election Spotlight Turns to Trump
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany at a campaign rally in Munich on Saturday.
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John
on February 2025
Left Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been involved in a flurry of diplomatic discussions in recent days, including with Russia’s foreign minister.
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John
on February 2025
As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight
Sudip Parikh, who leads the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in Washington in 2023.
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John
on February 2025
Trump Team Leaves European Alliance in Crisis; Macron Calls for Emergency Summit
Vice President JD Vance speaking with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
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John
on February 2025
M23 Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered Bukavu
M23 rebels advancing on Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday.
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John
on February 2025
Gold Mine Collapse in Mali Kills at Least 43
This informal gold mine in Danga, Mali, was where a landslide killed at least 10 people and left many others missing last month. On Saturday, in a different informal mine in Mali, at least 43 people died when an open pit gold mine they had gone into collapsed.
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John
on February 2025
Trump’s Ambition to Redraw the World Map Ignores Those Affected Most
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Vice President JD Vance on Friday at the Munich Security Conference.
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John
on February 2025
Volunteers Search for ISIS Kidnap Victims
Pari Ibrahim founded an organization to help Yazidis, especially women.
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John
on February 2025
She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death
Irene Mekel, who seeks medical assistance in dying, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease a year ago.
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John
on February 2025
Knife Attack Suspect in Austria Was Inspired by ISIS, Official Says
The site of a stabbing attack in Villach, Austria, on Saturday.
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John
on February 2025
Putin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe. Trump Could Grant It.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Togliatti, Russia, last month, in a photo released by the Russian state media.
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John
on February 2025
East Timor’s Challenges Two Decades After Independence
Vendors at the Taibesi market in Dili, East Timor, in September. The country’s economy remains heavily reliant on oil and gas.
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John
on February 2025
Trump’s Proposal to Expel Palestinians From Gaza Hangs Over Rubio’s Israel Trip
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Jerusalem on Sunday, The Israeli leader said he had thanked Mr. Rubio for U.S. support.
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John
on February 2025
A Pro-Ukraine Activist Is Accused by Slovakia’s Leader of Trying to Topple Him
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John
on February 2025
Shark Bites Tourist Who Was Trying to Take Photo of It
A beach in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, was the site of a shark bite.
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John
on February 2025
Israel and Hamas Make 6th Exchange, Keeping Cease-Fire Intact for Now
The three hostages, Alexander Troufanov, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Iair Horn, being handed over by Hamas as part of the cease-fire agreement with Israel, in Khan Younis, Gaza on Saturday.
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John
on February 2025
Zelensky Rejects Trump Administration Demand for Half of Ukraine’s Mineral Resources
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine last week during a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.
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John
on February 2025
Argentina’s Milei Orders Investigation After Promoting Crypto That Cratered
Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, in Buenos Aires last year.
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John
on February 2025
15 Reported Dead in Stampede at New Delhi Rail Station
Passengers jostling one another to board a train in New Delhi on Saturday.
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John
on February 2025
British Couple on World Motorcycle Tour Is Detained in Iran
Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who have been detained in Iran, in a photograph released by their family.
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John
on February 2025
Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech
Vice President JD Vance arriving in Munich on Thursday.
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John
on February 2025
Relief in Israel as Newly Released Hostages Appear to Be in Better Shape
Crowds gathered at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv to watch the televised release of three men held in Gaza on Saturday.
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John
on February 2025
Love Letters
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John
on February 2025
In D.C. Visit, Canadian Leaders Face Trump’s Tariff Hawks
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau toured a steel mill in Hamilton, Ontario, after President Trump’s latest threat to impose tariffs on steel products.
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John
on February 2025
A Closer Look at the 3 Hostages Freed by Hamas
Posters bearing the photos of the three hostages — Sagui Dekel-Chen, Sasha Troufanov and Iair Horn — who were released on Saturday.
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John
on February 2025
A Quick, Quiet Trip to Belarus Signals a Turn in U.S. Policy
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus during joint military exercises between Russia and Belarus in 2022.
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John
on February 2025
Tilted Axis Press Took a Big Risk on Translated Literature. It Paid Off.
“The kind of literature we’re publishing, it can be a risk for major publishers,” said Kristen Vida Alfaro, Tilted Axis’s publisher. “These are stories written in languages that often hadn’t been translated into English before.”
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John
on February 2025
Even in Death, Navalny Is Seen by the Kremlin as an Enduring Threat
A gathering last June at the Moscow grave of Aleksei A. Navalny, on what would have been his 48th birthday. He died in February 2024.
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John
on February 2025
Armed Bandits in Brazil Pursue New Loot: Ozempic
A video monitoring system inside a pharmacy in São Paulo.
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John
on February 2025
Have You Seen This Pilgrim? Lost in the Throngs of the Kumbh Mela.
Pilgrims showing photographs of their lost relatives at the lost-and-found center last month at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India.
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John
on February 2025
German Chancellor Scholz Rebukes Vance’s Support for Far-Right During Munich Conference
El canciller de Alemania, Olaf Scholz, en la Conferencia de Seguridad de Múnich, el sábado.
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John
on February 2025
Zelensky Says Ukraine Is Unlikely to Survive the War Without U.S. Support
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arriving at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
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John
on February 2025
Vance Shocks Europe With Support for Far Right, in Message Familiar to U.S.
Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance, the second lady, visiting the urn with the ashes of the unknown prisoner at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site outside Munich on Thursday.
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John
on February 2025
Cuts to U.S.-Backed Rights Groups Seen as a Win for China
Chinese traffic police officers walk by a U.S. flag on an embassy car in Shanghai.
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John
on February 2025
High Above Chernobyl, Workers Grapple With Ice, Fire and Nuclear Fears
The breach at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was dangerous for many reasons, mainly because it jeopardized the safety of the protective shell covering Reactor No. 4.
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John
on February 2025
Diplomats in Munich Fear Trump Is Giving Up Leverage to Putin Before Talks With Ukraine
Kaja Kallas, the top foreign policy official for the European Union, speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
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John
on February 2025
Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese Actress and Star of ‘Meteor Garden,’ Dies at 48
The actress Barbie Hsu in 2006. Fans were drawn to the relatable and resilient nature of the character she played on the hit teenage TV drama “Meteor Garden.”
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John
on February 2025
Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer
Johnson County, south of Fort Worth, has been roiled since investigators found high levels of PFAS at two cattle ranches that came from contaminated fertilizer.
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John
on February 2025
Tensions Build in Syria Between New Leaders and Kurdish-Led Militia
Kurdish fighters at a training camp in Al-Hasakah, Syria, in December.
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John
on February 2025