Paris, Despite Terrorism Scars, Prepares an Olympic Opening Without Walls
The Place de la Concorde in Paris is one of the sites where construction work for the Olympics is taking place.
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Voice of Baceprot Wins Fans With Songs of Girl Power
The heavy metal band Voice of Baceprot during a concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, in December.
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A Novelist Who Finds Inspiration in Germany’s Tortured History
Jenny Erpenbeck in her study in Berlin last year.
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Suddenly, Chinese Spies Seem to Be Popping Up All Over Europe
The Chinese Embassy in Berlin. Arrests this week in Germany and Britain suggest not so much that Beijing has ramped up espionage work but that European countries have stepped up their response.
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Putin’s War Will Soon Reach Russians’ Tax Bills
The Victory Day parade last May in Moscow. Russia is allocating nearly a third of its overall 2024 budget to military spending.
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Israel’s Military Campaign Has Left Gaza’s Medical System Near Collapse
Palestinians receiving treatment at a hospital in Deir al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, this month.
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Blinken to Return to Israel to Discuss Hostages and Planned Rafah Incursion
A damaged house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
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When U.S. Officials Visit China, Their Food Choices Are Closely Watched
Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant in Shanghai on Wednesday.
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Why Gaza Protests on U.S. College Campuses Have Become So Contagious
The Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the Columbia University campus in New York on Thursday.
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Save the Children Says Its Guatemala Offices Were Searched Over Abuse Claims
Police officers standing guard on the perimeter of a Save the Children office in Guatemala.
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King Charles to Resume Public Duties Amid Cancer Treatment
King Charles III, center, and Queen Camilla, left, at a church service in March. “Doctors are sufficiently pleased with the progress made so far that the king is now able to resume a number of public-facing duties,” Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
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Resignation of Vietnam’s Parliament Chief Stirs Fresh Political Chaos
Vuong Dinh Hue, the chairman of Vietnam’s National Assembly, submitted his resignation on Friday after it was found that he violated Communist Party regulations.
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At F.C. Porto, a Toxic Presidential Race Feels Typical for 2024
Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, the past, present and (most likely) future president of F.C. Porto.
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Aid Flows to Gaza Are Rising, U.N. says, but More Is Needed
Children carrying pots of food received from volunteers this month in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, where the threat of famine is greatest.
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Heat Wave in Gaza Challenges Pharmacists Ability to Store Medicine
“Fifty percent of the medicines for chronic diseases are not available because we do not have any source of power to keep them cool,” said Mohammed Fayyad.
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Hamas Says It Is Reviewing Israel’s Cease-Fire Proposal for Gaza
Mourning Palestinians killed overnight in an Israeli airstrike, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
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Russia Bombs Power Plants and Ukraine Targets Refineries in Dueling Attacks
Residents and police officers inspecting a crater at the site of a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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Alberta Draws Academia Into Its Fight With Justin Trudeau
The premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, in Edmonton on Monday.
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Beneath London, Tunnels and Bomb Shelters to Become Tourist Attractions
The new owner of a tunnel complex under London wants to attract millions of tourists a year.
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After Israel Aid Vote, Pocan Seeks to Show Biden Liberal Dismay on Gaza
Representative Mark Pocan at a town hall in Dodgeville, Wis., one of several he held recently in his district.
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Judge in Sept. 11 Case Visits Former C.I.A. Black Site
Detainees look out from fenced-in areas as a guard closes a door in Camp Echo 1 detention facility on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in November 2008.
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Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Railways and Vows to Slow Arrival of U.S. Aid
Firefighters working in the rubble of a building on Friday after Russian strikes in Derhachi, Ukraine.
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Exxon Mobil and Chevron Report Lower Earnings
An Exxon Mobil oil refinery in Baytown, Texas.
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Police Arrest Rabbis Demanding Cease-Fire at Rally Near Gaza-Israel Border
Israeli police officers with members of the protest group in southern Israel on Friday.
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A Baby Born in Gaza After Her Mother Was Killed Has Died
An uncle of a girl who was born after a strike in southern Gaza mourned by her grave in Rafah on Friday.
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Treasures From the Titanic Are Up for Auction, Exciting Collectors
Tony Probst in his home with a ticket for Hilda Maria Hellstrom, a passenger on the Titanic.
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Ukraine Is Denying Consular Services to Men Outside the Country
Ukrainian border guards along the Tisa River, delineating the Ukrainian-Romanian border, in April. Men between 18 and 60 were prohibited from leaving the country after Russia’s invasion.
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In Western Ukraine, a Community Wrestles With Patriotism or Survival
Aghaphia Vyshyvana lighting a candle in memory of her two sons, Vasyl and Kyrylo Vyshyvany, who died fighting in the war in 2022, in Khodoriv, Ukraine, last month.
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Xi and Blinken Trade Small Nods Over a Large Gap
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meeting China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday.
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The Harley Riders With a Taste for Tea and Apple Strudel
Harley-Davidson riders in North Queensland, Australia, in 2006.
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Friday Briefing
Demonstrators outside of the Supreme Court on Thursday.
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What Is a ‘Decent Wage’? France’s Michelin Raises a Debate.
A Michelin factory in Clermont-Ferrand, France, where the company has its headquarters.
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U.S. Army Begins Building Floating Aid Pier off Gaza
A U.S. Army vessel assisting in the construction of a floating pier.
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Friday Briefing: Supreme Court Hears Trump Immunity Case
Demonstrators protested outside of the Supreme Court.
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Far-Right Greek Party Is Banned From E.U. Parliament Elections
A kiosk in Kalamata, Greece, was decorated with a poster for the far-right party Spartans that included a picture of Ilias Kasidiaris, the former Golden Dawn spokesman who is in jail.
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Gaza Authorities Say More Bodies Were Discovered in Mass Grave
Gazans and health workers seeking to identify bodies unearthed at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
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Israel’s Claim of Killing ‘Half’ of Hezbollah Commanders in Lebanon Draws Skepticism
Residents of the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab near debris after the funeral of a Hezbollah fighter this month.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Considers Resignation Amid Wife’s Investigation
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain in Madrid on Wednesday. He wrote in a public letter that accusations against his wife were false.
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Venice Implements Entry Fee to Deter Tourists
A worker checking tickets on Thursday for entering the city of Venice in front of the Santa Lucia train station.
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Ariel Henry Resigns as Prime Minister as Haiti Installs Ruling Council
Michel Patrick Boisvert, center, was named acting prime minister on Thursday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, replacing Ariel Henry, who resigned.
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100 Pilot Whales Are Rescued After Mass Stranding in Australia
Long-finned pilot whales stranded at Toby’s Inlet, near Dunsborough in Western Australia on Thursday.
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Sheppie Abramowitz, Who Advocated Relief for Refugees, Dies at 88
Sheppie Abramowitz in her office at the International Rescue Committee in Washington in 1999. She spent her adult life helping refugees across the world.
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Deadly Rains and Floods Sweep Cities Across East Africa
Floods caused by torrential rains destroyed a house at the Mathare shantytown in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday.
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Ukraine Could Use Long-Range ATACMS to Hit Russian Targets in Crimea, U.S. Says
A handout image from the U.S. Army showing an Army Tactical Missile Systems live fire test at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in 2021.
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WADA Names Special Prosecutor in Chinese Doping Case
Chinese swimmers who had tested positive for a banned drug won five medals at the Tokyo Olympics.
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What to Know About the Breakup of Scotland’s Coalition Government
The Scottish first minister, Humza Yousaf, announced in Edinburgh on Thursday that the Scottish National Party would withdraw from the country’s coalition governing agreement.
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U.S. to Withdraw Troops From Chad
A U.S. Special Forces trainer leading Chadian soldiers during an exercise in Ndjamena, Chad, in 2017.
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A Chinese Firm Is America’s Favorite Drone Maker. Except in Washington.
A DJI drone flying supplies to a search and rescue team during a training exercise in Ogden, Utah, this month.
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Iran Sentences Prominent Rapper to Death, Lawyer Says
A poster of the rapper Toomaj Salehi at a February 2023 rally in Paris on the 44th anniversary of the Iranian revolution.
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Macron, Battling Far Right at Home, Pushes for Stronger E.U.
“We are too slow and not ambitious enough,” President Emmanuel Macron of France said in his speech on Thursday.
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Moulin Rouge’s Windmill Blades Fall Off in Paris
Workers cleaned up the collapsed windmill in front of the Moulin Rouge on Thursday morning.
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U.N. Official Says ‘Every Day Counts’ in Aid Efforts for Gaza
Carrying aid packages collected from a drop over the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
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Ukraine and Russia’s Battle Over the Town of Chasiv Yar, Explained
A woman transported humanitarian aid to her home in the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region in January.
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Blinken’s Visit to China: What to Know
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with Chen Jining, the Communist Party secretary for Shanghai, on Thursday.
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Antony Blinken Visits China
The U.S. secretary of state, Antony J. Blinken, walked with Nicholas Burns, the U.S. ambassador to China, through the Yu Gardens in Shanghai on Wednesday.
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‘The Interview’ Podcast: Yair Lapid