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Middle East Crisis: Blinken Will Travel to Mideast Again as Cease-Fire Talks Restart

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said in Manila on Monday that he would visit Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week.

Afghanistan’s Drought in Photos: Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs

Hong Kong Adopts Sweeping Security Laws, Bowing to Beijing

Lawmakers in Hong Kong passed sweeping new security laws on Tuesday.

2nd Photo by Princess Kate Is Flagged as Edited Amid Scrutiny of U.K. Royals

Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been at the center of a maelstrom of speculation in Britain and elsewhere.

What to Know About Hong Kong’s Article 23 Legislation

Pro-democracy activists at a candlelight vigil at a downtown Hong Kong park in 2003. Public pressure that year forced city leaders to back down on a package of security laws known as Article 23 legislation.

How Anti-Immigrant Anger Has Divided a Small Irish Town

Maria Phelan, right, chatting last month with locals at a protest camp outside the Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea, Ireland. Demonstrators have gathered there since January to protest the housing of immigrants in their town.

Senegal’s 2024 Election: What to Know

Israel Faces Tough Balancing Act on Russia and the West

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with President Vladimir V. Putin in Jerusalem in 2020. Mr. Putin has been a vocal critic of Israel over its war in Gaza.

Putin Urges Russians to Unite on Ukraine War

Thousands of Russians gathered on Red Square in Moscow on Monday, a day after Vladimir V. Putin was declared the winner of a stage-managed presidential election.

Putin’s Orchestrated Election Leaves Russians With No Other Choices

Voters at a polling station in Moscow on Sunday, as part of a protest against President Vladimir V. Putin.

Gambia Votes to Overturn Landmark Ban on Female Genital Cutting

Protesters outside the National Assembly in the capital of Gambia on Monday hold signs asking legislators not to repeal the law banning female genital cutting.

Pakistani Airstrikes in Afghanistan Kill at Least 8, Taliban Officials Say

Security officials searching vehicles in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Monday following the strikes by Pakistan.

Haiti’s Hospitals Survived Cholera and Covid. Gangs Are Closing Them.

An older woman was carried off the street this month in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where gang violence has forced the closure of more than half of the city’s medical facilities.

Who Australia Caught When It Went Looking for Chinese Spies

Di Sanh Duong at his warehouse in December in Melbourne, Australia.

Brazil Police Recommend Criminal Charges Against Bolsonaro

Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro at a rally in São Paulo, Brazil, in February.

Shohei Ohtani Drives Huge Ticket Demand Across MLB

Shohei Ohtani joined the Los Angeles Dodgers this off-season, signing a 10-year, $700 million contract.

The M.L.B. Season Opens in South Korea. Here’s What to Know.

Ohtani Makes South Korean Fans Forget Rivalry With Japan

Shohei Ohtani during an exhibition game at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Sunday.

Walter Massey, a Physicist With a Higher Calling

Walter Massey outside his home in Chicago’s Hyde Park. “I’m a physicist,” he said. “And I don’t say, ‘I used to be.’”

Tuesday Briefing

Putin stated that the war in Ukraine will continue to dominate his rule in front of thousands of Russians at Red Square in Moscow on Monday.

All but 7 Countries on Earth Have Air Pollution Above WHO Standard

Dhaka in Bangladesh is consistently ranked one of the world’s most polluted cities.

Canada Lawmakers Back Motion Meant to Help Bring Peace to Gaza

A rally to call for a cease-fire in Gaza in Ottawa, Canada, this month.

Israel Raids Al-Shifa Hospital Again; Netanyahu to Send Team for Talks in D.C.

Palestinian children waiting in line last month in Beit Lahia, Gaza, for food provided by donors.

Tuesday Briefing: Putin’s Victory Spectacle

Russian incumbent President Vladimir Putin addresses the crowd at a rally in Red Square in Moscow on Monday.

Who Was Marwan Issa, the Hamas Commander Killed by Israel?

There are few photos of Marwan Issa, the senior-most Hamas leader killed by Israel since the start of the war. An official in the group’s military wing, he kept a low profile.

Pandemic Lockdowns Had Varied Effects on Wildlife

Israeli Negotiators Head to Qatar for Cease-Fire Talks, Officials Say

In Tel Aviv this month, people held photos of a hostage believed to have been taken during the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on Oct. 7. Some Israelis say their government is not doing enough to secure the captives’ release.

Famine Is ‘Imminent’ in Northern Gaza, Report Warns

Palestinian children waiting in line for food provided by donors in Deir al Balah, Gaza, in February.

In Seoul, Blinken Warns of Disinformation Threat to Democracies

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke about threats to global security posed by A.I.-generated disinformation at the Summit for Democracy in Seoul on Monday.

Monday Briefing

President Vladimir Putin said the election results reflected “internal consolidation” that would allow Russia to “act effectively at the front line” in Ukraine.

Storing Renewable Energy, One Balloon at a Time

A carbon dioxide storage prototype built by Energy Dome in Ottana, Sardinia.

What Meltdown? Crypto Comes Roaring Back in the Philippines.

Customers at an internet cafe in Quezon City, Philippines, can play games that reward players with cryptocurrency tokens.

Five Takeaways From Putin’s Win in Russia

President Vladimir Putin said the election results reflected “internal consolidation” that would let Russia “act effectively at the front line” in Ukraine.

Steve Harley, ‘Make Me Smile’ Singer, Dies at 73

Steve Harley formed the band Cockney Rebel in the early 1970s.

Putin Wins Russian Presidential Election

A presidential election poster in Moscow on Sunday.

Netanyahu Rejects Schumer Call for Israeli Election

An Israeli tank moving near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Sunday.

Putin Breaks Silence on Navalny’s Death, Calling It an ‘Unfortunate Incident’

On Sunday, Mr. Putin made his first public remarks about Aleksei A. Navalny’s death.

Monday Briefing: Putin Extends His Rule

Voters lined up outside a polling station in Moscow at noon on Sunday, part of a protest against Vladimir Putin.

Niger Orders American Troops to Leave Its Territory

American and Nigerien flags at an air base in Agadez, Niger. The Biden administration formally acknowledged last October what most countries had already concluded: that the military takeover in Niger last July was a coup.

Navalny’s Widow Votes in Berlin

Gaza Aid Chef, José Andrés, Calls for Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire

World Central Kitchen is the only aid group that has successfully delivered aid directly to Gaza by sea.

Russia Says It Shot Down Ukrainian Drones, Debris Caused Oil Refinery Fire

Damage on Sunday in Belgorod, Russia.

Long Lines of Russian Voters Signal Discontent With Putin’s Tenure

Voters lined up outside a polling station in Moscow on Sunday.

Iceland Volcano Erupts in Plumes of Fire With Little Notice

Lava flowed from a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Saturday, in a handout photograph released by the Icelandic Coast Guard.

Russians Know Putin Will Be Re-Elected, but Many Worry What Comes Next

Some Russian voters are concerned that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may introduce new economic measures after the voting.

Gaza Receives First Sea-Borne Aid Amid Fears About Security and Malnutrition

The Open Arms ship towing a barge loaded with food off the coast of Gaza on Friday. The supplies were successfully offloaded for distribution in the territory.

Rebellious Russians Stage Daring Attacks From Ukraine on Russian Soil

Russian soldiers who are fighting for Ukraine gather in a farmhouse on Thursday near the Russian border as they prepare for an assault.

U.N. Documents More Than 24 Attacks on Gazans Waiting for Aid Since January

Palestinians who were wounded by Israeli gunfire while waiting for aid, according to health officials, rest on beds at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza this month.

In Paris, the Olympics Clean Up Their Act

Construction in Place de la Concorde.

India’s 2024 Multiphase Election: What to Know

In Search of Spring

A Financial Crisis May Jeopardize Local News in Most of Atlantic Canada

A lender has asked a court to dissolve Atlantic Canada’s leading news media company.

In Occupied Ukraine, Soldiers and Poll Workers Collect Votes for Putin

Members of a local election commission, accompanied by a soldier, prepared a mobile polling station for early voting in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region of Ukraine on Thursday.

Chile’s Deadliest Wildfire Is Said to Have Been Made Worse by a Lack of Water

Ariel Orellana with a photo of his sister, Anastasia, who was killed in the fire, along with their mother. Forensic experts identified her remains a week after the fire.

Gazans Struggle to Celebrate Ramadan: ‘Practically Fasting for Months’

A Palestinian family in Deir al Balah in the central Gaza Strip prepared on Monday to break fast on the first day of Ramadan in the ruins of their family house.

For Ytasha Womack, the Afrofuture is Now

Ytasha Womack, a screenwriter on “Niyah and the Multiverse,” currently playing at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, is the author of numerous works including “Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration.”

Was He Secretly Working for China? This Is What He Told Us.

Di Sanh Duong in December at his office in Melbourne, Australia.

What the Philippines Is Doing About South China Sea Tensions

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines and Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany this past week at the chancellery in Berlin.

Court Temporarily Halts S.E.C.’s New Climate Rules

The rules have been challenged by industry as too restrictive, but also by environmentalists as not strong enough.

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