Israel Launches New Ground Incursion in Lebanon, Raising Fears for Truce
An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon last week. Israel has conducted near-daily strikes in southern Lebanon since it agreed to a cease-fire in November.
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A Surgeon Shares What She Saw in Gaza’s Hospitals
Dr. Victoria Rose at Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip in May, in a picture distributed by the Turkish state media Anadolu Agency. “I’ve not seen this volume and this intensity before,” she said of the traumatic injuries she treated.
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French Police Raid National Rally Over Campaign Finances
Jordan Bardella, the National Rally’s president, accused the French authorities of harassment and called a raid on his party’s offices a threat to “pluralism and democratic change.”
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Wildfire on Edge of Marseille Injures More Than 100, Officials Say
People look on near the Plage des Corbieres, on the outskirts of Marseille in southern France on Tuesday.
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on July 2025
After Decades as Enemies, Syria and Israel Now Share a Common Foe
An Israeli military vehicle driving in March along the buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights.
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on July 2025
Putin Escalates His War Against Ukraine, Undeterred by Trump’s Words
Ukrainian officials collect pieces of an exploded Russian drone after multiple strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday.
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European Court Holds Russia Liable for Human Rights Violations in Ukraine and MH17 Attack
A section of Flight MH17 after it was shot down in 2014 over eastern Ukraine.
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Wildfires Scar Syria Anew
Emergency responders with the Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, near the town of Rabia, in the Latakia countryside of Syria, late Sunday.
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Former President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea Is Arrested on New Charges
Yoon Suk Yeol, former president of South Korea, arrived in court in Seoul on Wednesday for a hearing to address a new arrest warrant requested by a special prosecutor.
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South Korea Returns Stranded North Korean Fishermen
South Korea’s Unification Ministry released this photo, which it said showed fishermen returning to North Korean waters on Wednesday.
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on July 2025
Russia Makes Record Attack on Ukraine as Trump Castigates Putin
Taking shelter Tuesday night inside a Kyiv metro station during an air raid alert during a Russian attack on Ukraine.
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on July 2025
Can Canada Leverage Its Unique U.S. Relationship During Tariff Talks With Trump?
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and President Trump during a Group of 7 meeting last month in Kananaskis, Canada.
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on July 2025
Trump Accuses Brazil of ‘Witch Hunt’ Against Bolsonaro, Pledges Tariffs
Former President Jair Bolsonaro in January at his political party’s headquarters in Brasília.
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Recipients of a U.S. Climate Science Fellowship Are Put on Unpaid Leave
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. Over the years, the NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program has supported more than 230 researchers.
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on July 2025
Trump Discusses Economic Investment With African Leaders at White House Meeting
President Trump hosted the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal at the White House on Wednesday.
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on July 2025
A 37,000-Year Chronicle of What Once Ailed Us
Yersinia pestis, the microbe that causes plague. DNA in human fossils has revealed a surge in the disease about 5,000 years ago.
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on July 2025
Umbrellas Optional? East Asia’s Monsoon Rains Are No Longer a Sure Thing
Seoul in June, when the rainy season would typically begin.
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on July 2025
Philadelphia Union Reaches Deal to End Strike That Led to Trash Pileup
A man dropped off trash at a garbage collection site last week in Philadelphia.
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on July 2025
Guatemala Closes Schools in Capital After Earthquakes
Office workers and security personnel standing in the street in Guatemala City after an earthquake on Tuesday.
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on July 2025
Wednesday Briefing: Rare Earths, Made in Europe?
A rare earths factory in La Rochelle, France.
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on July 2025
Research Suggests Climate Change Added Excess Deaths in European Heat Wave
The sun rising in Paris on July 1, when temperatures in the city hit 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Trump’s Frustration With Putin Preceded Resumption of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine
Ukrainian rescue workers carry the body of a victim of a Russian air bombing from an apartment building in Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, last month.
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Antigovernment Protests Erupt Across Kenya, Killing Dozens
Protesters at a barricade in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday.
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The Bayeux Tapestry, a British Masterpiece, Returns to England After 900 Years
The Bayeux Tapestry, a large embroidery that chronicles the Norman Conquest of England, on display in Bayeux, France. It will be shown at the British Museum in London from September 2026 to July 2027.
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U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans in El Salvador for American Prisoners
Inmates at the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a maximum-security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in March.
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on July 2025
Wednesday Briefing: Rare Earths, Made in Europe?
A rare earths factory in La Rochelle, France.
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on July 2025
What Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View.
In a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump used the term “deal” to refer to arrangements that other countries had not consented to at all.
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on July 2025
Royal Family Welcomes President Macron to UK for State Visit With Pomp and Pizazz
King Charles speaking at the state banquet for Emmanuel Macron, president of France, at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.
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on July 2025
Marco Rubio Impersonation Under State Dept. Investigation
The person or people impersonating Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent messages to at least five people outside the State Department.
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on July 2025
I.C.C. Seeks Arrests of Taliban Leaders Over Persecution of Women
A woman walking past an abandoned military outpost near Ghazni, Afghanistan, in December 2021.
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on July 2025
Attack on Cargo Ship in the Red Sea Kills 2 Crew Members
The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C in Split, Croatia, in 2023. It was attacked on Monday.
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on July 2025
With a Nobel Prize Nomination, Netanyahu Is the Latest to Use Flattery to Woo Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents President Donald Trump a letter nominating him for Nobel Peace Prize as they meet for dinner at the White House on Monday.
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on July 2025
Canadian Armed Group Charged in Plot to Seize Quebec Land
As part of a terrorism investigation, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police released a photo showing people engaged in military-style training.
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on July 2025
The Wild Russian Plot to Burn a London Restaurant and Kidnap Its Owner
Hide, a Michelin-starred restaurant in London, was the target of an arson plot directed by Russian operatives.
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on July 2025
Ukrainians Are Cautiously Optimistic After Trump Says U.S. Will Send More Military Aid
Damage after a Russian missile attack in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine, last month.
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on July 2025
How Do Israel and Hamas Negotiate in Qatar?
Displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Gaza City last month. Officials from Israel and Hamas have been negotiating for a possible cease-fire.
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on July 2025
Wildfires Burn Across Europe After Blistering Heat Wave
A fire in Narbonne, southern France, on Monday. More than 1,000 firefighters have been working to bring the blaze under control.
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on July 2025
Man Dies at Milan Airport After Being Sucked Into Jet Engine, Official Says
Flight operations were temporarily suspended at Milan Bergamo Airport on Tuesday morning, officials said.
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Norman Tebbit, Conservative Force in Britain and Thatcher Ally, Dies at 94
Mr. Tebbit with Mrs. Thatcher in 1987, waving to supporters from the Conservative Party headquarters in London, after claiming victory in the general election.
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on July 2025
Trump Wants to Close the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
The site of a nitrogen leak in Georgia that killed six workers in 2021. The federal investigative team that determined the cause could face Trump administration cuts.
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on July 2025
Land Mines, a Cold War Horror, Could Return to Fortify Europe’s Borders
A demining team clearing a field in 2023 in Makariv, Ukraine, an area near Kyiv that was occupied by Russian forces during the early months of the war.
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on July 2025
Deadly Flash Floods Sweep Away Nepal-China Bridge
Damage caused by flooding on the Bhotekoshi River, north of Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday.
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on July 2025
The Mexican Businessman Grateful for Trump’s Tariffs
Jorge H. Martínez, the owner of Micro Partes, at his factory in Monterrey, Mexico.
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on July 2025
The French Seaside Factory Trying to Break China’s Chokehold on Rare Earths
A rare earth factory in La Rochelle, France, owned by the Belgium-based company Solvay. The plant produces crucial materials needed to produce modern cars, wind turbines and military equipment.
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on July 2025
5 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza, Military Says
Israeli military vehicles in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.
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on July 2025
What to Know About P.O.W.s in Myanmar’s Brutal Civil War
New recruits of the Bamar People’s Liberation Army during their first day of training in 2024.
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on July 2025
Haiti’s Landmark Oloffson Hotel is Destroyed in an Apparent Arson Fire
The Oloffson Hotel, an example of gingerbread house architecture, was constructed in the late 19th century as a private home and played a key role in Graham Greene’s novel “The Comedians.”
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on July 2025
As Renewed U.S. Tariffs Loom, Emerging Economies Turn to One Another
The BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The group issued a thinly-veiled rebuke of President Trump’s tariff battle.
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on July 2025
Why Are Protesters in Mexico City Angry at Remote Workers?
A protester lighting an aerosol can during a march against gentrification in Mexico City on Friday.
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on July 2025
Trump and Netanyahu Meet Amid Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations
President Trump meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for dinner at the White House on Monday.
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on July 2025
Thune Says Russia Sanctions Vote Could Come as Soon as This Month
New Research Questions Severity of Withdrawal From Antidepressants
Tuesday Briefing: Trump’s New Tariff Threats
Macron’s U.K. State Visit: Migrants and the War in Ukraine Are on the Agenda
Tuesday Briefing: Trump’s New Tariff Threats
Trump Tariff Letters: See the Latest Rates and Countries Affected