Europe Made Major Trade Concessions to Trump. How Did That Happen?
President Trump and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a trade deal on Sunday in Turnberry, Scotland.
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Heavy Rain and Flooding in China Kill at Least 30
Damaged cars in a flooded neighborhood in the Miyun district of northeastern Beijing on Tuesday.
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Cease-Fire in Deadly Thailand-Cambodia Conflict Gets Armies’ Backing
A photograph released by Thailand’s army on Tuesday showed Thai commanders, left, meeting with Cambodian counterparts near the two countries’ border.
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Starmer Is Edging Closer to Recognizing a Palestinian State, UK Officials Say
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain at President Trump’s golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, on Monday. Mr. Starmer, the officials said, resisted Palestinian state recognition in the past because he viewed it as a largely “performative” gesture.
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Israel Returned to War in Gaza Hoping to Break Hamas. It Achieved Few, if Any, Goals.
A strike in Jabaliya, north of Gaza City, as Palestinians fled their homes in May.
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Finland’s Short, Precious Summers Are Plagued by Goose Poop
Geese holding up traffic in Helsinki, where the birds are ubiquitous in the summertime.
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North Korea Says Kim’s Relations With Trump ‘Not Bad,’ but Stands Firm on Nukes
President Trump met Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, in Vietnam in 2019. But their second summit ended without an agreement.
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Thai-Cambodian Conflict Tears at Remnants of a Once-Proud Empire
The disputed ancient Ta Moan Thom temple (known in Thailand as Ta Muen Thom) in Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia, in March.
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Shaolin’s ‘C.E.O. Monk’ Accused of Embezzlement, Affairs With Women
The abbot of Shaolin Temple, Shi Yongxin. The Buddhist Association of China said it had revoked his clergy certificate.
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Russia Counters Ukrainian Drones by Turning Off Russians’ Mobile Internet
In St. Petersburg, Russia. In a country where smartphones provide the only online access for millions of people, it is a big disruption when mobile networks go dark.
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Pro-Ukrainian Hackers Claim Cyberattack as Aeroflot Grounds Flights
People waiting for flights at the Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow on Monday.
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In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
Palestinians mourning the dead after an airstrike in Gaza City in June.
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Russian Strike on Prison Kills 16, Ukraine Says
Workers clearing the streets in Kamianske, Ukraine, on Tuesday, after a hospital was hit in a Russian strike.
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Tuesday Briefing: Trump Said There’s ‘Real Starvation’ in Gaza
At least 56 Palestinians died of starvation in Gaza this month, Gaza’s health ministry said.
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Tuesday Briefing: Trump Said There’s ‘Real Starvation’ in Gaza
At least 56 Palestinians died of starvation in Gaza this month, Gaza’s health ministry said.
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For Trump, Starvation in Gaza Tests His Foreign Policy Approach
President Trump opened talks with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain at his golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, on Monday.
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Paul Gallagher, Brother of Oasis Frontmen, Is Charged With Rape
Paul Gallagher, the older brother of Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis, in 2003.
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Is the E.U. Tariff Deal With Trump Good for Europe?
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and President Trump announced a preliminary trade deal during meetings at Mr. Trump’s Turnberry golf course in Scotland.
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‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza
Protesters gathered in May at the Shaar Hanegev junction near the Gaza border, holding photos both of Israeli hostages and of children killed in strikes in the enclave.
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Heavy Rain Likely Caused Deadly German Train Derailment, Investigators Say
A mudslide next to the rails where a local train derailed near Riedlingen, Germany, on Sunday.
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Europe, Worried by Other Global Crises, Agrees to Trump’s Trade Deal
A container ship leaving the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, this month.
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Shooting at Bangkok Market Leaves Several People Dead
Police cordoned off the Or Tor Kor market in Bangkok after the shooting on Monday.
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North Korea Rejects New South Korean Leader’s Peace Overtures
A photograph provided by North Korean state media shows Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, speaking in Pyongyang in 2022. North Korea has no interest in pursuing dialogue with the South, she said on Monday.
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Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Halt Fighting That Has Killed Dozens
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia, center, Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia, left, and Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, taking part in talks on a possible cease-fire between Thailand and Cambodia, in Malaysia on Monday.
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U.S. and China Meet as Trade Truce Nears Expiration
Jamieson Greer, left, the U.S. trade representative, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met for trade talks in May with He Lifeng, China’s vice premier for economic policy, in Geneva. The delegations will meet again this week in Sweden.
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For Trump, E.U. Trade Deal was Badly Needed
President Trump’s trade deal with the European Union is his biggest to date.
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News Organizations Urge Israel to Let Reporters and Aid Into Gaza
Colleagues attending the funeral of Mohammed Abu Hatab, a Palestinian journalist who was killed in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, in 2023.
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England’s Lionesses Take ‘Football Home’ With Gripping Euro Win
England’s players celebrated their victory in the European women’s soccer championship on Sunday.
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Dozens Are Killed by ISIS-Linked Rebels at a Church in Congo
The remains of a vehicle burned during an attack in Komanda, in the eastern Ituri Province of Congo, on Sunday.
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R.S.F. Coalition Names Leaders of Sudan’s Parallel Government
Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces.
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Train Derails in Germany
Rescue workers searched for passengers aboard a derailed train near Ulm, Germany, on Sunday.
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U.S. Reaches Preliminary Trade Deal With Europe
The United States and the European Union also agreed to drop tariffs to zero on a range of goods, including aircraft, plane parts, certain chemicals, certain generic drugs, semiconductor equipment and some agricultural products.
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With Bombs Whizzing in Air, Thousands Flee Thailand-Cambodia Border
An evacuation site in Surin Province, Thailand, on Sunday. The conflict began on Thursday with an eruption of violence near an ancient temple claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia.
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Ziad Rahbani, Composer Who Defined a Tragic Era in Lebanon, Dies at 69
Ziad Rahbani performing at a concert entitled “For Gaza” in the southern Lebanese port-city of Sidon in 2014.
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Dozens of Wildfires Burn in Greece and Turkey as Temperatures Soar
A wildfire on Kythira, a Greek island popular with tourists, on Saturday.
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No Meals, Fainting Nurses, Dwindling Baby Formula: Starvation Haunts Gaza Hospitals
Hanin Barghouth with her 3-month-old daughter, Salam, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza this week. At birth, her doctor said, Salam weighed roughly 6.6 pounds, and three months later, she weighs only 8.8 pounds — at least three pounds underweight.
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Germany’s Far-Right Party May Be Banned. Its Voters Fear Being Left Voiceless.
Supporters of the Alternative for Germany party setting up for a campaign event in Pirna, Germany, in 2023.
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Kartik Kumra Was Ready for Indian’s Fashion Moment
Kartik Kumra started his fashion label, Kartik Research, in his dorm room at the University of Pennsylvania.
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The Far Right in Germany Wants to Soften Its Image, Not Its Policies
Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, co-leaders of the Alternative for Germany party, in the Bundestag in Berlin this month.
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Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Ship of Activists and Aid
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship leaving a southern Italian port for Gaza earlier this month.
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Dance Poles and Leopard-Print Walls: Love Motels Ready Rooms for Climate Summit
A heart-shaped Jacuzzi in one of the luxury suites in the Secreto, a love motel in Belém, Brazil. The motels typically charge by the hour for people who want to use the rooms for romantic assignations.
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At Trump’s Urging, Thailand and Cambodia to Meet for Cease-Fire Talks
Residents waited to receive supplies in Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia, on Sunday.
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Amid Growing Fury Over Gaza, Israel Says It Is Easing Aid Restrictions
Palestinians outside Gaza City after aid trucks loaded with food entered for the first time in June following a lengthy closure of the border.
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E.U. Cuts Aid to Ukraine Over Corruption Concerns
Protests erupted Wednesday in Kyiv after the Ukrainian Parliament stripped the independence of two agencies at the center of the government’s anticorruption efforts.
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A Golfing Trump Is Greeted by Protesters in Scotland
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the U.S. Consulate in Edinburgh on Saturday during President Trump’s visit to Scotland.
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Little Victories
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A Grim Anniversary in Canada’s Fight Against Guns
A memorial to the victims of a mass shooting in Danforth, a neighborhood in Toronto, in 2018.
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No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
Palestinians with food handouts northwest of Gaza City last month.
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In Russia, Corruption Cases Follow Battlefield Failures
A region administration building in Kursk, Russia, in March. Officials in several regions bordering Ukraine have been arrested and accused by prosecutors of embezzling funds meant for border fortifications.
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Tehran Is at Risk of Running Out of Water Within Weeks
A billboard in Tehran encouraging water conservation.
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Removal of Castro and Guevara Statues Ignites Outcry in Mexico
The bench in Jardin Tabacalera after the statues of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara were removed.
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Drivers vs. Cyclists: A Battle for the Streets in Canada’s Largest City
David Shellnutt, a lawyer specializing in cycling-injury cases, leading a protest in Toronto calling for safer streets.
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Alvaro Uribe, Ex-President of Colombia, Is Convicted of Bribery
Some Kenyan Runners See Doping as a Path to Glory, and a Daily Meal
Last Soldiers of an Imperial Army Have a Warning for Young Generations
Monday Briefing: Ukraine’s Other War
Monday Briefing: Ukraine’s Other War
Israel Says It Has Paused Some Military Activity in Gaza as Anger Grows Over Hunger