Days After Hosting Trump, Xi Serves Up Tea and Smiles to Putin
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping inspecting an honor guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday.
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Cuba Says the Trump Administration Is Not Negotiating in Good Faith
Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Cuba’s ambassador to the U.N., in New York on Wednesday.
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How Iran Gained Leverage in the War
A billboard in Enghelab Square in Tehran in April showing American military hardware trapped in a net.
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Ebola Crisis Sparks Debate Over Global Health Double Standards
Red Cross workers carry the coffin of a person who died of Ebola at a health center in Rwampara, the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday.
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The French Civil Servant Accused of Drugging More Than 100 Women
A path along the River Ill in Strasbourg, France, where Marie-Hélène Brice said Christian Nègre brought her during a job interview.
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Ebola Outbreak Is Unlikely to Become Global Threat, W.H.O. Says
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, speaking in Geneva on Wednesday.
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Video Shows Itamar Ben-Gvir Taunting Pro-Palestinian Activists
Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, in the Israeli parliament, on Wednesday.
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Killing in Japan Stirs Fears of Tokuryu Crime Rings
A view of the compound where a 69-year-old woman was killed in Kaminokawa, Japan, last week.
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Iran Threatens to Strike Beyond the Middle East if the U.S. Resumes Attacks
Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stand near a drone display at a government-organized march in Tehran last month.
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China Confirms It Will Buy 200 Boeing Planes
President Trump attending a state banquet with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing last week.
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Soccer Game Between North and South Korean Teams Draws Strong Emotion On and Off the Pitch
Chung Kyung-jo, center, waving, supported the visiting team in the match between two Korean teams, in Suwon, South Korea on Wednesday.
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James Roscoe, Deputy British Ambassador to the U.S., Leaves Job Abruptly
James Roscoe, second right, at Windsor Castle in England during President Trump’s state visit, in September.
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Bodies of Last 2 Missing Italian Divers Recovered in the Maldives
Maldivian health workers carrying the recovered bodies of two Italian divers on Wednesday.
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As a Weakened Putin Follows Trump to Beijing, Iran War Offers an Opening
In a photo released by Russian state media, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was met by China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, after arriving in Beijing on Tuesday.
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Rubio Moves Closer to Decades-Long Goal of Transforming Cuba
Marco Rubio, the secretary of state and a former senator, is a first-generation American citizen whose parents immigrated from Cuba.
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Why the U.S. Chose May 20 to Seek Charges Against Raúl Castro
A wall in Havana featuring political leaders including the former Cuban president Raúl Castro.
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After Eurovision Final, Dismay That Politics Didn’t Play a Bigger Role
Alexandra Capitanescu representing Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest last week.
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Justice Dept. Charges Raúl Castro as Trump Escalates Pressure Campaign Against Cuba
The indictment of Raúl Castro, the former president of Cuba, comes as the country’s oil supplies for domestic use and power plants has been exhausted.
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Timmy the Whale Got Stranded Off the German Coast. Then Things Got Weird.
The humpback whale, nicknamed Timmy, trapped near the island of Poel, Germany, in April.
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Heavy Rain and Floods in China Kill at Least 22
Floods after heavy rain in Duyun, in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, on Tuesday.
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Early War Goal Was to Install Hard-Line Former President as Iran’s Leader
Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran registering as a candidate in the presidential election in Tehran in 2024.
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The New ‘Gold Rush’ of Geothermal Energy
Executives of Fervo and others celebrated the geothermal company’s I.P.O. on the Nasdaq on May 13.
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Bolivia Has Been Paralyzed by Protests. Here’s Why.
Demonstrators amid tear gas, calling for the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, in La Paz, Bolivia, on Monday.
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Israeli Minister Threatens to Evict Palestinians From West Bank Hamlet
The Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, in Jerusalem earlier this month.
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Zapatero, Spain’s Former Leader, Investigated for Graft
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, a former prime minister of Spain, in Valencia last year.
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‘Married at First Sight’ Rape Allegations Lead to Call for U.K. Investigation
The British broadcaster Channel 4 removed episodes of the reality television show “Married at First Sight UK” after allegations of rape and sexual misconduct during filming.
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Son of Mango Fashion Chain’s Founder Is Arrested as Suspect in His Death
Jonathan Andic being escorted to court in Martorell, Spain, near Barcelona, on Tuesday.
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Trump’s Special Envoy to Greenland Receives a Cold Welcome From Locals
Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana at the White House last year. He is visiting Greenland this week as President Trump’s special envoy to the Danish territory.
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Trump Says He Postponed a ‘Very Major Attack’ on Iran, Leaving Mideast on Edge
President Trump said the U.S. military was prepared for a “full, large scale assault” against Iran.
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Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa Could Last Months, W.H.O. Says
A visitor has their temperature checked before entering Kyeshero Hospital in Goma on Monday.
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As Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Sites, an Environmental Disaster Unfolds
A satellite image from the aerial mapping company Vantor of a Russian oil facility in Tuapse, Russia, after Ukrainian drone attacks in April.
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Trump’s Portrait Pops Up on Rickshaws in India to Mark America’s 250th
Md. Tayemkhan, a rickshaw driver, waited for hours near the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi to get a banner featuring President Donald Trump put on the back of his vehicle. He said he was paid about $16.
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Oil Slick Reaches a Pristine Persian Gulf Island in Iran
A video verified by The Times shows oil coating the shoreline of Shidvar Island as smoke rises from the Lavan refinery, seen in the distance.
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Here’s How Iran Could Respond to Renewed U.S.-Israeli Strikes
The Iranians have used their proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade waterway, to exert immense pressure on the global economy.
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U.S. Hits Top Cuban Officials With Sanctions
The Cuban capital this week.
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South Korea and Japan Leaders’ Summit: What to Know
Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, met in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.
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Trump Threatens Iran and Then Pulls Back, All in the Same Day
A U.S. military official said that Iran had been able to study the flight patterns of American fighter jets and bombers.
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Scientists Tweaked the Global Warming Outlook. So Trump Weighed In.
Solar panels and wind turbines in north-central China. Renewable is becoming more affordable in many countries.
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Ebola Was Identified in Congo Weeks Before W.H.O. Declared an Emergency
At a hospital in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of a new Ebola outbreak.
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Russia’s New Human Rights Commissioner Accused of Helping Kidnap Ukrainian Children
Yana Lantratova, in Moscow in October, will report directly to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
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Shakira Is Found Not Guilty of Tax Fraud in Spain
The pop star Shakira has been embroiled in a yearslong tax battle with the Spanish authorities.
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Millions Recovered in FIFA Corruption Scandal May Now Be Missing Again Before World Cup
Alejandro Dominguez, the president of Conmebol, the South American soccer federation, in Quito, Ecuador, last year.
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Trump’s Taiwan Gambit is Already a Gift to China
President Trump with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing, on Thursday.
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2 Americans Detained in Japan After Entering Punch the Monkey’s Zoo Enclosure
Visitors at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan last month. The site is the home of Punch, a 9-month-old macaque who has become an internet sensation.
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Bodies of Four Italian Divers Found in Maldives Cave
A coast guard boat and other vessels deployed to search for missing Italian divers near Alimathaa Island in the Maldives, on Saturday.
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Trump Warns Iran the ‘Clock Is Ticking’ as Tensions Surge Again in Middle East
President Trump on Friday. He said in a social media post on Sunday that Iran had to move fast “or there won’t be anything left,” adding “the Clock is Ticking.”
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Blocked Strait of Hormuz Leads to New Opportunities for Syria
Iraqi trucks carrying oil along the highway near the Baniyas port and refinery in Syria in April.
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Louvre Announces Architects for Expansion That Will Include New Mona Lisa Space
The Louvre’s current gallery displaying the Mona Lisa is often packed with visitors.
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Starbucks Korea CEO Fired Over ‘Tank Day’ Ad Evoking Country’s Brutal History
Étienne Davignon Dies Before Trial in Patrice Lumumba Killing
What the End of Aid Looks Like
Inflation Fears Cloud G7 Economic Agenda as Iran War Persists
Nauru Hopes You Will Call It by a New Name
When Nationalism Beats Nationalism