Franco Died 50 Years Ago, but He’s Still Winning New Fans in Spain
Francisco Franco’s grave outside Madrid still draws mourners, highlighting lingering disputes within Spanish society over the dictator’s legacy. José Luis Ortiz, a Franco supporter, tends to the tomb.
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Move Over, Netflix: Ukraine’s Corruption Investigators Bring the Drama
Opposition lawmakers blocking the Parliament’s rostrum in Kyiv, on Tuesday, demanding to oust the government after a major corruption scandal in the country’s energy sector.
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Ambassador Huckabee Held Meeting With Jonathan Pollard, Ex-Spy, at U.S. Embassy in Israel
Jonathan J. Pollard leaving federal court in New York in 2015. In a phone interview with The New York Times, he said he did not regret spying for Israel.
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Trump Meeting With Saudi Prince Showcased Prince’s Makeover — and America’s
President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the White House on Tuesday.
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U.S.-Russian Peace Plan Would Force Ukraine to Cede Land and Cut Army
A Ukrainian artillery unit firing a howitzer at Russian targets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, last month.
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The Hunt Is On for Bears in Japan After Deadly Attacks
Matagi hunters Hideo Suzuki, left, and Masaru Ito, holding traditional hunting tools known as ”nagasa.”
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Ferry Crashed After Operator Was Distracted by His Phone, Officials Say
The Queen Jenuvia II was carrying 267 people when it crashed into a rocky islet off South Korea on Wednesday night.
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Ex-Mayor Is Sentenced to Life for Human Trafficking Tied to Scam Centers
Alice Guo, the former mayor of Bamban in the Philippines, during a Senate hearing in 2024.
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Old Divides of East and West Haunt Germany’s Newest Arrivals
The Kadib Alban family and Christel Deutsch, right, in Ms. Deutsch’s home in Daun, Germany, last month. The Kadib Albans, who immigrated to western Germany from Syria, have faired better than many migrants who landed in the country’s east.
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Russian Missile Kills at Least 25 in Ukrainian Apartment Building
Rescue workers at a residential building in Ternopil, Ukraine, on Wednesday. Such deadly attacks are relatively rare in the west of the country.
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Mount Semeru Erupts and Rains Ash on Villages
A cloud of hot ash and smoke from the erupting Mount Semeru in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
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Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 25 in Gaza Amid Cease-Fire, Officials Say
Israeli soldiers and tanks gathered near the Gaza border in southern Israel on Monday.
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Northern Ireland Must Change How Its Schools Teach Religion, Court Says
An elementary school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A ruling by Britain’s Supreme Court will make Northern Ireland’s government include faiths other than Christianity in its school curriculum.
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Is Scalp Care the New Big Beauty Trend?
The focus on scalps “took time until people were finally interested in it, maybe five or six years ago, when American people started the self-care trend,” said Ritsuko Borges, the founder of the Japanese head spa Masa.Kanai in Manhattan.
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Police Found $1 Million in a Tub Under a Garage. The Government Gets to Keep It.
Some of the money recovered from Marcel Breton’s home in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 2009. The police were searching for an illegal handgun when they found large amounts of cash hidden around the property.
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Mexico Is Now the United States’ Top Buyer
Trucks moving goods from the United States to Mexico in February. “Mexico is the United States’ main trading partner,” said Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s economy minister.
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What Happened to Europe’s Terrorism Problem?
Remembering the 2015 terror attacks in Paris.
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Alberta Invokes Last-Resort Constitutional Clause to Shield Trans Laws From Challenges
Danielle Smith, Alberta’s conservative premier, has framed the enactment of the bills as a matter of children’s safety.
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Henry Todd, LSD Kingpin Turned Everest Guide, Dies at 80
Henry Todd in 2023. His huge LSD operation was busted in the late 1970s, and after seven years in prison he re-emerged as a mountaineer.
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Family Who Died While Visiting Istanbul May Have Been Poisoned, Authorities Say
The owner of the Harbour Suites Old City Hotel in Istanbul and two employees were among 11 people who were detained after the deaths this month of four family members who were staying there, officials said.
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Iran Releases Tanker It Seized From the Strait of Hormuz
A quarter of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran seized a tanker on Friday.
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What to Know About the Corruption Scandal Roiling Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Madrid on Tuesday. The scandal is especially sensitive for Mr. Zelensky after he tried unsuccessfully this summer to defang anti-corruption agencies.
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Two Miss Universe Judges Resign Before Finale, Deepening a Crisis
Miss Universe 2025 contestants in Bangkok this month.
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Zelensky Under Siege as Corruption Case Shatters Ukraine’s Wartime Unity
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, last month in Kyiv.
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Trump Lauds M.B.S. During White House Visit and Dismisses Khashoggi’s Killing
President Trump and Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia, in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
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Trump Said to Authorize C.I.A. Plans for Covert Action in Venezuela
The next phase of the Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign on the government of President Nicolás Maduro could be sabotage or some sort of cyber, psychological or information operations.
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Israeli Airstrike on Refugee Camp in Lebanon Kills at Least 13, Officials Say
Members of the Lebanese Army gathered on Tuesday at the entrance of the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp after an Israeli strike.
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The Saudi crown prince receives an especially warm welcome at the White House.
President Trump lavished praise on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during his visit to the White House on Tuesday.
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Khashoggi’s widow wants the U.S. to pressure Saudi Arabia to return his remains.
Jamal and Hanan Elatr Khashoggi were married in 2018, a few months before Jamal was killed in Istanbul.
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Australian Man Convicted of Murderer Sues to Challenge Vegemite Ban Behind Bars
Australian prison officials banned Vegemite in Victoria State out of concern that its potent taste and smell would prevent drug-sniffing dogs from finding contraband.
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‘Things Happen’: Trump Brushes Off the Murder of Khashoggi
President Trump responds to a reporter’s question about the murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday.
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Trump wants a Saudi-Israel deal, but that’s not likely soon.
President Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this year. Mr. Trump has continued to argue that a diplomatic breakthrough is within reach.
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Poland Blames Russian-Backed Ukrainians for Railway Sabotage
Inspectors at the site of a blast on a railway in Mika, Poland, on Sunday.
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Chinese Spies Are Using LinkedIn to Target U.K. Lawmakers, MI5 Warns
The Houses of Parliament in London. Dan Jarvis, the British security minister, described a “covert and calculated attempt” by China to gather intelligence there.
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Ecuador Votes ‘No’ to Hosting U.S. Military Base
Celebrations after the results of a constitutional referendum in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Sunday.
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Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.
The Trump Treasury Department officially labeled Cartel de los Soles a global terrorist entity in July.
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U.S. Military Threat Puts Spotlight on Venezuela’s Allies
A Russian fighter jet and rocket launchers on display in San Carlos del Meta, Venezuela.
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Trump Family’s Business Ties to Saudi Arabia Raise Ethics Worries
President Trump, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Jerry Inzerillo at a model of the proposed Diriyah development during a state dinner in Saudi Arabia in May.
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Zelensky Will Try to Revive Peace Talks With Russia During Turkey Visit
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Madrid on Tuesday. Efforts to end the war with Russia have reached a stalemate since the summer.
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Jeju Air Crash Investigators to Hold Public Hearing as They Face Criticism
The wreckage of the Jeju Air passenger jet in Muan, South Korea, in December. The plane had skidded off a runway, hit a wall and exploded into a fireball.
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Greenpeace Faces an Unusual New Legal Attack From a Pipeline Giant
Protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline project near Cannonball, N.D., in September 2016. Earlier this year a court found Greenpeace liable for its role in demonstrations there.
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Palestinian Voices Absent from U.S.-Run Center Planning Gaza’s Future
U.S. military personnel and other officials monitor screens displaying imagery of the Gaza Strip during a media tour of the new Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on Monday.
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How We Linked the Auto Industry to Lead Poisoning in Nigeria
True Metals lead smelting plant in Ogijo, Nigeria.
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Tanzania: What to Know About the Post-Election Violence
Protesters help an injured demonstrator near burning barricades amid clashes in Dar es Salaam on Oct. 29, during Tanzania’s presidential election.
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F.B.I. Hunt Intensifies for Ryan Wedding, Snowboarder Accused of Being a Drug Kingpin
Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico
For the Saudi crown prince, international criticism over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has faded.
UN Support Propels Trump Gaza Plan, but Road Ahead Is Still Rough
Cloudflare Outage Disrupts X, ChatGPT and Other Parts of the Internet
As the World Pursues Clean Power, Millions Still Have No Power at All
She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat
Trump’s Tariffs Sent Trade Plummeting in August
They Loved Their Family Land in South Carolina. But Who Actually Owned It?
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