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Trump and Xi Ease Off the Trade War, but New Nuclear Threat Brings a Chill
President Trump said after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, that he and Xi Jinping of China had agreed to an economic truce, walking back some of the tariffs and retaliatory measures that had roiled the world economy.
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Inside the Louvre Jewel Heist That Shocked the World
Investigators on the day of the burglary, examining the balcony where the thieves broke in.
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Syria’s Rocky Transition Brings New Waves of Displacement
Syrians fleeing sectarian violence across a river into Lebanon in March.
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How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger
President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, after talks on Thursday ended. Mr. Xi said to Mr. Trump that both sides should avoid falling into a “vicious cycle of mutual retaliation.”
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In Canada, a New Play Celebrates Indigenous Storytelling of the Northern Lights
Salik Lennert and Julia Ulayok Davis performing in “Kiuryaq,” a new play that emerged from a four-year collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists from Canada, Greenland and the Sápmi region in Norway.
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Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Stage ‘March of the Million’ Against Military Draft
A military exemption for ultra-Orthodox religious students has caused widespread public resentment.
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on October 2025
Far-Right Party Suffers Big Losses in Dutch Election as Centrists Surge
Rob Jetten, the leader of the socially progressive party Democrats 66, ran a campaign of relentless optimism.
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Why a Cloud-Seeding Experiment to Fight Air Pollution in India Failed
Buildings in New Delhi seen through heavy smog on Wednesday. Efforts last week by the state government to seed clouds to produce rain to help wash away pollution failed.
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Wilders’s Far-Right Party Faces Rebuke in the Netherlands
A campaign poster of Geert Wilders in The Hague on Wednesday.
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Chinese Officials Heap Praise on Trump and Xi Before They Meet
President Trump at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum’s C.E.O. luncheon in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
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French Magazine Acknowledges Breaching Prince William and Catherine’s Privacy
Prince William and his wife, Catherine, in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, this month. A French magazine has acknowledged breaching their privacy.
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For These Women, the American Dream Is in Mexico City
Hannah McGrath shopping at a farmers market in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood.
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French Police Arrest 5 More in Louvre Jewel Heist Investigation
Police vans parked outside the Louvre this week after the authorities arrested some suspects in connection with the heist.
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He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
Jay Falk is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Colorado who studies the white-necked jacobin, a hummingbird that lives in Central and South America. His postdoctoral research fellowship from the National Science Foundation was canceled in April.
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China’s Pause on Rare Earth Controls: What to Know
A mine for heavy rare earth metals on the outskirts of Longnan in south-central China, in April.
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U.S. Beef and Thousand Island Dressing: Trump’s Food Tour of Asia
President Donald Trump raised a glass at a dinner hosted by President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea, which was attended by leaders from eight countries.
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Jamaica and Haiti Tally Hurricane Victims as Melissa Slams Cuba
Destruction on Wednesday at Treasure Beach, Jamaica, which is in St. Elizabeth, the southwestern parish where Melissa struck the island as a Category 5 hurricane.
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Melissa Leaves Black River, Centuries-Old Jamaican Port Town, ‘Totally Destroyed’
Satellite imagery showing Black River, Jamaica, before and after Hurricane Melissa.
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U.S. Military Kills Four More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a cabinet meeting with President Trump this month.
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Judge Cuts Greenpeace Dakota Access Pipeline Award in Half
Demonstrators protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota in 2016.
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Hundreds Killed in Massacre at Sudanese Hospital, W.H.O. Warns
A satellite image showing the Al Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on Tuesday.
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Police Raid in Rio de Janeiro Leaves Over 130 Dead
The bodies of people killed during the raid.
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Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom Loses Seats in Dutch Election
Supporters of D66 in Leiden, the Netherlands, celebrating on Wednesday.
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As Trump Weighs Sale of Advanced A.I. Chips to China, Critics Sound Alarm
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, at the company’s conference in Washington on Tuesday.
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Four Decades After It Was Stolen, a Renaissance Treasure Returns to Rome
The 15th-century manuscript page attributed to Fra Antonio da Monza, depicting a “Virgin and Child,” is displayed on Wednesday in the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli after being recovered by police in Rome.
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In Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa Brought ‘ Unprecedented Devastation’ U.N. Official says
Damage on Wednesday to Frenchman’s Bay in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa made landfall the day before.
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2 Louvre Heist Suspects Have ‘Partially Admitted’ to the Crime
Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor in charge of the case, said on Wednesday that the suspects were traced through DNA samples left on objects at the scene or later found by police.
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France Adds Consent to Its Rape Law After Yearslong Fight
Gisèle Pelicot leaves the courthouse during an appeal trial earlier this month. Her landmark rape trial raised questions about the pervasiveness of sexual violence in France.
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Protests in Tanzania as Voters Head to the Polls
Voters casting ballots in Stone Town, Zanzibar, in Tanzania’s general election on Wednesday.
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Life Lessons from (Very Old) Bowhead Whales
Scientists have measured the molecular damage that accumulated in the eyes, ears and eggs of bowhead whales and found more evidence of extraordinary longevity. They are estimated to live up to 268 years.
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on October 2025
Putin Announces Test of Tsunami-Making Nuclear Weapon
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow this month. He announced the successful test of a nuclear-powered underwater drone on Wednesday.
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U.S. Middle East Envoy Presses Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah
Smoke rises after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon last week.
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U.S. Says It Will Cut Troops in Eastern Europe
U.S. troops participating in a training exercise in Frecatei, Romania, in June.
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As China and U.S. Split Over Energy, Korea Is Stuck in the Middle
The U.S. has been pushing Korea to buy more liquefied natural gas. A tanker in South Korea in 2019.
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Street Battles Rage in Ukrainian City After Russian Troops Enter Stronghold
A Ukrainian solder launching a reconnaissance drone near the town of Pokrovsk this month.
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South Korea Gives Trump a Replica of an Ancient Gold Crown
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea presented President Trump with a replica of a golden crown excavated from one of the ancient royal tombs in Gyeongju.
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on October 2025
U.N. Climate Adaptation Report Shows Declining Money for Climate Disasters
A cattle herder at a watering hole in northeast Senegal last year.
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on October 2025
Mercedes Reports a Drop in Profit but Maintains Its Forecast
Ola Källenius, center, the chief executive of Mercedes-Benz, unveiled a new electric vehicle at an auto show in Munich in September.
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Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill at Least 100, Local Health Officials Say
Dr. Dania Al-Deeb embraced the body of her 4-year-old daughter in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Wednesday. She said their home had been bombed.
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on October 2025
Vietnam Prevents BBC Journalist From Leaving the Country
The BBC’s headquarters in London. The broadcaster has long been a target of Vietnam’s censors, in part because it publishes in Vietnamese.
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on October 2025
Japan Plans to Send Troops to Help Stop Bear Attacks
A bear scurrying in the city center of Morioka in northeastern Japan’s Iwate Prefecture last week.
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When Caregiving Makes Women Ill
Veronica Durughian left Moldova in search of better wages to support her son. She returned home with health problems after caring for three elderly Italians.
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on October 2025
A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back
Biologists examined juvenile coho salmon, Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in a branch of the Klamath River system in Northern California last year.
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on October 2025
New Crack at an Ancient Puzzle Reignites Debate for Archaeologists
The Pyramid of the Sun at the ruins of Teotihuacan, in Mexico.
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China Outlines 5-Year Plan to Double Down on Global Tech Ambitions
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, and other members of the Politburo standing committee in Beijing this month. Mr. Xi and senior officials released a five-year plan for the country that outlines a continued push on industrial and technical power.
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on October 2025
The Netherlands’ Election Is a Referendum on the Far Right
Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, speaking last month in Denmark. He is known for his anti-Islam and anti-immigrant stances.
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on October 2025
As the Dutch Vote, One Issue Carries the Day: Affordable Housing
Population growth and a lack of new homes are among the factors leading to a housing crisis in the Netherlands.
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on October 2025
Candy Companies Are Quietly Cutting Down on Cocoa to Save Money
Why the Price of Electricity Is Spiking Around the Country
The Warnings Before the Hurricane
Feted as a Peacemaker in South Korea, Trump Vows to End Hostilities With North Korea
Hurricane Melissa’s Direct Hit Knocks Most of Jamaica Offline
How the Opium War Still Shapes Xi Jinping’s Trade Clash With Trump