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Russia Denounces West Over Drone Strike on Moscow
Police officers stood outside several apartment buildings damaged after a drone attack in Moscow on Tuesday.
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John
on May 2023
Washington Approves Another $300 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine
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John
on May 2023
Individual Canadian Cigarettes to Be Labeled With Health Warnings
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John
on May 2023
Ireland Worries That Brexit Will Ruin Fishing Industry
A crew member aboard the fishing vessel Aquila in April on its final voyage.
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John
on May 2023
Fear Sets In Among Turkey’s L.G.B.T. Community After Erdogan’s Attacks
Drag artists applying makeup before a performance in a club in Istanbul in May.
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John
on May 2023
Rishi Sunak Is Still Haunted by Boris Johnson and Liz Truss
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain leaving 10 Downing Street this month.
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John
on May 2023
As Iran Seizes Tankers, UAE Pulls Back From US-Led Maritime Force
Aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in the northern Arabian Sea, in 2019.
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John
on May 2023
Sudan’s Army Withdraws From Cease-Fire Talks
Yemenis who fled Sudan disembarked from the Saudi ship Abha at Jeddah port in May.
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John
on May 2023
Israel Called Them ‘Precision’ Strikes. But Civilian Homes Were Hit, Too.
A hole left by a bomb that entered the home of the Khoswan family, in a strike on an Islamic Jihad member who lived below, in Gaza City.
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John
on May 2023
German Court Convicts 4 Leftists in Attacks Targeting Neo-Nazis
Lina E., second from right, and three co-defendants covered their faces during a court hearing in Dresden, Germany, on Wednesday.
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John
on May 2023
Triggered by North Korea, South Korea’s False Evacuation Alert Causes Chaos
Watching a news broadcast with file footage of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul on Wednesday.
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John
on May 2023
Female Wrestlers in India Threaten to Toss Olympic Medals in Protest
Vinesh Phogat, center, and other wrestlers clashed with the police as they tried to march to the new Parliament building on Sunday in New Delhi.
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John
on May 2023
Climate Change and Russia Spell Trouble for NATO Up North
The missile cruiser Peter the Great, part of the Russian Navy’s northern fleet, at its Arctic base in Severomorsk in 2021. Russia, China and the West are all seeking to expand their military presence in the Arctic.
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John
on May 2023
Pakistan Courts Challenge Military With High-Profile Rulings
Paramilitary soldiers in front of the Supreme Court during a ruling on former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Islamabad, Pakistan, earlier this month.
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John
on May 2023
U.S. Adds Aid to Ukraine to Deliver Ammunition for Drones and Artillery
Ukrainian soldiers with a Stinger anti-aircraft missile near a frontline position in Donetsk last year.
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John
on May 2023
Readers in Asia: What Does L.G.B.T.Q. Life Look Like Where You Live?
Pride in Chennai, India, last June.
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John
on May 2023
How to Lower Deaths Among Women? Give Away Cash.
A mother and her 1-year-old son in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The new analysis collected information on cash transfer programs and death rates in 37 countries.
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John
on May 2023
Germany Closes Four of Its Five Russian Consulates After Moscow Dispute
The Russian Embassy in Berlin will remain open, while four of its five consulates in Germany will be forced to close.
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John
on May 2023
Rise in Sightings of Honeybee Swarms Has U.K. Beekeepers Scrambling
A swarm of bees collected at St. Francis church in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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John
on May 2023
A Big Day for the Debt Ceiling
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. Speaks following his meeting with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office early last week.
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John
on May 2023
India Will Scrap 2,000 Rupee Notes, Echoing 2016 Demonetization
Customers exchanging 2,000-rupee notes at a bank in New Delhi last week.
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John
on May 2023
State Farm Stops Offering Insurance in California
A firefighter tried to save a home in Meyers, Calif., in 2021.
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John
on May 2023
Your Wednesday Briefing
Inspecting the damaged facade of an apartment building after a drone attack in Moscow on Tuesday.
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John
on May 2023
Drones Strike Moscow Civilian Areas, a First in Russia-Ukraine War
Inspecting the damaged facade of an apartment building after a drone attack in Moscow on Tuesday.
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John
on May 2023
North Korea Says Rocket Launch Failed After It Triggers Alerts in South Korea
Residents in Seoul watched as news of North Korea’s plan to launch a spy satellite was shown on television.
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John
on May 2023
Debt Deal Includes a Green Light for a Contentious Pipeline
Pipes on Brush Mountain in Virginia that have sat for years at a stalled section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline project.
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John
on May 2023
Fluorescein Turned Venice Grand Canal Green, Officials Say
The authorities said that fluorescein, a chemical used in underwater construction, turned part of the Grand Canal in Venice a phosphorescent shade of green in recent days.
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John
on May 2023
Wildfire Near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Leads to Evacuation of More Than 16,000
Thick plumes of smoke rising from an out-of-control fire on Sunday that forced the evacuation of residents in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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John
on May 2023
NATO Troops and Ethnic Serbs Clash in Kosovo: What to Know
NATO officers and ethnic Serbs clashed in Zvecan, Kosovo, on Monday.
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John
on May 2023
A Plan to Avert a Vast Oil Spill Off Yemen Moves Ahead
The FSO Safer, a supertanker off the coast of Yemen, in an undated image from a video. If all goes as planned, an inspection of the ship will pave the way for an operation to transfer its oil to a seaworthy tanker.
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John
on May 2023
The I.A.E.A. takes its case for securing the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to the U.N. Security Council.
A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in March.
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John
on May 2023
Erdogan Pushed to Victory in Turkey by Conservative Women
Turkish women holding a banner with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s picture at a rally in Istanbul before he was re-elected.
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John
on May 2023
The Impact of the Moscow Drone Strike Is Psychological, Russian Military Commentators Say
Police officers near a damaged apartment building in Moscow on Tuesday.
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John
on May 2023
Summer Heat
People crowd the beaches in The Rockaways in July 2021.
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John
on May 2023
Moscow Drone Attack: What We Know
Several buildings in Moscow were damaged early Tuesday. The intended target of the attack was not immediately clear.
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John
on May 2023
A Journey Across London on the Elizabeth Line
Northeast of Heathrow, Southall is a hub of South Asian culture. Visitors can see one of Europe’s largest Sikh temples, sample South Asian cuisine and peruse shops selling jewelry, clothing and other goods.
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John
on May 2023
Germany’s Tenuous Coalition Government Shows Strain
A power plant in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2022.
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John
on May 2023
Alberta Election Sees Conservatives Keep Power After Hard-Right Turn
Danielle Smith, Alberta’s premier and the leader of the United Conservative Party, on Monday night.
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John
on May 2023
Why Did The Financial Times Kill a #MeToo Scoop on the Observer Columnist Nick Cohen?
Lucy Siegle is one of multiple women to accuse the British columnist Nick Cohen of unwanted sexual advances and groping.
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John
on May 2023
At Guantánamo’s Court Like No Other, Progress Is Frustrated by State Secrets
Some information about the Guantánamo prison and about C.I.A. black-site detention is also unmentionable in open court.
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John
on May 2023
Would Large Language Models Be Better If They Weren’t So Large?
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John
on May 2023
Your Tuesday Briefing
Ukrainians taking cover inside a subway station during an air raid alert in Kyiv on Monday.
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John
on May 2023
Russia Targets Kyiv With Third Wave of Strikes in 24 Hours, Killing One
Residents outside an apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
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John
on May 2023
Guyanese Teenager Is Charged With 19 Counts of Murder in School Dorm Fire
Mahdia Secondary School in Mahdia, Guyana, was gutted by a fire that officials said had been deliberately set.
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John
on May 2023
Russian Guards Beat and Tortured Kherson Prisoners, Leading to Deaths
Petro Zhadan, a former soldier, was held for 73 days and heavily beaten at a detention center in Kherson, Ukraine. “All my body was blue,” he said.
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John
on May 2023
Kyiv Residents Scramble for Shelter From Daytime Russia Missile Barrage
Patients and medical staff members taking shelter in the basement of a hospital in Kyiv on Monday.
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John
on May 2023
A Climactic Opening
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John
on May 2023
Spanish Prime Minister Calls Snap Election for July
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain, shown at the White House on May 12, said he would dissolve Parliament and hold elections on July 23.
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John
on May 2023
She Said Her Professor Sexually Harassed Her. His Wife Won Damages.
Meiko Sano, who brought a sexual harassment lawsuit against her art history professor, in Tokyo.
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John
on May 2023
Alberta’s Vote Will Test American-Style Far-Right Politics
Danielle Smith, the leader of the United Conservative Party, while campaigning this month in Calgary.
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John
on May 2023
Ukraine Bets on Wind Power, Which Missiles Can’t Damage as Easily
New wind turbines at the Tyligulska wind farm in May in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine.
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John
on May 2023
Will Erdogan’s Victory Soften Turkey’s Opposition to Sweden in NATO?
Supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrating his victory in Istanbul on Sunday.
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John
on May 2023
Erdogan’s Victory in Turkey’s Presidential Election: Key Takeaways
Supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrating in Istanbul on Sunday. He has retained fervent backing from a significant part of the population.
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John
on May 2023
The Mystery of the Disappearing van Gogh
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John
on May 2023
China Announces Plan to Land Astronauts on Moon by 2030
A billboard displaying Chinese astronauts at a �satellite launch facility in northwestern China. On Monday, China said it plans to land a person on the moon by 2030.
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John
on May 2023
Ugandan President Signs Anti-Gay Law That Includes Death Penalty
The Ugandan Parliament in May during the passage of an anti-gay bill. Lawmakers passed an earlier version in March.
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John
on May 2023
One Indian State Is Desperate for More Babies
A woman undergoing an ultrasound at the Newlife Fertility Center in April in Siliguri, India. Although India is set to become the most populous nation on earth, the populations of some regions are shrinking.
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John
on May 2023
Your Monday Briefing
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking to supporters at the presidential palace after winning reelection.
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John
on May 2023
Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey Is Re-elected
Supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrating his victory in Istanbul on Sunday.
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John
on May 2023