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Israel-Hamas War: Blinken Returns to Middle East as U.S. Tries to Shape Next Phase of War
Palestinians warming themselves next to the ruins of damaged homes in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
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John
on November 2023
How a Book Publishing ‘Mistake’ Reignited the U.K.’s Royal Racism Furor
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, in New York last month. She made the initial allegation in a 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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John
on November 2023
An Alleged Plot’s Burning Question: Why Would India Take the Risk?
An indictment unsealed this week described a plot to kill a Sikh activist in New York, months after a Sikh leader was killed in Canada. Both called for the creation of a Sikh state.
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John
on November 2023
Russia Asks Court to Label Gay Rights Movement as ‘Extremist’
Russian police officers blocking L.G.B.T.Q. protesters in St. Petersburg in 2019.
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John
on November 2023
Some in Netanyahu’s Government Pressure Him to Reject Longer Cease-Fire
Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, in Jerusalem earlier this month.
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John
on November 2023
Kissinger Death: Diplomat Who Long Held the Global Stage Was Both Celebrated and Reviled
Henry A. Kissinger at a news conference in Salzburg, Austria, in 1974.
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John
on November 2023
The Dilemmas of the U.A.E., a Petrostate, Preparing to Host COP28
Participants arriving for the United Nations climate summit, COP28, in Dubai on Wednesday.
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John
on November 2023
Government Offices in E.U. Can Ban Wearing of Religious Symbols
Hijabs for sale in Brussels in 2016. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday that public-sector offices could bar workers from wearing religious garments such as head scarves.
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John
on November 2023
Paul Whelan Attacked in Russian Prison, His Family Says
The penal colony IK-17, where Paul Whelan, an American, has been serving out his sentence on espionage charges, in Mordovia, Russia.
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John
on November 2023
Google Agrees to Pay Canadian Media for Using Their Content
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge speaking about a deal with Google, in Ontario, on Wednesday.
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John
on November 2023
Pope’s Critics Feel the Sting After His Patience Runs Out
Pope Francis watching circus performers spinning and flipping in front of him at his weekly general audience in the Vatican on Wednesday.
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John
on November 2023
Éric Dupond-Moretti, France’s Justice Minister, Is Cleared of Abuse of Power
Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti leaving the Paris courthouse after he was cleared of abuse of power on Wednesday.
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John
on November 2023
India Ignored Repeated Warnings Before Tunnel Trapped 41 Men
The entrance to the tunnel in Uttarakhand, India, where workers were rescued after being trapped by a collapse for 17 days.
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John
on November 2023
West Bank Residents Praise Hamas for Palestinian Prisoners’ Release
Freed Palestinian prisoners, exchanged for Israeli hostages on Sunday, were paraded through the streets of Ramallah.
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John
on November 2023
Emirati Fund to Invest Billions in U.S. Firms for Climate Projects
Sultan al Jaber, right, president of the U.N. climate conference, with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the U.A.E. president.
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John
on November 2023
Henry Kissinger’s Life and Work in Photos
Henry Kissinger in Paris in 2006.
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John
on November 2023
Climate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Efforts to Fight the Disease
A doctor tended to a malaria patient affected by flooding in a hospital in Sehwan, Pakistan, last year.
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John
on November 2023
Kissinger’s Legacy Still Ripples Through Vietnam and Cambodia
The aftermath of a bombing in Snuol, Cambodia, during the Vietnam War, in May 1970.
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John
on November 2023
Hostages Freed From Gaza Recount Violence, Hunger and Fear
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John
on November 2023
COP28 Begins With Fossil Fuels, and Frustration, Going Strong
Preparations underway for the opening of the United Nations Climate Summit in Dubai on Wednesday.
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John
on November 2023
Where the World Is (and Isn’t) Making Progress on Climate Change
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John
on November 2023
Jerusalem Shooting Kills at Least 3 People, Israeli Officials Say
Israeli officials working at the scene of a shooting on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Thursday.
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John
on November 2023
Thursday Briefing
President Biden touring a wind turbine factory in Colorado, on Wednesday.
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John
on November 2023
Henry Kissinger, Who Shaped U.S. Cold War History, Dies at 100
Henry A. Kissinger in 1979. He sought to strike and maintain balances of power in a dangerously precarious world.
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John
on November 2023
Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi Freed From Israeli Prison in Hostage Exchange
The recently freed Palestinian activist, Ahed Tamimi, center, with her mother, Nariman Tamimi, left, in the West Bank city of Ramallah early Thursday.
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John
on November 2023
What We Know About Israeli Hostages Hamas Released on Wednesday
Ra'aya Rotem
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John
on November 2023
Britain Says Bye-Bye to Its Only Pandas as They’ll Soon Depart for China
A large panda seen in its enclosure at the Edinburgh Zoo in Britain in 2020. The country will return its pandas to China after about 12 years of having them as zoo residents.
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John
on November 2023
Daisaku Ikeda, Who Led Influential Japanese Buddhist Group, Dies at 95
Daisaku Ikeda in 1985. He led Soka Gakkai beginning in 1960 when he was 32 and broadened its reach to include more followers outside of Japan.
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John
on November 2023
Gaza Mediators Seek Cease-Fire Extension
With a temporary cease-fire in effect, Gaza residents came out to look at the damage in Khan Younis on Wednesday.
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John
on November 2023
Paris, 1919: History’s Slingshot
Delegates at the Paris Peace Conference, which led to the Treaty of Versailles, in 1919.
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John
on November 2023
Thursday Briefing: A Race to Extend the Gaza Truce
Palestinians receive flour distributed by the United Nations on Wednesday in Khan Younis, Gaza, during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel.
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John
on November 2023
Israeli Raid Kills 4 in West Bank, Palestinian Officials Say
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John
on November 2023
Iranian and U.S. Attacks Could Lead to Larger War, Officials Say
Artillery fire from an Israeli position lands in southern Lebanon earlier this month. Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon risk drawing the U.S. and Iran into a larger conflict.
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John
on November 2023
London’s Black Cabs Can Soon Join Uber. But Will They?
London’s black cabs, also known as hackney carriages, have traversed the capital in one form or another since 1634. When Uber came to the city more than a decade ago, the company rocked the industry.
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John
on November 2023
Scottish Country Music Venue Ends Display of Confederate Flag
The club voted 50 to 48 to maintain a ban agreed to by the venue’s committee last month.
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John
on November 2023
Fears Grow Over Fate of Bibas Family in Gaza
A shirt shows the Bibas family, including boys 4 years old and 10 months, who were kidnapped on Oct. 7.
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John
on November 2023
NATO Ministers Vow to Maintain Support for Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Wednesday. This week, diplomats drew up a list of reforms Kyiv should embrace before it gains full membership in NATO.
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John
on November 2023
Aunt of 4-Year-Old Israeli Hostage Talks About Her Time in Captivity
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John
on November 2023
In a Shaky Oil Market, OPEC Has Bitter Decisions to Make
An oil refinery in Omsk, Russia, which is among the countries cutting production.
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John
on November 2023
As Congress Weighs Aid to Israel, Some Democrats Want Strings Attached
Democrats’ dispute could come to a head when the Senate takes up a security package for Israel as soon as next week.
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John
on November 2023
Germany’s Much-Vaunted Strategic Pivot Stalls
German soldiers near a Panzerhaubitze 2000 at the artillery school in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.
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John
on November 2023
1 Dead as U.S. Air Force Osprey Crashes in Southern Japan
Japan’s Coast Guard conducting a rescue operation near where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft was believed to have crashed in the sea off Yakushima, Japan, on Wednesday.
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John
on November 2023
The truce between Israel and Hamas held for another day.
Yocheved Lifshitz, center, a former Hamas prisoner, at a rally in Tel Aviv for her husband, Oded Lifshitz, and others still held hostage, on Tuesday.
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John
on November 2023
Wednesday Briefing
To many in the Arab community, President Biden’s words and actions after the Oct. 7 attacks made them — and Palestinian civilians in Gaza — feel like an afterthought in the war.
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John
on November 2023
Kenya’s Leader Lifts His Global Profile. At Home, the Public Fumes.
President William Ruto of Kenya at the Africa Climate Summit 2023 in Nairobi, in September.
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John
on November 2023
Hamas Releases 12 More Hostages as Nations’ Spy Chiefs Go to Qatar for Talks
Armed fighters accompanied two newly released hostages before handing them over to the Red Cross in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
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John
on November 2023
Here Are the Statuses of 240 Israeli Hostages Taken Into Gaza on Oct. 7
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John
on November 2023
Freed Israeli Hostages Feel Cycles of Emotion After Captivity, Families Say
In this photo provided by the government of Israel, Natalie Raanan, 17, left, and her mother, Judith Raanan, 59, right, are being returned to Israel on Oct. 20.
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John
on November 2023
Reports Say Pope Francis Is Removing Cardinal Burke’s Vatican Home and Salary
Cardinal Raymond Burke has been Pope Francis’ leading critic from the traditionalist wing of the Catholic Church.
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John
on November 2023
Pope Francis Cancels Trip to COP28 Climate Summit After Getting Sick
Pope Francis reciting the Angelus prayer on Sunday, as people watched on a large screen in St. Peter’s Square.
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John
on November 2023
Wednesday Briefing: What to Watch at the U.N. Climate Talks
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John
on November 2023
A Gaza Truce Aids Both Israel and Hamas. Until the Calculus Changes.
Palestinians on their way from the north of Gaza to the south passing through an Israeli checkpoint on Sunday.
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John
on November 2023
Hamas Releases Fifth Group of Hostages on Tuesday: What We Know
Clara Marman.
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John
on November 2023
Relatives describe the trauma of child hostages freed by Hamas.
A photo released by the Israeli military showing Eitan Yahalomi with his mother on Tuesday.
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John
on November 2023
World Expo 2030: Saudi Arabia Captures Another Prize
Promoting the Riyadh Expo 2030 in Paris on Tuesday.
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John
on November 2023
France to Ban Smoking in Forests, on Beaches and Near Schools
An ashtray with cigarette butts at a beach in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, in southwestern France.
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John
on November 2023
Sierra Leone Announces Arrest of 14 in ‘Attempted Coup’
Residents remained on edge in Freetown, Sierra Leone, following a failed coup attempt on Sunday.
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John
on November 2023
Finland to Close the Last Border Crossing With Russia for Two Weeks
Border guards and a customs official checking a truck at the Raja-Jooseppi international border crossing station in northern Finland on Tuesday.
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John
on November 2023
In Canada, a Judge Sentences an Incel Killer as a Terrorist
The massage parlor in Toronto where a 17-year-old carried out a deadly knife attack in 2020, killing one woman and seriously injuring another.
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John
on November 2023