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Israel Calls Alliance With U.S. ‘Ironclad’ After Receiving Billions in Aid
Israeli soldiers near a rocket-intercepting Iron Dome battery near the Gaza border this month. New American aid for Israel includes more than $5 billion to replenish defense systems.
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John
on April 2024
Israel’s Invasion of Rafah Is All but Inevitable, Experts Say
The rubble of a building this month after Israeli strikes in Rafah, in southern Gaza, where more than a million displaced people have fled.
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John
on April 2024
Enduring Mayhem: Images From Year 3 of the War in Ukraine
Russian soldiers who turned against their country to fight for the Ukrainian side, in the Sumy region of Ukraine in March.
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John
on April 2024
Flooding Inundates Kenya, Killing at Least 32 and Displacing Thousands
Residents in Nairobi were stranded on Tuesday after a night of heavy rainfall.
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John
on April 2024
Israeli-American Hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Is Seen in Hamas Video
A photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin held by his mother, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, in their home in Jerusalem.
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John
on April 2024
‘Kharkiv Is Unbreakable’: A Battered Ukrainian City Carries On
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John
on April 2024
Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Leader, Considers Resigning as Wife Faces Inquiry
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez blamed his political opponents for the inquiry into his wife, Begoña Gomez.
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John
on April 2024
Australian Journalist Says She Had No Choice But to Leave India
Avani Dias produced a television segment about accusations that India was responsible for the death of a Sikh separatist in Canada last year.
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John
on April 2024
Here’s How U.S. Aid to Ukraine Might Help on the Battlefield
Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Artillery ammunition has been in short supply for the Ukrainian military for more than a year.
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John
on April 2024
In Photos: The Skies in Athens Turn Orange From Sahara Dust Storm
Taking pictures from the Tourkovounia hills on Tuesday.
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John
on April 2024
Myanmar’s Junta Recaptures Town That Was a Significant Gain for Rebels
Crossing the Moei River, fleeing from Myawaddy, Myanmar, to Mae Sot, Thailand, on Saturday.
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John
on April 2024
Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle
Two horses bolting through the streets of London near Aldwych on Wednesday.
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John
on April 2024
Luton Learns the Power of Premier League Status
A street closed on match day near Luton’s stadium.
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John
on April 2024
The Only Girls’ Team in a Boys’ Soccer League Has Gone Undefeated
“They definitely underestimated us,” one Queens Park Ladies player said of their male opposition.
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John
on April 2024
Blinken’s Visit to China: What to Know
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with Chen Jining, the Communist Party secretary for Shanghai, on Thursday.
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John
on April 2024
Antony Blinken Visits China
The U.S. secretary of state, Antony J. Blinken, walked with Nicholas Burns, the U.S. ambassador to China, through the Yu Gardens in Shanghai on Wednesday.
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John
on April 2024
Thursday Briefing
The rubble of a building this month after Israeli strikes in Rafah, in southern Gaza, where more than a million displaced people have fled.
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John
on April 2024
‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower
More than 200,000 people converged on the Leap tech conference in the desert outside Riyadh in March.
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John
on April 2024
Venice Access Fee: What to Know Before Your Day Trip
Workers setting up a booth near the Santa Lucia train station on Wednesday, just before the start Venice’s fee-based booking system for day trips.
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John
on April 2024
Europe’s Policymakers Get Ready to Lower Rates, Regardless of the Fed
A neighborhood market in Madrid. High inflation in the eurozone is dissipating, and European Central Bank policymakers say their 2 percent inflation target is in sight.
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John
on April 2024
Thursday Briefing: Israel Seems Poised to Invade Rafah
More than a million people have taken refuge in Rafah.
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John
on April 2024
With Temperatures Soaring, Gazans Swelter in Makeshift Tents
Tents in Deir Al Balah, where many displaced Gazans have been suffering under rising temperatures.
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John
on April 2024
The International Date Line Is ‘Pretty Arbitrary.’ Here’s Why.
A sunrise over the Pacific Ocean, seen from Japan in 2018.
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John
on April 2024
Germany Will Resume Funding for UNRWA After a UN Report
Displaced Palestinians cooking as they shelter in a UNRWA-affiliated school in Deir al Balah, central Gaza, on Tuesday.
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John
on April 2024
Blinken Goes to China With Potential Trouble on Horizon
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted in Shanghai on Wednesday by Kong Fuan, the director general of the Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office, and by two American diplomats — R. Nicholas Burns, the ambassador to China; and Scott Walker, the U.S. consul general in Shanghai.
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John
on April 2024
Wednesday Briefing
The approved aid package has given a much-needed boost of morale for Ukrainian soldiers on the front and civilians living under threat.
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John
on April 2024
Timur Ivanov, Russian Deputy Defense Minister, Is Detained on Bribery Charges
A photograph released by Russian state media showed Timur Ivanov in Moscow in 2018. Mr. Ivanov is known as a protégé of Sergei K. Shoigu, the Russian defense minister.
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John
on April 2024
Israel Plans to Expand ‘Humanitarian Zone’ if It Invades Rafah
A street scene in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, where a million displaced Palestinians are sheltering and which Israel still said it is planning to invade.
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John
on April 2024
Wednesday Briefing: Senate Votes on Ukraine Aid
Activists waving Ukrainian flags outside the US Capitol in Washington on Tuesday.
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John
on April 2024
New Study Bolsters Idea of Athletic Differences Between Men and Trans Women
The swimmer Lia Thomas is challenging her sport’s ban on transgender athletes, which was created after she won a college championship in 2022.
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John
on April 2024
Court in Russia Rejects Evan Gershkovich’s Appeal Against Detention
The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, inside a glass cage in a courtroom in Moscow on Tuesday, must stay in a prison there, a court ruled.
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John
on April 2024
Italy’s New Abortion Law Is a Lesson in How Meloni Governs
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s measure, which draws on provisions in a 1978 law legalizing abortion in Italy, could bring more anti-abortion activists into counseling centers.
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John
on April 2024
UN Calls for Inquiry After Mass Graves Found at 2 Gaza Hospitals
The Palestinian Civil Defense recovering bodies on Sunday from what it is calling a mass grave at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
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John
on April 2024
Belgian Man’s Drunken Driving Defense: His Body Made the Alcohol
These beers, as well as any other alcoholic drinks, were not involved in a Belgian man’s drunken-driving charge.
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John
on April 2024
Hezbollah Claims Drone Attack 10 Miles Inside Israel
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John
on April 2024
What Is the Rwanda Policy? U.K.’s Plan for Asylum Seekers Explained
Britain’s Rwanda plan has become a flagship policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, center, at a time when his party’s approval ratings have dropped.
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John
on April 2024
At Least 5 Die Trying to Cross English Channel, Including a Young Girl
A rescue ship on Tuesday off the coast of Audresselles, France, just north of the area where an overcrowded inflatable boat was located.
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John
on April 2024
Germany Arrests Far-Right Lawmaker’s Aide on Suspicion of Spying for China
The Chinese Embassy in Berlin on Monday. The German authorities arrested four people in two days on suspicion of spying for China.
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John
on April 2024
Why Narendra Modi Called India’s Muslims ‘Infiltrators’
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John
on April 2024
U.S. universities struggle to calm campuses torn by the Gaza war.
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John
on April 2024
In Ukraine, New American Technology Won the Day. Until It Was Overwhelmed.
Congress is about to provide billions more dollars to Kyiv, mostly in the form of ammunition and long-range artillery, but questions remain whether new artificial intelligence technology will be enough to help turn the tide of the war.
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John
on April 2024
Malaysian Navy Helicopters Collide Midair, Killing 10
Rescue crews inspecting the crash site of two helicopters in Lumut, Malaysia, on Tuesday.
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John
on April 2024
Tuesday Briefing
Donald Trump walks out after the first day of opening arguments on Monday at Manhattan Criminal Court in his trial for falsifying documents related to hush money payments.
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John
on April 2024
Myanmar’s Young Rebels Find the Bright Sides to an Internet Blackout
A commander with the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force playing guitar and singing with fellow resistance members in Karenni State, in February.
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John
on April 2024
2 Starving Families in Gaza Try to Keep Their Children Alive
Waiting for donated food in Rafah, Gaza, last month.
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John
on April 2024
Taiwan Quakes: Aftershocks From Deadly Temblor Hit Island
Two buildings in the city of Hualien partially toppled in the quakes that hit Taiwan on Monday and early Tuesday.
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John
on April 2024
U.K. Pushes Through Rwanda Deportation Bill
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John
on April 2024
‘Patriots’ Review: What Happened to the Man Who Made Putin?
Will Keen as Vladimir Putin in “Patriots,” Peter Morgan’s wild story of makers switching places with the made, at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in Manhattan.
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John
on April 2024
Tuesday Briefing: The Trump Trial Opens
Former U.S. president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in court Monday.
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John
on April 2024
Biden Official Calls for Investigation in Chinese Swimming Doping Case
Zhang Yufei won two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
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John
on April 2024
Earth Day 2024: A Look at 3 Places Adapting Quickly to Fight Climate Change
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John
on April 2024
The Stark Reality of Israel’s Fight in Gaza
Six months into the conflict in Gaza, the question of what Israel has achieved is creating ever more intense global strains.
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John
on April 2024
Huw Edwards, a Top BBC Anchor, Resigns After 40 Years
Huw Edwards was suspended by the BBC in July after The Sun tabloid newspaper reported that an unnamed anchor from the broadcaster had paid a teenager $45,000 for sexually explicit images.
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John
on April 2024
Israel Hasn’t Offered Evidence Tying Many U.N. Workers to Hamas, Review Says
Employees of the main U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees distributing aid in Khan Younis last year.
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John
on April 2024
TikTok Faces E.U. Inquiry Over ‘Addictive’ Features
The action announced on Monday is the second E.U. investigation against TikTok.
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John
on April 2024
Palestinian Baby Delivered After Mother Killed in Israeli Strike
A Palestinian baby girl was born 10 weeks premature and weighed three pounds after her mother was killed in Rafah on Sunday.
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John
on April 2024
FIFA Said to Be Close to TV Deal With Apple for New Tournament
The tournament, which will feature teams from around the world, will take place for the first time next summer, in the United States.
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John
on April 2024
Everton Seeks Alternative Buyer as Deal With 777 Partners Falters
Fans outside Goodison Park, Everton’s aging stadium in Liverpool.
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John
on April 2024
Modi Calls Muslims ‘Infiltrators’ Who Would Take India’s Wealth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India at a rally in Bengaluru on Saturday, a day before a speech in which he attacked Muslims.
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John
on April 2024