A Lethal Israeli Airstrike Hits Near a Gaza Aid Clinic
A screen grab from a video shows a wounded child being treated in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the town of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on Thursday.
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How El Salvador Is Reaping Rewards From Trump’s Deportation Agenda
President Donald Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador holding a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office in April.
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on July 2025
The Calgary Stampede Captures Canada’s Western Spirit
White cowboy hats were a popular choice at a reception hosted by Devin Dreeshen, a Legislative Assembly of Alberta member, during the Calgary Stampede.
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Russia Bombards Ukraine as U.S. Frustration Mounts
A blast in Kyiv during the Russian attack on Thursday. In the overnight assault, Russia launched 18 missiles and around 400 drones on Ukraine.
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Israel Will Allow More Aid Into Gaza, Officials Say
Palestinians waiting in line to receive flour from an aid center in Gaza City in June.
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U.K. and France Agree to First-Ever Nuclear Weapons Pact to Fend Off Threat to Europe
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, left, with President Emmanuel Macron of France at Downing Street in London on Wednesday.
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Trump Seems to Be Warming to What Europe Wants for Ukraine: New Russia Sanctions
An oil refinery in Volgograd, Russia, in 2022. Oil production is a crucial source of revenue for the country’s war machine.
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K-Pop Singer Taeil Sentenced to 3½-Years in Rape of Tourist
Taeil, center, of the band NCT in New York, in 2019.
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Denmark Aims to Use Copyright Law to Protect People From Deepfakes
Referring to the effort to counter internet fakes, the Danish minister of culture, Jakob Engel-Schmidt, said, “Technology has outpaced our current legislation.”
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Israel Launches New Ground Incursion in Lebanon, Raising Fears for Truce
An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon last week. Israel has conducted near-daily strikes in southern Lebanon since it agreed to a cease-fire in November.
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U.K. Faces Rising Threat From Iranian Plots, Intelligence Committee Says
Kevan Jones, the chairman of Britain’s parliamentary intelligence committee, in a photo provided by the British Parliament.
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UK Braces for Record Temperatures as Third Heat Wave Spreads
A spectator on Day 11 of Wimbledon in London on Thursday. In the coming days, most of England, eastern Scotland and eastern Northern Ireland are likely to meet the official heat wave criteria.
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La Scala Warns Opera Patrons: No Flip-Flops or Tank Tops Allowed
Visitors dressed in formal attire in the Teatro alla Scala bar in December.
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on July 2025
L.A.-Area Bishop Excuses Faithful From Mass Over Fear of Immigration Raids
Bishop Alberto Rojas leading mass at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Chino Hills, Calif., in 2023. Federal agents have arrested about 2,000 immigrants in the Los Angeles area since June 6.
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As Israel and Ukraine Advance Drone Warfare, U.S. Sees Its Own Vulnerabilities
Ukrainian soldiers at an air defense position, where they monitor for, and shoot down armed Russian drones in May.
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Thursday Briefing: Russia’s Record Drone Attack
Debris from an exploded Russian drone in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday.
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Rubio Tells Top Russian Diplomat of Trump’s Frustration Over Putin’s War
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arriving at Subang Air Base outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday.
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Mexico Sentences 10 Men to 140 Years Each in Prison for Links to Killing at Cartel Ranch
The Izaguirre ranch in Teuchitlán, a village near Guadalajara in Jalisco state, which Mexican officials said was used as a recruitment, training and operations center by the Jalisco cartel.
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Yemen’s Houthi Militia Took Sailors Hostage After Red Sea Attack, U.S. Says
An image released by Diaplous, a maritime security organization, shows crew members being rescued after an attack in the Red Sea. Eunavfor Aspides, a European Union military operation, said on Wednesday that it had rescued six castaway crew members of the cargo ship Eternity C.
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on July 2025
Thursday Briefing: Russia’s Record Drone Attack
Debris from an exploded Russian drone in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday.
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Henry Mount Charles, Whose Castle Was a Mecca for Rock, Dies at 74
Henry Mount Charles holds tickets for the “Eminem and 50 Cent European Tour” in 2005. To generate funds for the upkeep of Slane Castle, he turned its grounds into an amphitheater.
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Trump Pledges 50% Tariffs Against Brazil, Citing ‘Witch Hunt’ Against Bolsonaro
Former President Jair Bolsonaro in January at his political party’s headquarters in Brasília.
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Former President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea Is Arrested on New Charges
Yoon Suk Yeol, former president of South Korea, arrived in court in Seoul on Wednesday for a hearing to address a new arrest warrant requested by a special prosecutor.
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A British Surgeon Shares What She Saw in Gaza’s Hospitals
Dr. Victoria Rose at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza in May, in a picture distributed by Anadolu Agency, a Turkish state news outlet. “I’ve not seen this volume and this intensity before,” she said of the traumatic injuries she treated.
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Recipients of a U.S. Climate Science Fellowship Are Put on Unpaid Leave
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. Over the years, the NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program has supported more than 230 researchers.
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Trump Discusses Economic Investment With African Leaders at White House Meeting
President Trump hosted the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal at the White House on Wednesday.
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A 37,000-Year Chronicle of What Once Ailed Us
Yersinia pestis, the microbe that causes plague. DNA in human fossils has revealed a surge in the disease about 5,000 years ago.
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on July 2025
Putin Escalates His War Against Ukraine, Undeterred by Trump’s Words
Ukrainian officials collect pieces of an exploded Russian drone after multiple strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday.
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European Court Holds Russia Liable for Human Rights Violations in Ukraine and MH17 Attack
A section of Flight MH17 after it was shot down in 2014 over eastern Ukraine.
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Can Canada Leverage Its Unique U.S. Relationship During Tariff Talks With Trump?
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and President Trump during a Group of 7 meeting last month in Kananaskis, Canada.
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Russia Makes Record Attack on Ukraine as Trump Castigates Putin
Taking shelter Tuesday night inside a Kyiv metro station during an air raid alert during a Russian attack on Ukraine.
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Umbrellas Optional? East Asia’s Monsoon Rains Are No Longer a Sure Thing
A fountain at one of Seoul’s parks was full of people looking to cool down on Sunday.
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on July 2025
French Police Raid National Rally Over Campaign Finances
Jordan Bardella, the National Rally’s president, accused the French authorities of harassment and called a raid on his party’s offices a threat to “pluralism and democratic change.”
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Philadelphia Union Reaches Deal to End Strike That Led to Trash Pileup
A man dropped off trash at a garbage collection site last week in Philadelphia.
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on July 2025
After Decades as Enemies, Syria and Israel Now Share a Common Foe
An Israeli military vehicle driving in March along the buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights.
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on July 2025
South Korea Returns Stranded North Korean Fishermen
South Korea’s Unification Ministry released this photo, which it said showed fishermen returning to North Korean waters on Wednesday.
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Guatemala Closes Schools in Capital After Earthquakes
Office workers and security personnel standing in the street in Guatemala City after an earthquake on Tuesday.
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on July 2025
Wednesday Briefing: Rare Earths, Made in Europe?
A rare earths factory in La Rochelle, France.
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on July 2025
Wildfire on Edge of Marseille Injures More Than 100, Officials Say
People look on near the Plage des Corbieres, on the outskirts of Marseille in southern France on Tuesday.
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on July 2025
Wildfires Scar Syria Anew
Emergency responders with the Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, near the town of Rabia, in the Latakia countryside of Syria, late Sunday.
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Research Suggests Climate Change Added Excess Deaths in European Heat Wave
The sun rising in Paris on July 1, when temperatures in the city hit 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
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on July 2025
Trump’s Frustration With Putin Preceded Resumption of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine
Ukrainian rescue workers carry the body of a victim of a Russian air bombing from an apartment building in Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, last month.
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on July 2025
Antigovernment Protests Erupt Across Kenya, Killing Dozens
Protesters at a barricade in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday.
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The Bayeux Tapestry, a British Masterpiece, Returns to England After 900 Years
The Bayeux Tapestry, a large embroidery that chronicles the Norman Conquest of England, on display in Bayeux, France. It will be shown at the British Museum in London from September 2026 to July 2027.
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U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans in El Salvador for American Prisoners
Inmates at the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a maximum-security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in March.
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on July 2025
Wednesday Briefing: Rare Earths, Made in Europe?
A rare earths factory in La Rochelle, France.
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on July 2025
What Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View.
In a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump used the term “deal” to refer to arrangements that other countries had not consented to at all.
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on July 2025
Royal Family Welcomes President Macron to UK for State Visit With Pomp and Pizazz
King Charles speaking at the state banquet for Emmanuel Macron, president of France, at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.
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on July 2025
Southern China and Hong Kong Brace for Floods and Fierce Winds from Danas
Thune Says Russia Sanctions Vote Could Come as Soon as This Month
China Surveys Seabeds Where Naval Rivals May One Day Clash
New Research Questions Severity of Withdrawal From Antidepressants