For Twin Brothers Abducted in the Oct. 7 Attacks, Adjusting to Freedom Is a New Challenge
The twin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman were abducted by gunmen in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.
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U.S. Formally Seeks Information From Russia About Possible Plague Death
The entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. An employee of the institute died of a mysterious pneumonia.
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The Fight for Britain’s Right: Can Kemi Badenoch Reboot the Conservatives?
The Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch in Birmingham on Sunday.
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Case of U.S. Marine Accused of Murder in Japan Draws Outcry
A protest after a U.S. marine was arrested on suspicion of murdering a local woman in Okinawa.
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How a Shadow Economy in Asia Is Keeping Iranian Oil Flowing
A tanker used as floating storage in the heavily trafficked waters off the Malaysian state of Johor in September.
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Mass Trials Put Hundreds in One Dock in El Salvador
Inmates during a mass hearing at the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, prison in April in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
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The School Near Paris That Shows Why French Students Are Protesting
Students blocking access last week to Paul Éluard High School, during a protest for better learning conditions.
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How a Small Business Got Entangled in U.S. Sanctions on Iranian Oil
Shahul Hamid Ahmad, the owner of Tefcas Marine, a small shipping agency that was hit with U.S. sanctions, standing in his empty office in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, in September.
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Can Artificial Intelligence Learn the Art of Surgery?
Dr. Madani, left, and Dr. Timothy Jackson, perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery on a patient at Toronto General Hospital, with the help of visual A.I. guides.
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Malawians Struggle to Survive After Fleeing Anti-Immigrant Violence
Women wait to buy fish from fisherman on the banks of Lake Malawi in Mangochi District, Southern Malawi, last month.
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U.S. Sends Reaper Drones to Colombia and Ecuador to Hunt Cartels
An MQ-9 Reaper drone at Hancock Field Air National Guard base near Syracuse, N.Y.
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Europe’s Trade Tensions With China Are Coming to a Head
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has warned that Europe’s trade deficit with China has reached a “tipping point.”
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Inheritances Can Shatter Families. Could a Therapist Help?
Bill Martin doesn’t want his sons clashing over the future of the family farm in Rufus, Ore., as he did with his brother. He’s hired a coach to help.
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F.B.I. Charges American in Plot Behind Canada’s Tumbler Ridge School Shooting
A memorial for the victims of the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, in February.
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Understanding France’s Polycrisis
Paris yesterday.
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UK Security Adviser Jonathan Powell Traveled to Israel Ahead of Consulate Closure
Jonathan Powell, Britain’s national security adviser, on Downing Street last year.
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Live From the Barracks: Three Juntas Launch TV Channel
At a news conference in Bamako, Mali, in May. Military juntas have taken over Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years, cracking down on journalists and struggling to stop extremist groups like Al Qaeda.
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Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records
Immigration arrests have swept across the New York region as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown.
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People of All Ages Join French Student Protests as Movement Broadens
Demonstrators gathered in Paris to protest ailing schools.
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Spain Cancels Arrest Warrant for Carles Puigdemont, Catalan Separatist Leader
The Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont before a news conference on Tuesday in Belgium, where he has lived since 2017.
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Man Arrested in Connection With Incident at UK Air Base RAF Fairford
Armed police officers stood guard on a road outside the perimeter of the R.A.F. Fairford air base last month.
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Drones Hit Ships Off Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast, Prime Minister Says
Crew members of a ship that was damaged in a drone attack disembarking from a Bulgarian border police vessel on Tuesday.
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Kenya Records Ebola Case for First Time
The Kenyan cabinet secretary for health, Aden Duale, at a news conference in Nairobi on Tuesday. He said the man with Ebola had lived in Congo for seven years, and fell sick a month ago.
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German Officials Arrest Former Spy Chief on Espionage Charges
August Hanning in 2007, after he left the German intelligence service.
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As Spain Heads Into a Snap Election, Sánchez Turns an Eviction Into a Campaign Cause
People at a bar in La Cabrera, on the outskirts of Madrid, watching a televised speech on Monday in which Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced national elections.
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In Race With U.S., China Struggles to Recruit Foreign A.I. Researchers
Chinese A.I. companies like Deepseek and Moonshot have made a name for themselves internationally. But China still struggles to recruit foreign researchers.
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Melting Swiss Glaciers Release Archaeological Treasures
Fragments of wood found recently around a fast-melting ice patch in the Swiss Alps.
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Germany’s Far Right Claims Its First Statehouse Speaker Since 1945
Tobias Rausch was chosen as the first far-right leader of a German statehouse since 1945.
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India Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against Modi
A protest in New Delhi on Sunday, demanding the resignation of India’s chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar. More protests are planned for this week.
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South Korea Investigates Possible Use of A.I. in Hackings on Its Banks
Hana Bank was one of several financial institutions in South Korea affected by recent cyberattacks.
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France Student Protests Escalate Amid Fiscal Crisis and an Election
The damaged entrance to a high school in Paris on Monday. Unrest at French schools has compounded a sense of crisis in France.
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FIFA Found Congo Player Ineligible but Let Him Play in World Cup
Members of the Democratic Republic of Congo squad warming up before their World Cup match against Colombia in June.
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The Hidden Policies That Power China’s Export Boom
Workers in a garment-making district in Guangzhou, China, last year.
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Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Author of Seminal Anticolonial Novel, Dies at 98
Cheikh Hamidou Kane in 2011. Mr. Kane subtly captured the shock of colonization from the perspective of the African people.
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‘A new kind of cyber incident’: OpenAI apologizes for the Australia Medicare hack.
OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. The company said it would work to rebuild trust with Australians.
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OpenAI’s models have also meddled with U.S. government websites after going rogue.
OpenAI’s technology tried to hack the website of the U.S. Education Department to gather data from the department’s civil rights office but failed.
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The Separatist Parti Québécois Wins Quebec Election, Reviving Sovereignty Push
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the Parti Québécois, celebrated a provincial election victory in Montreal.
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What to know about recent A.I. hacks.
An analysis of one recent hack by OpenAI technology helped to reveal how A.I. agents communicated with one another.
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OpenAI Says It Changed Systems After Australia Hacking
The chief strategy officer for OpenAI, Jason Kwon, center, at the Parliament of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday.
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A.I. hacking in Australia prompts a concern: Can the law keep up?
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia at the U.N. General Assembly in New York last month. He has called for international standards to govern A.I.
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Nigeria Military Helicopter Crashes With 32 Onboard
Wreckage of a military aircraft that crashed in Ondo State, Nigeria, on Monday.
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Brazil Election Could Give Bolsonaro a Key Role in Trump’s Latin America Map
An effigy of President Trump carrying a depiction of an incarcerated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during a rally in São Paulo last month in support of Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing opposition candidate.
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British Museum Says It’s Extending Bayeux Tapestry Viewing Hours
Visitors to the British Museum’s Bayeux Tapestry exhibition were initially allowed to take photos, but that practice has since been banned to move people along more quickly.
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Russia Moves to Tamp Down Rumors About Plague Outbreak in Siberia
An infectious-diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, Russia, on Monday. The mayor has urged residents “not to spread rumors.”
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Why Saudi Arabia’s Last War in Yemen Turned Into a Quagmire
Smoke billowing from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last month after the Houthis claimed to have attacked the facility.
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Saudi and Yemeni Forces Attack Houthis to Retake Control of Red Sea Coast
Inspecting melted foam in a factory after a strike in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday. Houthi-affiliated media blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack.
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In a Major Boost for the Right, Another Bolsonaro Nears Brazil’s Presidency
Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, had the lead after Sunday’s vote.
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Bolsonaro Family Emerges Triumphant in Brazil’s Elections, Mounting a Surprising Resurrection
Trump Suggests Iran Could ‘Take Out’ L.A. or San Diego, Drawing Anger From California Leaders
As Japan’s Population Shrinks, a City Is Accused of Padding Census Numbers
Student Protests Expand to More Than 40 French Cities
Ukraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push
Protests Spread Across France, Growing From School Demonstrations
The Rise of Gig Economy Warfare