Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to 2 Scientists for Work on Machine Learning
John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton, pictured onscreen, were announced as recipients of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm on Tuesday.
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So, Are You Pregnant Yet? China’s In-Your-Face Push for More Babies.
Propaganda artwork in Miyun, a district of Beijing, depicting a couple with three children and including slogans promoting childbearing.
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For Many Israelis, Oct. 7 Never Ended
In Kfar Aza last month.
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After a Betrayal, a Fractured Cartel Turns Its Hometown Into a War Zone
Police guarding a crime scene last month in Culiacán, Mexico.
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Fighting Myanmar’s Patriarchy, One All-Male Panel at a Time
Ying Lao has long worked for democratic and feminist causes, but she has faced a backlash for her public evisceration of manels, or all-male panels.
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China Calls for Tighter Security After Workers Are Killed in Pakistan
The site of an explosion outside Karachi airport, Pakistan, early Monday.
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Tunisia’s President Cruises to Landslide Re-Election Victory
Supporters of President Kais Saied of Tunisia in Tunis after exit poll results were announced on Sunday.
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Ex-Philippine President, Under Investigation for War on Drugs, Returns to Politics
Rodrigo Duterte, in white mask, attending the inauguration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines, left, in Manila in 2022.
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Russia Sentences 72-Year-Old American on Charges of Fighting for Ukraine
A still image taken from a video provided by the Moscow City Court of Stephen James Hubbard at a court hearing in Moscow on Monday.
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A Hostage Waits for Her Husband Still Being Held in Gaza
Sharon Cunio, her husband and their 4-year-old twin daughters were among the roughly 250 hostages abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
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In London, a Pro-Palestinian Protest Disrupts the Launch of an American Mural
Palestinian protesters disrupt the dedication ceremony for Shepard Fairey’s latest project, a mural on climate change, in London on Monday.
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How Gaza Became a Mass Death Trap
A camp for internally displaced people in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, in late October 2023.
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What Is Hamas Capable of After a Year of War?
The scene of a rocket assault In Kfar Chabad, Israel, on Monday.
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Japan Says It Doctored Photo of Cabinet Ministers
New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan, center front, posing for an official photo with his cabinet in Tokyo this month.
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Lead Drinking-Water Pipes Must be Replaced Nationwide, E.P.A. Says
Lead, a neurotoxin, is particularly dangerous to children. A length of lead pipe being replaced in Newark in 2019.
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Athens Democracy Forum: Where Is Global Politics Headed?
Voters in France, above, and 20 other countries cast their ballots in the European Parliament election in June.
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A Young Activist Arrested in Zimbabwe Holds Onto Her ‘Why’
Namatai Kwekweza at the Athens Democracy Forum last year. She was held for 35 days after being taken off a plane in July and arrested in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Athens Democracy Forum: Seeking the Road to Peace in the Middle East
A view from Ashkelon, Israel, on Oct. 1 of Israel’s Iron Dome antimissile system intercepting rockets from Iran.
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Does India Offer a Glimmer of Hope for Democracy?
Supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated after India’s election in June. His Bharatiya Janata Party failed to win a simple majority in the lower house of Parliament, and Mr. Modi now leads a coalition government.
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Athens Democracy Forum: Democracy at the World’s Ballot Boxes
Voting in Soweto during South Africa’s general election in May.
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A Year Later, Biden Faces the Limits of U.S. Influence in the Mideast
President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, the first lady, lit a yahrzeit candle for the victims of the Oct. 7 attacks with Rabbi Aaron Alexander at the White House on Monday.
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Washington Worries the Israelis Will Bomb Iran’s Nuclear Sites. But Can They?
An Israeli F-15 flying over southern Israel in March. The country is capable of striking targets deep inside Iran, but would prefer to have the support of the United States.
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Israelis Hold Sorrowful Vigils on Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attack
Relatives and friends of victims of the Oct. 7 attacks gathered at the site of the Nova music festival in southern Israel on the morning of the anniversary.
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Israel Faces 4-Front War Year After Oct. 7 Attack
The aftermath of an explosion on Monday in the Lebanese village of Qmatiyeh near Beirut.
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As a Massacre Unfolded in Haiti, a Frantic Call: ‘Send for Help'
Families from Pont-Sondé, a town in central Haiti attacked by a gang last Thursday, gathered at a park in the nearby city of Saint-Marc.
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Tuesday Briefing: Israelis and Palestinians Mourn a Year of Loss
Relatives and friends of victims of the Oct. 7 attacks at the site of last year’s Nova music festival.
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Netanyahu Rebukes Macron’s Call for Arms Embargo on Israel
President Emmanuel Macron of France on Monday.
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Israel challenges U.N. court’s jurisdiction to issue a warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest.
Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in February.
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Viktor Bout Is Trying to Sell Weapons to the Houthis, Western Officials Say
The Russian arms dealer Viktor A. Bout was released by the Biden administration in December 2022 after serving less than half of his sentence in U.S. federal prison.
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Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian Students at Columbia Hold Side-by-Side Protests
Outside Columbia University, people gathered in support of Israel. On the campus, students held adjacent rallies, one for Israel and another for Palestinians.
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In Mexico, a Mayor Is Brutally Killed Just Days After Taking Office
Mexican security forces on Sunday at the scene where Alejandro Arcos Catalán, the mayor of Chilpancingo, Mexico, was killed.
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Missile Hits Near Ukrainian Air Base as Russia Expands Air Attacks
A man walks next to parts of a Kinzhal Russian hypersonic missile recovered from an airstrike in Ukraine last month.
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Emirates bans pagers and walkie-talkies on flights after attacks.
Lebanese Middle East Airlines (MEA) and Emirates Airlines planes on the tarmac of Beirut-Rafic Al Hariri International Airport in July.
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New York Marks the Oct. 7 Anniversary With Vigils and Pro-Palestinian Protests
Demonstrators gathered in Washington Square Park on Saturday in anticipation of the Oct. 7 anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel.
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Key Moments in the Middle East War Since Hamas’s Oct. 7 Attack on Israel: Timeline
Victims lie on a highway in the Sderot area of southern Israel following the attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.
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Hostages’ Families Endure Surreal Wait on Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attacks
“I feel the hostage situation has been put to the back,” said Ofri Bibas-Levy, Yarden Bibas’s sister.
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Palestinians in Gaza Reflect on One Year of Israel’s War With Hamas
Palestinians fleeing Israeli bombing in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, last year.
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On the Oct. 7 Anniversary, Remembering the Nova Festival Victims
Relatives and friends gathering at the site of the Nova music festival near Re’im, Israel, on Monday.
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In a World Changed by Oct. 7, Hatred Is Winning
Relatives and friends of victims of the Oct. 7 attacks gathered at the site of the Nova music festival on the morning of the anniversary.
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The War That Won’t End: How Oct. 7 Sparked a Year of Conflict
Palestinians entered Israel through a breach in the Gaza border fence during the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Israel Steps Up Attacks in Gaza and Lebanon Ahead of Oct. 7 Anniversary
Israeli airstrikes targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday.
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Monday Briefing: Reflecting on a Year of War
A memorial near Re’im, Israel, in September.
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Peter Jay, Headline-Making British Ambassador to the U.S., Dies at 87
Peter Jay at his home in London in May 1977, shortly after being named British ambassador to the United States.
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Pope Names 21 New Cardinals, Reaching Far Beyond Europe
Pope Francis read the list of new cardinals during his Sunday prayer at the Vatican. The ceremony to elevate them will take place next month.
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U.K. Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Sue Gray, Resigns
Sue Gray last month at the meeting of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. In a statement on Sunday she said that “intense commentary around my position risked becoming a distraction to the government’s vital work of change.”
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Fear Overshadows Oct. 7 Memorial Preparations in Israel
A memorial near Re’im, Israel, in September.
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Ship in Need of Repairs Has Explosive Cargo, but No Dock
Damage to the Port of Beirut, in Lebanon, in 2020 after an explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate. The MV Ruby may be carrying more than seven times as much.
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How the Push to Avert a Broader War in Lebanon Fell Apart
Portraits of Hassan Nasrallah amid the destruction from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiya, outside of Beirut.
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Climate Change Is Scorching Stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil
A much-depleted tributary of the Amazon, the Parana do Manaquiri, last month in Amazonas State, Brazil.
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What It’s Like to Return to Israeli Villages Attacked on Oct. 7
More homes are turning their lights back on, signaling the gradual return of residents to the kibbutz.
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Live Updates: Israel Expands Forces in Lebanon as 2nd Year of Conflict Dawns
Israel-Gaza War: Photos that Defined a Year of Conflict
Pakistan Bans Protest Movement in Renewed Crackdown on Dissent