Many Syrians Want Justice for Regime Crimes. Others Want Revenge.
Marwa Abdo, center, describing how her brother, Bashar, was killed just days before, in Idlib, Syria.
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A Crucial Coal Mine in Ukraine Under Attack by Russian Forces Finally Shuts Down
Workers walking through a shaft inside a coal mine just southeast of the embattled city of Pokrovsk, near Ukraine’s front line.
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on January 2025
Mozambique Is at a Crossroads as a New President Is Sworn In
Mr. Chapo during his inauguration ceremony.
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on January 2025
Musk Said to Have Intervened to Help Free Italian Jailed in Iran
Elon Musk at a political event in Rome in 2023. He is close to Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.
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In Pursuing Canal, Trump Could Push Panama Closer to China
A vessel traveling through the Panama Canal this month.
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on January 2025
Poland’s Leader Suggests Russian Hand in Plot to Attack Western Cargo Planes
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland in Warsaw, on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
Missile Attack Prompts Emergency Power Cuts in Ukraine
Ukrainians took shelter in a subway station in Kyiv, the capital, on Wednesday morning.
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on January 2025
What We Know About the Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Agreement
Smoke billowing in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
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South Korea President Yoon Is Detained for Questioning Over Martial Law
A motorcade taking President Yoon Suk Yeol away from his residence in Seoul on Wednesday morning. He will be questioned about his declaration of martial law last month.
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A House at Auschwitz Opens Its Doors to a Chilling Past
The house of Rudolf Höss, the Auschwitz camp’s wartime commandant.
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on January 2025
Hun Sen Adviser Wanted in Thailand Over Lim Kimya Killing
The scene where Lim Kimya was shot dead in Bangkok last week.
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on January 2025
Dozens of Bodies Recovered From Illegal Mine in South Africa
Recovering bodies from an illegal mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Chinese Celebrities and Tourists Think Twice About Thailand
The Chinese actor Wang Xing, right, talking with Thai police officers after he was rescued from a scam camp in Myanmar. His abduction set off security concerns in China.
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Looks to Trump and the U.S. to Avoid Prison
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at his party’s headquarters in Brasília.
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As Trump Heads to White House, Bolsonaro May Be Headed to Jail. Why?
The then-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, center, with then-President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2020.
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on January 2025
Fake Meat Is Processed. What Does That Mean for Its Health Benefits.
Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods enjoyed a meteoric rise before they were characterized by rivals and critics as chemically-laden, ultra-processed foods.
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on January 2025
Thursday Briefing
Palestinians in Deir al Balah, central Gaza, reacting to news of the cease-fire deal.
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on January 2025
China Deploys Security to Try to Reassure a Country on Edge
A security guard outside an elementary school in Shenzhen, China, in November.
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on January 2025
Negotiators Reach Cease-Fire and Hostage Deal for Gaza
Explosions in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
British Man Freed From Prison Over Video Misidentification
Ademola Adedeji, seen here in 2022, was freed from prison on Wednesday. He said “it doesn’t feel real.”
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Biden and Trump Defy Their History of Animosity to Seal Gaza Cease-Fire
President-elect Donald J. Trump and President Biden in November. The deal is set to start on Sunday, before Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
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Canada Readies Billions of Dollars in Retaliatory Moves to Trump Tariff Threat
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada speaking at a news conference on Wednesday in Ottawa.
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on January 2025
Why Trump Wanted a Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Before He Took Office
Protesters Wednesday in Tel-Aviv after hearing news of a cease-fire agreement.
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on January 2025
Takeaways From Marco Rubio’s Senate Hearing
The notable lack of tension indicated that Senator Marco Rubio would almost certainly be confirmed quickly.
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on January 2025
Thursday Briefing: A Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
People celebrate while watching a television along a street in Khan Younis yesterday.
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on January 2025
What Does the Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Between Israel and Hamas Say?
Yifat Calderon, right, a cousin of Ofer Calderon, a hostage in Gaza, attending a protest in Tel Aviv on Wednesday calling for the release of all the hostages.
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Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Brings Joy, but Is Shadowed With Uncertainty
Palestinians waiting for news of a cease-fire deal, in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, on Wednesday.
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Cease-Fire Deal Has Exposed Fissures in Netanyahu’s Right-Wing Government
Israelis around a sign reading “Everyone returning” at a demonstration on Wednesday in Tel Aviv calling for the release of all the hostages.
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on January 2025
How the Gaza Cease-Fire Deal United Teams Biden and Trump
Steve Witkoff, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, in Palm Beach, Fla., this month.
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on January 2025
Cease-Fire Deal With Israel Comes as Hamas Is Severely Weakened
Palestinians celebrate in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, after news of a cease-fire deal on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
Gaza Hostage Deal Could Come as Trump Takes Office, in Echoes of 1981
Iran released the American hostages minutes after Jimmy Carter left office at noon on Jan. 20, 1981.
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on January 2025
Are Biden and Trump at Odds on Global Energy Strategy? Maybe Not So Much.
Geoffrey Pyatt, assistant secretary of state for energy resources, said fossil fuels are “a strategic asset” and “a national security attribute.”
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on January 2025
Energy Secretary Pick, Chris Wright, Has Been an Evangelist for Fossil Fuels
Chris Wright, chief executive of Liberty Energy and the nominee for secretary of energy, before the Senate energy committee on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
What China Wants in Panama: More Trade, Projects and Influence
The Panama Canal last week. China, which has been trying to expand its influence in Panama for years, won a contract to build a fourth bridge over it.
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on January 2025
Wednesday Briefing
The aftermath of an Israeli strike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
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on January 2025
French Prime Minister Signals He Will Revisit Unpopular Retirement Law
Prime Minister François Bayrou delivering a speech to the National Assembly in Paris on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Wednesday Briefing: A Major U.S. Senate Hearing
Pete Hegseth, right, at his Senate hearing yesterday.
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on January 2025
Biden Will Remove Cuba From List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
The U.S. Embassy in Havana. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to be secretary of state, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, is likely to oppose Mr. Biden’s 11th-hour actions on Cuba.
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Estimated Gaza Toll May Have Missed 25,000 Deaths, Study Says
The aftermath of Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Oct. 26, 2023.
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on January 2025
Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, Confirms She Is in Remission from Cancer
Kate, Princess of Wales, at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Tulip Siddiq, U.K. Anticorruption Minister, Resigns
Tulip Siddiq is the niece of Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister of Bangladesh, who fled the country last year.
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For These Teenagers in Ukraine, Hope Arrived at the Stage Door
Rehearsing the original play “It’s okay!” in Kyiv, Ukraine, in August. From left, Solomia Cherepushko-Zagrebelna; Sasha Suchyk; Alisa Pazushko; and an acting teacher.
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on January 2025
Pakistan Orders Inquiry After Complaints That Airline Ad Evoked 9/11
A Pakistan International Airlines aircraft ahead of its takeoff for Paris in Islamabad on Friday.
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on January 2025
In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sludge Fertilizer
A wastewater treatment plant in Fort Worth, Texas, last year.
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on January 2025
Maha Kumbh Mela: World’s Largest Gathering Begins in India
Hindu pilgrims taking a holy dip in Prayagraj, India, on Monday.
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on January 2025
Ukraine Launches ‘Massive’ Drone Attacks Inside Russia, Officials Say
Kazan, the capital of the republic of Tatarstan in Russia, in October. Local media in Kazan reported on Tuesday that a tanker at a liquefied natural gas base was struck by a Ukrainian drone.
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South Korean Leader Shuns Trial as He Tries to Hold Off Detention
Judges on South Korea’s Constitutional Court sat for the first formal hearing Tuesday in a trial to decide the validity of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment by the National Assembly.
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on January 2025
How Mexico Cracked Down on Its Immigration Chief to Defuse a US Migrant Crisis
Francisco Garduño Yáñez, head of Mexico’s National Migration Institute, has defended his approach to migration control as “a humanitarian policy of integration and brotherhood.”
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on January 2025
Israel and Hamas Near Agreement on Cease-Fire Deal, Qatar Says
The aftermath of an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Tuesday Briefing
Destruction in the Pacific Palisades yesterday.
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on January 2025
A Neo-Nazi Helped Incite U.K. Riots. Elon Musk Criticized His Sentencing.
Riot police in Southport, England, last July after a deadly knife attack. Andrew McIntyre took part in the riot, and his posts on Telegram encouraged others to participate in violent disorder.
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on January 2025
The British Public Dislikes Elon Musk. He Can Still Sway Politics.
Elon Musk at an event hosted by President-elect Donald J. Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., shortly after the U.S. election.
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on January 2025
Pope Francis’ Autobiography, Long in the Making, Arrives in Bookstores
Pope Francis delivered a blessing from the window of his private library overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in 2020.
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on January 2025
Even Homes That Evade the Fire Face Toxic Ash Risk, Studies Show
Middle East Crisis Updates: Gaza Cease-Fire to Start on Sunday, Mediator Says
‘The Interview’: Ambassador David Pressman Is Alarmed by What He Has Seen