These Ukrainians Don’t Want to Be Traded to Russia for Peace
Daria Bondareva last month with a customer at her salon in Sloviansk, Ukraine, in the Donetsk region.
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After Six Decades of the War on Drugs, What Works?
A burned car in Guadalajara following the capture and killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.
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Mexican Forces Say They Tracked El Mencho to Cabin by Following His Lover
Gen. Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, Mexico’s defense minister, described this weekend’s operation against a top cartel leader at a news conference in Mexico City on Monday with President Claudia Sheinbaum.
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How Russia Put Its Future at Risk by Remaking Its Economy for War
A Russian Army recruitment poster in Moscow in June. The war in Ukraine has killed or wounded as many as 1.2 million Russians.
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What Brontë Country Tells Us About Britain Today
The windswept area of northern England where Emily Brontë wrote “Wuthering Heights” remains a place of startling natural beauty.
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For Iran’s Rulers, Refusing U.S. Demands Is a Risk Worth Taking
A march in Tehran this month marked the anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Iran is facing an economic crisis and a major buildup of U.S. firepower in the Persian Gulf.
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Settlers in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank Drive a Palestinian Family Off Its Land
Rezeq Abu Naim, left, with some members of his family inside a cave the family used, in July, near the West Bank village of Al Mughayir.
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EU Support for Ukraine Stumbles as Hungary Looks to Delay Aid
Police officers at the site of an explosion in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday.
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The Ukrainian Bureaucrat Working to Squeeze Russia’s War Machine
Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the Ukrainian commissioner for sanctions policy, in Kyiv, in January.
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France Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Comments on Activist’s Killing
Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France, and his wife, Seryl Kushner, leaving the Élysée Palace in Paris in July.
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Drug Lord ‘El Mencho’ Was Killed in Mexico. What’s Next for the Cartel He Led?
Security forces patrolling in Mexico City after the killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes on Sunday.
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The Ex-Taxi Driver at the Center of Russia’s Shadow War
A 2024 arson attack outside Warsaw was one of several plots carried out in Europe by a criminal network on behalf of Russian intelligence services, according to European officials.
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Mexico Is Caught Between Trump and the Cartels
President Trump and President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico in Washington in December. Mr. Trump has been loudly and repeatedly demanding that Mexican officials dismantle the cartels.
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Iranians Brace for War as Trump Considers Targeted Strikes
Iranians walking past the former U.S. embassy in Tehran this month, a day after the start of indirect negotiations between American and Iranian officials in Oman.
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Mandelson’s Arrest Adds to Scandal That Has Rattled Starmer and Labour Party
Peter Mandelson, left, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington last year. Mr. Starmer fired Mr. Mandelson after learning of Mr. Mandelson’s friendship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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China Amps Up Pressure on Japan With Restrictions on Exports
Students of the National Defense Academy of Japan during a parade in Yokosuka in 2023. The academy is one of 20 Japanese entities targeted by China’s new export ban.
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Is It Safe to Travel to Mexico Right Now, Given the Cartel Violence?
Americans traveling in Guadalajara, Mexico, were still advised to “shelter in place” as of late Monday.
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‘Mother Russia’ Review: A New Play That’s as Funny as It’s Smart
Steven Boyer as Dmitri and Adam Chanler-Berat as Evgeny getting a taste of capitalism in Lauren Yee’s “Mother Russia” at the Signature Theater in Manhattan.
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After Chaos Rips Across Mexico, the Remnants of Cartel Violence Haunt Residents
Empty streets and closed businesses on Monday in downtown Guadalajara.
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Hunkering Down in Mexico, Some Hope for a Flight Out Amid Burning Cars
Tourists watching a smoke rising after cartel members blocked roads and burned down businesses after a military operation led to the death of the Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Canada to Probe What OpenAI Knew About Tumbler Ridge Shooter
A memorial for the victims of a the mass shooting this month at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia.
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C.I.A. Intelligence Helped Lead Mexican Authorities to ‘El Mencho’
Mexican special forces in Mexico City on Sunday. C.I.A. intelligence helped lead the special forces to the cartel leader.
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Who Is Peter Mandelson, the UK Ex-Ambassador Fired Over His Epstein Ties?
Peter Mandelson leaving his home in Wiltshire, England, on Friday. He spent four decades in British politics, most recently as ambassador to the United States.
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The European Union Hits Pause on Its U.S. Trade Deal
A European lawmaker warned that U.S. tariffs on cheeses like Parmesan and Camembert could nearly double, to about 30 percent.
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Trump Administration Scrambles to Pick Up the Pieces of Broken Tariffs
President Trump has said that tariffs will help America’s manufacturing sector and create factory jobs, though many economists have questioned those claims.
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Puerto Vallarta Jolted By Violence After Cartel Boss Killing
Firefighters work to extinguish a bus on fire in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Sunday.
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Supreme Court to Weigh Oil-Industry Effort to End a Major Climate Suit
A Suncor Energy oil refinery in Commerce City, Colo.
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Women’s Olympic Hockey Gold Medalist Has Her Brothers’ Eccentric Support
Haley Winn celebrates her gold medal in Milan on Thursday with her brothers Ryan, left, Tommy and Casey Winn.
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Supreme Court Considers Fate of Docks and Other Assets Seized by Cuba in 1960
Revolutionaries confiscated the property of the Havana Docks Company in 1960.
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Duterte Won’t Appear at Hearing as I.C.C. Weighs Evidence Against Him
Supporters of Rodrigo Duterte, the former leader of the Philippines, on Saturday outside the International Criminal Court detention center on the outskirts of The Hague.
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What to Know About the Killing of ‘El Mencho’
Firefighters extinguishing a burning bus blocking a roadway in Jalisco state, Mexico, on Sunday.
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Trump Considers Targeted Strike Against Iran, Followed by Larger Attack
President Trump’s threat is the latest example of how he is trying to force Iranian leaders to see that they have no choice but to give up every aspect of their nuclear program.
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Courting China Again
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Shanghai last month.
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‘This Has Been a Day:’ U.S.-Canada Hockey Game Puts Rivalry on the Line
At the Canuck in Manhattan on Sunday, a handful of U.S. fans watched among a largely pro-Canada crowd.
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Iran Students Protest for Second Day Despite State Crackdown
A screen grab from a social media post that was verified by The New York Times showing demonstrators at the Tehran University of Art on Sunday.
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Iran Could Direct Proxies to Attack U.S. Targets Abroad, Officials Warn
A new billboard in Tehran this month. The uncertainty surrounding possible threats from Iran’s proxy groups further complicates the Trump administration’s war planning.
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Mexican Forces Kill ‘El Mencho,’ Nation’s Most-Wanted Cartel Boss
Agentes de policía aseguran una zona en la que miembros del crimen organizado incendiaron vehículos en Zapopan, México, el domingo.
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Arab Leaders Condemn Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Ambassador Mike Huckabee told Tucker Carlson, the podcaster, that it “would be fine” if Israel “took it all,” referring to much of the Middle East. Arab and Islamic countries denounced his remarks.
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Trump Tensions Turn U.S.-Canada Olympic Hockey Final Into a ‘Grudge Match’
The U.S. men’s hockey team prepares to take the ice against Canada in the gold medal match in Milan on Sunday.
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St. Francis’ Remains, Rarely Seen, Go on Display in Assisi
Believers lined up to see the bones of St. Francis at the basilica bearing his name in Assisi, Italy, on Sunday.
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Russia Attacks Ukraine Ahead of Invasion’s 4th Anniversary
Workers at the site where a policewoman was killed in an explosion in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday. It was not clear whether Russia was involved.
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Fat Signing Bonuses, and Concierge Service, for Family Doctors
The town of Stettler, Alberta’s economy is predominantly driven by the agriculture and oil industries, and is the largest town for surrounding communities.
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Inside Iran’s Preparations for War and Plans for Survival
Ali Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, in May 2024.
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Trump Looks Ahead to Summit With China’s Xi, but Tariffs and Taiwan Loom
The last time President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China met was in October in Busan, South Korea.
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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo Leads Norway to Record Olympic Medal Haul
Patrons watching the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics at a local sports bar in Tromso, Norway, on Sunday.
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Airlines Add Flights After Storm and Snow in Northeast Cause Cancellations
The Zero Units Fought for the C.I.A. in Afghanistan. In the U.S., They’re Living in Fear.
Peter Mandelson, Ex-Ambassador to the U.S., Is Released After U.K. Arrest Amid Epstein Accusations
Tour Montparnasse Is One of Paris’s Uglier Landmarks. It’s Getting a Makeover.
Norway’s Century-Long Watch on the Northern Lights
The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored
Europe’s New Way of War
The A.I. Evangelists on a Mission to Shake Up Japan