Europe Talks Tough on Military Spending, but Unity Is Fracturing
Ursula von der Leyen, center right, with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark at the Royal Danish Military Academy in Copenhagen this month.
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Jair Bolsonaro Ordered to Face Trial in Brazil for Attempting a Coup
Former president Jair Bolsonaro greeting supporters at a rally on March 16 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Why These Islanders Hunt Dolphins
A pod of dolphins off the coast of South Malaita, the Solomon Islands.
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South Korea Wildfires Kill 26 and Destroy 1,000-Year-Old Temples
A wildfire swept through the city of Andong on Wednesday.
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Gazans Protest Against Hamas and War for a Second Day
A protester holding a banner that reads “Hamas does not represent us” during a protest in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza on Wednesday.
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Russia and Ukraine Agree to Black Sea Cease-Fire: What to Know
A pier on the Black Sea in Odesa, Ukraine, in 2023. Both Russia and Ukraine rely on the sea for commodity exports, which have been hampered during the war.
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Turkey’s Opposition Calls for Boycott and Mass Protests After Arrest of Istanbul Mayor
Members of the Istanbul City Council waved their fists and chanted slogans in support of Ekrem Imamoglu, the jailed mayor, after electing Nuri Aslan to run the city on an interim basis on Wednesday.
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A Fire Plunged Heathrow Into Darkness. A Nearby Data Center Kept Humming. Why?
A fire at an electrical substation near Heathrow on Friday forced a power outage at the airport. It took officials close to 18 hours to bring its terminals and runways back into operation.
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Prince Harry Steps Down as Patron of Charity He Founded
Prince Harry with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho. They said they would always regard themselves as founders of the charity, Sentebale.
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UK University Gets Record Fine Over Free Speech on Campus
The University of Sussex said its policies were designed to prevent abuse but the regulator said they could have a “chilling effect.”
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Israel Budget Vote Is Win for Netanyahu
Israeli military vehicles along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel last week.
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European Leaders to Try to Hammer Out Ukraine Support Plans
Soldiers fired artillery toward Russian targets in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine on Saturday.
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As Musk Makes Some Headway in India, He Is Also Suing Its Government
Elon Musk, second from right, during a meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, left, at the White House in February.
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China Is Courting, and Confronting, U.S. Allies Made Uneasy by Trump
Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China, left, met with his counterparts Takeshi Iwaya of Japan, center, and Cho Tae-yul of South Korea in Tokyo on Saturday. At the same time, Chinese and Japanese ships were facing off in disputed waters.
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Where Do You Bury a Nazi?
A skull found at a grave containing around 1,000 bodies near Hungary’s border with Serbia and Croatia.
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U.S. Military Provides Few Details on Daily Strikes in Yemen
A woman walking through the rubble of a collapsed building after what was reported as a U.S. airstrike in Sana, Yemen, on Monday.
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Oleg Gordievsky, K.G.B. Officer Turned Double Agent, Dies at 86
Oleg Gordievsky in 1994. A longtime double agent for British intelligence, he was one of the most highly placed Western spies during the Cold War.
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Vehicle Carrying 4 U.S. Soldiers Is Found in a Lithuanian Swamp, Officials Say
The U.S. military often conducts training missions in Lithuania, a NATO member. The four soldiers had been conducting tactical training in Prabade, a city in eastern Lithuania.
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U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries
A young woman receiving a vaccine shot in Sudan last year.
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Dollar Tree Is Selling Family Dollar for $1 Billion
A combination Family Dollar and Dollar Tree store in Tuba City, Ariz., last year.
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South Korea, World’s Largest ‘Baby Exporter,’ Admits to Adoption Fraud
Sun-young Park, the chairwoman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, comforts an adoptee, Yooree Kim, on Wednesday after delivering the findings of the agency’s investigation into South Korea’s decades of adoption malpractices.
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Wednesday Briefing
U.S. intelligence agency chiefs testified before a Senate committee yesterday about senior officials’ discussion of war plans on a messaging app.
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How Small Restaurants Are Dealing With Record Egg Prices
“This year’s been scary,” said Ted Karounos, who, along with his wife, Ann, owns the Square Diner.
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Art Expert Accused of Duping Prince and Palace of Versailles Stands Trial
Bill Pallot is on trial in France for trafficking in counterfeit antique furniture.
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on March 2025
Living Car-Free in Arizona, on Purpose and Happily
A resident of Culdesac Tempe walked his e-scooter after a grocery run.
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on March 2025
They’re in Hot Water in Idaho. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing.
Kirkham Hot Springs in Boise National Forest.
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At This Clinic in Hawaii, Nature Is the Medicine
The community garden at Hoʻoulu ʻĀina.
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on March 2025
What to Know About the Only US Military Base in Greenland
Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, in Greenland in 2023.
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on March 2025
Wednesday Briefing: A Cease-Fire Deal for the Black Sea
The port of Odessa, Ukraine, last week.
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Gazans Voice Frustration With Hamas in Rare Protest
Palestinians in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya marched on Tuesday in a rally calling for an end to the war.
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on March 2025
India Said to Have Meddled in Canada Party Election
Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Party’s leader, is the main challenger to Prime Minister Mark Carney in Canada’s upcoming election.
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Vandals of Paddington Statue Were ‘Antithesis’ of Beloved Bear, Judge Says
The damaged statue after it was recovered by the police.
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Mob Descends on a Comedy Club After a Comic Jokes About a Politician
Posters and other paraphernalia scattered outside the club where the Indian comedian Kunal Kamra joked about the politician Eknath Shinde in Mumbai, India. Mr. Shinde’s followers later ransacked the club.
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Olympic Track Officials to Require Sex Tests for Female Athletes
World Athletics, the governing body for track and field, said the new tests could be in place in time for its next world championships, in Tokyo in September.
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Ukraine and Russia Agree to Cease Fighting in the Black Sea, White House Says
The Black Sea, as seen from the port of Odesa, Ukraine, last year.
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Trump’s Team Calls Europe ‘Pathetic’ in Leaked Signal Group Chat Messages
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office. The group chat shows their shared animus against “European freeloading.”
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Israeli Police Release Palestinian Director Hamdan Ballal After West Bank Incident
Hamdan Ballal, center, after winning the Oscar for best documentary feature for “No Other Land” this month.
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Japanese Court Disbands Unification Church in Wake of Abe Killing
The Unification Church’s headquarters in Tokyo.
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An Israeli Hostage Released From Gaza Campaigns for the Release of Others
“I’m not really available for my own rehabilitation, not for the body and not least for the soul,” said Ilana Gritzewsky, a former hostage who was released in 2023.
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How a Cheap Drone Punctured Chernobyl’s Steel Shield During the Ukraine War
Members of a Ukrainian air defense unit shine a light at a hole visible in the confinement structure at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after it was struck by a drone in February.
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In Germany’s New Parliament, Women Are a Rarer Sight
Germany’s chancellor in waiting, Friedrich Merz, center, with lawmakers this month in Berlin. Only 32 percent of members of the new Parliament are women.
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Tuesday Briefing
Pentagon officials expressed shock that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had discussed plans to strike Yemen in a Signal chat group.
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What Makes Sydney’s Pondi Beach Different? It’s 50 Miles Inland.
Penrith Beach, known as Pondi, was fashioned out of a quarry site on the western edge of Sydney, Australia.
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China Releases Mintz Employees After 2-Year Detention
The closed office of the Mintz Group in an office building in Beijing, in 2023.
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U.N. to Pull International Workers From Gaza Amid Israeli Strikes
A truck carrying aid provided by the United Nations in the Gaza Strip in January. The organization announced Monday it was pulling one-third of its international workers there.
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Is Russia an Adversary or a Future Partner? Trump’s Aides May Have to Decide.
“I thought he was straight up with me,” Steve Witkoff, an envoy for President Trump, said of Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, during a recent interview with Tucker Carlson.
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Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal in ‘Juliana’ Climate Case
Young people supporting the case, Juliana v. United States, in 2018. The lawsuit argued that government support of fossil fuels violates constitutional rights.
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on March 2025
U.S. Lifts Millions in Bounties on Senior Taliban Officials
Sirajuddin Haqqani during an interview with The New York Times in Kabul, Afghanistan, last year.
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Why Does Trump Want Greenland? Here’s What to Know.
Most of Greenland lies within the Arctic Circle, a region the world’s powers are vying over for its untapped natural resources and its proximity to emerging shipping corridors.
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How Russia’s Tactics Give Them an Advantage in U.S.-led Peace Talks
JD Vance to Lead Visit by US Delegation to Greenland
Trump to Name Right-Wing Media Critic Ambassador to South Africa
Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian Director of ‘No Other Land,’ Is Attacked in West Bank, Witnesses Say
Sudan’s Military Drives Rival Fighters Out of Khartoum, a Major Shift in Civil War
A Traditional Ramadan Treat Gets a Modern Remake (but Good Luck Getting It)
Sadistic Online Gangs Pose ‘Unprecedented Risk’ to Teens, Says UK NCA
A Journey on South Africa’s Blue Train
Tuesday Briefing: Trump Threatens New Tariffs