Fuel Tanker Explosion Leaves at Least 90 Dead in Nigeria
Men preparing bodies for funerals following a fuel tanker explosion in Majiya, Nigeria, on Wednesday.
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Zelensky Pitches ‘Victory Plan’ in Ukraine’s Parliament
President Volodymyr Zelensky told Ukraine’s Parliament that his plan had the potential to end the war “no later than next year.”
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With Jets and Ships, China is Honing Its Ability to Choke Taiwan
Scores of Chinese aircraft and dozens of ships surrounded Taiwan, after President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing’s claim over the island.
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Is Brazil’s Supreme Court Saving Democracy or Threatening It?
The Brazilian Supreme Court lit in the country’s national colors in Brasília, the capital, last month.
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Luís Roberto Barroso, Brazil’s Chief Justice, Defends Supreme Court’s Expanded Power
The chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Luís Roberto Barroso, defends the court’s investigation into attacks on the court and other government institutions.
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For North Korea, War in Ukraine Is a Coveted Chance for Military Practice
Kim Jong-un of North Korea with Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in June, in a broadcast shown in Seoul. During their meeting, Mr. Kim vowed his country’s “full support and solidarity” for Russia in its war in Ukraine.
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on October 2024
Trudeau Aides Testify at Hearing as Tensions With India Escalate
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arriving at a news conference on Monday about Canada’s accusations against India over targeting critics of India.
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on October 2024
China’s Wild Panda Census is Widely Regarded as Flawed
Visitors photographing a panda in August at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China.
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on October 2024
Lebanon’s Hospitals Buckle Amid Israel’s Offensive Against Hezbollah
“I don’t want to close the hospital,” said Elie Hachem, director of St. Therese Hospital, on the outskirts of Beirut, that has been damaged by airstrikes. “The community needs us.”
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Venezuela’s New Comedians Are Using Political Satire to Laugh Amid the Pain
Estefanía León, a Venezuelan comedian living in Mexico City, is part of the comedy troupe El Cuartico.
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Israel Allows Some Aid Into Northern Gaza After U.S. Warning
Distributing meals at a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, in September.
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on October 2024
A Beloved Maple Tree Had to Come Down, But It Lives On
Corey Snyder, a wood turner in Pennsylvania, cut sections of a felled sugar maple.
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on October 2024
Wednesday Briefing
Trucks carrying aid lined up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip last month.
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on October 2024
Global Electricity Demand Is Rising Faster Than Expected, I.E.A. Says
Cooling towers of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pa., which will reopen in 2028 to supply power to Microsoft data centers.
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Trump’s Changing Views on Talking to Foreign Leaders
Former President Donald J. Trump’s comments on Tuesday once again put his relationship with Russia’s leader at issue, with three weeks left in his campaign to reclaim the White House.
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on October 2024
Israeli Court Orders Government to Explain System for Medical Evacuations From Gaza
At least 19 Palestinian children were taken out of Gaza through the Karam Shalom crossing for medical treatment abroad in June.
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on October 2024
Wednesday Briefing: U.S. Warns it May Cut Israel’s Military Aid
Humanitarian aid trucks waiting to cross the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza last month.
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on October 2024
U.S. Warns Israel of Military Aid Cut if Gazans Don’t Get More Supplies
Humanitarian aid trucks waiting to cross the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza last month.
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on October 2024
Babcock Ranch in Florida Offered Shelter During Hurricane Milton
A lakefront park in Babcock Ranch, a community built to withstand climate-driven storms, days after Hurricane Milton.
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on October 2024
U.S. Warns Israel to Boost Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza or Face Consequences
Palestinians walking through rubble in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, in May. The city is again a focus of Israeli military operations.
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on October 2024
Chestnut Championship in England Is Roiled by Accusation of Cheating
David Jakins, 82, at the annual World Conker Championships in the village of Southwick, England, on Sunday.
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on October 2024
Giant Pandas From China Return to National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
A motorcade carrying two three-year-old pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao, who arrived from China earlier in the day, arrives at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
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In the Northern Gaza Town of Jabaliya, Some Residents Cannot Heed Israel’s Evacuation Orders
Palestinians trying to rescue a man trapped inside the rubble of a collapsed building following a strike in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, on Tuesday.
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on October 2024
Could Weight-Loss Drugs Help Get People Back to Work? The U.K. Wants to Find Out.
On Monday, the British government announced a five-year trial of the weight-loss drug tirzepatide, also known as Mounjaro.
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on October 2024
Oil Prices Fall After Israel Reportedly Says It Won’t Target Iran’s Nuclear or Oil Facilities
The Isfahan Refinery, one of the largest pieces of oil infrastructure in Iran, in November last year.
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on October 2024
Justin Trudeau’s Accusations Spotlight Reach of India’s Intelligence Agencies
The most senior official in the intelligence and national security apparatus is Ajit Doval, India’s national security adviser.
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on October 2024
Israel Tells U.S. It Won’t Hit Iran’s Oil or Nuclear Sites in Next Attack, Officials Say
The Israeli Iron Dome defense system intercepting ballistic missiles fired by Iran, over Ashkelon, Israel, earlier this month.
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on October 2024
Hanni of NewJeans Testifies in Parliament About Bullying at Work
The appearance of Hanni, a member of NewJeans, at the National Assembly in Seoul had been eagerly awaited.
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on October 2024
9 Monkeys Die in a Hong Kong Zoo
Watching monkeys at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens in 2017.
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on October 2024
Political Infighting Hampers Ukraine’s Efforts to Avert Energy Crisis
Destroyed transformers and power lines at a power plant in Kurakhove, Ukraine, in March.
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on October 2024
Iranian General Is Seen in State Media After Questions Over His Whereabouts
Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, at a funeral in Tehran on Tuesday for a senior Iranian Quds commander who was killed in a strike in Lebanon that targeted Hezbollah’s leader.
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on October 2024
What to Know About India and Canada’s Diplomatic Rift
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday accused the Indian government of orchestrating homicide and extortion in Canada.
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on October 2024
Tuesday Briefing
Palestinians surveyed the damage at a camp for displaced people on the grounds of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza after an Israeli strike on Monday.
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on October 2024
Therapeutic Food Shortage Puts African Children at Risk of Starvation, U.N. Agency Says
Fatuma Adoum, a refugee from Sudan, with one of her infant twin daughters at a malnutrition center run by Doctors Without Borders in Adre, Chad, in July.
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on October 2024
50 Years After Killing, a Berlin Court Convicts a Stasi Officer of Murder
Manfred Naumann, a former officer of East Germany’s secret police, covered his face in court on Monday during his sentencing in Berlin.
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on October 2024
Tent Camp in Gaza Engulfed by Flames After Israeli Strike
The scene after an Israeli strike caused a deadly fire in a tent encampment at a hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on Monday.
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on October 2024
Tuesday Briefing: India Accused of Homicide and Extortion
Sanjay Kumar Verma, India’s top diplomat in Canada, in June.
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on October 2024
Survivors of Al Aqsa Hospital Fire in Gaza Say They Are Living a ‘Recurring Nightmare’
Palestinians in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, central Gaza, after the deadly attack on Monday.
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on October 2024
U.S. Sends THAAD Missile Defense System to Israel: What to Know
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense unit deployed last year in Guam during a multinational joint military exercise.
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on October 2024
Italy Sends Boat to Albania With Migrants Who Were Bound for Italian Shores
A detention center for migrants seeking to enter Italy, in Gjader, Albania, last week.
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on October 2024
In Jordan, a ‘Stunning’ Discovery Under Petra’s Ancient Stone
From left, the archaeologist Matthew Vincent, the television host Josh Gates, and a professor, Pearce Paul Creasman, digging in front of the Treasury building in Petra.
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on October 2024
Deadly Hezbollah Attack Shows Israel’s Weakness Against Drones
Military facilities near the site of a drone attack outside Binyamina, Israel, on Monday.
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on October 2024
Supreme Court Ruling Means Italy’s ‘Bunga Bunga’ Saga Is Not Over
Italy’s Supreme Court overturned acquittals from a lower court, ruling on Monday that women accused of helping to cover up Silvio Berlusconi’s evening bacchanals could be retried.
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on October 2024
Russia Is Winning Back Territory Taken by Ukraine in Its Summer Offensive
Ukrainian army vehicles pass by a sign which reads “Ukraine” (left) and “Russia” (right) on a Russian road near a destroyed border post in August.
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on October 2024
Nobel Economics Prize Awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson
Members of the Swedish Academy of Sciences announcing the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in Stockholm on Monday.
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on October 2024
Russian Disinformation Targets U.S.-Backed Anti-Malaria Campaign
Souleymane Sankara, an entomologist with Target Malaria, in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
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on October 2024
Monday Briefing
Securing a road in Binyamina, Israel, after a drone attack on Sunday.
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on October 2024
How Israel’s Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza
Israeli soldiers during a military tour for journalists of a tunnel under a U.N. site in Gaza. The Times later found that a Palestinian had been forced to explore the tunnel.
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on October 2024
China Holds War Games Encircling Taiwan in Warning to Island’s Leader
President Lai Ching-te speaking in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, on Thursday, its National Day. He said China and Taiwan were “not subordinate to each other.”
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on October 2024
Just Over the Border from Israel, a Hezbollah Cache of Explosives and Mines
Israeli soldiers lead a group of journalists along a trail in southern Lebanon on Sunday.
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on October 2024
Monday Briefing: The U.S. to Deploy Troops to Israel
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in Guam in 2023.
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on October 2024
U.S. to Deploy Missile Defense System and About 100 Troops to Israel
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in Guam in 2023.
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on October 2024