Lebanon Elects Army Chief Joseph Aoun as President
Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, is considered by analysts to be widely respected and to have U.S. support.
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on January 2025
Putin Gets a Snub in the Vast Wine Cellars of a Former Soviet Republic
Visiting the cellars of the Cricova Winery in Moldova. It has previously hosted world leaders including President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
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on January 2025
Egypt Sees Its Refugees as a Scapegoat and an Opportunity
Selling Sudanese goods in Giza, Egypt, in September. Egypt’s relatively lax immigration rules have attracted foreigners of all kinds for decades.
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on January 2025
France Indicts Founder of Notorious Website Used in Pelicot Rape Case
Gisèle Pelicot leaving the courthouse in Avignon, France, after a hearing in November.
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on January 2025
Who Is Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Leader on a Path to Become Canada’s Next Prime Minister?
Pierre Poilievre and his Conservative Party have enjoyed a double-digit lead in the polls over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party.
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on January 2025
With Trump Arriving, Zelensky Urges Allies Not to ‘Drop the Ball’
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, on Thursday.
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on January 2025
Elon Musk Is Trying to Break Germany’s Quarantine on the Far-Right AfD
Elon Musk is hosting an interview with Alice Weidel, the leader of the far-right party Alternative for Germany, on X, his social media platform.
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on January 2025
U.S. Saw an Opportunity While It Pushed to Arm Ukraine
Members of the Ukrainian National Guard preparing to fire from their position, near Selydove, Ukraine, last October.
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on January 2025
South Korean Colonel Who Accused President of Whitewash Is Acquitted
Col. Park Jung-hun after being cleared of defamation and insubordination charges on Thursday. He had accused President Yoon Suk Yeol of whitewashing his findings about the death of a marine in 2023.
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on January 2025
Hostage Is Found Dead in Gaza Tunnel, Israel Says
Relatives and friends of Youssef Ziyadne and his son Hamza, two Bedouins who were taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, gathered at the family home in the southern Bedouin city of Rahat, Israel on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
Trump’s Threat to Take Over Greenland Bewilders the Island’s Population
A view of Ilulissat, Greenland. It is the world’s largest island and has growing strategic value.
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on January 2025
Top Iranian General Admits ‘Big’ Defeat in Syria
A pro-Hezbollah billboard near a taxi station in Valiasr square in Tehran. Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esabi gave a speech about Syria in the city on Dec. 31.
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on January 2025
France Far-Right Party Embraces Jean-Marie Le Pen as a Visionary
Jean-Marie Le Pen speaking at a National Front congress in 2014. His daughter ousted him the following year, and the party was renamed the National Rally in 2018.
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on January 2025
U.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surged
Construction of wind turbines for an offshore on the State Pier in New London, Conn., in November. The nation’s demand for electricity increased by roughly 3 percent in 2024.
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on January 2025
Thursday Briefing
Firefighters battling the Eaton fire in Los Angeles County on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
Missing Hiker Found Alive After 13 Days Lost in Kosciuszko National Park
Hadi Nazari, shirtless in center, was lost for nearly two weeks after going hiking in Kosciuszko National Park.
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on January 2025
Israeli Soldiers on Vacation Are Being Investigated for War Crimes in Gaza
Israeli soldiers looking toward Beit Hanoun, in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
Blinken and French Diplomat Criticize Trump’s Talk of Taking Greenland
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and France’s foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, in Paris on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
Saudi Arabia May Partner With UFC Owner TKO to Create Boxing League
TKO owns Ultimate Fighting Championship, which has become a $10 billion company.
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on January 2025
Trump’s Territorial Ambitions Rattle a Weary World
President-elect Donald J. Trump during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Can Trump Change the Name of the Gulf of Mexico?
The Gulf of Mexico, as seen from Sarasota, Fla.
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on January 2025
How Trump’s Greenland Plan Could Hit Ozempic, Legos and Hearing Aids
Ozempic is manufactured at a Novo Nordisk factory in Denmark. The drug is among the Danish products that are popular in America.
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on January 2025
U.K. Special Forces Allowed to ‘Get Away with Murder’ in Afghanistan, Inquiry Told
British troops returning from Afghanistan during a ceremony in Scotland in 2013.
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on January 2025
Israeli Strike in West Bank Kills 3, Including Children
The aftermath of an Israeli raid in the village of Tamoun, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
As Elon Musk Embraces the Far Right, Some of Its Leaders Reject Him
Laura Loomer, a far-right activist, has raised alarms about Elon Musk’s influence on President-elect Donald J. Trump.
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on January 2025
Gazans React to Trump’s Comments About Hostages
Inspecting the damage in a building in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on Wednesday after an Israeli airstrike.
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on January 2025
Russian Strike Kills 13 in Southeastern Ukraine
Firefighters work at the site of an administrative building damaged by Russian air and missile strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
Italy Says Cecilia Sala, Journalist Detained by Iran, Has Been Released
A photograph released by the Palazzo Chigi press office on Wednesday showing Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, who had been jailed in Iran since December, arriving in Rome following her release.
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on January 2025
A Far-Right Government in Austria Would Be a Jolt, but Not Unexpected
Herbert Kickl, the leader of the far-right Freedom Party, after speaking with reporters on Tuesday in Vienna.
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on January 2025
Why Does Trump Want the Panama Canal? Here’s What to Know.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has said Panama charges U.S. vessels “exorbitant prices” to travel the Panama Canal.
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on January 2025
Justin Trudeau’s Political Career in Photos
Justin Trudeau burst onto the international scene in 2015, a newly elected leader of Canada who was born while his father was in his first of four terms in office.
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on January 2025
With Stakes High, Lebanese Lawmakers to Try Again to Choose a President
The empty presidential chair of Lebanon after Michel Aoun’s six-year term in the office ended, at the presidential palace in Baabda in 2022.
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on January 2025
Former Cambodian Opposition Member Lim Kimya Killed in Bangkok
Lim Kimya was shot on a busy street in Bangkok on Tuesday, in what appeared to be a planned killing.
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on January 2025
How Bodyguards Are Keeping South Korea’s President Yoon From Detention
Security personnel at the Seoul residence of Yoon Suk Yeol, the suspended president of South Korea. Mr. Yoon was impeached after a short-lived martial law declaration last month.
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on January 2025
In Tibet, Earthquake Survivors Face Freezing Weather Conditions
Rescue workers conducting search and rescue for survivors in the aftermath of an earthquake in Changsuo Township of Dingri County in Tibet on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Wednesday Briefing
Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta.
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on January 2025
Panama Unsettled by Trump Threat to Seize Canal
President-elect Donald J. Trump speaking to reporters at his resort on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
U.S. Presses for Release of Americans Held in Afghanistan
Taliban flags in Kabul, the Afghan capital. The Taliban have acknowledged holding two Americans but have refused to say whether they are holding a third whose return the U.S. government is also seeking.
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on January 2025
Disaster by the Numbers: The Crisis in Sudan
The battle-scarred streets of Omdurman, part of the Khartoum metropolis, in April.
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on January 2025
Trump Warns ‘All Hell Will Break Out’ if Hostages in Gaza Are Not Freed
President-elect Donald J. Trump declined to provide details about what he or his advisers are doing to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza.
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on January 2025
Denmark Updates Coat of Arms Amid Trump Push to Buy Greenland
As President-elect Donald J. Trump continued to stress his desire for the United States to purchase Greenland, Donald Trump Jr. flew into the territory for a visit on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
In Israeli Video, Detainee Says Hamas Operates Out of Gaza Hospital
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza who is now in Israeli detention, supervising the treatment of a Palestinian injured in an Israeli strike in November.
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on January 2025
Venezuela’s Opposition Candidate Says His Son-In-Law Was Kidnapped
Edmundo González, widely recognized as the winner of Venezuela’s tainted presidential election, met with President Biden at the White House on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Ireland Joins South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel
In Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Mexico-U.S. Migration: What to Know
Migrants resting last month in Mapastepec, in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
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on January 2025
Trump Raises Using Military or Economic Force to Take Greenland and the Panama Canal
President-elect Donald J. Trump entering a room at Mar-a-Lago, his private Florida club, before speaking to reporters on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
U.S. Says Sudan’s R.S.F. Committed Genocide and Sanctions Its Leader
Sudanese refugees from the Darfur region jostled in line to receive food during an impromptu aid distribution on the outskirts of Adré refugee camp, in Chad, in July.
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on January 2025
What Is the U.K. ‘Grooming Gang’ Scandal Seized On by Elon Musk?
Elon Musk in Washington, last month. He has falsely accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other lawmakers of enabling Britain’s so-called grooming gangs.
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on January 2025
Syria’s Main Airport Handles First International Flights Since Fall of Assad Regime
A Syrian Air plane at Damascus International Airport on Tuesday, as international flights resumed.
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on January 2025
Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, foreground, at a rally in Paris in 1984.
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on January 2025
Justin Trudeau’s Trying to Save His Party. Is He Hurting Canada?
Justin Trudeau will remain as Canada’s prime minister and the Liberal Party’s leader until his party chooses a successor, which will take weeks.
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on January 2025
For Many Returning Russian Veterans, a Long Road of Recovery Awaits
Aleksandr, left, who lost his leg to a mine in Ukraine, had his prothesis adjusted by Yuri A. Pogorelov at Rus’ Sanatorium outside Moscow, in November.
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on January 2025
Thandiswa Mazwai Is the Voice of South Africa’s First Post-Apartheid Generation
Thandiswa Mazwai performing in Midrand, South Africa, in September. Ms. Mazwai has used her mezzo-soprano voice to amplify South Africa’s struggles.
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on January 2025
Panama Canal’s Expansion Opened Routes for Fish to Relocate
Scientists with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on Lake Gatún in Panama during nighttime field work.
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on January 2025