He Survived 15 Months of War in Gaza, Then Died as Cease-Fire Neared
The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on the day of the cease-fire, before it came into effect.
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on January 2025
Stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival: Many Feared Dead
The aftermath of a deadly stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, on Wednesday morning. The festival is one of the world’s biggest religious gatherings.
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on January 2025
Citizenship by Birthright? By Bloodline? Migration Is Complicating Both.
Noura Ghazoui, 34, in Genoa, Italy, this month. “I feel Italian, I think in Italian, I dream in Italian,” Ms. Ghazoui said. “But I am not recognized in my country.”
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on January 2025
Syria’s Ahmed al-Shara Named as President During Transitional Period
Ahmed al-Shara, the leader of the rebel coalition that toppled Bashar al-Assad in Syria, appeared on TV at a Damascus cafe on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
Russia Seizes Another Town in Ukraine in Push to Take All of Donetsk
A Ukrainian soldier speaking to a civilian in March 2023 while patrolling Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
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on January 2025
Catholic Church in the Philippines Accused of Impunity Over Priest Abuse
An accusation of unpunished sex abuse in Catholic churches in the Philippines was the latest sign that the Church’s global abuse scandal is still ricocheting, this time in Asia, a region that the Vatican is relying on for growth.
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on January 2025
Steven Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East Envoy, Makes Rare Trip to Gaza
Gaza City on Tuesday. Under the terms of the cease-fire agreement, Israeli troops have withdrawn from a central corridor in the territory, allowing Gazans to return to the north.
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on January 2025
Hamas Is Expected to Release 8 Israeli and Thai Hostages
A demonstration calling for the release of hostages on Saturday.
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on January 2025
Farage Says He Talked to Musk Last Week. Relationship Is ‘Fine.’
Nigel Farage, center, arriving on Tuesday for a fund-raiser at an exclusive members-only club in London.
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on January 2025
In Photos: The Aftermath of the Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede
Pilgrims searched for their family members after a stampede broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India.
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on January 2025
Tesla’s Fourth-Quarter Earnings Report Sharp Drop in Profit
Tesla has cut prices and offered low-interest financing to prop up sales, but the measures have hurt profits.
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on January 2025
Thursday Briefing: Trump Reverses Spending Freeze
President Trump speaking at the White House, yesterday.
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on January 2025
The F.D.A. Upgraded a Recall of Some Lay’s Potato Chips. Here’s What to Know.
Frito-Lay issued a recall last month of some of its 13-ounce bags of Lay’s Classic Potato Chips in Washington and Oregon.
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on January 2025
After a Wave of Coups, 3 African Nations Leave Decades-old Alliance
Supporters of Niger’s military junta taking part in a demonstration in Niamey, the capital, on Tuesday to celebrate the country’s withdrawal from the ECOWAS regional alliance.
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on January 2025
Leaving the W.H.O. Could Hurt Americans on a Range of Health Matters
For all its scope, the World Health Organization has a relatively modest budget — $6.8 billion for 2024 and 2025, comparable to that of the health department of Rhode Island.
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on January 2025
Wednesday Briefing
The White House budget office said federal funds shouldn’t be used to “advance Marxist equity” or “transgenderism.”
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on January 2025
Lunar New Year 2025 Photos: See Year of the Snake Celebrations Across Asia
A traditional lion dance performance in Beijing on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now
Every day, more than 220,000 people pick up H.I.V. medications at clinics funded by PEPFAR.
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on January 2025
Israel Urged to Reverse UNRWA Ban
A health center run by the Palestinian refugee aid agency in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday.
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on January 2025
U.S. Halt to Foreign Aid Cripples Programs Worldwide
U.S.A.I.D. has a large footprint around the world.
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on January 2025
Doomsday Clock Moves One Second Closer to Catastrophe
Juan Manuel Santos, left, the former president of Colombia, and Robert Socolow, a professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, revealed the location of the minute hand on the Doomsday Clock at a news conference in Washington on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Wednesday Briefing: Trump’s Funding Freeze
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, defended the order to pause spending yesterday.
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on January 2025
Trudeau Government Left Canada Vulnerable to Foreign Interference
Flags for Khalistan, a hoped-for Sikh homeland, outside the temple in Surrey, British Columbia, where Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian leader of the Sikh independence movement, was assassinated in 2023. Canada has accused the Indian government of orchestrating the killing.
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on January 2025
Reform U.K. Is Said to Land Over $1 Million in Populist Show of Force
Nigel Farage, second from left, arriving on Tuesday at Oswald’s, an exclusive members-only club in London’s Mayfair neighborhood.
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on January 2025
How Elon Musk is Using Start-Up Tactics to Disrupt European Politics
Elon Musk is seen on-screen at a campaign event for the far-right Alternative for Germany party, in Halle, Germany, on Saturday.
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on January 2025
Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran President Who Fled to Nicaragua, Dies at 65
Mauricio Funes greeted a group of Salvadoran students in 2011. His election two years earlier was considered a fresh start for a country battered by civil war.
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on January 2025
France, Finally, Wins the World’s Top Food Award Again
The chef Paul Marcon, center with trophy, was hoisted in celebration after his French team won the Bocuse d’Or cooking competition, near Lyon, France, on Monday.
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on January 2025
Woman in Disguise Took U.K. Citizenship Test for Others, Authorities Say
A woman wore wigs as she took the “Life in the U.K. Test” for other applicants, the British authorities said.
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on January 2025
Giorgia Meloni Investigated for Italy’s Release of Libyan War Crimes Suspect
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy said the Libyan man had been released because of a procedural issue.
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on January 2025
Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
Displaced people leave a camp and head for the city of Goma after being shot at, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday.
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on January 2025
Trump Invites Netanyahu to White House as U.S. Envoy Heads to Israel
Steven Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy, told Fox News last week that he would go to Gaza to be a part of an inspection team.
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on January 2025
Citing ‘Shadow of Evil,’ Vatican Warns About the Risks of A.I.
Pope Francis has repeatedly warned that the application of artificial intelligence should be grounded in ethical and moral considerations.
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on January 2025
Serbian Prime Minister Resigns Amid Nationwide Protests
Prime Minister Milos Vucevic of Serbia announced his resignation on Tuesday in Belgrade.
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on January 2025
Many Ukrainian Aid Groups Stop Work After Trump’s Halt on Foreign Assistance
At the Veteran Hub in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2023. The organization, which supports veterans and their families, said it had already stopped two major programs after moves by the Trump administration.
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on January 2025
What Is M23, the Rwandan-Backed Group Fighting in Eastern Congo?
Members of M23 in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Monday.
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on January 2025
Israel Says 8 of the 26 Hostages That Hamas Is Expected to Release Are Dead
Families and their supporters at a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Saturday calling for the release of the remaining hostages.
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on January 2025
Fire Destroys Air Busan Plane at South Korean Airport
Firefighters working to put out a fire on an Air Busan plane at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Japanese TV Executives Get 10-Hour Grilling Over Sex Abuse Case
Fuji Television executives at a news conference in Tokyo on Monday. Hundreds of reporters spent 10 hours questioning them over their handling of a sex abuse case involving a presenter.
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on January 2025
U.S. Citizens Advised to Evacuate Congo Amid Attacks on Embassies
A thick plume of smoke rose as people protested in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Russian Envoys Arrive in Syria for First Time Since al-Assad Fell
Russian armored vehicles driving past Syrian fighters in December near the Khmeimim air base. Russia also has an important naval base in Syria.
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on January 2025
Chevron Wants to Tap Into A.I. Boom by Selling Electricity to Data Centers
“It’s a chance for us to help meet the moment and address this growing need for reliable and affordable power,” Mike Wirth, Chevron’s chief executive, said in an interview.
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on January 2025
Faced by Trump’s Interest in Greenland, Denmark Will Increase Military Spending in Arctic
The harbor in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, this month. The island has taken on strategic importance in recent years as Arctic ice melts, opening shipping lanes.
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on January 2025
As Palestinians Return to Gaza City, Elation and Despair Mix
Palestinians hugging in Gaza City on Monday.
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on January 2025
U.S. Move to Suspend Mine Clearing Funds Alarms Vietnam
Ho Van Lai, 34, who survived a land mine explosion in Vietnam, participates in a tour for students from a local school at the Mine Action Visitor Center in 2024. He is among tens of thousands of casualties of unexploded bombs that American troops dropped during the Vietnam War.
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on January 2025
Chastened by Past Wars, Kremlin Tries to Elevate Its Veterans
Veterans who fought in Ukraine posing for a picture at the end of Moscow’s Victory Day parade in May.
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on January 2025
Could Trump Use the ‘God Squad’ to Override Environmental Law?
Northern spotted owls were the subject of a legal battle under the so-called God Squad provision.
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on January 2025
‘The Gulf of America’? Here’s What Mexicans and Cubans Think.
Boca Chica Beach, in Cameron County, Texas.
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on January 2025
After Israel-Hezbollah Truce, Lebanon Ponders How to Clear Debris
Ahmad Mehdi, an engineering student at the American University of Beirut, collecting rubble samples in an area south of the capital to analyze for contamination levels.
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on January 2025
Saving Children’s Eyesight and Their Future in Mozambique
Muanema Fakira holds Sumaya as they wait with other young patients for post-treatment checkups in Quelimane Central Hospital’s ophthalmology ward in Mozambique.
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on January 2025
How Dozens Fled an Inferno on a South Korean Plane
The Citizen Scientists of Fukushima
Inside a Chaotic U.S. Deportation Flight to Brazil
Typhoon Yagi Scrambles Vietnam’s Lunar New Year Tradition