Taiwan Sees a Higher Price for U.S. Support as Trump Returns to Power
Taiwanese soldiers during military exercises last year. Donald J. Trump has complained about Taiwan, saying: “They don’t pay us money for the protection, you know?”
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Saudi Arabia Hosts a Tennis Final Won by Coco Gauff
Coco Gauff of the United States serving to Qinwen Zheng of China during the WTA singles final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday.
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Trump’s Presidency Could Spell a Lonely and Dangerous Stretch for Europe
President Emmanuel Macron of France, left, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany in May in Meseberg, near Berlin.
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Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills Over 30 Palestinians, Emergency Services Say
Palestinians surveyed the destruction in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza, on Sunday.
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Palestinians Try to Sway Trump, Reaching Out to Tiffany Trump’s Relative
Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, and then-President Donald J. Trump in the West Bank city of Bethlehem in 2017.
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Israeli Strike Kills 23 People North of Beirut, Lebanon Says
Rescuers searching for survivors after an airstrike in the Lebanese village of Almat on Sunday.
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Russia Says It Shot Down Waves of Ukrainian Drones Above Moscow
Emergency responders at a damaged building after a drone attack in the village of Stanovoye in the Moscow region on Sunday.
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Han Dongfang, Once China’s ‘Worst Nightmare,’ Refuses to Back Down
Han Dongfang is one of China’s last remaining labor rights activists not in hiding.
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50,000 Russian and North Korean Troops Mass Ahead of Attack, U.S. Says
A Ukrainian army vehicle passing through the destroyed Russian border post at the Sudzha crossing and into Russia in August.
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How Ukraine’s Widows Are Shouldering Their Grief
The war in Ukraine has left thousands of widows, and some widowers, across the country struggling to find a way forward.
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Amsterdam Bars Protests After Antisemitic Attacks on Israeli Soccer Fans
Police patrolling in central Amsterdam on Friday after overnight violence.
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Trump’s Election Has Migrants Rethinking Plans to Head to the U.S.
Daniel García, a Venezuelan delivery worker living in Bogotá, Colombia, decided to stay there rather than migrate to the United States after Donald J. Trump became president-elect this month.
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Paul Stephenson, 87, Dies; Advanced Britain’s Civil Rights Movement
Paul Stephenson in 2005. That year The Independent wrote that his efforts to end discrimination “helped to thrust race into the national limelight and change public opinion about the treatment of Blacks and Asians living in Britain.”
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Trump Should Not Let Putin Claim Victory in Ukraine, Says NATO Official
Admiral Rob Bauer, NATO’s top military official, in September. “It’s important enough to talk about Ukraine on its own, but there is more at stake than just Ukraine,” he said in an interview on Saturday.
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Baltazar Ushca, Who Kept Andean Ice Harvesting Alive, Dies at 80
Baltazar Ushca in an undated photo extracting ice from the glaciers of Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. He did this work until about five years ago, when he injured his foot.
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Qatar Pauses Role as Israel-Hamas Mediator in Gaza Cease-Fire Talks
Doha, Qatar, in October. Qatar has hosted Hamas’s exiled political leaders since 2012, making it a key mediator in the talks to reach a cease-fire in the war in Gaza.
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U.N.-Backed Panel Urges ‘Immediate Action’ in Gaza to Avert Famine
Palestinians trying to buy bread from a bakery in central Gaza in October.
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Canada Sends Mixed Signals With TikTok Shutdown Order
Canada has ordered TikTok to close its offices in Toronto and Vancouver.
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Suicide Bombing in Pakistan Leaves Dozens Dead or Wounded at Quetta Railway Station
Security personnel inspecting the blast area after an explosion at a railway station in Quetta, Pakistan, on Saturday.
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Russia Sentences 2 Soldiers Over Killing of Ukrainian Family
Russian troops guarding a street in Volnovakha, Ukraine, in 2022.
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How We Found the Dangers Threatening Delhi’s ‘Green’ Energy Future
A truck hauling uncovered ash driving over by a neighborhood park in Khadda Colony, New Delhi.
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Gazans Are Living Through a Yearlong Blackout
A Palestinian family gathering around a fire on the roof of their destroyed house in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, in September.
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The Long Global Trail of Resentment Behind Trump’s Resurrection
President Ronald Reagan with the Soviet president, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, in 1987. As the Cold War ended, few considered how disorienting the world would become.
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Who Is Viktor Orban, Hungary’s Authoritarian Leader and Friend of Trump?
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary and Donald J. Trump, then president, at the White House in 2019.
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What to Know About the Attacks on Israeli Soccer Fans in Amsterdam
Police officers formed a security cordon around a bus after the soccer match in Amsterdam early Friday.
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America’s Wobbly Democracy
The Millennium Bridge in London.
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Elon Musk Joined Trump’s Call With Zelensky
Elon Musk provided the Trump campaign with financial and logistical support.
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Playing Out a Dream, a Long, Long Way From Home
Are England’s lower leagues the new study abroad?
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Party Whose Leader Is Known for Antisemitism to Join Lithuanian Government
Remigijus Zemaitaitis, leader of a new party, gave up his seat in Parliament this year to avoid impeachment over antisemitic remarks.
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Notre-Dame’s Bells Ring Together for First Time Since Fire
Three new bells, donated by the organizing committee of the Paris Olympics, in front of the Notre-Dame Cathedral on Thursday.
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Russia Hits Ukraine with Drones, Missiles Overnight
People clear debris outside a school damaged by a Russian strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on Friday.
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With Trump Tariffs Looming, Businesses Try to ‘Run From a Moving Target’
Companies are reckoning with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s promises to remake international trade by raising the tariffs the United States puts on foreign products.
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Gazan Rescue Service Has Stopped Operating in the North
Palestinians inspected the damage outside a building that was struck during an Israeli bombardment in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, on Thursday.
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India Scraps Import Ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’
Salman Rushdie in Frankfurt, Germany, last year.
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How My War Came Home
Ukrainians gathered at the site of a Russian strike on a residential area of Lviv, in western Ukraine, in September. The yellow apartment building in the background is where the reporter and his family live.
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Hungary’s Viktor Orban and European Far-Right Leaders Welcome Trump’s Return
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary gambled heavily and publicly on a Trump victory.
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Will Musk Influence Trump on Climate Change and Electric Vehicles?
Elon Musk is expected to have a direct line to the White House in the coming months.
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Friday Briefing
President-elect Donald Trump proposed an assortment of loosely defined tax cuts during his campaign, but lawmakers and his advisers are undecided about how much they will lower taxes again.
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Ireland to Hold Snap General Election: What to Know
Simon Harris, the prime minister of Ireland, in Washington last month.
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Argentina Drove Down Teen Pregnancy. Then Came Javier Milei.
Feminist-themed paintings in the small town of Oran, Province of Salta, Argentina.
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Prince William: Past Year Hardest of Life, After Kate and Charles’ Cancer Diagnoses
Prince William was greeted by crowds in South Africa during a visit to Kalk Bay Harbour in Cape Town on Thursday.
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Friday Briefing: Biden promises a peaceful transition
President Biden yesterday at the White House.
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Interpol Tightens Oversight After Autocrats Target Its Databases
The challenge of policing abuses of Interpol’s systems will fall to the organization’s new secretary general, Valdecy Urquiza of Brazil.
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Australia Moves to Ban Young Teens From Social Media
Australia has proposed a ban on teenagers from social media.
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European Leaders Meet Amid Trump Victory and Global Uncertainty
A session at the European Political Community in Budapest on Thursday. The meeting comes on the heels of recent political events in the United States and Germany.
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After a 2,000-Mile Trip, a Penguin Finds Itself on an Australian Beach
From ice to sand: The penguin who found its way Down Under.
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For Rent: 4-Bedroom London House. The Owner? Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer, outside their north London home in 2020.
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What to Know About COP29 and How the U.S. Election Affects Climate Talks
Diplomats and heads of state from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Azerbaijan to update their plans to address climate change.
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What the Collapse of Germany’s Ruling Coalition Means
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany fired his finance minister, who leads one of the three parties in the governing coalition.
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Why the Australian Ambassador Deleted Tweets Critical of Trump
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, center right, has defended the appointment of Kevin Rudd, center left, as envoy to the United States. They toured the U.S. Capitol last year.
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World Needs Much More Aid to Adapt to Climate Shocks, U.N. Says
Carrying supplies through a flooded area of Feni, Bangladesh, in August.
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Trevor Sorbie, Creator of the Dorothy Hamill ‘Wedge’ Cut, Dies at 75
How World Leaders Are Prepping for a Second Trump Presidency
Is a ‘Green’ Revolution Poisoning India’s Capital?
A Messy Problem in Orderly Singapore: Keeping Track of Cats
Antisemitic Attacks Prompt Emergency Flights for Israeli Soccer Fans
Dozens Killed as Israeli Strikes Pound Lebanon, Health Ministry Says