Russia Appears to Launch New Offensive in Ukraine Amid Peace Talks
A Ukrainian soldier with the 42nd Separate Mechanized Brigade monitoring for Russian drones in the Kharkiv region this month.
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Chinese Students Are Frustrated With Trump’s Visa Bans: ‘What Now?’
Waiting outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday.
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British Man Faces 7 Charges Over Liverpool Parade Car Crash
Ambulances and police vans at the scene of the crash in Liverpool, England, on Monday.
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New U.S. Envoy Makes First and Symbolic Trip to Syria
The American flag flies at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday for the first time in over a decade.
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UK Weighs Sanctions on 2 Israeli Ministers as Gaza Crisis Worsens
The city of Beit Lahia in Gaza, this month. As Israel has expanded military operations in Gaza, British officials have considered imposing sanctions on government ministers.
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After Court Blocks Trump’s Tariffs, America’s Trading Partners Weigh Next Moves
Economists pointed out that President Trump could turn to other legal routes to enact broad tariffs.
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on May 2025
An Ex-Convict and Cartel Lawyers Are Among Mexico’s Judicial Candidates
Protesters outside of Mexico’s Senate last year, demonstrating against the overhaul of the judicial system. Former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pushed the plan, saying it would democratize the system.
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Mexico’s Judicial Election: What to Know
Officials with the Mexico City Electoral Council in May checked sample ballots that will be used in the upcoming judicial and magistrate elections.
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on May 2025
Four Killed as South Korean Navy Airplane Crashes Into Hillside
Firefighters and members of the military working at the scene of a South Korean Navy plane crash in Pohang on Thursday.
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Haiti Enlists Blackwater Founder and Trump Ally to Take on Criminal Gangs
A man walks past a burning barricade set up to protest a lack of security, in the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince in February.
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Joël Le Scouarnec, French Doctor Who Molested Hundreds of Children, Is Sentenced
A retired surgeon, Joel Le Scouarnec, right, who has admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of patients, arriving at the Criminal Court in Vannes, France, in February.
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In South Korea, Desperate Workers Take Their Grievances Into the Sky
Kim Hyoung-su in his makeshift tent at the top of a 98-foot-tall traffic camera tower in central Seoul.
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on May 2025
Why Myanmar Rebels Retreated From Lashio
Members of the Kokang Group’s rebel police force in Lashio, Myanmar, last month. The rebels withdrew from the city under pressure from China.
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on May 2025
Chinese Paraglider Reaches Near-Record Heights, Over 28,000 Feet, by Accident
The Qilian Mountains in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China, in May.
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on May 2025
South African Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison for Trafficking Missing Daughter, 6
Racquel Smith in court for her sentencing in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, on Thursday.
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on May 2025
Tariff Rulings Inject New Uncertainty Into Trump Trade Strategy
Using tariffs to pressure foreign countries to drop their own levies and to remove other barriers to U.S. exports has been one of President Trump’s main tactics.
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on May 2025
Trump Administration Targets Brazilian Judge for “Censorship”
Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, in Brasília, Brazil, in 2024.
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on May 2025
Trump Makes a New Push to ‘Decouple’ U.S. From China
A port in Shanghai. American consumers have benefited from decades of relatively inexpensive goods manufactured in China.
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on May 2025
White House Puts Cease-Fire Proposal to Hamas as Pressure on Israel Grows
An Israeli official said a cease-fire deal would include flow of aid through U.N.-run operations.
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on May 2025
Some Glaciers Will Vanish No Matter What, Study Finds
The Lewis Glacier on Mount Kenya, one of the few glaciers in Africa, in March.
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on May 2025
Court Tariffs Ruling Upends Trump’s Trade Strategy
Since taking office, President Trump had relied on a federal emergency powers law to put his trade policy into effect.
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on May 2025
Canada Wildfires Prompt State of Emergency in Manitoba and Force Evacuations
A wildfire near Flin Flon, Manitoba, where residents have been told to evacuate.
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on May 2025
Thursday Briefing
A crowd stormed a food warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Chinese Students, Rubio Says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifying at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing last week.
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on May 2025
U.S. Pauses Exports of Airplane and Semiconductor Technology to China
A model of the Chinese-made COMAC C919 passenger plane in Shanghai last year.
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on May 2025
Glacier Collapse in the Swiss Alps Destroys Most of a Village
A mass of ice, rocks and mud tumbled down a mountain, smothering Blatten, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
Thursday Briefing: Aid Chaos Grows in Gaza
An aid warehouse was stormed in central Gaza yesterday.
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on May 2025
Mount Everest’s Record-Setting Sherpa Sees a Future of Snowless Mountains and Fewer Guides
Kami Rita Sherpa during a celebration of his 31st successful ascent of Mount Everest on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Want Canada to Save Ostriches on Farm With Avian Flu
A sign posted at a Canadian ostrich farm pleaded for the lives of 400 birds targeted for culling because of avian flu exposure.
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on May 2025
German Court Dismisses Climate Lawsuit Against RWE
The plaintiff, Saúl Luciano Lliuya, was seeking damages linked to the threat of flooding from Lake Palcacocha in Peru.
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on May 2025
UK Authorizes Rape and Human Trafficking Charges Against Andrew and Tristan Tate
Andrew Tate, right, and his brother, Tristan Tate, in Bucharest, Romania, in March.
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on May 2025
Crime Rings Plotted to Trade Cocaine for Syrian Weapons, Prosecutors Say
Weapons and ammunition handed in by former Syrian soldiers and police officers in Latakia, Syria, in December.
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on May 2025
Japan Welcomes a New Sumo Champ. Surprise: He’s Japanese.
Onosato, center, celebrated his promotion to yokozuna on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
Turkey Cracks Down on Fliers Who Stand Up Too Soon, Threatening Fines
A Turkish Airlines flight landing at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul in 2018.
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on May 2025
Israel Strikes Yemen’s Main Airport Again After Houthi Attacks
Wreckage on May 7 after an earlier Israeli attack on the international airport serving Sana, the capital of Yemen.
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on May 2025
Stalin’s Image Returns to Moscow’s Subway, Honoring a Brutal History
A new statue of Joseph Stalin in a Moscow metro station reflects Russia’s efforts to rehabilitate the memory of a bloody ruler.
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on May 2025
Merz Says Germany Will Step Up Ukraine Weapons Support as Zelensky Visits
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, right, shaking hands with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine after his arrival in Berlin on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
Wednesday Briefing: Chaos at a Gaza Aid Site
Palestinians carrying aid packages delivered in Rafah, southern Gaza, yesterday.
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on May 2025
As Trump Seeks Iran Deal, Israel Again Raises Possible Strikes on Nuclear Sites
President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the White House last month.
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on May 2025
Wednesday Briefing: Chaos at a Gaza Aid Site
Palestinians carrying aid packages delivered in Rafah, southern Gaza, yesterday.
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on May 2025
Chaos Erupts at Israeli-Backed Aid Distribution Site in Gaza
Gazans collecting food aid in Rafah were on edge on Tuesday after gunfire was heard.
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on May 2025
French Crypto Chiefs Step Up Security After Violent Kidnappings
Police officers secured an area in central France in January after the kidnapping of David Balland, the co-founder of a company that sells devices to store crypto assets.
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on May 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Drive a Rise in Trade Crime
During the first Trump administration, Charlotte Pipe and Foundry won several cases against China in which high duties applied to Chinese products.
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on May 2025
King Charles Warns Canada’s Parliament of a ‘Dangerous and Uncertain’ World
King Charles, center, opened a new session of Parliament of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, on Tuesday.
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on May 2025
Congo’s Former President Returns Home, Accused of Treason
The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, in Windhoek, Namibia, in February.
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on May 2025
Mediators Urge Gaza Cease-Fire Proposal as Israeli Offensive Looms
Israel’s renewed offensive on Hamas in Gaza has drawn criticism from traditional allies.
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on May 2025
In a Medieval Greek Fortress, Residents Feud Over ‘Pharaonic’ Cable Car Plan
The medieval fortress town of Monemvasia, Greece. The top of the rock is currently accessible only via a winding, 240-yard stone path — a dizzying and exhausting climb.
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on May 2025
Zelensky Is Expected in Berlin as Merz Steps Forward as Key Backer of Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, right, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany in Kyiv, Ukraine, this month.
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on May 2025
How China Uses Work to Reshape Uyghur Identity and Control a Strategic Region
New Aid Site in Gaza Brings More Scenes of Chaos
Friday Briefing: Trump Battles the Court
Trump’s Embrace of Putin Shows Few Results
Will Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Survive the Week?
U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start