How White South Africans Are Convincing the U.S. to Accept Them as Refugees
White South Africans waiting to hear welcome statements from U.S. government officials shortly after arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport earlier this month.
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Ukraine Accuses Russia of Stalling Peace Negotiations
A prisoner exchange in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine last week.
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Israel Orders Evacuation of Much of Northern Gaza, Warning of Dangerous Combat
Palestinians flee parts of northern Gaza on Friday after the latest evacuation order from the Israeli military.
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on May 2025
A Ukrainian Girl Struggles to Survive Her Country’s War and Her Own
Margaryta Karpova, 12, and her mother, Liudmyla, at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, in December. She has stayed in the city through six rounds of chemotherapy.
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Judicial Candidates Try TikTok and Tinder in Mexico’s Sprawling Elections
Dora Martínez Valero, a candidate for Mexico’s Supreme Court, campaigning while being filmed for social media in Mexico City in May.
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Islamic State Says It Targeted Syrian Forces in Bomb Attacks
Syrian security forces in Sweida Province, in the country’s south, this month. ISIS claimed attacks in the south in an area where the government has struggled to establish security.
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Macron Says Israel Can’t Have ‘Free Pass’ in Gaza
President Emmanuel Macron of France, speaking in Singapore on Friday.
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Paul Doyle, 53, Appears in Court Over Liverpool FC Parade Crash
A prison van believed to be transporting Paul Doyle arriving at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
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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
A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security
Recent construction work on a sea wall to protect Charleston’s downtown areas.
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Energy Dept. Cancels $3.7 Billion for New Technologies to Lower Emissions
Among the canceled awards was $331 million to Exxon Mobil, which had been planning to replace natural gas with hydrogen at a chemical facility in Baytown, Texas.
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on May 2025
Landslide at Quarry in Indonesia Kills at Least 10
Rescuers searching for landslide victims at a quarry in West Java, Indonesia, on Friday.
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on May 2025
Trump Accuses China of Violating Trade Agreement
President Trump at the White House last week. In a social media post on Friday, Mr. Trump said that China violated a trade pact with the United States and suggested he could return to a more confrontational approach.
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Friday Briefing
President Trump announcing new tariffs at the White House in April.
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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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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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Trump Administration Targets Brazilian Judge for “Censorship”
Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, in Brasília, Brazil, in 2024.
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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 Israel-Backed Cease-Fire Proposal to Hamas Amid Growing Pressure
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
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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on May 2025
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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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
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
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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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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on May 2025
Mexico’s Judicial Election: What to Know
Election materials being loaded onto a truck in Mexico City earlier this month in preparation for judicial elections on Sunday.
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on May 2025
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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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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on May 2025
Thursday Briefing
A crowd stormed a food warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
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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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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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
In Gaza’s Emaciated Children, a Hunger Crisis Is Laid Bare
200 Miles of Sublime Pain on a Hindu Pilgrimage in Pakistan
A Library on the Canada-U.S.Border Is Ensnared by Trump’s Foreign Policy
Smoke From Wildfires in Canada Wafts Into the Upper Midwest
Friday Briefing: Trump Battles the Court
New Aid Site in Gaza Brings More Scenes of Chaos
Trump’s Embrace of Putin Shows Few Results
How China Uses Work to Reshape Uyghur Identity and Control a Strategic Region
Will Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Survive the Week?
U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start