After M23 Takeover, Goma Carries Violent Memories and Signs of Hope
One year ago, M23, a rebel militia, violently charged into the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo and took it over from the government.
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Five Years After Myanmar Coup, ‘Even Hope Has Become a Risk’
The downtown of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city. Urban areas in the country have been plagued by issues like soaring inflation, high unemployment and shortages of goods.
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Apple Daily Sentences Show a New Era of Media Peril in Hong Kong
Law Wai-kwong, center right, and his colleagues sitting in Apple Daily’s newsroom in 2020. The newspaper was shuttered the following year.
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Japan’s Sanae Takaichi Wins Snap Election in a Landslide
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan received a resounding mandate for her economic policies and tough stance on immigration and China after snap elections on Sunday.
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Portugal Elects a President, With Leftist Beating a Surging Far Right
António José Seguro, who decisively won Portugal’s presidential election, on Sunday evening.
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Iranian Nobel Laureate Gets Second Prison Sentence and Ends Hunger Strike
Narges Mohammadi in an undated photo provided by her foundation in 2023.
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Thailand’s Conservative Party Claims Surprise Election Victory
Anutin Charnvirakul, the leader of the conservative Bhumjaithai Party, in Bangkok on Sunday.
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Starmer’s Chief of Staff Resigns, Citing Role in Hiring Friend of Epstein
Morgan McSweeney in December. He served as Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff until Sunday.
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Cuba’s Communist Government Has Lasted 67 Years. Will It Fall Under Trump?
Fidel Castro, who led Cuba from the 1959 revolution until he formally stepped down in 2008, speaking in Santa Maria Del Mar in 1964.
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At the Winter Olympics, Team USA Can’t Escape the Politics at Home
Politics inevitably encroaches on the Olympics, despite the International Olympic Committee’s best efforts to cast the Games as an athletic interlude free from conflict.
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Japan’s Leader Is Set for a Big Election Win. Here’s What to Know.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi standing atop a vehicle during an election campaign in Tokyo on Saturday.
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A Curling Champion Is Italy’s Hometown Hero at the Olympic Games
Stefania Constantini practicing before a mixed doubles curling match between Italy and South Korea on Thursday in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
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In Bid to Lead Thailand, a Progressive Party Softens Its Image
Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, the leader of the People’s Party, speaking to supporters in Bangkok on Friday.
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Lai has been held in solitary confinement for more than 1,800 days.
Mr. Lai walking through the Stanley Prison in Hong Kong in 2023.
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Jimmy Lai’s children have led a global campaign for him.
Sebastian Lai, center, son of Jimmy Lai, held a news conference outside Downing Street in London last year.
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Jimmy Lai’s conviction was years in the making.
Jimmy Lai was arrested under the national security law in Hong Kong in 2020.
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Venezuela Frees Key Opposition Figures as Government Courts U.S. Support
Juan Pablo Guanipa, center, a Venezuelan opposition politician, outside El Helicoide detention center in Caracas after his release on Sunday.
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Takaichi is poised to push Japan further to the right.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan is poised to push the country even further to the right on issues like immigration, defense and the economy.
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Heavy Snow Disrupts Japan Election, Forcing Polling Stations to Close Early
People walking past campaign posters in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Shortages of posters and trucks add to candidates’ challenges.
Ryuichi Yoneyama, a candidate from the Centrist Reform Alliance, campaigned for Japan’s lower house election in Nagaoka on Saturday.
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China’s Presence Looms Large in Japan’s Election
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan shaking hands with President Xi Jinping of China on the sidelines of a summit in Gyeongju, Korea, last October.
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Trump’s Oil Grab in Venezuela Shatters an American Taboo
Venezuela’s Cardon oil refinery. Critics say President Trump’s plan for the country’s oil industry revives bitter memories of colonial exploitation and flagrantly violates international law.
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What to Know About Thailand’s Election
A polling station on Sunday in Bangkok during Thailand’s general election.
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Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Sets Date to Meet in Washington, Officials Say
President Trump during a Board of Peace event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last month.
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Saudis Announce New Investments in Syria, a Sign of Deepening Ties
Construction workers repairing a section of castle walls inside the citadel of Aleppo, Syria, in August. The deals announced on Saturday include the rehabilitation of the city’s airport.
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Roland Huntford, Lore-Debunking Historian of Polar Exploration, Dies at 98
Roland Huntford in 2008. South African by birth, he nevertheless spoke Norwegian fluently and spent 15 years as the Scandinavian correspondent for The Observer, a British newspaper, developing a keen interest in polar expeditions.
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A Mosque Bombing Undercuts Pakistan’s Bid for Security
A funeral on Saturday for victims of a suicide bombing at a mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, the day before. The attack killed at least 31 people.
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Trump Reverts to Diplomacy With Iran, but the Road Is Narrow
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, center, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, with Oman’s foreign minister, Badr Albusaidi, in a photograph released on Friday by Oman’s Foreign Ministry.
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Russian Strikes Pummel Ukraine’s Power Grid
Sheltering in a metro station in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday. Damage from overnight strikes prompted the Ukrainian government to request emergency electricity assistance from Poland.
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At the Olympics, the Canada-U.S. Hockey Rivalry Heats Up
Canadian athletes during the opening ceremony at Livigno Snow Park on Friday.
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These Mathematicians Are Trying to Educate A.I.
Martin Hairer, a mathematician at the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne. He splits his time between there and the Imperial College London.
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Olympics Officials Signal Sanctions on Russia in Sports May End
Athletes competing for the Russian Olympic Committee in the men’s ice hockey gold medal match at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The team won a silver medal.
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Philippe Morillon, General Who Made Fateful Protection Promise, Dies at 90
Gen. Philippe Morillon in 1993, as commander of U.N. forces in what was then Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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JD Vance Is Booed at Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Milan
Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance at San Siro stadium for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday.
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Haiti Reaches ‘Full Crisis’ as Transition Government Expires
A view from inside an armored police vehicle showing cars burned by armed gangs and used as a barricade on a deserted street Port-au-Prince, Haiti, last month.
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A dozen U.S. figure skaters march in the ceremony, some fresh off competing.
Alysa Liu, the reigning world champion, is among the members of the U.S. Figure Skating team marching in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
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France and Canada Open Consulates in Greenland, Following Trump Threats
The opening of the Canadian Consulate in a building shared with the Icelandic consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Friday.
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Flying Solo: Some Olympic Athletes Are Their Country’s Whole Team
Four years ago, at age 17, Aruwin Salehhuddin became the first female athlete to represent Malaysia at the Olympics. But there was a male athlete, too, and they carried the flag together. This year, she will be carrying it alone.
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Haiti Just Won the Fashion Game at the Opening Ceremonies
Stella Jean, center, a Haitian-Italian designer based in Milan, designed the looks of Haiti’s national team.
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In Talks, Trump Won’t Allow Iran to Have Any Enriched Uranium
Workers at a uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, Iran, in 2005. Analysts say Iran’s position on enrichment reflects the country’s intense pride in a nuclear program that has become a symbol of Iranian independence.
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The ghost of Giorgio Armani hovers over the Games.
Three lines of models in red, white and green Armani looks walking the stadium “runway” during the opening ceremonies.
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China Reverses Death Sentence for Canadian in a Small Win for Carney
Robert Lloyd Schellenberg in 2019 during his retrial on drug-trafficking charges in a court in Dalian, China.
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Scattered protests occur in Milan before the ceremonies begin.
In the hours leading up to the Winter Games, demonstrators protesting in the San Siro district of Milan.
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Mariah Carey Performs at Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Milan
Mariah Carey is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.
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No Fashion Focus in Milan After France Made It Part of Summer Olympics
Lady Gaga performing before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games.
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Milan Athletes Welcome Return of Winter Olympics Spectators
Empty seats at the speedskating finals during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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In Pakistan, a Kite Festival Returns to Troubled Skies
Jimmy Lai’s 20-Year Term Follows a Familiar Chinese Pattern
How Ilia Malinin and Team U.S.A. Held Off Japan to Win Gold Medal
Breezy Johnson’s Olympic Gold Medal Celebration Muted By Lindsey Vonn’s Crash
Ilia Malinin, the ‘Quad God,’ leaves an ace up his sleeve.
Trump’s Greenland Threats Rattle the Faroe Islands