Mexican Forces Kill ‘El Mencho,’ Nation’s Most-Wanted Cartel Boss
Vehicles drive past a burning bus used as a roadblock in Zapopan, Mexico, on Sunday.
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The Ex-Taxi Driver at the Center of Russia’s Shadow War
A 2024 arson attack outside Warsaw was one of several plots carried out in Europe by a criminal network on behalf of Russian intelligence services, according to European officials.
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Iran Students Protest for Second Day Despite State Crackdown
A screen grab from a social media post that was verified by The New York Times showing demonstrators at the Tehran University of Art on Sunday.
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St. Francis’ Remains, Rarely Seen, Go on Display in Assisi
Believers lined up to see the bones of St. Francis at the basilica bearing his name in Assisi, Italy, on Sunday.
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Arab Leaders Condemn Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Ambassador Mike Huckabee told Tucker Carlson, the podcaster, that it “would be fine” if Israel “took it all,” referring to much of the Middle East. Arab and Islamic countries denounced his remarks.
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Inside Iran’s Preparations for War and Plans for Survival
Ali Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, in May 2024.
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Fat Signing Bonuses, and Concierge Service, for Family Doctors
The town of Stettler, Alberta’s economy is predominantly driven by the agriculture and oil industries, and is the largest town for surrounding communities.
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Russia Attacks Ukraine Ahead of Invasion’s 4th Anniversary
Workers at the site where a policewoman was killed in an explosion in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday. It was not clear whether Russia was involved.
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Trump Looks Ahead to Summit With China’s Xi, but Tariffs and Taiwan Loom
The last time President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China met was in October in Busan, South Korea.
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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo Leads Norway to Record Olympic Medal Haul
Fans of Norway at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, this month.
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The Queen Stuck by Prince Andrew. King Charles Is Pulling Away
Prince Andrew, as he was then known, escorted his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, to a memorial service for his father, Prince Philip, at Westminster Abbey in London in March 2022.
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Uncertainty in Europe After Trump’s Supreme Court Tariff Loss
President Trump criticized the Supreme Court tariff ruling at a news conference in Washington on Friday.
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Canada’s Spirit Rises and Falls With Its Olympic Hockey Teams
At the Pilot, one of Toronto’s oldest bars, more than 300 people, most wearing red, jammed onto two floors starting at 7:30 in the morning to watch Canada play on big screens.
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Iran Could Direct Proxies to Attack U.S. Targets Abroad, Officials Warn
A new billboard in Tehran this month. The uncertainty surrounding possible threats from Iran’s proxy groups further complicates the Trump administration’s war planning.
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Trump Tensions Turn U.S.-Canada Olympic Hockey Final Into a ‘Grudge Match’
The U.S. men’s hockey team prepares to take the ice against Canada in the gold medal match in Milan on Sunday.
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Iran’s Students Hold Anti-Regime Protests as Universities Reopen
Demonstrators gathering at Amirkabir University in Tehran, in an image from a social media post that was verified by The New York Times.
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At Least 10 Killed in Lebanon, Officials Say, After Israel Strikes Hezbollah
Coffins draped in fabric bearing the symbol of Hezbollah are carried through the village of Nabi Sheet, eastern Lebanon, on Saturday.
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Future Perfect
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How Johannes Klaebo’s 6 Gold Medals Ranks Among the All-Time Olympic Performances
Johannes Klaebo of Norway won gold on Saturday in the 50-kilometer mass start individual race.
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Supreme Court Ruling on Trump’s Tariffs Changes Little for Canada
The 50 percent tariffs on Canadian steel that have led to layoffs at Algoma Steel are not affected by the court decision.
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Los Angeles Olympics Have a Cloud of Concerns as Winter Games Close
Los Angeles Olympics organizers addressed the International Olympic Committee in Milan, Italy, this month, to promote the next Summer Games.
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How $600 Drones Are Outsmarting Colombia’s Billion-Dollar Military
Robinson Hernandez and John Silva, who work for a company that specializes in drone and anti-drone technology, using devices to neutralize drones during a test in Bogotá, Colombia.
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At A.I. Summit, India Tries to Find a Way Between the U.S. and China
A humanoid robot dancing in front of an audience at a pavilion during the A.I. Impact Summit in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Trump Official Backs Russia’s Return to Global Sports
Paolo Zampolli in Milan in 2024.
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How Olympic Experts Keep the Ice Intact
Ice-resurfacing machines known as Zambonis restore the frozen surface of competition before, during and after Winter Olympics competitions.
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Russia Takes the Gulag Out of the Gulag History Museum in Moscow
An exhibition at the Gulag History Museum in Moscow in 2022. There are plans to turn the space into a Museum of Memory focused on Nazi war crimes.
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Hungary Poses Unexpected Hurdle to Europe’s 90-Billion Euro Loan to Ukraine
The Hungarian foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, in Prague, Czech Republic, last month.
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Christopher S. Wren, Times Bureau Chief in Hostile Lands, Dies at 89
Mr. Wren in an undated photo. Explaining why he went into journalism, he said, “I wanted to find a job where I could go out and satisfy my curiosity and have somebody pay for it.”
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Nazi Execution Photos Went Up For Sale. Greece Stopped It.
An image of Greek prisoners being led to their execution in 1944 was projected onto a wall at the site of the shootings, in Kaisariani, Greece, on Wednesday.
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After Supreme Court Loss, Trump Plans to Impose Global Tariffs Using Different Laws
Using different legal authorities, President Trump plans to impose a 10 percent global tariff and open investigations into certain, unspecified countries’ unfair trade practices.
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Palestinian-American Teenager Killed in West Bank Is Laid to Rest
The funeral of Nasrallah Abu Siyam, 19, in Mukhmas, a village in the West Bank, on Thursday, a day after he was killed.
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India’s Hindu Right Seems Unstoppable. This City Shows How.
The Shahi Jama Masjid mosque in Sambhal, India, was the site of violent clashes between Muslims and the police in November 2024.
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Iran Says U.S. Has Not Asked It to Stop Enriching Uranium
Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of Iran, at the United Nations office in Geneva. The United States and Iran have been in Switzerland negotiating a nuclear deal this week.
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In Ukraine, Senators See War’s Impact and Press for Stronger U.S. Support
Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, on a tour of the Darnytsia power plant in Kyiv, Ukraine, which was damaged in a Russian attack this month.
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As Trump Considers Second Iran Attack, It Could Be Deadlier Than the First
A missile display at a celebration in Tehran this month.
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A Cancer Detection Test Fails in Major Study
The Galleri test looks for tiny shards of cancer DNA in the blood.
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Former Prince Andrew’s Arrest Upends Royal Family’s Effort to Move Past His Scandal
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, center, the brother of King Charles III, after leaving a police station on Thursday.
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U.K. Police Contacting Security Officers Who Once Protected Former Prince Andrew
The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has shocked Britain and made headlines around the world.
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How China Is Stoking Fear About Travel to Japan
Visitors on a street decorated for the Lunar New Year at China Town in Yokohama near Tokyo on Tuesday.
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Olympics Gold Medalist Eclipsed By Her Toddler
The Italian speedskater Francesca Lollobrigida won two gold medals and set an Olympic record at the Games in Milan.
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A New U.S. Blockade Is Strangling Cuba
The oil tanker Ocean Mariner at the port of Havana last month. Cuba is facing the United States’ first effective blockade since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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A Makeup Ban in Syria for Women in Government and Public Sector Stirs Outrage
Women spending time at a cafe in Latakia, Syria, in May.
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An Enemy’s Fall Frees Up South Korea’s Leader. Now Comes the Tough Part.
Lee Jae Myung at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea in 2024.
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Ukrainian Women Tell Their Stories of Sexual Violence by Russian Soldiers
Darya with her mother near Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, in June. Darya said a drunken Russian soldier had forced his hands into her underwear and shouted “I want a young body!”
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By Day, Cortina D’Ampezzo Is an Olympic Hub. By Night, It’s a Party.
Filippo Borghi mixing a cocktail at the Hôtel de la Poste, a famous nightspot in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
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China’s ‘King of Banned Films’ Wants to Change the Subject
The Chinese director Lou Ye, at his studio in Beijing in November.
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Venezuela Passes Amnesty Bill Denounced by Some as ‘Unjust’
Families gathered last month for a vigil outside El Rodeo I, a prison east of Caracas, Venezuela.
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As Trump Weighs Iran Strikes, He Declines to Make Clear Case for Why
President Trump speaking at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington on Thursday.
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How Did Draco Malfoy Get Mixed Up With Lunar New Year?
A Lunar New Year display showing a young Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy in Shangqiu, China, this month.
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Head of Russia’s Antidoping Agency Was Involved in 2014 Doping Scheme, Whistle-Blower Claims
The A.I. Evangelists on a Mission to Shake Up Japan
Gisèle Pelicot Survived Mass Rape. Now She’s Looking to the Future.
For Dutch speedskater, age doesn’t matter.
Klaebo Makes Olympic History: Unforgettable Photos from 6-Gold Sweep
Why Attacking Iran Could Be Riskier Than Capturing Maduro
Ferreira completes his halfpipe set with gold.
Johannes Dale-Skjevdal of Norway Wins Biathlon Mass Start