As Spain Mourns Train Crash Victims, Investigators Focus on Track
The scene near Adamuz, a town in southern Spain, on Tuesday after a deadly train crash over the weekend. Nearly two dozen autopsies have been completed, but the authorities are struggling to identify the victims.
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Trump Heckles Europe Before Heading to Davos
President Trump, who is scheduled to speak in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, has been heaping dismissive scorn on many of the leaders he will greet there.
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For Syria’s Government, Kurdish Deal Is a Big Win on Shaky Ground
Syrian soldiers entering the city of Raqqa on Sunday. After months of stalled negotiations with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the government made a military push into Kurdish-held territory last week.
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A Venezuelan Political Prisoner Finally Comes Home
Ángel Godoy embracing his wife, Adriana Briceño, after arriving at home for the first time after spending a year in jail.
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Fresh Russian Strikes Cut Heat to Thousands in Ukraine’s Freezing Capital
More than 5,600 high-rise buildings in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, were left without heat after the latest attacks from Russia, officials said on Tuesday.
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U.S. Shifts Away From Kurdish-Led Forces in Fight Against ISIS
Kurdish security forces patrolling near Qamishli, northeastern Syria, last year.
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Trump’s Tariff Threat Tests His Relationship With Macron
President Trump with President Emmanuel Macron of France at the White House in February. Both like to talk, and both have foreign policies underpinned by personal relationships with other leaders.
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After Four Shark Attacks in 48 Hours, Australia Shuts Dozens of Beaches
A lifeguard attempting to locate a shark that attacked a surfer in Sydney on Monday.
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Islamic State Claims Deadly Attack on Chinese Restaurant in Afghanistan
Taliban security personnel standing guard at a blast site after an explosion in the Shahr-e Naw area of Kabul on Monday.
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Britain Approves Contentious Chinese Mega-Embassy in London
Royal Mint Court, the site of the proposed new Chinese Embassy in London.
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What Are the Chagos Islands and the Diego Garcia Base?
A photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense showing military planes at the Diego Garcia air base in 2001. The base is used to serve U.S. Navy ships and refuel long-range bombers.
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Australia Passes Tighter Gun Control Laws, Weeks After Bondi Massacre
A memorial near Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, last month for victims of the shooting there, which killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration.
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Trump Escalates Tensions With European Allies With Greenland and Gaza Efforts
Asked how far he was willing to go to acquire Greenland, President Trump told reporters: “You’ll find out.”
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C.I.A.’s New Focus on Latin America Reflected in Raid to Seize Maduro
A member of Venezuela’s National Guard at the entrance to the country’s largest military complex in Caracas, the capital, after President Nicolás Maduro’s capture on Jan. 3.
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Photographer Discovers Train Part That Could Hold Key to Spain Train Crash
The undercarriage of a train found near the crash site near Adamuz, Spain on Tuesday.
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A Few Dozen European Troops in Greenland Set Off Trump
Danish soldiers disembark at the port in Nuuk, Greenland, on Monday.
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Israel Seizes UNRWA’s Jerusalem Headquarters
Part of a compound in Jerusalem belonging to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees as it was demolished on Tuesday.
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A.I., Big Tech and Trump Shine Most Brightly at the Davos Spectacle
The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
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The Northern Lights Have Inspired Humans for Thousands of Years
“Aurora Borealis,” an 1865 painting by the American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church.
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Trump Doubles Down on Greenland Threats in Flurry of Truth Social Posts
President Trump returning to the White House early on Tuesday.
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With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest
President Trump has declared that the only limits on his global power are “my own morality” and “my own mind.”
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Death Toll Rises in Guatemalan Gang Riots
A ceremony to honor eight police officers who died in attacks by gang members the day before, on Monday in Guatemala City.
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Taxing the Ultrarich
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How 40 People Died In a Train Crash in Andalucia, Spain
Emergency officials at the scene of the crash on Monday.
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Gaza’s Board of Peace: What to Know
Gaza City in December.
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu Says He Will Pass Budget Without a Vote
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu in the National Assembly in Paris on Wednesday.
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Trump Is Pushing the U.S.-Europe Alliance to the Brink Over Greenland
President Trump with European leaders at the White House in August. On Saturday, Mr. Trump said he would raise tariffs on several European countries unless they let him acquire Greenland.
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Clashes Erupt Around Syrian Prisons Holding Islamic State Fighters
Soldiers of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces deployed near the Gweiran Prison, which houses men accused of being Islamic State fighters, in Hasakah Province, northeastern Syria, on Monday.
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A labor union raised concerns last year about Spain’s railway lines.
Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, in Cordoba, Spain, on Monday.
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The crash occurred on a new stretch of high-speed rail track, officials say.
A train operated by Iryo, a private company, that partially derailed and was hit by another train on Monday near Adamuz, in southern Spain.
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Slow Emergency Response Blamed in Deadly Pakistan Mall Fire
The ruins of the Gul Plaza Shopping Mall in Karachi, Pakistan, on Monday. The source of the blaze during a busy weekend was unconfirmed.
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Trump Links His Push for Greenland to Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize
President Trump and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway during a meeting last year.
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Survivors of Deadly Train Crash in Spain Describe Hellish Scenes
Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, working next to one of the trains involved in the accident in Adamuz on Monday.
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Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s Prime Minister, Calls for Snap Election
Sanae Takaichi, the prime minister of Japan, called early elections just three months into her tenure.
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Trump Has an Offramp on Greenland. He Doesn’t Seem to Want It.
For President Trump, the sheer size of Greenland’s territory holds part of the appeal; it is about three times the size of Texas, and bigger than Alaska.
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Splits Emerge Among Venezuelans as Revolutionary Dream Fades
Demonstrators demanding the release of President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday.
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At the Center of Trump’s Vision for Rebuilding Ukraine: BlackRock
Mezhova, in eastern Ukraine, in December. Ukrainian officials have likened their country’s recovery blueprint to the Marshall Plan, the U.S.-funded project to rebuild Europe after World War II.
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What to Know About Hezbollah’s Ties to Venezuela
Hezbollah fighters at the Lebanon-Syria border in 2017.
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I.M.F. Raises Forecast for Global Growth as Tariff Drag Fades
An exhibit at a conference held by Nvidia, which makes chips that power artificial intelligence. Surging investment in technology is poised this year to offset the headwinds of rising protectionism.
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Spain Closes High-Speed Rail Network in South After Crash
Passengers at a train station in Madrid on Sunday, after the train derailment in southern Spain.
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Prince Harry’s Court Case Against Daily Mail Publisher: What to Know
Prince Harry leaving the High Court in London after giving evidence. He has pursued several legal battles aimed at holding Britain’s tabloids to account over unlawful news gathering.
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As Davos Convenes, Deference to Trump Has Replaced Everything
Attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last year.
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on January 2026
Why Are New Zealanders Moving to Australia? More Money, Better Vibes.
Travelers at Wellington International Airport, in New Zealand last month.
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What Vietnam’s Communist Party Congress Hopes to Achieve
Signage for the 14th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam outside the National Convention Center in Hanoi this month.
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What We Know About the Deadly High-Speed Train Crash in Spain
A person affected by a deadly train derailment was transferred for treatment to the Caseta Municipal in Adamuz, Spain, on Sunday.
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Guatemala Declares State of Emergency to Address Gang Violence
Guatemalan riot police officers guard the entrance to the men’s Preventive Detention Center in Guatemala City on Sunday.
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on January 2026
Real Estate Crash Weighs on China’s Economic Growth
China is still grappling with a property market crash that began four years ago, after many years of overbuilding.
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on January 2026
Trump, Venezuela and Oil
Scientists Set Up Camp on Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica
How Trump Flexes Power in White House Meetings With Zelensky and Others
Human Rights Lawyer Philippe Sands Fears a New Age of Impunity