Middle East Crisis: Hamas Releases Video of Injured Israeli American Hostage
Israeli military vehicles near Israel’s border with Gaza this month.
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Israel’s Invasion of Rafah Is All but Inevitable, Experts Say
The rubble of a building this month after Israeli strikes in Rafah, in southern Gaza, where more than a million displaced people have fled.
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Enduring Mayhem: Images From Year 3 of the War in Ukraine
Russian soldiers, who turned against their country and are now fighting for the Ukrainian side, riding on top of an armored vehicle in Ukraine’s Sumy region, as they prepare to make an incursion across the border into Russia, in March.
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Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Leader, Considers Resigning as Wife Faces Inquiry
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez blamed his political opponents for the inquiry into his wife, Begoña Gomez.
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on April 2024
Australian Journalist Says She Was Pushed Out of India
Avani Dias produced a television segment about accusations that India was responsible for the death of a Sikh separatist in Canada last year.
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Here’s How U.S. Aid to Ukraine Might Help on the Battlefield
Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Artillery ammunition has been in short supply for the Ukrainian military for more than a year.
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on April 2024
In Photos: The Skies in Athens Turn Orange From Sahara Dust Storm
Taking pictures from the Tourkovounia hills on Tuesday.
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on April 2024
Myanmar’s Junta Recaptures Town That Was a Significant Gain for Rebels
Crossing the Moei River, fleeing from Myawaddy, Myanmar, to Mae Sot, Thailand, on Saturday.
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Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle
Two horses bolting through the streets of London near Aldwych on Wednesday.
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Blinken Goes to China With Potential Trouble on Horizon
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted in Shanghai on Wednesday by Kong Fuan, the director general of the Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office, and by two American diplomats — R. Nicholas Burns, the ambassador to China; and Scott Walker, the U.S. consul general in Shanghai.
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Luton Learns the Power of Premier League Status
A street closed on match day near Luton’s stadium.
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The Only Girls’ Team in a Boys’ Soccer League Has Gone Undefeated
“They definitely underestimated us,” one Queens Park Ladies player said of their male opposition.
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on April 2024
The International Date Line Is ‘Pretty Arbitrary.’ Here’s Why.
A sunrise over the Pacific Ocean, seen from Japan in 2018.
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After $15 Billion in Military Aid, Israel Calls Alliance With U.S. ‘Ironclad’
Israeli soldiers near a rocket-intercepting Iron Dome battery near the Gaza border this month. New American aid for Israel includes more than $5 billion to replenish defense systems.
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Thursday Briefing: Israel Seems Poised to Invade Rafah
More than a million people have taken refuge in Rafah.
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on April 2024
Israeli-American Hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Is Seen in Hamas Video
A photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin held by his mother, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, in their home in Jerusalem.
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With Temperatures Soaring, Gazans Swelter in Makeshift Tents
Tents in Deir Al Balah, where many displaced Gazans have been suffering under rising temperatures.
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on April 2024
Germany Will Resume Funding for UNRWA After a UN Report
Displaced Palestinians cooking as they shelter in a UNRWA-affiliated school in Deir al Balah, central Gaza, on Tuesday.
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on April 2024
Wednesday Briefing
The approved aid package has given a much-needed boost of morale for Ukrainian soldiers on the front and civilians living under threat.
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Timur Ivanov, Russian Deputy Defense Minister, Is Detained on Bribery Charges
A photograph released by Russian state media showed Timur Ivanov in Moscow in 2018. Mr. Ivanov is known as a protégé of Sergei K. Shoigu, the Russian defense minister.
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Israel Plans to Expand ‘Humanitarian Zone’ if It Invades Rafah
A street scene in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, where a million displaced Palestinians are sheltering and which Israel still said it is planning to invade.
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Wednesday Briefing: Senate Votes on Ukraine Aid
Activists waving Ukrainian flags outside the US Capitol in Washington on Tuesday.
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on April 2024
New Study Bolsters Idea of Athletic Differences Between Men and Trans Women
The swimmer Lia Thomas is challenging her sport’s ban on transgender athletes, which was created after she won a college championship in 2022.
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Court in Russia Rejects Evan Gershkovich’s Appeal Against Detention
The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, inside a glass cage in a courtroom in Moscow on Tuesday, must stay in a prison there, a court ruled.
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Italy’s New Abortion Law Is a Lesson in How Meloni Governs
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s measure, which draws on provisions in a 1978 law legalizing abortion in Italy, could bring more anti-abortion activists into counseling centers.
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UN Calls for Inquiry After Mass Graves Found at 2 Gaza Hospitals
The Palestinian Civil Defense recovering bodies on Sunday from what it is calling a mass grave at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
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on April 2024
Belgian Man’s Drunken Driving Defense: His Body Made the Alcohol
These beers, as well as any other alcoholic drinks, were not involved in a Belgian man’s drunken-driving charge.
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on April 2024
What Is the Rwanda Policy? U.K.’s Plan for Asylum Seekers Explained
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain at a meeting with ministers in London on Monday.
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on April 2024
At Least 5 Die Trying to Cross English Channel, Including a Young Girl
A rescue ship on Tuesday off the coast of Audresselles, France, just north of the area where an overcrowded inflatable boat was located.
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Germany Arrests Far-Right Lawmaker’s Aide on Suspicion of Spying for China
The Chinese Embassy in Berlin on Monday. The German authorities arrested four people in two days on suspicion of spying for China.
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In Ukraine, New American Technology Won the Day. Until It Was Overwhelmed.
Congress is about to provide billions more dollars to Kyiv, mostly in the form of ammunition and long-range artillery, but questions remain whether new artificial intelligence technology will be enough to help turn the tide of the war.
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Malaysian Navy Helicopters Collide Midair, Killing 10
Rescue crews inspecting the crash site of two helicopters in Lumut, Malaysia, on Tuesday.
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on April 2024
Tuesday Briefing
Donald Trump walks out after the first day of opening arguments on Monday at Manhattan Criminal Court in his trial for falsifying documents related to hush money payments.
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Myanmar’s Young Rebels Find the Bright Sides to an Internet Blackout
A commander with the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force playing guitar and singing with fellow resistance members in Karenni State, in February.
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on April 2024
2 Starving Families in Gaza Try to Keep Their Children Alive
Waiting for donated food in Rafah, Gaza, last month.
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on April 2024
Taiwan Quakes: Aftershocks From Deadly Temblor Hit Island
Two buildings in the city of Hualien partially toppled in the quakes that hit Taiwan on Monday and early Tuesday.
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on April 2024
‘Patriots’ Review: What Happened to the Man Who Made Putin?
Will Keen as Vladimir Putin in “Patriots,” Peter Morgan’s wild story of makers switching places with the made, at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in Manhattan.
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Tuesday Briefing: The Trump Trial Opens
Former U.S. president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in court Monday.
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on April 2024
Biden Official Calls for Investigation in Chinese Swimming Doping Case
Zhang Yufei won two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
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on April 2024
The Stark Reality of Israel’s Fight in Gaza
Six months into the conflict in Gaza, the question of what Israel has achieved is creating ever more intense global strains.
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on April 2024
Huw Edwards, a Top BBC Anchor, Resigns After 40 Years
Huw Edwards was suspended by the BBC in July after The Sun tabloid newspaper reported that an unnamed anchor from the broadcaster had paid a teenager $45,000 for sexually explicit images.
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on April 2024
Israel Hasn’t Offered Evidence Tying Many U.N. Workers to Hamas, Review Says
Employees of the main U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees distributing aid in Khan Younis last year.
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on April 2024
TikTok Faces E.U. Inquiry Over ‘Addictive’ Features
The action announced on Monday is the second E.U. investigation against TikTok.
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on April 2024
Palestinian Baby Delivered After Mother Killed in Israeli Strike
A Palestinian baby girl was born 10 weeks premature and weighed three pounds after her mother was killed in Rafah on Sunday.
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on April 2024
FIFA Said to Be Close to TV Deal With Apple for New Tournament
The tournament, which will feature teams from around the world, will take place for the first time next summer, in the United States.
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on April 2024
Everton Seeks Alternative Buyer as Deal With 777 Partners Falters
Fans outside Goodison Park, Everton’s aging stadium in Liverpool.
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Modi Calls Muslims ‘Infiltrators’ Who Would Take India’s Wealth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India at a rally in Bengaluru on Saturday, a day before a speech in which he attacked Muslims.
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on April 2024
Germany Arrests 3 Suspected of Passing Secrets to China
The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany in Beijing last week in a photo released by the Chinese state media.
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on April 2024
Car Attack in Jerusalem Injures at Least 3
The Israeli police cordoned off the site of a ramming attack in Jerusalem on Monday.
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on April 2024
India and Bangladesh Reel from Extreme Heat
A rickshaw passing by a water fountain during an ongoing heat wave in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Saturday.
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on April 2024
Israelis Prepare to Mark Passover With Hostages Still in Gaza
Ultra-Orthodox Jews burn leavened items in preparation for the Passover holiday in Jerusalem on Monday.
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on April 2024
‘Kharkiv Is Unbreakable’: A Battered Ukrainian City Carries On
Hezbollah Claims Drone Attack 10 Miles Inside Israel
Why Narendra Modi Called India’s Muslims ‘Infiltrators’
U.K. Pushes Through Rwanda Deportation Bill
Earth Day 2024: A Look at 3 Places Adapting Quickly to Fight Climate Change