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Russian Warplanes Join Strikes Against Rebels in Syria
The aftermath of an airstrike that targeted Syria’s rebel-held northern city of Idlib on Monday.
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Tensions Rise Among Russia’s Elite as Economic Growth Slows
An ad at a bus stop showing a Russian soldier and the slogan “Be strong, faithful, courageous” in front of Moscow’s business district in November.
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Who Is Massad Boulos, the Lebanese American Tycoon and Trump Adviser?
Massad Boulos, who was named as Mr. Trump’s pick for senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, spoke to The New York Times in Detroit in October.
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on December 2024
French Government Faces No-Confidence Vote Over Budget Bill
Prime Minister Michel Barnier at the parliament in Paris last month.
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on December 2024
Biden Visits Angola to Promote Lobito Corridor and Counter China
A Chinese construction site in Luanda, the capital of Angola. China has been one of the biggest investors in the country.
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on December 2024
Who Are HTS, the Rebels Leading the Syria Offensive?
A fighter from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham at a frontline base in Maaret al-Naasan, Syria, in 2021. For several years, the group focused on securing and governing the area it held.
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on December 2024
What Can the World’s Top Court Do About Climate Change?
Mexico’s Valle de Bravo reservoir this year. The court has been asked what obligations governments have to protect the world’s climate system.
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on December 2024
Centrist Party Edges Out Far-Right Challengers in Romania
Voting in Mogosoaia, Romania, on Sunday. The parliamentary election came a week after a presidential vote in which a far-right candidate took a surprise first-round lead.
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on December 2024
Germany Pledges Fast Military Aid to Ukraine in Effort to Reassure
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, left, and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine visited a makeshift memorial in Kyiv on Monday.
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on December 2024
U.N. Suspends Aid Deliveries to Gaza via Kerem Shalom Crossing
Aid is distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, in Nuseirat, Gaza, in early November.
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on December 2024
Omer Neutra, Thought to Be Hostage in Gaza, Died on Oct. 7, IDF Says
Family members of Omer Neutra, a dual American-Israeli citizen who was in the Israeli military and was believed to be held alive in Gaza, at a vigil in New York City in September.
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on December 2024
Biden Opens the Only Trip of His Presidency to Sub-Saharan Africa
President Biden in Cape Verde on Monday. While Air Force One was refueled, he met in an airport lounge with the country’s prime minister.
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on December 2024
A North Korean Voice That Kim Jong-un Would Like to Silence
Kim Seongmin, president of Free North Korea Radio, editing content for the station at his home in November. He has cancer and was recently told he has months to live.
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on December 2024
Monday Briefing
Until Sunday night, President Biden had said that he would not pardon or commute the sentence of his son Hunter.
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on December 2024
Syria’s Rebels Struck When Assad’s Allies Were Weakened and Distracted
Opposition fighters loading ammunition onto a truck in northwestern Syria on Sunday.
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on December 2024
Monday Briefing: Rebels Advance in Syria
Anti-regime fighters near a road leading to Hama province.
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on December 2024
Stowaway on Flight to Paris Disrupts a Return Flight to New York
The stowaway passenger who was caught on a Delta flight from New York to Paris days earlier was removed from a Paris to New York flight, also on Delta, after creating a disturbance on Saturday.
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on December 2024
Ireland’s Main Parties Edge Out Sinn Féin, Early Election Results Show
In Dublin and the rest of Ireland, economic concerns and anxiety about immigration were top electoral issues.
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on December 2024
Nations Fail to Reach an Agreement on Plastic Pollution
The world produces nearly a half-billion tons of plastic each year, more than twice the amount produced two decades ago.
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on December 2024
Former Defense Minister Accuses Israel of Committing War Crimes in Gaza
Moshe Yaalon, left, who was the Israeli defense minister from 2013 to 2016, with Benny Gantz, who later held that role, in Tel Aviv in 2019.
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on December 2024
Protesters in Tbilisi Clash With Georgian Police
The police used water cannons and tear gas on Sunday in Tbilisi, Georgia, during a rally outside the Parliament building prompted by the government’s move to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union.
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on December 2024
Syria Rebels Take Aleppo Airport and Attack Hama, Officials and a Monitor Say
Rebel fighters with an abandoned Syrian government tank in the east of Aleppo Province on Sunday.
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on December 2024
A Power Vacuum in Gaza Could Empower Warlords and Gangs
A picture taken during a tour organized by the Israeli Army shows a Palestinian truck arriving Saturday to pick up aid destined for the Gaza Strip from a drop-off area near the Kerem Shalom crossing.
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on December 2024
Angola, the U.S. and a Slavery Connection Few Talk About
A view of the Cuanza River in Massangano, Angola. Enslaved Angolans were transported by boat along the Cuanza River.
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on December 2024
What a Marine Heat Wave Reveals About Our Warming Oceans
Rodeo Beach, Calif., one of the beaches that volunteers survey regularly for wildlife.
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on December 2024
France’s Government Under Prime Minister Michel Barnier Faces Week of Reckoning
Prime Minister Michel Barnier of France after a cabinet meeting at the Élysée Palace in Paris last Wednesday.
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on December 2024
Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students to Make Fentanyl
A 19-year-old sophomore chemistry major, who also works for the Sinaloa drug cartel, at a stash house.
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on December 2024
80 Years After Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France
The Thiaroye military cemetery in Senegal has 35 graves representing West African soldiers that France said were killed by French Army soldiers in 1944. Historians said the actual death toll may be closer to 400.
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on December 2024
Israel Accuses World Central Kitchen Worker of Role in Oct. 7 Attack
An Israeli airstrike damaged a vehicle carrying World Central Kitchen workers.
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on December 2024
U.S. Condemns China’s Harsh Sentence for a Prominent Journalist
Dong Yuyu is the most prominent journalist imprisoned in mainland China.
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on December 2024
Saudi Arabia Leads Pushback Against Global Plastic Treaty
An oil processing plant in Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter.
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on December 2024
Russia Captures More Villages in Eastern Ukraine
Damaged buildings in Kurakhove, Ukraine, last month, in an area targeted by Russian strikes.
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on December 2024
Israel Strikes Sites in Lebanon Amid Fragile Cease-Fire
A man looked over damage in Tyre, Lebanon, on Friday.
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on December 2024
Giving Love
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on December 2024
For Canada, Trade Tumult From Trump’s Return Has Begun
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaving his hotel on Friday to meet President-elect Donald J. Trump.
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on December 2024
Rebels Seize Control Over Most of Syria’s Largest City in Aleppo
An opposition flag waves over a market square in central Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday.
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on December 2024
Israel-Hezbollah Cease-Fire Rests on a Wobbly Linchpin: Lebanon’s Army
Members of the Lebanese Army at the site of an Israeli strike in central Beirut, earlier this month.
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on December 2024
How Kennedy Has Worked Abroad to Weaken Global Public Health Policy
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer, has spent years working abroad with organizations and associates that undermine longstanding global health policies, records show.
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on December 2024
Taiwan’s President Visits Pacific Islands to Counter China’s Influence
Lai Ching-te, the Taiwanese president, at Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan, on Saturday. He is scheduled to visit the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau.
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on December 2024
Trudeau Meets With Trump at Mar- Amid Tariff Concerns
Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada, leaving his hotel in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday to meet with President-elect Donald J. Trump.
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on December 2024
Nigeria Boat Capsizes, Killing at Least 27
The river Niger, pictured near Lokoja, Nigeria, last month.
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on December 2024
Major Canadian News Outlets Sue OpenAI In New Copyright Case
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation office in Toronto. It, along with other major news outlets, claims OpenAI is illegally using their content.
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on December 2024
Chad Ends Longtime Military Partnership With France
French and Chadian soldiers prepare to board a Chadian national army transport plane at Faya-Largeau airport in northern Chad in 2022.
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on December 2024
Syria Rebels Reach Aleppo, in Biggest Advance in Years
Fighters fire at Syrian government troops on the outskirts of Aleppo on Friday.
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on December 2024
FIFA Should Compensate Migrant Workers Injured Building Qatar World Cup, Report Says
Workers on the construction site of the Al-Wakrah Stadium, a FIFA World Cup venue, during its construction in 2018.
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on December 2024
UK Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Assisted Dying After Emotional Debate
Supporters of assisted dying campaigning outside Parliament on Friday. Lawmakers voted by 330 to 275 in favor of the new legislation after a five hour debate.
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on December 2024
UK Transport Secretary Louise Haigh Resigns After Fraud Conviction Revealed
Louise Haigh in London last month. As transport minister she oversaw one of the Labour Party’s flagship policies of bringing Britain’s troubled private rail network back into public ownership.
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on December 2024
Protests Erupt in Georgia as It Pulls Back From Pro-Western Path
Riot police officers confronting protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, early Sunday.
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on December 2024
Notre-Dame Shines, and World Gets a Sneak Peek, on Macron’s Televised Tour
President Emmanuel Macron of France during a visit to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Friday.
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on December 2024
Inside a Secret Plan to Bring Uyghurs Trapped in China to the United States
An Arctic Hamlet is Sinking Into the Thawing Permafrost
Clashes at Soccer Match Kill Dozens in Guinea