In War-Torn Nations, Trump’s Travel Ban Brings a New Hardship
Destroyed buildings after airstrikes in Kyauktaw, Myanmar, last month.
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Trump and Xi Hold Call, China Says
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing last month. He and President Trump spoke by phone amid fraying relations between the United States and China after trade talks in May.
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Europe Wants to Banish Russian Gas. The U.S. May Have Other Plans.
The Bovanenkovo gas field on the Yamal peninsula of Russia, operated by Gazprom, is a main source of gas for exports to Europe.
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on June 2025
Another ‘Gomorrah’ TV Series About the Mob? Some in Naples Say, ‘Basta.’
Tourists visiting Vele di Scampia, a cluster of public housing towers, now undergoing demolition, in Naples, where much of the early seasons of “Gomorrah” were filmed.
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Israeli Military Recovers Bodies of Two Hostages Taken in Oct. 7 Attack
Judi Weinstein-Haggai and Gadi Haggai in an undated photograph.
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Who Is Johnnie Moore? Here’s What to Know About a Gaza Aid Group’s Chairman.
Johnnie Moore, shown in 2018, was picked to help lead the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
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on June 2025
Israeli-Backed Aid Sites in Gaza Close Temporarily After Deadly Shootings
Receiving treatment at a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday after gunfire broke out at an aid distribution site in the area.
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Reform U.K.’s Chairman, Zia Yusuf, Quits Amid Infighting
Zia Yusuf, right, with Nigel Farage in London this year. On Thursday, Mr. Farage expressed regret at Mr. Yusuf’s departure as Reform U.K.’s chairman.
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Friedrich Merz, Germany’s Chancellor, Meets With Trump at White House
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany speaking on Tuesday in Berlin.
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Goal to Spend 5 Percent on Militaries Splits NATO Allies
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.
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on June 2025
Why a Harvard Speaker Drew a Social Media Backlash in China
Jiang Yurong, a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School, was subjected to anger and suspicion on Chinese social media after her commencement speech was posted online.
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New Zealand’s Parliament Suspends Maori Lawmakers Over Haka Protest
Rawiri Waititi, right, and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, the co-leaders of the Te Pāti Māori party, at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, in January.
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on June 2025
Euthanasia Advocate Who Assisted in Woman’s Suicide Dies in Germany
Florian Willet was arrested by the Swiss authorities last year after being present when an American woman ended her life.
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on June 2025
What to Know About Canada’s Wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
A photo released by the government of the Canadian province of Manitoba shows wildfires burning last week in Flin Flon, Manitoba.
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on June 2025
Russia Launches Broad Assault on Kyiv and Other Cities in Ukraine
People took shelter from Russian drone and missile strikes early Friday in an underground parking garage in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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on June 2025
Marc Garneau, First Canadian in Space, Dies at 76
Marc Garneau in 2000, the year he took his third trip to space.
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on June 2025
Philippe Labro Dies at 88; Restless Chronicler of the French Condition
Philippe Labro, 2004. “He wrote our popular, French, and universal history,” President Emmanuel Macron said in a tribute posted on X.
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on June 2025
Israel Bombs Beirut Outskirts, Citing Hezbollah Drone Workshops
Smoke and fire erupting from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday.
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on June 2025
State Dept. Imposes Sanctions on International Criminal Court Judges
The United States and Israel are not members of the International Criminal Court and have long chafed at its efforts to prosecute officials in their governments and militaries.
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on June 2025
Friday Briefing: Trump and Musk Trade Insults
President Trump in the Oval Office yesterday.
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on June 2025
Zambia’s Former President Edgar Lungu Dies at 68
President Edgar Lungu of Zambia in 2019.
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on June 2025
Israel Armed Palestinian Militia to Fight Hamas, Officials Say
Smoke rising behind Israeli tanks in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, in May.
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on June 2025
Used in Covid Shots, mRNA May Help Rid the Body of H.I.V.
Colored scanning electron micrograph of a whole T-lymphocyte white blood cell infected with the H.I.V. virus, in red.
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on June 2025
There’s an Effective Way to Deter Rhino Poachers, a New Study Finds
A newly dehorned rhinoceros near Kruger National Park in South Africa. The horns eventually grow back, like trimmed fingernails.
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on June 2025
Trump Compares Russia and Ukraine to Children Fighting
President Trump met with the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, in the Oval Office on Thursday.
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on June 2025
Trump’s Travel Ban Could Shake Up International Sporting Events
Haiti played Mexico in a CONCACAF Gold Cup game in Arizona in 2023. U.S. officials will decide which sports events are exempt from President Trump’s new travel ban.
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on June 2025
Syrians Rejoice at Being Exempted From Trump Travel Ban
Damascus last month. Syria was exempted from President Trump’s latest travel ban, a sign of a seismic shift in U.S. foreign policy following the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad in December.
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on June 2025
What to Know About Trump’s New Travel Ban
Applicants for the Special Immigrant Visa in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021. Immigrants under that program are exempted from President Trump’s latest travel ban.
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on June 2025
Thursday Briefing
President Trump’s proclamation barred travel from a number of countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East.
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on June 2025
Trump Pushes to Restrict Harvard’s International Students From Entering U.S.
President Trump also urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to consider revoking current visas for Harvard students.
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Trump Travel Order Bans People From 12 Countries From Entering U.S.
President Trump’s proclamation barred travel from a variety of countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East.
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on June 2025
U.S. Vetoes U.N. Resolution Demanding Immediate Gaza Cease-Fire
Israeli shelling hit an area in northern Gaza on Tuesday.
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on June 2025
How Higher Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Will Affect Companies
A steel plant in Zelzate, Belgium. The European Steel Association has warned that the tariff increase could cause a flood of cheap foreign steel to be dumped into the E.U. market.
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on June 2025
Israel Says It Made Record Weapons Sales Abroad While Fighting War
A LORA quasi-ballistic missile by Israel Aerospace Industries was exhibited at the DEFEA Defense Exhibition in Athens in May.
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Putin Intends to Respond to Ukraine Strikes on Russian Bombers, Trump Says
In a photo distributed by Russian state media, President Vladimir V. Putin holds a video meeting with government officials on Wednesday at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow.
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on June 2025
Deadly Crowd Crush Mars Celebration for Indian Cricket Championship
A large crowd gathered on Wednesday to welcome the winning Royal Challengers Bengaluru team.
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on June 2025
Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs
The budget proposes to eliminate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s global health unit.
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on June 2025
Jury in El Salvador Convicts 3 Ex-Officers in 1982 Killings of Dutch Journalists
Portraits of the Dutch journalists killed by the Salvadoran army in 1982, at an event in El Salvador’s capital in 2023 to commemorate the anniversary of their deaths.
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Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Calls U.S. Nuclear Deal Proposal ‘Nonsense’
In a photo released by the Iranian state news media, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waved during a speech in Tehran on Tuesday.
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on June 2025
Why South Korea’s New Leader Name Checked North Korea but Not China
President Lee Jae-myung giving his inauguration speech at the National Assembly in Seoul on Wednesday, hours after he clinched a comfortable election victory.
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on June 2025
Drone Attacks Are the New Front in War. Can NATO Keep Up?
Soldiers with Ukraine’s 42nd Separate Mechanized Brigade who watch for, and try to shoot down, Russian drones, in the Kharkiv region last month.
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on June 2025
As Trump Wavers, Europe Is More Optimistic About Defending Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier on the lookout for armed Russian Shahed drones at an air defense position in the Kharkiv region last month.
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on June 2025
As Trump’s Tariffs Nudge Canada Toward Free Interprovincial Trade, Gerard Comeau Gets His Revenge
“If you’re going to be a country, you’ve got to be open to trade between the provinces,” Gerard Comeau said. The police fined him for bringing too much beer from Quebec to New Brunswick.
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on June 2025
Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher.
Electricity demand is surging for the first time in decades, partly because of data centers needed for A.I., and power companies are already struggling to keep up.
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on June 2025
Vietnam Abolishes Two-Child Policy
A family in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, which instituted a two-child policy in 1988.
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on June 2025
Trump’s 50% Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports Go Into Effect
Companies that import steel for their products will now pay higher costs as a result of President Trump’s latest increase in tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum.
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on June 2025
China Really Wants to Attract Talented Scientists. Trump Just Helped.
Portraits of world-class scientists displayed in the main academic building of Westlake University in Hangzhou.
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on June 2025
What is the Hajj? What to Know About the Pilgrimage and Saudi Arabia’s Preparations
Muslim gathered for prayers around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Monday.
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on June 2025
Meet Rachel Hauck, the Set Designer Behind the Tony-Nominated Ship From ‘Swept Away’
No idea is too big to bring to life for Rachel Hauck, the Tony-nominated set designer of the Broadway musical “Swept Away.”
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on June 2025
Wednesday Briefing: Staggering Casualties in Ukraine
Volunteers identifying the remains of Russian soldiers.
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U.S.-China Trade War Morphs From Tariffs Into Fight Over Supply Chain
The jet engine technology that powers airplanes comes mostly from U.S. companies, but the engines can’t function without rare earth minerals that are manufactured largely in China.
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on June 2025
Mexico’s Supreme Court Likely to Be Dominated by the Governing Morena
The chamber of the Supreme Court in Mexico City. After the court blocked some of the plans of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, he pushed to change the system to one in which voters elect judges at every level.
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on June 2025
French Lawmakers Vote to Promote Alfred Dreyfus Amid Rising Antisemitism
An undated photograph of Alfred Dreyfus. He was publicly stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on false charges of espionage before being exonerated.
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on June 2025
South Korea’s New President Will Face Deep Divisions and the Trump Administration
Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s new president, at a post-election rally with his wife, Kim Hye-kyeong, in Seoul early Wednesday.
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on June 2025
It’s Not Just Poor Rains Causing Drought. The Atmosphere Is ‘Thirstier.’
Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill Could Hurt Global Poor, Especially Africa
Thursday Briefing: Trump’s Call With Putin