As Trump Demands More Military Spending, NATO Allies Reconsider What Counts
Lithuanian soldiers participating in NATO military exercises at an American facility in Hohenfels, Germany, in March.
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At an Uncertain Moment for Germany, Suddenly Boring Doesn’t Look So Bad
The main shopping street in Bielefeld, Germany, this week.
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on May 2025
Syrians Rush to Preserve Remembrances of a Painful Revolution
Preserving posters and banners from the uprising against the dictator Bashar al-Assad in the northwestern town of Kafranbel, Syria.
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on May 2025
Ukraine and Russia Begin Largest Exchange of Prisoners of War
Waiting in Chernihiv, Ukraine, for prisoners of war during a swap on May 6.
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on May 2025
Bangladesh’s Leader Threatens to Resign Over Election Pressure
Muhammad Yunus at his temporary office at Jamuna State Guest House in Dhaka, last year.
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on May 2025
South Africa Sets the Stage for Starlink Approval
Elon Musk at the White House in April.
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on May 2025
American Emigration to Britain Rises
Pedestrians crossing a bridge across the River Thames in London. Immigration lawyers said they had received an increasing number of inquiries in recent months from people in the United States about possibly relocating to Britain.
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on May 2025
Cargo Ship Crashes Into Man’s Yard After Crewman Fell Asleep, Police Say
The bow of a cargo ship sits lodged into the ground beside a house in Byneset, Norway, on Thursday.
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on May 2025
In Attacks on Harvard, Chinese See Yet Another Reason to Write Off the U.S.
The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass., in April. American schools like Harvard have remained attractive to Chinese students, who were willing to overlook other concerns for the promise of a best-in-the-world education.
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on May 2025
Trump Makes False Genocide Claims. South Africans Respond With Humor.
A mother and a daughter watching a television broadcast of a bilateral meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and President Trump, at their home in Silverton, Pretoria, South Africa, on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
Alberta Separatism Push Roils Canada
Trucks outside of Calgary, Alberta. The oil-rich province is home to a small but principled minority of separatists.
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on May 2025
Gaza Aid Deliveries Begin After Days of Delays
Employees working inside a bakery in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip after Israel allowed limited humanitarian aid to enter the Palestinian territory on Thursday.
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on May 2025
Yuri Grigorivich Dead: Soviet Ballet Choreographer Was 98
Yuri Grigorivich at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow in 2017. As the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1964 to 1995, he reshaped late-Soviet-era dance.
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on May 2025
Trump Threatens 50% Tariff on E.U. and 25% Tariff on Apple
A Volkswagen factory in Zwickau, Germany, last year. President Trump had paused heavy tariffs on countries around the world until July, but he announced on Friday he was recommending a 50 percent tariff on imports from the European Union.
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on May 2025
How to Understand Trump’s Latest Deportation Tactics
Juba international airport in South Sudan, last year.
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on May 2025
In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a Battle Over Who Gets to Measure Air Pollution
A meeting of Rise St. James in 2023, a group leading an effort to use low-cost air pollution monitors.
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on May 2025
New Studies Dismiss Signs of Life on Distant Planet
An artist’s concept of the exoplanet K2-18b, 120 light-years from Earth, whose atmosphere has been creating a stir in astronomical circles.
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on May 2025
Friday Briefing
Outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington yesterday.
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on May 2025
Trump Confirms Attempted Deportation of Migrants to South Sudan
President Trump confirmed that a group of migrants from several countries were stuck in Djibouti on their way to being deported to South Sudan.
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on May 2025
U.S. to Impose Sanctions on Sudan Over Use of Chemical Weapons
Sudanese armed forces during a military demonstration outside the city of Omdurman last year.
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on May 2025
Netanyahu Names Maj. Gen. David Zini as New Domestic Spy Chief
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named Maj. Gen. David Zini as his pick to head Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency.
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on May 2025
Friday Briefing: Two Israeli Embassy Staff Killed
Outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington yesterday.
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on May 2025
After More Than a Century in Skorts and Skirts, Ireland’s Camogie Allows Shorts
Niamh Hanniffy of Galway and Meabh Murphy of Cork wore skorts, the required uniform, during a final in Dublin last year.
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on May 2025
G7 Finance Ministers Show Unity in Support of Ukraine Against Russia
Finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of 7 nations continued to blame Russia for the war in Ukraine, despite some initial resistance from the United States at their meeting in Banff, Canada.
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on May 2025
Who Is Julius Malema, the South African Politician in the White House Video?
Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, voting for the national assembly speaker in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2024.
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on May 2025
Shooting Outside D.C. Jewish Museum Is Part of Global Surge in Antisemitism
The entrance to the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington was cordoned off after the killing of two Israeli Embassy employees on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
Simon Mann, Mercenary Who Sought to Overthrow African Ruler, Dies at 72
Simon Mann in 2009, after being released from prison in Equatorial Guinea. He was the “most notorious and best paid mercenary of my generation,” he wrote in his memoir.
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on May 2025
Forest Loss Around the World Hit a Record in 2024
Fires spread through the Brasília National Park during the dry season last September in Brazil.
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on May 2025
Inside a Harrowing, Hail-Damaged Flight: ‘We Thought It Was Our Last’
As passengers deplaned from the IndiGo jet, they noticed the plane’s nose was severely damaged from the hail.
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on May 2025
Kneecap Member Is Charged With Terror Offense Over Flag at London Concert
Liam Og O Hannaidh, left, also known as Mo Chara, with fellow members of Kneecap last year.
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on May 2025
Kim Jong-un Vents Fury After Botched Launch of North Korean Destroyer
A satellite image released by Maxar Technologies showed a new navy destroyer on Sunday, before its failed launch in Chongjin, North Korea.
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on May 2025
Israelis, Stunned by D.C. Shooting, Fear Backlash Over Gaza War
Police officers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington early on Thursday.
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on May 2025
UK Net Migration Almost Halved in 2024, Data Shows
Passengers arriving at Heathrow Airport near London in 2023. The government estimated that net migration had dropped by almost half in 2024 compared to 2023.
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on May 2025
South Africa Wanted to Talk Trade. Then Trump Turned Down the Lights.
Mr. Ramaphosa and Mr. Trump during their meeting on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
As the Soviet Union Fell, Did the K.G.B. Leave Behind a Gift in Brazil?
The K.G.B. headquarters in Moscow in 1982. The culture of Russian espionage often prizes creative long-term planning over immediate expediency.
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on May 2025
Thursday Briefing
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and President Trump in the Oval Office yesterday.
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on May 2025
Short of Prison Space, U.K. Will Adopt U.S. Model of Time Off for Good Conduct
The Wandsworth prison in London, which a report found to be overcrowded and infested with vermin last year.
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on May 2025
Trump Casts Himself as a Protector of Persecuted White People
President Donald Trump met President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
Thursday Briefing: Trump Lectures South Africa’s Leader
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and President Trump in the Oval Office, yesterday.
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on May 2025
Don’t Mention Climate: Now, Clean Energy Is All About the Money
Wind turbines at the New London State Pier in Connecticut, destined for the South Fork Wind Farm.
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on May 2025
Republican Bill Could Set Off Global Tax Fight
If Congress passes the sweeping tax legislation being pushed by Republicans, it is likely to become a more prominent source of tension between the United States and other nations.
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on May 2025
Freddy Lim, Frontman of Chthonic, Is Taiwan’s New Envoy to Finland
Freddy Lim, who was appointed as Taiwan’s envoy to Finland on Monday, performing with his band, Chthonic, in Tokyo in 2019.
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on May 2025
German Police Arrest Five Teenagers in Domestic Terrorism Raid
“This is a warning sign and shows that right-wing extremist terrorism knows no age,” Stefanie Hubig, Germany’s justice minister, said in a statement on social media.
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on May 2025
Andriy Portnov, Former Ukrainian Official, Is Shot Dead in Spain
Police officers securing the scene of a deadly shooting on Wednesday in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain, outside Madrid.
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on May 2025
Pope Leo XIV Calls for Aid to Enter Gaza
Children waiting for a meal on Wednesday at a charity kitchen for displaced people in Gaza City.
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on May 2025
India’s Security Forces Kill Dozens in a Bid to Crush Leftist Rebels
Members of the District Reserve Guard at their base in Dantewada in Chhattisgarh state in India. The country’s security forces have recently escalated their campaign to eliminate leftist militants.
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on May 2025
U.S. Is Reviewing Impossible Metals Proposal to Mine the Seabed
Oliver Gunasekara, the head of Impossible Metals, the company proposing to mine the seabed near American Samoa.
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on May 2025
E.U. Offers Emergency Funding for Radio Free Europe After Trump Cuts
The headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague, Czech Republic, earlier this year. President Trump has ordered the dismantling of the news outlet’s parent company.
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on May 2025
School Bus Bombing in Pakistan Kills at Least 6, Including 4 Students
Debris at the site of the blast on the outskirts of the Khuzdar district in Balochistan Province, Pakistan, on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
Hong Kong Journalists Say Their Taxes Are Now Under Scrutiny
Journalists waiting outside a Hong Kong court where last year two editors were found guilty of conspiracy to publish seditious materials.
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on May 2025
In Trump Era, Taiwan Defense Chief Says U.S. Still Is a Check on China
Chris Brown Released on $6 Million Bail by London Court
Roof of 14th-Century Drum Tower Partially Collapses in China
Israeli Soldiers Fire Warning Shots to Disperse Western Diplomats Touring West Bank