With His Pivot on Ukraine, Trump May Be Washing His Hands of the War
Ukrainian soldiers firing on Russian drones in May. Ukraine is in severe need of money, technology, intelligence, fresh troops and support for their war against the Russian invaders.
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Sarkozy Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Seek Libyan Money and Sentenced to Prison
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France arriving at court in Paris with his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, on Thursday. He has faced convictions before, but the Libya case has been the most damaging to his legacy.
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Denmark Briefly Closes More Airports After Unexplained Drone Sightings
Aalborg Airport in northern Denmark was closed after drones were observed near the airport overnight.
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Kashmir’s Apple Harvest Rots After Landslide Blocks Road
Rotten apples dumped on the ground in Qazigund along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which was closed following flooding and a landslide last month.
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Typhoon Ragasa Slams Into China After Deaths in Taiwan and the Philippines
Strong winds pummeled a bus stop in the Heng Fa Chuen area as Typhoon Ragasa blew past Hong Kong on Wednesday.
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Typhoon Ragasa Tears Through a Taiwan Town, Killing 14
Rescuing a resident in Hualien, Taiwan, on Wednesday.
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Israeli Strike Kills Gazans Sheltering in Warehouse, Local Reports Say
Mourners at Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Wednesday carrying the bodies of people who medics said were killed in an overnight Israeli strike.
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U.S. Threatens to Bar Foreigners Over Remarks About Charlie Kirk
The memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday.
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Zelensky Warns of Dangerous New Arms Race Tied to Drones
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine with President Trump in New York on Tuesday. Just months ago, Mr. Trump berated Mr. Zelensky in the Oval Office, telling him he had “no cards” to play.
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Malawi President Concedes Election to His Predecessor
Lazarus Chakwera became president of Malawi in 2020, after a court annulled the 2019 election because of irregularities and ordered a rerun.
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U.K. Endures a Trump Scolding at U.N., Days After Lavish State Visit
President Trump with Catherine, the Princess of Wales, and King Charles III at a state banquet at Windsor Castle last week.
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Trump Assures Arab Leaders He Won’t Allow Israel to Annex West Bank, Officials Say
An area of the West Bank known as E1 where the Israeli government plans to build settlement units.
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South Korea’s New Tattoo Law Legalizes the Practice
A tattoo artist working in a studio in Goyang, South Korea, this month.
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Syria’s President Makes His Debut on the World Stage
At the U.N. General Assembly yesterday.
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U.N. Security Council raises the alarm on the potential dangers of A.I.
Secretary General António Guterres leading a summit at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
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At the UN, Trump Strikes Radically Different Tones in Public and Private
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, betrayed not a hint of pique after Mr. Trump mocked European countries for purchasing Russian oil and natural gas.
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Syria’s President Makes His Debut on the World Stage
At the U.N. General Assembly, yesterday.
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A Flash of Anger on India’s Delicate Border With China
Smoke rose from a police vehicle near the office of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Leh, in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, India, on Wednesday.
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With Sobs and Doubts, Greenlandic Women Receive Apology for Forced Contraception
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark apologized on Wednesday for the Danish government’s decades-long campaign of forcing contraception on Greenlandic women and girls. “I know I cannot take away your pain or give back what you lost,” she said.
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Abdul Gani Bhat Dies at 93; Kashmiri Separatist Championed Dialogue
Abdul Gani Bhat, center, in New Delhi in 2004. His speeches often blended poetry with sharp commentary, making him one of the separatist movement’s most distinctive voices.
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Now Arriving, a New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence
Richard P. Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, once called turbulence “the most important unsolved problem of classical physics.”
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Want to Bring a Dog to This Italian City? That Will Be $1.75.
A corgi in Bolzano, where life for dogs may get more expensive.
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At U.N. Climate Summit, U.S. Stands Alone
Speaking Tuesday at the United Nations, Mr. Trump urged the world to buy more U.S.-produced oil and gas. A refinery in Los Angeles.
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At U.N. Summit, China Promises to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Installing solar panels in Jiangsu Province, China, in May.
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Syria’s leader says his country has transformed from ‘an exporter of crisis.’
President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria speaking at the United Nations on Wednesday.
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U.N. Health Goals Weakened by Industry Pressure, Experts Say
Many chronic illnesses are tied to the mounting consumption of highly processed food and sugary drinks that have become increasingly affordable, especially in low and middle-income countries.
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Zelensky Issues Call to Arms, Saying Global Institutions Have Failed
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine urged free nations to join together to combat the forces of global disorder.
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President Ahmed al-Shara Plans to Define Syria’s ‘New State’ at U.N.
President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria in Damascus in April, after his forces ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad.
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Small Plane Crashes in Brazil, Killing Chinese Architect
Kongjian Yu at his office in Beijing in 2022. He is known for the concept of sponge cities, an urban planning model that harnesses natural landscapes to protect towns and cities from the effects of climate change.
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London’s Mayor Calls Trump Racist and Islamophobic After U.N. Comments
Remarks made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, were a sharp contrast to the conciliatory tone struck by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government, which has attempted to foster a warm relationship with Mr. Trump’s administration.
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Iran’s President Arrives at UNGA Seeking to Avoid More Sanctions
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran during a military parade in Tehran in April. He will appear on the global stage at the U.N. General Assembly for the first time since the 12-day war with Israel in June.
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Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.
A vial of lenacapavir, the twice-yearly injectable H.I.V. prevention drug marketed as Yeztugo.
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Large Hole Swallows Road in Bangkok After a Subway Tunnel Collapses
A sinkhole in the ground after a road collapsed near a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday.
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Despite Trump, the World Isn’t Slowing on Climate, E.U. Official Says
The European Union climate commissioner, Wopke Hoekstra, in Brussels in July.
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A Curator Flees Bangkok After China Deems His Art Show Too Provocative
An installation at the “Constellation of Complicity” exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center after its July opening. Flags representing Tibet and the Uyghur people were later removed.
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South Koreans Describe Fear and Anger After Georgia ICE Raid
“We were not there to settle down as permanent workers,” said Nate Cho, who had been arrested in the raid in Ellabell, Ga. He was photographed near his home in Seoul, on Tuesday.
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Aid Flotilla Headed for Gaza Says It’s Under Drone Attack
Boats that are part of the Global Sumud Flotilla departing from an island in Greece this month.
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From Poland’s leader, scathing criticism of Russian incursions in a ‘dangerous era of rivalry.’
When President Karol Nawrocki of Poland visited the White House this month, Mr. Trump said he was open to stationing more American troops in Poland but gave no details.
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Escalator at U.N. Stops When Trump Steps On, Setting Off Conspiracy Theories
President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, arriving for the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
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Trump’s U-Turn on Ukraine Was a Surprise, Zelensky Says
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and President Trump on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
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In a Sudden Shift, Trump Says Ukraine Can Win the War With Russia
Several European officials suspected that by distancing himself from the war, Mr. Trump was washing his hands of a conflict that he once promised to solve in days or weeks.
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Supreme Leader Says Iran Has No Plans for Nuclear Weapon
Tehran in July. Officials from France, Britain, and Germany have been negotiating with Iran over sanctions.
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech at the U.N. General Assembly
President Donald Trump delivering remarks to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Leaving International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Monday.
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At U.N., Trump Says Green Energy Is a Scam and Attacks Climate Science
President Donald Trump at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.
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Israel, citing Rosh Hashana, said it wouldn’t attend a U.N. Security Council meeting on Gaza.
Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, said he had requested that a U.N. Security Council meeting about the war in Gaza be rescheduled.
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Some Flights Are Delayed at London Stansted Airport After Small Fire
The Security Council warns of deteriorating conditions from the war in Gaza.
Relief, Grief and Pain as Gaza’s Wounded Are Flown to Safety
This Conquistador Changed History. Neglect Haunts His Tomb in Mexico
A Speech and a Shift on Ukraine
Trump Lectures the World at the U.N.