China’s Xi Courts Vietnam as Trade War With the U.S. Mounts
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, landed in Hanoi on Monday, and will also visit Malaysia and Cambodia this week.
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Trump Cracks Down on Cuba and Its Medical Missions Around the World
Cuban medical workers in Honduras last year. The team includes oncologists and cardiologists who will work in the country for two years.
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In Ukraine, Porn Is Illegal. So Why Are Its Creators Paying Taxes?
Creators of erotic content say that their work should be decriminalized given that they are being asked to contribute to the tax rolls.
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A Small City That Lost Big in the Dominican Nightclub Tragedy
Mourners attending a Mass in honor of the people who died after a roof collapse at the Jet Set nightclub, in Haina, Dominican Republic, on Sunday.
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This Canadian Conservative Is Playing ‘Good Cop’ With Trump
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at a provincial government office building in Calgary, Alberta, in February.
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Musicians Who Knew Amadou Bagayoko Pay Tribute With Their Songs
Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia in New York City in 2009, the year they performed in honor of President Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
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How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump’s Tariffs
Demonstrators in favor of and against Brexit outside Parliament in 2019 in London.
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U.S. Nuclear Talks With Iran Move Forward
Steve Witkoff, left, President Trump’s special envoy, in Washington last month, and Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, in Tehran in February. The two men led negotiations on Saturday.
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Russian Attack on Sumy in Ukraine Kills and Wounds Dozens
Emergency workers at the site of a strike in Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday. Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s interior minister, said the streets had been crowded with civilians out enjoying Palm Sunday.
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As Ukraine’s Politics Heat Back Up, a Former President Sees an Opening
Petro O. Poroshenko, Ukraine’s former president, this past week in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.
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Israel Strikes Hospital in Northern Gaza and Captures Key Part of South
Assessing the damage on Sunday after the strike at the Ahli Arab Hospital in Zeitoun, northern Gaza.
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Xi Jinping Travels to Southeast Asia Amid Tariff War with U.S.
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, will be testing Southeast Asia ties this week as he visits Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia.
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What to Know About Ecuador’s Presidential Election
Supporters of President Daniel Noboa with cutouts of him in a suit and a presidential sash in Quito, the Ecuadorean capital, in February.
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Why Europe Fears a Flood of Cheap Goods From China
New cars in Guangzhou, China, this month. With China facing an extraordinary wall of tariffs thanks to President Trump, Europe is bracing for an influx of diverted goods.
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The Former C.I.A. Officer Capitalizing On Europe’s Military Spending Boom
Eric Slesinger, the venture capitalist at 201 Ventures, which invests in European defense start-ups.
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Monday Briefing: China Pauses Crucial Exports
A factory making rare earth magnets in Ganzhou, China. The country produces 90 percent of the world’s rare earth magnets.
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Ecuadorean President’s Opponent Contests His Re-election Win
Supporters of President Daniel Noboa during an election campaign event in Quito, Ecuador, in February.
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89
Mario Vargas Llosa during his unsuccessful campaign for president. He charted his own path as a conservative, often divisive political thinker.
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UK Laws Are Not ‘Fit for Social Media Age,’ Says Report Into Summer Riots
Riot police holding back protesters after disorder broke out last July in Southport, England. Violent disorder, fueled by the far right, affected several towns and cities for days after a teenager stabbed multiple children at a dance class.
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Monday Briefing: China Pauses Crucial Exports
A rare earth magnets factory in Ganzhou. China produces 90 percent of the world’s rare earth magnets.
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Irmgard Furchner, Secretary at a Hub of Nazi Atrocities, Dies at 99
Irmgard Furchner in a courtroom in Itzehoe, northern Germany, in 2022. She was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders at a concentration camp.
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U.S. Revives Talks With Saudi Arabia on Transfer of Nuclear Technology
Chris Wright, the U.S. energy secretary, in Washington last month. After meetings with officials in Riyadh, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have agreed to increase cooperation “to better develop energy resources,” he said.
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Gaza Medic Missing Since Israeli Attack Is in Israeli Custody, Palestinian Group Says
A still image from a cellphone video taken by a paramedic and released by the Palestinian Red Crescent showed the moments before he and other rescue workers were killed by Israelis in Gaza on March 23.
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Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, Once a Formidable Force, to Disband
Lo Kin-hei, the chairman of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, at a news conference on Sunday.
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Sudan Clinic Workers Killed in Zamzam Camp
A makeshift bunker in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State in Sudan. Civilians use these dugout bunkers to hide from fighting between the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group, and the Sudanese Army and its allied militias.
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Trump Tariffs Muddle Campaigning for Canada’s Conservatives
Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaking this week, called the outcome for Canada’s trade with the United States “the best of a series of bad deals.”
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Ecuadoreans Are Split Between Two Candidates Ahead of Runoff Election on Sunday
Supporters of the party of President Daniel Noboa campaigning this week in Machala, Ecuador.
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Beijing Tells City Residents to Stay Home as Strong Winds Hit China
Trees uprooted by strong winds in Zhengzhou, in central China’s Henan Province, on Saturday.
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What to Know About U.S. Talks With Iran Over Its Nuclear Program
A woman walking by a news kiosk in Tehran, where headlines mentioned the first round of U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations held in Oman.
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For Taiwan’s Small Exporters, the Uncertainty’s as Bad as the Tariffs
Alex Tang, right, employs about a dozen people at Aegis CNC, which makes manufacturing equipment in Taichung, Taiwan. He does not export directly to the United States, but many of his customers do.
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Boeing Helped Power Russia’s Economy. Could It Return?
Rossiya Airlines Boeing 747 airliners at Moscow’s main international airport in 2021. Boeing shut its operations in Russia months later, after the invasion of Ukraine.
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Brice Oligui Nguema Is Favored to Win Gabon Election
Brice Oligui Nguema, a general who staged a coup in 2023, campaigning in Libreville, Gabon, on Thursday.
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Trump Will End Temporary Protections for Afghans and Cameroonians
A shelter for refugees in Portland, Maine, one of many such facilities across the country for people fleeing instability in their home countries.
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Trump’s New Way to Kill Regulations: Because I Say So
President Trump signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
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U.S. and Ukraine Reopen Talks on Contentious Minerals Deal
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a contentious White House meeting with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance in February.
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New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee
The industry produces about 3 percent of planet-warming emissions globally, on par with aviation. A cargo ship near Vancouver, British Columbia.
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As Trump Upends Global Trade, Europe Sees an Opportunity
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in Brussels on Wednesday. Her strategy is intended to leave Europe stronger and less dependent on the United States.
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Prince Harry Meets War Victims in Surprise Visit to Ukraine
Prince Harry at the Superhumans Center, a rehabilitation clinic in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday with people who were wounded in the war with Russia, in a photo released by the facility.
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Gazans Face an Excruciating Choice as Israel Orders Them to Evacuate
Palestinians in the Shajaiye neighborhood of Gaza City last week after an evacuation order.
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Siemens Executive and His Family Died in Hudson River Helicopter Crash
The wreckage of the helicopter was pulled out of the water on Thursday evening.
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Steeling China for a Tariff Fight, Xi Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid
Xi Jinping in 2019, waiting for President Trump to arrive for bilateral talks in Osaka, Japan.
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Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff Is in Russia, the Kremlin Says
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s senior aide on Russia negotiations, in Washington last month.
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Marine Le Pen’s ‘Witch Hunt’ Talk Echoes Trump. Will It Work in France?
Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally party, after being convicted of embezzlement, speaking at a rally od supporter in Paris last Sunday.
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Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has granted his permission for nuclear talks with the United States, at first through an intermediary, and then, if things proceeded well, for direct discussions.
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A Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks
The Old Masoeyein monastery, in Mandalay, Myanmar, after it was destroyed by the earthquake.
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Manchester Arena Bomber’s Brother Is Accused of Attack on Prison Guards
How Trump Offers This African Territory Its ‘Biggest Opportunity’
Prepping for War With Russia on the Ice and Snow