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Live Updates: Toll Rises as Hurricane Melissa Begins Passing Through the Bahamas

Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill at Least 100, Local Health Officials Say

Dr. Dania Al-Deeb embraced the body of her 4-year-old daughter in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Wednesday. She said their home had been bombed.

The Netherlands’ Election Is a Referendum on the Far Right

Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, speaking last month in Denmark. He is known for his anti-Islam and anti-immigrant stances.

How the Opium War Still Shapes Xi Jinping’s Trade Clash With Trump

When Caregiving Makes Women Ill

Veronica Durughian left Moldova in search of better wages to support her son. She returned home with health problems after caring for three elderly Italians.

Putin Announces Test of Tsunami-Making Nuclear Weapon

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow this month. He announced the successful test of a nuclear-powered underwater drone on Wednesday.

U.S. Middle East Envoy Presses Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah

Smoke rises after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon last week.

Feted as a Peacemaker in South Korea, Trump Vows to End Hostilities With North Korea

Protests in Tanzania as Voters Head to the Polls

Voters casting ballots in Stone Town, Zanzibar, in Tanzania’s general election on Wednesday.

Street Battles Rage in Ukrainian City After Russian Troops Enter Stronghold

A Ukrainian solder launching a reconnaissance drone near the town of Pokrovsk this month.

Video Analysis Shows Staged Recovery of Israeli Hostage Remains

New Crack at an Ancient Puzzle Reignites Debate for Archaeologists

The Pyramid of the Sun at the ruins of Teotihuacan, in Mexico.

France Adds Consent to Its Rape Law After Yearslong Fight

Gisèle Pelicot leaves the courthouse during an appeal trial earlier this month. Her landmark rape trial raised questions about the pervasiveness of sexual violence in France.

Japan Plans to Send Troops to Help Stop Bear Attacks

A bear scurrying in the city center of Morioka in northeastern Japan’s Iwate Prefecture last week.

Judge Cuts Greenpeace Dakota Access Pipeline Award in Half

Demonstrators protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota in 2016.

Hundreds Killed in Massacre at Sudanese Hospital, W.H.O. Warns

A satellite image showing the Al Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on Tuesday.

Police Raid in Rio de Janeiro Leaves Over 130 Dead

The bodies of people killed during the raid.

Chinese Officials Heap Praise on Trump and Xi Before They Meet

President Trump at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum’s C.E.O. luncheon in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.

The Warnings Before the Hurricane

Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom Loses Seats in Dutch Election

Supporters of D66 in Leiden, the Netherlands, celebrating on Wednesday.

As Trump Weighs Sale of Advanced A.I. Chips to China, Critics Sound Alarm

Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, at the company’s conference in Washington on Tuesday.

Four Decades After It Was Stolen, a Renaissance Treasure Returns to Rome

The 15th-century manuscript page attributed to Fra Antonio da Monza, depicting a “Virgin and Child,” is displayed on Wednesday in the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli after being recovered by police in Rome.

In Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa Brought ‘ Unprecedented Devastation’ U.N. Official says

Damage on Wednesday to Frenchman’s Bay in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa made landfall the day before.

2 Louvre Heist Suspects Have ‘Partially Admitted’ to the Crime

Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor in charge of the case, said on Wednesday that the suspects were traced through DNA samples left on objects at the scene or later found by police.

How Japan’s New Prime Minister Bonded With Trump

Life Lessons from (Very Old) Bowhead Whales

Scientists have measured the molecular damage that accumulated in the eyes, ears and eggs of bowhead whales and found more evidence of extraordinary longevity. They are estimated to live up to 268 years.

U.S. Says It Will Cut Troops in Eastern Europe

U.S. troops participating in a training exercise in Frecatei, Romania, in June.

As China and U.S. Split Over Energy, Korea Is Stuck in the Middle

The U.S. has been pushing Korea to buy more liquefied natural gas. A tanker in South Korea in 2019.

South Korea Gifts Trump a Replica of an Ancient Gold Crown

President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea presented President Trump with a replica of a golden crown excavated from one of the ancient royal tombs in Gyeongju.

U.N. Climate Adaptation Report Shows Declining Money for Climate Disasters

A cattle herder at a watering hole in northeast Senegal last year.

Mercedes Reports a Drop in Profit but Maintains Its Forecast

Ola Källenius, center, the chief executive of Mercedes-Benz, unveiled a new electric vehicle at an auto show in Munich in September.

Vietnam Prevents BBC Journalist From Leaving the Country

The BBC’s headquarters in London. The broadcaster has long been a target of Vietnam’s censors, in part because it publishes in Vietnamese.

A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back

Biologists examined juvenile coho salmon, Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in a branch of the Klamath River system in Northern California last year.

China Outlines 5-Year Plan to Double Down on Global Tech Ambitions

China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, and other members of the Politburo standing committee in Beijing this month. Mr. Xi and senior officials released a five-year plan for the country that outlines a continued push on industrial and technical power.

Hurricane Melissa’s Direct Hit Knocks Most of Jamaica Offline

As the Dutch Vote, One Issue Carries the Day: Affordable Housing

Population growth and a lack of new homes are among the factors leading to a housing crisis in the Netherlands.

Annabel Goldsmith, a Queen of British High Society, Dies at 91

North Korea Conducts Missile Test Ahead of Trump Visit to South

President Trump speaking in Japan on Tuesday. Mr. Trump, who is scheduled to arrive in South Korea on Wednesday, has repeatedly offered to meet with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un.

South Korea’s Gyeongju Scrambles to Host Trump, Xi and More Leaders at APEC

Gyeongju, South Korea, the venue for 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum does not have the infrastructure to host a major international gathering.

Trump’s Hand in Argentina

At Least 64 Dead in Rio de Janeiro as Brazilian Police Crack Down on Drug Gangs

Police officers with people detained during a drug gang sweep on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro.

Hurricane Melissa Hits Jamaica as One of the Most Powerful on Record

A man walking along the coastline in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa approaches.

10 Accused of Cyberbullying France’s First Lady Stand Trial. Here’s What to Know.

Brigitte Macron, with her husband, President Emmanuel Macron of France, at the Élysée Palace in Paris this month.

Small Island Nations Lack Funds to Fight Climate Disasters

A resident of Port Royal, Jamaica, tried to protect a chicken coop this week ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Melissa.

Britain Plans to Convert Two Military Bases to House Asylum Seekers

Migrants boarding a dinghy to try to cross the English Channel in Gravelines, France, in August.

Netanyahu Orders Strikes in Gaza, as Israel Says Hamas Violated Cease-Fire

Trump’s Feud With Colombian Leader Threatens U.S. Antidrug Efforts

Colombian soldiers patrolling the jungle for cocaine labs. Colombia is the latest Latin American country to end up in Mr. Trump’s cross hairs because of what he and his top aides perceive as ideological chasms.

U.S. Military Kills 14 More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivering remarks during an event at the Pentagon last month. Mr. Hegseth said that the latest strikes — three of them — took place in international waters and that there had been one survivor.

As Trump Tariffs Canada, Carney Turns to Asia for Trade

Prime Minister Mark Carney, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday, is under pressure to show he has a plan to move Canada away from its long-established economic dependence on the United States.

On the Menu for Trump in Tokyo: American Rice

President Trump meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan in Tokyo, on Tuesday.

Israel Conducts First Airstrike in West Bank in Months and Kills 3

A firefighter at the scene of an Israeli strike near Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

A Tidy Dutch Town Offers a Window Into a Messy Dutch Election

Mr. Wilders and his party, the PVV, unexpectedly collapsed the government in June, by withdrawing from the governing coalition out of frustration that it wouldn’t take a more extreme stance on immigration.

Father-Son Bonding at 2 Miles Per Minute on Germany’s Fabled Autobahn

Jim Tankersley and his son Max at the Wilco concert in Dortmund, Germany, that they made it to only after a (very) speedy drive from Berlin in June.

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