In East Timor, U.S. Retreats From Plan to Build ‘Lifesaving’ Sewage Plant
Residents of Dili, East Timor’s capital, washing clothes in a dried-up riverbed under a bridge last year.
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Madagascar’s President Rajoelina Dissolved His Government, but Calls for His Resignation Continue
Demonstrators protesting chronic electricity and water cuts confronting police officers in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on Tuesday.
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A Run on Canned Mackerel and Emergency Radios. The Reason? Drones.
Karl Markussen preparing orders for shipment at Wolf Tactical, a military surplus shop in Copenhagen, on Wednesday. The company has seen an increase in sales amid fears of drone incursions and war.
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At Saudi Comedy Festival, American Free Speech Becomes the Punchline
The comedian Dave Chappelle performing in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in August. He was a headline act at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia this past week.
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Philippines President Says Tents Needed to Shelter Earthquake Survivors
Patients in Bogo City being treated outside on Thursday after the 6.9-magnitude earthquake damaged the local hospital.
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Many Palestinians Say Hamas Must Accept U.S. Cease-Fire Plan
Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza with their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza on Wednesday.
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3 Killed in Antigovernment Protests in Morocco
Protesters in Rabat, the Moroccan capital, called for improvements in health care and education.
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As Unrest in Pakistani Kashmir Turns Deadly, Prime Minister Urges Calm
A funeral on Thursday for those killed during clashes between police officers and protesters in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administrated Kashmir.
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Italy Backs Trump’s Gaza Plan as Public Demands Support for Palestinians
Students marching in support of Gaza in Bologna, Italy, on Thursday. Public opinion in Italy strongly identifies with Palestinians and against Israel’s war in Gaza.
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An Embarrassment of Riches for Mexico’s Party of the Poor
A banner for the Morena Party, which says it works for the common people, during a municipal election campaign in Celaya, Mexico, last year.
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No More Signs of Life From Rubble of Collapsed School in Indonesia
Relatives of missing students pray on Thursday near the Al Khoziny school in Sidoarjo, Indonesia.
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A Family’s Global Efforts to Free the Only Nepali Kidnapped by Hamas
Bipin Joshi’s mother, Padma Joshi, 48, and sister, Pushpa Joshi, 18, have been campaigning for his freedom since he was kidnapped by Hamas in 2023.
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I Interviewed a Doctor in Sudan. Days Later, He Was Killed.
Sudanese residents gathered to receive food in El Fasher, a city in Darfur that has been under a siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2024.
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What to Know About Japan’s Leadership Election
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates, from left: Takayuki Kobayashi, Japan’s former economic security minister; Toshimitsu Motegi, the former foreign minister; Yoshimasa Hayashi, the chief cabinet secretary; Sanae Takaichi, another former economic security minister; and Shinjiro Koizumi, the agriculture minister and front-runner.
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Sarah Mullally Is Named as First Female Archbishop of Canterbury
Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, will become the 106th archbishop of Canterbury.
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‘Czech Trump’ Andrej Babis Is Poised to Return as Prime Minister in Elections
Andrej Babis, the former prime minister of the Czech Republic and chairman of the Ano party, at a campaign rally in Prague on Tuesday.
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She Speaks Trump’s Language: Meet Ukraine’s New Prime Minister
Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko outside her office in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. She was appointed to the position by President Volodymyr Zelensky in July.
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Police Accidentally Shot and Killed Victim During Manchester Terrorist Attack
Police officers in Manchester, England, on Thursday. The attack on the synagogue came on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, and has added to growing fears about a rising wave of antisemitism.
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Flights Are Briefly Halted at Munich Airport After Drone Sightings
Police and fire department at Munich Airport on Friday.
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Texas Megachurch Pastor Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse
Robert Morris resigned from his role as the senior pastor of Gateway Church in 2024 after he was accused of abuse.
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Manchester Synagogue Attack Fuels Fears of Antisemitism in Britain
Police officers in Manchester responding to the synagogue attack.
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American Soldiers in American Cities
During President Trump’s remarks on Tuesday.
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‘A Crazy Moment’: Shock and Terror Spreads in Manchester Synagogue’s Community
A cordon near the site of the attack in Manchester, England on Thursday. Police officers in yellow jackets were still guarding the many Jewish cultural and worship places in the neighborhood on Thursday evening.
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Police Seize Possible Forgeries From Dalí Show in Italy
Police officers displayed 21 artworks they think are forgeries of Salvador Dalí’s pieces after seizing them at an exhibition in Parma, Italy.
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As Russian Drones Menace Europe, Putin Says Moscow Has No Plans to Invade
A photograph released by Russian state media showing President Vladimir V. Putin during a conference on international relations in Sochi, Russia, on Thursday.
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Deadly Car Ramming and Stabbing Outside UK Synagogue Is Declared Terrorist Attack
Police officers in Manchester, England, on Thursday, near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, where two people were killed. The assailant was shot dead by the police.
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‘Appalled,’ ‘horrified,’ ‘sickening’: Leaders and residents condemn the Manchester attack.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain denounced what he called the “vile individual” who “committed a terrorist attack.”
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Costly and Deadly Wildfires Really Are on the Rise, New Research Finds
The Canyon fire in Hasley Canyon, Calif., in August. Disastrous blazes increased more than fourfold from 1980 to 2023, according to a new paper in the journal Science.
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Manchester Has Long Been Home to Diverse Communities
Like other metropolitan centers in Britain, Manchester has absorbed waves of immigration over the centuries.
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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told
The Trump administration had called those strikes self-defense, asserting that the targets were smuggling drugs for cartels that the administration has designated as terrorists.
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The U.K. police say they believe they know the attacker’s identity.
Officers speaking with a resident near the scene of the attack in Manchester, England on Thursday.
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Security is increased at Jewish sites across the U.K.
A police officer guarding a roadblock the site of an attack on a synagogue in Manchester.
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The attack in Manchester comes amid a rising wave of antisemitism.
Gathering near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester, England, on Thursday.
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Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States
A hydrogen power storage facility under construction in California in May.
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Here’s how the U.K. police determine whether an attack is terrorism.
Police and emergency services in Manchester, England, on Thursday activated a set of protocols referring to “marauding terrorist attacks.”
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A 2017 terror attack in Manchester was one of Britain’s deadliest.
A multi-faith vigil to commemorate the victims of the suicide bombing attack at Manchester Arena, where the singer Ariana Grande was performing, in Manchester in 2017. A total of 19 violent attacks in Britain have been declared terrorism by the police or judges since the start of 2017.
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Australia Expands Sunscreen Recalls Over False SPF Claims
Applying sunscreen on the beach at Manly in Sydney, in 2023.
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How Social Media Is Changing the Narrative of the Israel-Gaza War
Palestinians waiting outside a charity kitchen to receive a free meal amid the worsening economic situation and widespread famine in the Gaza Strip last month.
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Jane Goodall’s Thoughts for a Reporter: ‘Hope Isn’t Just Wishful Thinking’
Jane Goodall, right, speaking with Catrin Einhorn at The New York Times’s Climate Forward event in September 2024. It was one of two interviews they did last year.
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South African Politician Julius Malema, Subject of Trump Attacks, Is Convicted of Gun Charge
Julius Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa, addressed supporters at a rally in South Africa in 2023.
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London Police Chief Apologizes Over Officers’ ‘Reprehensible’ Behavior
Commissioner Mark Rowley of the Metropolitan Police speaking to the news media at New Scotland Yard in London in February.
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‘She Could Have Killed Me’: Scientist Survives Shark Bite to His Head
A Galápagos shark off the coast of the Revillagigedo Islands in Mexico in 2016.
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How Broken Politics Breaks Courts
Outside Brazil’s Supreme Court, last month.
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Israel Intercepts Boats Headed to Gaza With Humanitarian Aid
One of the Global Sumud Flotilla’s boats in waters off Greece last week.
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Israel Escalates Gaza Offensive as Hamas Mulls Trump Plan
Smoke rising after an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
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U.K. ‘Grooming Gang’ Leader Sentenced to 35 Years for Rape
Rochdale, England, was among the first British towns to be revealed as a hub of activity by sexual grooming gangs.
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Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment
Pope Leo spoke at a conference on fighting climate change in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Wednesday.
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Irish Hotelier Accuses Qatari Royals of Scheme to Get Free Labor
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, left, the former Qatari emir, and Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, the former prime minister, in Doha in 2013.
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Israel Detains Activists After Intercepting Flotilla Headed to Gaza: What to Know
A boat in the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Greece on Friday.
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In the Philippines, Search Teams Look for Survivors of Deadly Earthquake
Rescue workers carried a body from the rubble of a house in Bogo City in Cebu Province, in the central Philippines, on Wednesday. A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the province late Tuesday.
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Attacker at British Synagogue Is Identified
Manchester’s Mayor Had Criticized Starmer. The Synagogue Attack Could Unite Them.
Synagogue Attack on Yom Kippur in Manchester, UK: What We Know
‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’