Deadly Rains and Floods Sweep Cities Across East Africa
A girl and a boy carry a piece of furniture after their house was destroyed by floods caused by torrential rains at the Mathare shantytown in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday.
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To the Sound of Gunshots, Haiti Installs a New Ruling Council
Michel Patrick Boisvert, center, was named acting prime minister on Thursday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, replacing Ariel Henry, who resigned.
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Welcome to Venice. That’ll Be 5 Euros, Please.
A worker checking tickets on Thursday for entering the city of Venice, in front of the Santa Lucia train station.
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U.S. to Withdraw Troops From Chad
A U.S. Special Forces trainer leading Chadian soldiers during an exercise in Ndjamena, Chad, in 2017.
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Macron, Battling Far Right at Home, Pushes for Stronger E.U.
“We are too slow and not ambitious enough,” President Emmanuel Macron of France said in his speech on Thursday.
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Ukraine Could Use New Weapons to Hit Russian Targets in Crimea, Pentagon Says
A handout image from the U.S. Army showing an Army Tactical Missile Systems live fire test at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in 2021.
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Antony Blinken Visits China
The U.S. secretary of state, Antony J. Blinken, walked with Nicholas Burns, the U.S. ambassador to China, through the Yu Gardens in Shanghai on Wednesday.
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Blinken’s Visit to China: What to Know
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with Chen Jining, the Communist Party secretary for Shanghai, on Thursday.
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Iran Sentences Prominent Rapper to Death, Lawyer Says
A poster of the rapper Toomaj Salehi at a February 2023 rally in Paris on the 44th anniversary of the Iranian revolution.
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WADA Names Special Prosecutor in Chinese Doping Case
Chinese swimmers who had tested positive for a banned drug won five medals at the Tokyo Olympics.
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What to Know About the Breakup of Scotland’s Coalition Government
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf held a news conference to announce that the Scottish National Party would withdraw from the country’s coalition governing agreement, at Bute House in Edinburgh, on Thursday.
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Moulin Rouge’s Windmill Blades Fall Off in Paris
Workers cleaned up the collapsed windmill in front of the Moulin Rouge on Thursday morning.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Considers Resignation Amid Wife’s Investigation
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of Spain, left, speaking during question time at the Lower House in Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday.
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100 Pilot Whales Are Rescued After Mass Stranding in Australia
Long-finned pilot whales stranded at Toby’s Inlet, near Dunsborough in Western Australia on Thursday.
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Sheppie Abramowitz, Who Advocated Relief for Refugees, Dies at 88
Sheppie Abramowitz in her office at the International Rescue Committee in Washington in 1999. She spent her adult life helping refugees across the world.
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A Chinese Firm Is America’s Favorite Drone Maker. Except in Washington.
A DJI drone flying supplies to a search and rescue team during a training exercise in Ogden, Utah, this month.
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Biden’s New Power Plant Rules: 5 Things to Know
Republican-led states and the coal industry are all but certain to challenge the rules in court.
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Ukraine and Russia’s Battle Over the Town of Chasiv Yar, Explained
A woman transported humanitarian aid to her home in the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region in January.
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Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines
Administration officials worry their plans to fight climate change could falter unless electric grids can quickly expand to handle more wind and solar power.
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Thursday Briefing
The rubble of a building this month after Israeli strikes in Rafah, in southern Gaza, where more than a million displaced people have fled.
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‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower
More than 200,000 people converged on the Leap tech conference in the desert outside Riyadh in March.
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Venice Access Fee: What to Know Before Your Day Trip
Workers setting up a booth near the Santa Lucia train station on Wednesday, just before the start of Venice’s fee-based booking system for day trips.
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Europe’s Policymakers Get Ready to Lower Rates, Regardless of the Fed
A neighborhood market in Madrid. High inflation in the eurozone is dissipating, and European Central Bank policymakers say their 2 percent inflation target is in sight.
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Flooding Inundates Kenya, Killing at Least 32 and Displacing Thousands
Residents in Nairobi were stranded on Tuesday after a night of heavy rainfall.
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Israel Calls Alliance With U.S. ‘Ironclad’ After Receiving Billions in Aid
Israeli soldiers near a rocket-intercepting Iron Dome battery near the Gaza border this month. New American aid for Israel includes more than $5 billion to replenish defense systems.
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Thursday Briefing: Israel Seems Poised to Invade Rafah
More than a million people have taken refuge in Rafah.
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Enduring Mayhem: Images From Year 3 of the War in Ukraine
Russian soldiers who turned against their country to fight for the Ukrainian side, in the Sumy region of Ukraine in March.
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Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Leader, Considers Resigning as Wife Faces Inquiry
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez blamed his political opponents for the inquiry into his wife, Begoña Gomez.
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Israeli-American Hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Is Seen in Hamas Video
A photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin held by his mother, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, in their home in Jerusalem.
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Queens Park Ladies Triumph in English Boys’ Soccer League
“They definitely underestimated us,” one Queens Park Ladies player said of their male opposition.
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With Temperatures Soaring, Gazans Swelter in Makeshift Tents
Tents in Deir Al Balah, where many displaced Gazans have been suffering under rising temperatures.
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The International Date Line Is ‘Pretty Arbitrary.’ Here’s Why.
A sunrise over the Pacific Ocean, seen from Japan in 2018.
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Australian Journalist Says She Had No Choice But to Leave India
Avani Dias produced a television segment about accusations that India was responsible for the death of a Sikh separatist in Canada last year.
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Myanmar’s Junta Recaptures Town That Was a Significant Gain for Rebels
Crossing the Moei River, fleeing from Myawaddy, Myanmar, to Mae Sot, Thailand, on Saturday.
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In Photos: The Skies in Athens Turn Orange From Sahara Dust Storm
Taking pictures from the Tourkovounia hills on Tuesday.
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Germany Will Resume Funding for UNRWA After a UN Report
Displaced Palestinians cooking as they shelter in a UNRWA-affiliated school in Deir al Balah, central Gaza, on Tuesday.
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Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle
Two horses bolting through the streets of London near Aldwych on Wednesday.
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Here’s How U.S. Aid to Ukraine Might Help on the Battlefield
Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Artillery ammunition has been in short supply for the Ukrainian military for more than a year.
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Israel’s Invasion of Rafah Is All but Inevitable, Experts Say
The rubble of a building this month after Israeli strikes in Rafah, in southern Gaza, where more than a million displaced people have fled.
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Luton Learns the Power of Premier League Status
A street closed on match day near Luton’s stadium.
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Blinken Goes to China With Potential Trouble on Horizon
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted in Shanghai on Wednesday by Kong Fuan, the director general of the Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office, and by two American diplomats — R. Nicholas Burns, the ambassador to China; and Scott Walker, the U.S. consul general in Shanghai.
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Wednesday Briefing
The approved aid package has given a much-needed boost of morale for Ukrainian soldiers on the front and civilians living under threat.
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Timur Ivanov, Russian Deputy Defense Minister, Is Detained on Bribery Charges
A photograph released by Russian state media showed Timur Ivanov in Moscow in 2018. Mr. Ivanov is known as a protégé of Sergei K. Shoigu, the Russian defense minister.
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Israel Plans to Expand ‘Humanitarian Zone’ if It Invades Rafah
A street scene in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, where a million displaced Palestinians are sheltering and which Israel still said it is planning to invade.
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Wednesday Briefing: Senate Votes on Ukraine Aid
Activists waving Ukrainian flags outside the US Capitol in Washington on Tuesday.
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New Study Bolsters Idea of Athletic Differences Between Men and Trans Women
The swimmer Lia Thomas is challenging her sport’s ban on transgender athletes, which was created after she won a college championship in 2022.
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Court in Russia Rejects Evan Gershkovich’s Appeal Against Detention
The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, inside a glass cage in a courtroom in Moscow on Tuesday, must stay in a prison there, a court ruled.
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Italy’s New Abortion Law Is a Lesson in How Meloni Governs
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s measure, which draws on provisions in a 1978 law legalizing abortion in Italy, could bring more anti-abortion activists into counseling centers.
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UN Calls for Inquiry After Mass Graves Found at 2 Gaza Hospitals
The Palestinian Civil Defense recovering bodies on Sunday from what it is calling a mass grave at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
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Belgian Man’s Drunken Driving Defense: His Body Made the Alcohol
These beers, as well as any other alcoholic drinks, were not involved in a Belgian man’s drunken-driving charge.
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What Is the Rwanda Policy? U.K.’s Plan for Asylum Seekers Explained
Britain’s Rwanda plan has become a flagship policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, center, at a time when his party’s approval ratings have dropped.
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At Least 5 Die Trying to Cross English Channel, Including a Young Girl
A rescue ship on Tuesday off the coast of Audresselles, France, just north of the area where an overcrowded inflatable boat was located.
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Germany Arrests Far-Right Lawmaker’s Aide on Suspicion of Spying for China
The Chinese Embassy in Berlin on Monday. The German authorities arrested four people in two days on suspicion of spying for China.
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In Ukraine, New American Technology Won the Day. Until It Was Overwhelmed.
Congress is about to provide billions more dollars to Kyiv, mostly in the form of ammunition and long-range artillery, but questions remain whether new artificial intelligence technology will be enough to help turn the tide of the war.
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Malaysian Navy Helicopters Collide Midair, Killing 10
Rescue crews inspecting the crash site of two helicopters in Lumut, Malaysia, on Tuesday.
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Middle East Crisis: U.S. and 17 Other Nations Call on Hamas to Release Hostages
‘Kharkiv Is Unbreakable’: A Battered Ukrainian City Carries On
Hezbollah Claims Drone Attack 10 Miles Inside Israel
Why Narendra Modi Called India’s Muslims ‘Infiltrators’