Trump’s Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs
A container ship from China’s largest shipping line at the Port Of Long Beach in California on Tuesday.
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Garbage Strike in UK’s Second Largest City Leaves Trash Piled High
A large pile of trash on the pavement of a street in Birmingham, United Kingdom on March 24.
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Protesters in Gaza Call on Hamas to Step Aside
An antiwar rally in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on March 26.
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As Unexplained Quakes Ease, Santorini Insists It’s Open for Business
A cruise ship arriving at Santorini, Greece, last month.
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The New Democratic Party That Pushed Canada to the Left Is Imperiled
Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, speaking in Ontario. Several public opinion polls show support for the New Democrats in the single digits.
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Dublin Acts to Protect Molly Malone Statue
Posing for photos with the statue of Molly Malone last month during the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin.
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Australia’s Relationship with United States Gets a Second Look
A U.S. submarine sailing off the coast of Western Australia in March.
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They Fought to Save Lives in Myanmar. The Earthquake Claimed Theirs.
A patient at Mandalay General Hospital, three days after the deadly Myanmar earthquake.
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The Country Was Fake. But Its Land Grab in Bolivia Was Real.
The guru known as Swami Nithyananda after appearing at his bail hearing near Bengaluru, India, in 2012. A fugitive holy man, he has claimed miracle powers.
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What Is the ICC? What to Know After Hungary’s Announcement
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, left, receiving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Budapest on Thursday.
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Celebrations as South Korean Court Removes Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
At a rally of supporters of Mr. Yoon, there was loud booing after the Constitutional Court delivered its ruling. Many of them left, dejected, soon after.
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What Is Next for Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s Ousted President?
Supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol waved a flag with his image after the Constitutional Court announced the verdict today in Seoul, upholding the impeachment.
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Seoul Reacts As Impeached President Yoon Is Removed from Office
Students from Ewha Womans University cheering the Constitutional Court’s decision to remove President Yoon, in Seoul on Friday.
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on April 2025
What to Know About South Korea President Yoon’s Impeachment Over Martial Law
Protesters opposed to Yoon Suk Yeol cheered the Constitutional Court’s decision on Friday to remove him as president.
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on April 2025
U.S. Strikes in Yemen Burning Through Munitions With Limited Success
Damage from overnight strikes in Yemen on Wednesday.
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Protesters Amass in Seoul Ahead of Court Ruling on South Korea’s Yoon
On Thursday, police locked up the streets with buses near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, which will decide the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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Workers at Wilson Center Put on Leave as Trump Seeks Shutdown
Only five employees of the Wilson Center will remain at their posts, after President Trump signed an executive order directing the center to be gutted.
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on April 2025
Two Top Organizers of Canada’s Freedom Convoy Found Guilty of Mischief
A weekslong protest in 2022 by demonstrators angered by pandemic mandates paralyzed Ottawa.
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on April 2025
Why Did Trump Impose Tariffs, and What’s Next? Everything to Know.
The tariffs announced by President Trump on Wednesday apply to most of the world.
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on April 2025
Israeli Strike Kills Dozens at Gaza City Shelter, Officials Say
A boy injured in a strike at a school-turned-shelter is carried to a hospital in Gaza City, on Thursday.
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Ex-Yankees Player Brett Gardner’s Son Died From Carbon Monoxide, Officials Say
A moment of silence is observed for Miller Gardner, the son of the former New York Yankees player Brett Gardner, before the start of an opening-day baseball game between the Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers at Yankee Stadium last week.
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How Trump’s Tariffs Could Hobble a U.S. Battery Boom
An energy storage site in Coolidge, Ariz., that uses lithium-ion batteries.
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on April 2025
Prince Harry Expresses ‘Relief’ Over Charity Commission’s Sentebale Investigation
Prince Harry and Sophie Chandauka, right, the chair of Sentebale, last year. The charity’s board has since been engulfed in a bitter dispute.
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‘It Had Teeth’: A 3-Year-Old Discovers Ancient Treasure in Israel
A 3,800-year-old Egyptian scarab amulet from the Bronze Age, which was found by Ziv Nitzan, 3, while on a hike in Israel with her family.
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Javier Milei, Trump’s ‘Favorite President,’ Has Few Deals to Offer — but Lots of Adoration
President Javier Milei of Argentina, center right, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., last year. Mr. Milei has repeatedly and publicly lauded President Trump.
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Europe Has Economic Power. Can It Use It Against Trump’s Tariffs?
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the E.U. executive arm, said Europeans felt “let down by our oldest ally.”
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on April 2025
Israel Hits Syria With New Strikes and Ground Raid as Tensions Soar
The site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Hama governorate in Syria on Thursday.
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Putin Envoy Says He’s in U.S. for Talks With Trump Administration
Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and President Vladimir V. Putin’s special representative for investment and economic cooperation, in Saudi Arabia in February.
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Israel Shifts Goal Posts in Gaza War
Smoke rising over damaged buildings in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli strike, as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on Wednesday.
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Ignoring Protests, Thailand Opens Door to Myanmar’s Military Leader
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing arriving to meet survivors of Myanmar’s March 28 earthquake at a hospital in Naypyidaw, the capital.
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Britain Tried Everything, Including a Royal Invite. It Got a 10% Tariff.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain gave President Trump a state visit invitation from King Charles in the Oval Office in February.
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on April 2025
What is ‘Qatargate,’ the Latest Furor Embroiling Israel?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed the case as a “political manhunt.”
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on April 2025
Hungary Says It Will Exit ICC as Netanyahu Visits
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Budapest on Thursday.
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Thursday Briefing
President Trump signed an executive order on tariffs in the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday.
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Rubio Visits NATO Amid European Alarm Over Trump’s Agenda
Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He told NATO members that President Trump “has made clear he supports” the alliance, while also reiterating calls for more military spending.
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Netanyahu Arrives in Hungary, Finding a Rare Welcome in Europe
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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South Korean Actress’s Suicide Spurs Scrutiny of Ex-Boyfriend
South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun gave a tearful news conference on Monday to respond to the controversy over his relationship with actress Kim Sae-ron, who was found dead in February.
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on April 2025
Some Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Were Shot Multiple Times, Officials Say
Members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society and other emergency services prayed over the bodies of fellow rescuers killed a week earlier.
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on April 2025
Coal Plant Ranked as Nation’s Dirtiest Asks for Pollution Exemption
The coal plant in Colstrip, Mont., is ranked by the Environmental Protection Agency as the worst emitter of harmful particulate matter.
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on April 2025
With Trump’s Tariffs, the Chasm Between Allies and the U.S. Widens
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced new tariffs at the White House.
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on April 2025
Thursday Briefing: Trump’s Global Tariffs
President Trump at the White House Rose Garden, yesterday.
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on April 2025
Senators Denounce Trump Administration’s Response to Myanmar Quake
China and Russia have sent rescue and relief teams to Myanmar in the wake of an earthquake that killed hundreds of people.
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on April 2025
Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP
A delivery of heating oil in Farmington, Me., in 2023. The program, known as LIHEAP, also helps to cover bills for cooling in summer.
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on April 2025
Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study Finds
Preparing a shingles vaccine in Carol Stream, Ill.
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on April 2025
Desperation Grows in Gaza as U.N. Shutters Bakeries
A shuttered bakery after it ran out of flour in Gaza City on Tuesday.
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on April 2025
23 More Women Come Forward With Allegations Against Serial Rapist
A photo made available by the London police of an apartment used by Zou Zhenhao. The court heard he would lure women to his apartments, drug them and rape them.
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on April 2025
Death Sentences Commuted for 3 Americans Over Failed Congo Coup
Benjamin Zalman-Polun, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson waiting to hear the court verdict in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in September.
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Heathrow Was Warned of Power Supply Vulnerabilities, Airlines Advocate Says
Firefighters dousing flames at an electrical substation, about a mile from Heathrow, that caught fire last month. The blaze cut off power to the airport for almost an entire day.
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on April 2025
Bangkok Building Collapse Leads to Scrutiny of Chinese Company
The site of the toppled building in Bangkok on Tuesday.
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on April 2025
Israel Announces Plans to Seize ‘Large Areas’ of Gaza as It Expands Offensive Against Hamas
The site of a strike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
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on April 2025
‘I’m Here! Can You Hear Me?’: One Family’s Story of Death in Gaza
After a two-month truce, Israel resumed bombing in mid-March, destroying buildings like this one in central Gaza City, in March.
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on April 2025
India Passes Contentious Bill Increasing Oversight of Muslim Land Trusts
Jubilation in South Korea After President Who Declared Martial Law Is Ousted
When Kenyan Maids Sought Help Overseas, Diplomats Demanded Sex
Friday Briefing: Trump’s Tariffs Rattle the Markets