Putin Declares One-Day Easter Truce in Ukraine War
Firing at a Russian target on Friday in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
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U.S. and Iran to Meet Again for Nuclear Talks, as Israel Watches Closely
Members of the Iranian military on Friday during the National Army Day parade in Tehran.
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Despite His Shaky French, Canada’s Prime Minister Is a Hit in Quebec
An election poster for Prime Minister Mark Carney, in Blainville, Quebec. In polls on this month’s federal election, Mr. Carney and his Liberal Party now have a huge lead in Quebec.
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Can Trump Really Negotiate Peace in Ukraine, Russians Wonder
The site of a deadly Russian missile strike in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, this month.
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Tunisia Hands Heavy Sentences to Prominent Opposition Figures
President Kais Saied of Tunisia has brought ever-harsher repression in the four years since his power grab.
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What to Know About Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre, Battling to Become Canada’s Next Leader
Mark Carney, left, leads the Liberal Party of Canada, and Pierre Poilievre, right, is leader of the Conservative Party.
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Israeli Attacks Kill Dozens in Gaza, Health Ministry Says
Mourning at a hospital in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis on Saturday after more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks.
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Inside El Salvador’s CECOT Prison, Where Abrego Garcia Was Held
Senator Chris Van Hollen, center right, and Chris Newman, a family lawyer for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, speaking to a member of the military in El Salvador after being prevented from visiting the prison where Mr. Abrego Garcia was being held on Thursday.
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Rubio Says Trump to ‘Move On’ From Ukraine Peace Talks if No Progress Soon
High-level talks on Thursday in Paris between American, European and Ukrainian officials.
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Cambodia and China Strengthen Ties as US Imposes Tariffs
King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia, center left, and Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, on Thursday at Phnom Penh International Airport.
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Syrians Recount Gas Attack Under Assad as They Seek Justice
The basement of an underground medical center in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, where victims of a chemical attack were taken in 2013.
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Meloni and Trump Oval Office Meeting Cements Special Rapport
President Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at the White House on Thursday. The meeting was largely a smooth affair.
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Trump’s Tariff Threats Chill Italy’s Cheese Makers
Grana Padano wheels aging inside the warehouse of Caseificio Zanetti. in Lallio, Italy, on Monday.
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Say, Old Sport
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At a Time of Crisis, Canadians Rush to Vote
A sign outside an advance poll site in Ottawa for Canada’s federal election
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U.S. Adds Fees for Chinese Ships in Effort to Boost Shipbuilding
Welders working at a shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. President Trump introduced new measures on Thursday that proponents say will encourage domestic shipbuilding.
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Trump Administration Bolsters Putin With Hint of Abandoning Ukraine Talks
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would abandon efforts to end the war in Ukraine if meaningful progress is not made within days.
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Abrego Garcia Told Chris Van Hollen He Had Been In Isolation in El Salvador Prison
Senator Chris Van Hollen speaking to reporters at Dulles International Airport on Friday.
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British and Israeli Tourists Among Victims of Italian Cable Car Crash
An aerial view of the crashed cable car near Naples, Italy, on Friday.
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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a Calming Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dies at 85
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reviewed an honor guard in 2005 during a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital. “Abdullah’s strength was allowing dialogue and discussions of Malaysia’s problems,” a scholar of the country said.
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Trump’s Trade War With China Puts Bromance With Xi Beyond Reach
President Donald Trump with President Xi Jinping of China at the G20 Summit in Japan in 2019. “He’s been a friend of mine for a long period of time,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. Xi last week.
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Battling ‘Eat and Flee’ Tourists, Venice Brings Its Entrance Fee Back
Tourists at the Rialto Bridge in Venice. The city has recently banned cruise ships from its lagoon and taken other measures to counteract crowding.
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U.S. Strikes on Yemeni Port Kill Dozens, Houthis Say
A still image from a video released on Friday by Al-Masirah, a Houthi-run channel, said to show destruction at the site of American strikes on the port of Ras Isa, Yemen.
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G.O.P. Lawmakers in Syria Say They See Opportunity to Help Rebuild the Nation
Representative Cory Mills, left; Ignatius Aphrem II, the Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch, center; and Representative Marlin Stutzman in Damascus, Syria, on Friday.
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‘Psychological Torture’: London Bans Busking in a Famed Tourist Hub
Street performers have been a fixture in Leicester Square for generations, but they were barred from the tourist hub this week.
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F.B.I. Arrests Harpreet Singh, Wanted in India
Security guards outside the headquarters of the National Investigation Agency in New Delhi this month.
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5 Takeaways From Canada’s Election Debate
Canada’s political leaders at the election debate in Montreal on Thursday.
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on April 2025
Friday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Bargaining
President Trump met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at the White House.
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Ukraine and U.S. Sign Agreement in Lead-Up to Full Minerals Deal
Mining ilmenite in the central region of Kirovohrad, Ukraine, earlier this year. President Trump has said he expects the United States to reap $500 billion from Ukraine’s natural resources in the deal and win access to deposits of rare earth metals.
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Costa Rica Violated Rights of 81 Migrant Children Deported by U.S., Lawsuit Says
An image provided by an attorney representing Iranian deportees held at a detention center in Costa Rica. Some deported migrants sleep outdoors at the facility.
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Friday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Bargaining
President Trump met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at the White House.
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Chris Van Hollen Meets With Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is shown in a handout photo from his office with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly deported, on Thursday in El Salvador.
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Katie Perry Is Suing Katy Perry in Australia. Wait, What?
Katy Perry, the singer and international pop star, performing in Philadelphia in 2024.
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Here’s What to Know About Rare Earth Minerals and Renewable Energy
A rare earth mine in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China.
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At Least 4 Are Killed in Cable Car Crash in Italy
Rescuers working in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, where a cable car carrying tourists crashed, on Thursday.
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U.S. Is Withdrawing Hundreds of Troops From Syria
A U.S. military convoy in northeastern Syria in January. The military is shuttering three of its eight small operating bases in the country’s northeast.
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France Acknowledges Devastating Effect of Debt Imposed on Haiti for Freedom
A school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, that was transformed into a camp for displaced people escaping violence.
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Measles Outbreaks in Canada and Mexico Bring Grim Prognosis
A measles testing site in Seminole, Texas, in February. The outbreak that began in Texas is showing no signs of slowing. Cases have appeared in Ontario, Canada, and Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Trump Meets With a European He Likes, Meloni of Italy, and Discusses Tariffs
President Trump heaped praise on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy during her visit to the White House on Thursday.
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Europe and America, at Odds Over Ukraine, Try Talking to Each Other
President Emmanuel Macron of France, left, meeting with Steve Witkoff, a Trump administration envoy; Marco Rubio, the secretary of state; and Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s minister for foreign affairs, at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Thursday.
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Trump Threatens to Block Harvard From Enrolling International Students
Harvard University has been in a standoff with the Trump administration over admissions and hiring policies.
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Canada Election 2025: What to Know
The prime minister of Canada is not required to be a member of Parliament. Mark Carney, a former central banker, took the position after Liberal Party members elected him as their leader last month. He is now running in his first election, to represent a middle-class suburb of Ottawa.
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The Dutch Love Their Bicycles. Helmets? Not So Much.
Riding an electric bike without a helmet in Amsterdam in August. Data show that since 2000, traffic accidents have claimed the lives of an average of 199 cyclists in the Netherlands each year.
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4 Men Charged With Trying to Smuggle Thousands of Ants From Kenya
The captured ants were shown in court, packed in tubes with cotton to help keep them alive.
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U.K. Court Ruling on Trans Women Is Part of Wider Debate on Sex and Gender
Susan Smith and Marion Calder, the directors of For Women Scotland, which brought the legal case that Britain’s Supreme Court weighed in on, celebrating outside the court in London on Wednesday.
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Hundreds of Capybaras ‘Conquered’ This Town. Now What?
A family of capybaras near a lake in Nordelta, a gated community north of Buenos Aires.
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The Ukrainian Schoolmaster Teaching History to His Invaders
Vitalii Dribnytsia, a former history teacher, speaks with someone in Russia via Chatroulette, where he often challenges Russians on their understanding of history.
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on April 2025
South Korea Shipbuilding Strength Could Help in Tariff Talks With U.S.
A shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea, in 2013.
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Europe Seeks a Direct Line to Trump, Skeptical That Aides Speak for Him
In President Trump’s White House, he is the ultimate decision maker, and is far from a predictable one.
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China Wants Countries to Unite Against Trump, but Is Met With Wariness
Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, during his visit to Vietnam on Monday. In Hanoi, he urged Vietnam to join China in opposing “unilateral bullying.”
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Trump Waved Off Planned Israeli Strike on Iranian Nuclear Sites
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel during a meeting with President Trump this month.
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Iran Says Despite Shifting U.S. Messages, It Plans to Keep Participating in Nuclear Talks
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been Iran’s envoy in the talks with the United States. He and President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, planned to hold a second round of talks on Saturday.
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Trump Administration Aims to Redefine ‘Harm’ for Endangered Species
A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling on Ossabaw Island, Ga.
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Climate Change Is Stressing the World’s Blood Supplies
A home in Los Angeles burning on Jan. 9. Thousands of blood donations were canceled during the fires.
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on April 2025
Thursday Briefing: A Judge’s Pushback Against Trump
As Famine Rages in Sudan, U.S. Aid Remains Scarce
A Fireball Near Mexico City Lit Up the Sky and the Internet