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How Tiffany Trump’s Husband Benefited From Proximity to Power

Michael Boulos and his wife, Tiffany Trump, at the Liberty Ball for the inauguration of President Trump’s second term in Washington, in January.

Zelensky, Back From Washington, Projects More Confidence in Peace Talks

President Trump with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at the White House on Monday. The meeting was different than their last one.

Ukraine Works to Identify 6,000 Bodies Sent From Russia in Makeshift Rail Platform Lab

Brazil-U.S. Talks on Mining Rare Earth Minerals Are Complicated by Trump’s Tariffs

A mine in Minaçu, Goias state, Brazil, that produces rare earth elements, including neodymium, praseodymium, terbium and dysprosium.

Uganda Joins African Countries Agreeing to Take Deportees From U.S.

Women in Indian Sports Sweat for Their Share of a Booming Market

The Sports Women Huddle was held in Mumbai this month. From left, Sharda Ugra, a sports journalist; Sania Mirza, a former tennis player; Jinisha Sharma, owner of UP Warriorz in the Women’s Premier League; Deepa Malik, a former Paralympian in shot put; P. V. Sindhu, a badminton player; and Atiqa Mir, a kart racing driver.

Wisconsin Woman Who Flew to UK to Try to Kill a Man Gets 30-Year Sentence

With Moves on West Bank and Gaza City, Israel Defies Global Outcry

An Israeli military vehicle on Israel’s side of the border with Gaza on Tuesday.

Soccer Match in Argentina Ends Early After Violence in Stands

A fan preparing to throw a an object during a soccer game in Avellaneda, Argentina, on Wednesday. The match was canceled because of the violence.

Monsoon Rains Bring Mumbai to a Standstill

Gazans Fear Looming Israeli Operation

An Israeli strike hits a building on Wednesday in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip.

Xi Jinping Visits Tibet as Dalai Lama’s Succession Looms

Taking photos in front of a portrait of President Xi Jinping in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in March.

Syrian and Israeli Officials Meet for U.S. Brokered Talks

Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani of Syria pictured in Athens on Wednesday a day after a Paris meeting with an Israeli delegation.

Europe Gets a Written Trump Trade Deal, With a Caveat for Automakers

Cars at the Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. European automakers face 27.5 percent tariffs on vehicles exported to the United States.

Thursday Briefing: Israeli Troops Near Gaza City

An Israeli military vehicle on the Gaza border on Tuesday.

Jair Bolsonaro Planned to Seek Asylum in Argentina, Brazil’s Police Say

Former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is under house arrest, awaiting trial next month on charges that he plotted to stay in power after losing the 2022 election.

A Huge Cave in Kentucky Was a Smelly Disaster. Now It’s Spectacular.

Dusky Gopher Frogs Are Making a Comeback in Mississippi

Why Shop? In Maine, the Library of Things Has It All (Almost)

Rubio Takes on Tricky Task of Drafting Security Guarantees for Ukraine

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, speaking with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, during a joint news conference in Anchorage, where President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin met for a summit on Friday.

Thursday Briefing: Israel’s Planned Offensive

An Israeli military vehicle on the Gaza border on Tuesday.

Israel Approves Settlements, a Blow to Faded Hopes for a Palestinian State

Israeli policemen stand guard near the settlement of Maale Adumim, in a land corridor known as E1, outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, last week.

John Cruickshank, Last World War II Victoria Cross Winner, Dies at 105

Russia Demands Role in Guaranteeing Ukraine’s Postwar Security

Russian soldiers in uniforms without identifying insignia in Crimea in 2014. Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine began that year with the seizure of the territory.

Italians Pay Final Respects to Pippo Baudo, Their ‘King of Television’

Pippo Baudo in Verona, Italy, in 2021. He helmed some of the country’s most popular prime-time variety shows.

Drone Explosion in Haiti Kills 2 SWAT Members and Injures 6 Others

Haitian police officers patrol in a suburb of Port-au-Prince earlier this month.

What Russia Is Doing to Grab Ukrainian Land While It Still Can

The scene after a Russian attack near Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Sunday. Ukrainian forces have largely pushed the Russians back from their recent gains, though the fighting remains intense.

No Food, No Water, a Broken Leg: How a Hiker Survived a Harrowing Week in the Wild

More Than 70 Afghans Returning From Iran Die in Fiery Bus Crash

Trump Calls Netanyahu a ‘War Hero’ and Adds: ‘I Guess I Am, Too’

President Trump at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July.

Unregulated Sexual Stimulants Flood West Africa

Inside Trump’s Effort on Russia and Ukraine

Canada and Mexico Look to Team Up as Trump’s Tariff Threats Loom

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada in June during a summit of the Group of 7 nations in Kananaskis, Alberta.

Ireland’s Last Leprechaun Whisperer Pitches TV Show

A display in Carlingford, Ireland. For many Irish, especially older ones, leprechauns should not be dismissed completely.

Why Georgia, Once on Democracy’s Vanguard, Is Drifting Toward Russia

Anti-government protests in Tbilisi, Georgia, in March 2025.

Wednesday Briefing: An Uncertain Path to Peace in Ukraine

The Ukraine talks at the White House on Monday.

Hong Kong Government Fixates on ‘Soft Resistance’

An independent book fair in Hong Kong last month. A pro-Beijing newspaper said the fair was “full of soft-resistance intentions.”

Israel Says It Killed a Hamas Militant Involved in Yarden Bibas Kidnapping

Israeli hostage Yarden Bibas is handed over to the Red Cross as part of the hostage exchange deal between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza, in February.

Will Putin Meet With Zelensky to End the Ukraine War?

President Vladimir V. Putin in Anchorage on Friday. The Russian leader “appears to have decided that the time for real diplomacy has come,” one analyst said.

Wednesday Briefing: An Uncertain Path to Peace in Ukraine

The Ukraine talks at the White House on Monday.

Without U.S. Troops in Ukraine, Would a 'Security Guarantee’ Deter Russia?

President Trump and Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, in Scotland, in July. Mr. Starmer has talked about assembling a force drawn from a “coalition of the willing” to maintain security in a postwar Ukraine.

How Europe Learned to Speak So Trump Would Listen

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine with President Trump and European leaders at the White House on Monday.

Once a Source of Life and Renewal, Monsoon Brings Death to Pakistan

The funeral for Abdul Samad’s mother in Beshonai, a village in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan, on Monday.

African Union Endorses Call to Abandoned the Mercator Map

A ‘Dexter’ Obsessed Man Highlights a Gap in British Law

A screen grab from security camera footage released by the Thames Valley Police showed Jacob Power inside The White Hart Inn in Hamstead Marshall, England, in November.

Trump Says He’s Ended 6 (or 7) Wars. Here’s Some Context.

No Tariff Exemption for European Wine and Spirits, at Least for Now

As the United States and the European Union move closer to a final trade agreement, it looks like alcohol will be subject to a 15 percent tariff.

How Zelensky Made Progress With Trump

Mexico’s President Denies New D.E.A. Partnership Against Cartels

Mexican Marines guarded the scene of a murder in June on the outskirts of Culiacán, the stronghold of the Sinaloa cartel.

Russia Keeps Rejecting Idea of Western Peacekeepers in Ukraine

NATO forces participating in “Exercise Steadfast Dart 2025” in southeastern Romania in February.

How Do You Move a Hundred-Year-Old Church? On Wheels, Very Slowly.

On a specially designed trolley with 224 wheels, Kiruna Church being moved for relocation in Kiruna, Sweden, on Tuesday.

Macron Calls Putin an ‘Ogre at Our Doorstep’

President Emmanuel Macron of France arriving at the White House to support President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during talks with President Trump on Monday in Washington.

Sabotage Shows How Russia’s Hostility Toward Europe Goes Beyond Ukraine

Crews conduct reconnaissance near Karlskrona, Sweden, this year as part of a NATO mission aimed at securing critical underwater infrastructure.

What to Know About Deforested Wood and the R.V. Industry

A logging operation in West Kalimantan Province, in Indonesian Borneo last year.

The Rainforests Being Cleared to Build Your R.V.

In recent years, tens of thousands of acres of forest have been razed in Indonesian Borneo, including this logging operation in November.

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