Netanyahu Visits Gaza as Palestinians Mourn an Attack That Officials Say Killed Dozens
Palestinians gathering at the site of an overnight airstrike in the Al Maghazi area in the central Gaza Strip on Monday.
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Pope, in Christmas Message, Laments Loss of Life in Israel-Hamas War
Pope Francis, speaking from a balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Monday. He pleaded for peace around the world, but it was the conflict in Gaza that was foremost in his message.
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Russia Sees a Western Hand Behind Serbian Street Protests
Protesters throwing rocks on Sunday at police officers guarding the door of City Hall in Belgrade.
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Ukraine Says It Downed 5 Russian Planes, as Moscow Claims It Seized a Town
A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber fires missiles during a competition at the Dubrovichi range outside Ryazan, Russia.
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Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Found in an Arctic Prison
The Russian opposition politician Aleksei A. Navalny in an image from a video link during a court hearing in Kovrov, Russia, in 2022.
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Hoping for Peace With Houthis, Saudis Keep Low Profile in Red Sea Conflict
A portrait of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. After spearheading a military intervention to try to rout the Houthis, he does not want to be dragged back into a conflict with them after years of war.
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Christmas Moves to Dec. 25 in Ukraine, Another Rebuff of Russia
Santa handing out gifts to children on Friday at a festival in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Kerala Cinema Offers a Subtler View of India
A poster for “Kaathal” in Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala in southern India.
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He Was Ready to Die, but Not to Surrender
Pfc. Oleksandr Ivantsov hid for a week before beginning his journey west.
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Israel’s Economy Expected to Shrink 2% as War Sidelines Workers
A restaurant in Sderot, Israel, that was closed in late October because of the fighting in nearby Gaza.
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on December 2023
Winter Conditions Bring More Misery to Gaza
Children at a cooking fire between makeshift tents in the Al-Mawasi neighborhood in Rafah, southern Gaza, last week.
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on December 2023
Calls for Congo Vote to Be Annulled Mount Amid Fraud Accusations
A polling station on Thursday in Goma, Congo.
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on December 2023
Tuesday Briefing
Palestinians gathering at the site of an overnight airstrike in the Maghazi area in the central Gaza Strip on Monday.
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As World’s Gaze Shifts to Gaza, Israel’s Psyche Remains Defined by Oct. 7 Attack
An Israeli soldier at a road junction in the West Bank on Friday. The Oct. 7 attack shattered the idea that Israel’s blockade of Gaza and occupation of the West Bank could continue indefinitely without significant fallout.
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U.S. Strikes Iran-Backed Groups in Iraq After Attack on Base Injures 3 Americans
“My prayers are with the brave Americans who were injured,” Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said in a statement.
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Tuesday Briefing: Netanyahu Visits Gaza
The aftermath of an overnight attack in the Al Maghazi neighborhood in Gaza yesterday.
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Mongolians Are Circus Stars All Over the World, Except at Home
Jargal Lhagvasuren practiced at Old Circus, (that’s how the locals are calling the venue) which is only used by Mongolian Circus School for training now, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on May 18th, 2023.
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Israel Says It Is Stepping Up War Against Hamas in Gaza
Inspecting the rubble of a destroyed building in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday.
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A Special Christmas Briefing
This year, Churchtown Dairy in Claverack, N.Y., drew hundreds of carolers.
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on December 2023
Manchester United Sells 25 Percent Ownership Stake to Jim Ratcliffe
Manchester United playing at home last month. A loss to West Ham on Saturday dropped the club to eighth place in the Premier League.
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on December 2023
Civilian Deaths in Custody Anger Kashmir
A protest on Saturday in Srinagar, Kashmir, after the deaths of three civilians who were detained by Indian soldiers.
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on December 2023
How to Create a Black Hole Out of Thin Air
A composite image showing the quasar UHZ-1. The X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown in purple; the galaxies and stars are from infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Abandoned Cemetery of Algerians Highlights Painful Episode for France
Nadia Ghouafria and Hacène Arfi walking through the remains of one of several barracks where hundreds of Algerian Harkis were kept by local authorities in Rivesaltes Camp in southern France.
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Israel Relies on Combat Dogs in Gaza
Israel’s Golani Brigade participating in the International Military Innovation Conference last year in southern Israel.
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on December 2023
Red Sea Shipping Halt Is Latest Risk to Global Economy
India, the world’s fastest-growing economy, will hold the biggest election next year.
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on December 2023
How Russian and Chinese Interference Could Affect the 2024 Election
Voters casting ballots in November. Russia appears to be paying close attention to the 2024 election, as its war in Ukraine is soon to enter a third year.
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on December 2023
Stateless People in Australia Freed From Detention, but Still Unfree
A rally for refugee rights in Sydney, Australia, last year. Many see the country’s processing of refugees as unusually tough, often involving indefinite detention.
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on December 2023
Without a Truce, U.N. Resolution May Do Little for Gaza, Aid Groups Say
Palestinians lining up for food in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
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on December 2023
‘God Is Under the Rubble in Gaza’: Bethlehem’s Subdued Christmas
The Rev. Munther Isaac lighting a candle next to an improvised crèche this month in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
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on December 2023
Ukraine Accuses Senior Defense Official of Embezzling $40 Million
Ukrainian soldiers targeting Russian positions this month across the Dnipro River, in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine.
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The Best of Canada in 2023
Celine Song, the South Korean-Canadian director of the film “Past Lives.”
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on December 2023
Under Argentina’s New President, Fuel Is Up 60%, and Diaper Prices Have Doubled
Since Javier Milei took office on Dec. 10 and quickly devalued the Argentine currency, prices have risen at a dizzying pace.
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on December 2023
Houthi Militia in Yemen Presents a Special Challenge for U.S.
Newly recruited Houthi fighters during a parade this month in Amran Province, Yemen.
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on December 2023
Putin Quietly Signals He Is Open to a Cease-Fire in Ukraine
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia speaking at a rally in February at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
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Brexiteers Vowed to ‘Take Back Control’ of U.K. Borders. What Happened?
A Ukrainian refugee working on her résumé in a library in the village of Meopham, where she is staying with sponsors while living in England. Net migration to Britain has risen sharply since Brexit.
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U.N. Resolution on Gaza Passes but Stops Short of Calling for Cease-Fire
The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution, 13-0, on Friday that would allow for more aid to enter Gaza. The United States and Russia abstained.
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Yacouba Sawadogo, African Farmer Who Held Back the Desert, Dies at 77
The farmer Yacouba Sawadogo in Burkina Faso in 2021. The forest he created, with more than 60 species of trees and shrubs, has no equal in the semidesert region of the Sahel.
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on December 2023
U.S. Increasingly Isolated Over Israel and Gaza After Leading on Ukraine
The United States is becoming isolated in supporting Israel as the casualty toll of its campaign in Gaza continues to rise.
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on December 2023
A Tokyo Taxi Driver Is Charged With Running Down a Pigeon
A pigeon at a closed shopping area near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo.
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on December 2023
Israel Tells Gazans to Evacuate More Territory, as Offensive Grinds On
The site of Israeli strikes in Khan Younis last week. Israeli troops are inching ahead in intense fighting in the southern city, which Israel now considers the key center of Hamas’s control.
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Gadi Haggai, Listed as a Hostage, Is Now Said to Have Been Killed
Judi Weinstein and Gadi Haggai were both shot while taken hostage on Oct. 7 during an attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz.
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on December 2023
Strike in Somalia Said to Kill Mastermind of Attacks on Americans and Kenyans
A Somali commando unit during training by U.S. forces in Baledogle, Somalia, in February.
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on December 2023
It’s OK to Call It Soccer
Mood when someone writes in to say, “It’s football, not soccer.”
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on December 2023
U.S.-Led Talks Seek to Ease Tension on Israel-Lebanon Border
Smoke rising on the Lebanese side of the border after an Israeli airstrike last month. Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza has led to fears of a conflict with Lebanon.
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on December 2023
Russia Makes Small Battlefield Gains, Increasing Pressure on Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers firing a Cold War-era Soviet gun toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine last month.
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on December 2023
A Lucrative Tax Credit for Making Clean Fuel Won’t Be So Easy to Get
President Biden visited the Cummins Power Generation Facility in Fridley, Minn., the site of an electrolyzer manufacturing operation, in April.
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on December 2023
When the season calls for merry murder mysteries
Agatha Christie at work in her home, Greenway House, in southwestern England, in 1946.
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How Cecilia Blomdahl in Svalbard Embraces Dark Days in the Arctic
Cecilia Blomdahl and her dog, Grim, live on the archipelago of Svalbard, near the North Pole.
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Japan Relaxes Weapons Export Policy To Sell Patriot Missiles To U.S.
Patriot missiles in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The country has changed regulations on the export of weapons that have been in place for most of the post-World War II era.
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on December 2023
Mass Shooting in Prague Brings Grief and a Focus on Guns
Police officers outside a Charles University building in Prague on Friday.
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on December 2023
U.S. to Clamp Down on Financial Firms That Help Russia Buy Military Supplies
Investigators examined a crater caused by a Russian missile in Kyiv this month.
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on December 2023
Hamas Hostages and Families of Captives Sue the Red Cross in Israeli Court
Several posters showing the faces of Israeli hostages held in Gaza are pasted on a house in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel, which Hamas militants was attacked on Oct. 7.
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on December 2023
For Archbishop of Canterbury, Heading Anglican Church Is ‘High-Wire Act’
The Most Rev. Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, in the chapel at Lambeth Palace, his residence in London, in December.
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Ukrainians Urge Spending Shift as War Drags On
Hundreds of Ukrainians gathered last week to demand that the Kyiv City Council end road repairs and freeze construction of a subway depot, and direct the money to the war against Russia.
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96% of Saudis Believe Arab Countries Should Cut Ties with Israel, Poll Finds
The Rahmah Mosque area in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A poll found that 40 percent of Saudis expressed positive attitudes toward Hamas, compared with 10 percent in a poll several months before the Gaza war began.
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With Israeli Raids in the West Bank, ‘There’s No Such Thing as Sleeping at Night’
A Thriving Border Town Undercuts South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Mood
At Canada’s Northern College, Most of the Students are From India