Inside Nicolás Maduro’s Last Days as Venezuela’s Leader
In his final weeks in power, President Nicolás Maduro still believed a deal with Washington was possible, people close to him said.
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Former Prince Andrew’s Arrest Is Met With Strong Reactions and Apathy in Windsor
Queen Elizabeth II and members of the royal family at Buckingham Palace, in 2019.
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A Seasoned French Museum Chief Takes Over a Louvre in Crisis
Christophe Leribault was the deputy director of the Louvre’s graphic arts department from 2006 to 2012 and has run three other museums, in addition to the one at Versailles.
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45 Years After Failed Coup, Spain Declassifies Files About Why It Failed
Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero Molina, with a pistol in his hand, attempting a coup at the Spanish Parliament on Feb. 23, 1981.
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Germany’s Leader Merz Delivers a Blunt Warning to China on Trade
President Xi Jinping of China greets Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany ahead of their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Wednesday.
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Pope Leo to Visit Africa, Signaling Continent’s Importance to Catholicism
Pope Leo XIV in Turkey in November, during his first trip abroad as pontiff.
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Ukraine Wants to Join the E.U. to Secure Peace. Here’s What to Know.
From left, António Costa, president of the European Council; President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine; and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in Brussels last year.
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Mexico Is Caught Between Trump and the Cartels
President Trump and President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico in Washington in December. Mr. Trump has been loudly and repeatedly demanding that Mexican officials dismantle the cartels.
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Iranians Brace for War as Trump Considers Targeted Strikes
Iranians walking past the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran this month, a day after the start of indirect negotiations between American and Iranian officials in Oman.
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Louvre Director Resigns, Months After Crown Jewels Were Stolen in Heist
Laurence des Cars, the president and director of the Louvre Museum, during a hearing at the National Assembly in Paris last year.
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Ukraine Battlefield Dead Could Reach 500,000 in Fifth Year, Estimates Suggest
Ukrainians carrying the body of a Russian soldier near a destroyed Russian border post in 2024.
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U.S. Will Offer Embassy Services in a West Bank Settlement for the First Time
The Israeli settlement of Efrat in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in 2020. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem says it will provide passport assistance in Efrat on Friday.
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Trump’s speech gets a mixed reaction around the world.
President Trump delivering his State of the Union address in Washington on Tuesday.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court Convicts Four Men in Murder of Marielle Franco
Marielle Franco, a member of Rio de Janeiro’s City Council, leading a session in 2017 at the municipal chamber in Rio de Janeiro.
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BBC and BAFTA Say They Are Investigating After Broadcast of Racist Slur
The actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were onstage at the BAFTA Awards when a racist slur was involuntarily shouted by a man with Tourette’s syndrome.
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Same War, Different Message: Trump Tonight vs. Biden Four Years Ago
Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers’ graves in Lviv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
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Trump Squeezes Cuba
A blackout in Havana, Cuba, on Saturday.
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Study Shows Xi’s Purges of China’s Military Run Deep
Gen. Zhang Youxia, who was vice chairman of the Central Military Commission at the time, waving at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao, China, in 2024.
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What to Know About the Cartels Operating in Mexico
Offerings of flowers, candles, photos and dollar bills at a shrine to Jesús Malverde — a “narco-saint,” in Culiacán, Sinaloa state, in 2024.
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Germany’s Leader Heads to China and Walks a Tightrope Between Xi and Trump
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany arriving at a meeting at the White House last year. Mr. Merz will visit China for the first time since he became chancellor last May, testing his ability to balance ties between Berlin and Beijing.
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Russia Moves Closer to Banning Telegram App, Saying It Foments Terrorism
“Russia is restricting access to Telegram in an attempt to force its citizens to switch to a state-controlled app built for surveillance and political censorship,” Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, wrote on the app.
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Mandelson’s Arrest Adds to Scandal That Has Rattled Starmer and Labour Party
Peter Mandelson, left, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington last year. Mr. Starmer fired Mr. Mandelson after learning of Mr. Mandelson’s friendship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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China Amps Up Pressure on Japan With Restrictions on Exports
Students of the National Defense Academy of Japan during a parade in Yokosuka in 2023. The academy is one of 20 Japanese entities targeted by China’s new export ban.
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Is It Safe to Travel to Mexico Right Now, Given the Cartel Violence?
Americans traveling in Guadalajara, Mexico, were still advised to “shelter in place” as of late Monday.
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These Ukrainians Don’t Want to Be Traded to Russia for Peace
Daria Bondareva last month with a customer at her salon in Sloviansk, Ukraine, in the Donetsk region.
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After Six Decades of War on Drugs, Does Anything Work?
A burned car in Guadalajara following the capture and killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.
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What Brontë Country Tells Us About Britain Today
The windswept area of northern England where Emily Brontë wrote “Wuthering Heights” remains a place of startling natural beauty.
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Russia Remade Its Economy for War, but It’s Come at a Huge Cost
A Russian Army recruitment poster in Moscow in June. The war in Ukraine has killed or wounded as many as 1.2 million Russians.
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‘Mother Russia’ Review: A New Play That’s as Funny as It’s Smart
Steven Boyer as Dmitri and Adam Chanler-Berat as Evgeny getting a taste of capitalism in Lauren Yee’s “Mother Russia” at the Signature Theater in Manhattan.
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After Chaos Rips Across Mexico, the Remnants of Cartel Violence Haunt Residents
Empty streets and closed businesses on Monday in downtown Guadalajara.
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Hunkering Down in Mexico, Some Hope for a Flight Out Amid Burning Cars
Tourists watching a smoke rising after cartel members blocked roads and burned down businesses after a military operation led to the death of the Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Canada to Probe What OpenAI Knew About Tumbler Ridge Shooter
A memorial for the victims of a the mass shooting this month at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia.
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Mexican Forces Say They Tracked El Mencho to Cabin by Following His Lover
Gen. Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, Mexico’s defense minister, described this weekend’s operation against a top cartel leader at a news conference in Mexico City on Monday with President Claudia Sheinbaum.
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C.I.A. Intelligence Helped Lead Mexican Authorities to ‘El Mencho’
Mexican special forces in Mexico City on Sunday. C.I.A. intelligence helped lead the special forces to the cartel leader.
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Who Is Peter Mandelson, the UK Ex-Ambassador Fired Over His Epstein Ties?
Peter Mandelson leaving his home in Wiltshire, England, on Friday. He spent four decades in British politics, most recently as ambassador to the United States.
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Settlers in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank Drive a Palestinian Family Off Its Land
Rezeq Abu Naim, left, with some members of his family inside a cave the family used, in July, near the West Bank village of Al Mughayir.
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The European Union Hits Pause on Its U.S. Trade Deal
A European lawmaker warned that U.S. tariffs on cheeses like Parmesan and Camembert could nearly double, to about 30 percent.
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Trump Administration Scrambles to Pick Up the Pieces of Broken Tariffs
President Trump has said that tariffs will help America’s manufacturing sector and create factory jobs, though many economists have questioned those claims.
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Puerto Vallarta Jolted By Violence After Cartel Boss Killing
Firefighters work to extinguish a bus on fire in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Sunday.
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France Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Comments on Activist’s Killing
Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France, and his wife, Seryl Kushner, leaving the Élysée Palace in Paris in July.
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Supreme Court to Weigh Oil-Industry Effort to End a Major Climate Suit
A Suncor Energy oil refinery in Commerce City, Colo.
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EU Support for Ukraine Stumbles as Hungary Looks to Delay Aid
Police officers at the site of an explosion in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday.
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Women’s Olympic Hockey Gold Medalist Has Her Brothers’ Eccentric Support
Haley Winn celebrates her gold medal in Milan on Thursday with her brothers Ryan, left, Tommy and Casey Winn.
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Airlines Add Flights After Storm and Snow in Northeast Cause Cancellations
Thanks, Ukrainians Say, but Please Stop Calling Us Resilient
Futsal Phenom in Afghanistan Is a Hero the Taliban Didn’t Expect
How the UK Could Remove Former Prince Andrew From the Royal Line of Succession
Norway’s Century-Long Watch on the Northern Lights
The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored
Europe’s New Way of War
Peter Mandelson, Ex-Ambassador to the U.S., Is Released After U.K. Arrest Amid Epstein Accusations