South Africa’s Black Elites Sour on the President They Championed
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, center, after attending a luncheon with business leaders in Centurion, north of Johannesburg, in May.
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on May 2024
Can South Africa’s Opposition Parties Break Through?
Supporters of the opposition Democratic Alliance party sang before the arrival of John Steenhuisen, the party leader, at a rally in Evaton township, south of Johannesburg, last year.
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on May 2024
North Korea’s Latest Offensive: Dumping Trash on South Korea
A balloon believed to have been sent from North Korea, carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash and human waste, over a rice field at Cheorwon, South Korea, on Wednesday.
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on May 2024
Logging in Banff to Save it from Canada’s Wildfires
Park crews left woody material to break down naturally and a few trees standing for birds to perch when they cleared the fire guard.
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on May 2024
A Show That Makes Young Japanese Pine for the ‘Inappropriate’ 1980s
Sadao Abe as Ichiro, a grumpy father and physical education teacher, and Yumi Kawai as Junko, his rebellious teenage daughter, in “Extremely Inappropriate!”
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on May 2024
Hold the French Fries! Paris Olympics Chart a New Gastronomic Course.
Charles Guilloy, left, and Stéphane Chicheri will be responsible for serving about 45,000 meals a day as the chefs in charge of dining in the Olympic Village this summer.
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on May 2024
Georgia’s Ruling Party Secures a Contentious Law on Foreign Influence
A Pro-Western crowd protested a proposed foreign-agent law on Tuesday outside Georgia’s Parliament in Tbilisi, the capital, where the bill has set off night after night of protests.
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on May 2024
War-Weary Iraqis Feel for Gaza, but Fear Spread of the Conflict
A cemetery in Falluja, Iraq, where graves for Iraq war casualties were first dug in 2004.
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on May 2024
Biden Moves to Open U.S. Banks to Cuba’s Private Sector
Workers cutting wood in the production workshop of Dforja Creations, a private furniture company, on the outskirts of Havana.
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on May 2024
Pope Francis Apologizes After Reports That He Used an Anti-Gay Slur
Pope Francis has been credited with urging the Roman Catholic Church to be more welcoming to the L.G.B.T.Q. community, but he is reported to have used an offensive term at a recent meeting.
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on May 2024
Leaflet by Leaflet, a Few Aging Activists Fight India’s Tide of Bigotry
Roop Rekha Verma, 80, talking to women at a home in Lucknow, India, about their right to vote.
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on May 2024
What We Know About the Papua New Guinea Landslide
A view of the landslide in Yambali village, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, on Monday.
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on May 2024
So Close to Sicily, So Far From the Crowds
Visitors can get close to the rock formation known as Arco dell’Elefante, a lava arch that resembles an elephant drinking water, when touring Pantelleria by boat.
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on May 2024
Wednesday Briefing
Donald Trump sitting in a courtroom during his trial in New York yesterday.
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on May 2024
As Interest in Clean Energy Grows, Saudi Arabia Eyes a Future Beyond Oil
Arrays of solar panels help power the Jazlah Water Desalination plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
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on May 2024
Briefly Open to a Fair-Looking Election, Venezuela Reverses Course Again
Venezuelan election officials, led by Elvis Amoroso, center, said that they had rescinded an invitation to E.U. election observers because of “unilateral and genocidal coercive sanctions.”
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on May 2024
Haiti Names New Prime Minister to Try to Lead Country Out of Crisis
Garry Conille will assume responsibility for running Haiti as prime minister alongside a presidential transition council.
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on May 2024
Israel Pushes Into Rafah as Displaced Palestinians Search for Safety
Palestinians fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah during an Israeli ground and air offensive in the city on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
U.S. Pier for Gaza Aid Damaged by Rough Seas
Rough seas over the weekend broke four U.S. Army ships free of their moorings and damaged the temporary pier the Army had built to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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on May 2024
Blinken Travels to Eastern Europe as Russia Presses War in Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is expected to fly into Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, on Wednesday.
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on May 2024
U.S. Officials Say Deadly Rafah Airstrike Did Not Cross Biden’s Red Line
Vice President Kamala Harris, center, said “the word tragic doesn’t even begin to describe” the deaths from an Israeli strike in Rafah.
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on May 2024
At Least 21 Killed in Strike on a Tent Camp in Al-Mawasi, Gazan Officials Say
Palestinians transport the bodies of people killed in a strike on a tent encampment for the displaced in Al-Mawasi, a coastal community near the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
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on May 2024
Damages From PFAS Lawsuits Could Surpass Asbestos, Industry Lawyers Warn
A 3M plant on the Mississippi River. The company has faced legal action over manufacturing the chemicals.
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on May 2024
Calls Mount to Let Ukraine Strike Russia With Western Weapons
Artillery in the Donetsk region in January. Requests to allow Ukraine to fire Western weapons into Russia are mainly aimed at the United States, its largest arms supplier.
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on May 2024
Why Lawmakers Are Brawling and People Are Protesting in Taiwan
Supporters of President Lai Ching-te at a protest in Taipei, Taiwan, last week.
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on May 2024
Spain, Norway and Ireland Formally Recognize Palestinian Statehood
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain announcing Spain’s recognition of a Palestinian state, on a television in a bar in Madrid on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
Climate Change Added a Month’s Worth of Extra-Hot Days in Past Year
Receiving treatment for heatstroke in a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, on Thursday.
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on May 2024
Cyclone Remal Tears Through India and Bangladesh, Killing at Least 23
Kuakata, a coastal city in Bangladesh, on Monday, after Cyclone Remal made landfall.
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on May 2024
Tuesday Briefing
The destruction after an Israeli strike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah.
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on May 2024
Facing Global Outrage, Netanyahu Calls Civilian Deaths in Rafah Strike ‘Tragic Accident’
Palestinians on Monday inspected damage after an Israeli strike near a camp for displaced people in Rafah set off a fire that killed at least 45 people.
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on May 2024
World Leaders Denounce Deadly Strike in Rafah
Mourners at a funeral in Rafah, in southern Gaza, on Monday.
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on May 2024
North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket Carrying Satellite
Watching a news broadcast of North Korea’s rocket launch in Seoul on Monday.
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on May 2024
U.S. Lawmakers Visit Taiwan and Vow Support in Face of Chinese Military Drills
President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan, right, with Representative Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas, in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday.
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on May 2024
Onstage, Witches and Cossacks Strike a Chord With Ukrainians
“The Witch of Konotop,” at the Ivan Franko theater in Kyiv, Ukraine, last month.
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on May 2024
China, Japan and South Korea Hold Talks Overshadowed by U.S.
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea, center, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan, left, and Chinese Premier Li Qiang at a joint news conference in Seoul on Monday.
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on May 2024
Papua New Guinea Landslide Has Buried 2,000 People, Officials Say
The aftermath of a landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, on Sunday.
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on May 2024
Monday Briefing
A hardware superstore was hit in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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on May 2024
Spying Arrests Send Chill Through Britain’s Thriving Hong Kong Community
Simon Cheng, an activist from Hong Kong now living in Britain, last week in the offices of Hongkongers in London. The painting behind him depicts protesters in Hong Kong carrying their iconic yellow umbrellas.
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on May 2024
12 Injured on Qatar Airways Flight From Turbulence
Qatar Airways flight QR017 was flying over Turkey when turbulence injured a dozen passengers.
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on May 2024
Deadly Fires Highlight India’s Safety Shortfall
Damaged buildings on Sunday after a fire in an amusement park that killed at least 27 people in Rajkot, India.
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on May 2024
Russia Plans New Ukraine Offensive as Zelensky Urges Biden and Xi to Join Peace Summit
Emergency workers at a hardware superstore that was hit by a Russian strike, according to Ukrainian officials, on Sunday in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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on May 2024
Death Toll in Papua New Guinea Landslide Estimated to Be at Least 670
Villagers searching in the aftermath of a landslide in Yambali, Papua New Guinea, on Sunday.
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on May 2024
Aid Deliveries From Egypt Into Gaza Resume
Egyptian trucks carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip waiting on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on Sunday.
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on May 2024
Peru’s New Rule on Transgender Health Care Draws Backlash
Police officers guarding the entrance of the Ministry of Health during a protest this month in Lima, Peru, that was staged by L.G.B.T.Q. groups against a new government decree listing transgender identity as a “mental disorder.”
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on May 2024
Amateur Historians Heard Tales of a Lost Tudor Palace. Then, They Dug It Up.
Chris Close, center left, in green jacket, consulting with Jennifer Browning, an archaeologist, during work on the dig site in Collyweston, England, early this year.
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on May 2024
Free Food? Modi Makes Sure Every Indian Knows Whom to Thank for It.
Vinod Misra, a local Bharatiya Janata Party official, talking with a potter in Amethi, India, who received an electric potter’s wheel through a government program.
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on May 2024
Why Do Aid Groups Stay in Lawless Haiti?
Gangs control about 90 percent of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, leaving much of the population of six million unable to move freely.
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on May 2024
Russia-Ukraine Border That Separates Families Is Now Also a Front Line
Carbon Offsets, a Much-Criticized Climate Tool, Get Federal Guidelines
Putin Shakes Up Things at Home as His Optimism About Ukraine War Rises
Middle East Crisis: Israel Used U.S.-Made Bombs in Strike That Killed Dozens Near Rafah
South Africa’s Young Democracy Leaves Its Young Voters Disillusioned
Shooting Near Rafah Border Crossing Kills a Member of Egypt’s Security Forces
Inside the Factory Supplying Half of Africa’s Syringes
The Deadly Prelude to South Africa’s First Free Elections