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Isolated and Defiant, Israel Vows to ‘Stand Alone’ in War on Hamas
On Friday, in a largely symbolic gesture, the United Nations General Assembly backed Palestine’s bid for U.N. membership.
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on May 2024
British Colleges Are Handling Protests Differently. Will It Pay Off?
Cyclists and pedestrians pass a student encampment set up to protest Israel’s action in Palestine, on a lawn outside the Natural History Museum, at Oxford University on May 9.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Will an Authoritarian Government in Venezuela Allow a Fair Election?
People line up to vote at an improvised voting center in a football court in Catia, a former stronghold of Nicolas Maduro’s party.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Flooding Kills Dozens in Afghanistan
Flash flooding in northern Afghanistan has killed more than 100 people.
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on May 2024
Big, Smoggy Bangkok Gets a Badly Needed Breath of Fresh Air
Trees and wetlands thrive in the newly expanded Benjakitti Park in central Bangkok, where a factory complex once churned out cigarettes.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Jacob Zuma, Once Leader of the A.N.C., Becomes Its Political Rival
Supporters of former South African president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) protested over the lack of service delivery in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu_Natal province where they delivered a memorandum to the city’s mayor’s office, on Wednesday.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Russia Mounting New Border Assaults in North, Ukraine Says
Fighting a fire on Friday after an overnight strike in Kharkiv. Russia has stepped up its bombardment of the northern Ukrainian city in recent weeks.
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Thomas
on May 2024
After Her Sister Wed at 11, a Girl Began Fighting Child Marriage at 13
Memory Banda’s activism against child marriage began in a small village in Malawi she was just 13.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Israel’s Shutdown of Al Jazeera Highlights Long-Running Tensions
Al Jazeera’s office in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, the day Israel ordered the network’s offices and broadcasts in Israel to shut down.
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Thomas
on May 2024
How Pro-Palestinian Students Pushed Trinity College Dublin to Divest
Students at Trinity College Dublin staging a campus protest against Israel’s actions in Gaza last Saturday. The students said they were inspired by similar movements in the United States.
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Thomas
on May 2024
At Russia’s Victory Day Parade, Putin Keeps Ukraine in the Distance
Missile systems formed part of the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on Thursday.
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on May 2024
Canada’s Public Sector Unions Threaten Disruption Over Return to Office
Return to office was a major issue during last year’s public service walkout.
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Thomas
on May 2024
South Africa Again Asks the ICJ to Order Israel to Withdraw From Rafah
Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s foreign minister, left, and the South African ambassador to the Netherlands, Vusimuzi Madonsela, at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, in January.
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Thomas
on May 2024
A Solar Storm Lights Up the Night Sky
The northern lights flared in the sky over a farmhouse in Brunswick, Maine.
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on May 2024
What We Know About Where Aid Can Enter Gaza
Trucks waiting to go into Gaza on a road blocked by a protest on Thursday.
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on May 2024
Kuwaiti Emir Dissolves Parliament for Up to Four Years
Members of the Kuwaiti Parliament in Kuwait City in January. On Friday, the emir, Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmed Al Sabah, announced that he would suspend Parliament and several articles of the Constitution.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Solar Storm Could Light Up the Night Skies
Northern lights hung over the Lofoten Islands in Norway in March.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Aiming for Rosier Ties, Xi Wraps Up Europe Visit
President Xi Jinping of China and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary in Budapest on Thursday.
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on May 2024
Cease-Fire Talks Hit Snag Over Hostages and Permanence, Officials Say
Families and supporters of hostages march Wednesday in Tel Aviv, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to make a deal to free their loved ones.
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Thomas
on May 2024
U.S. Defends U.N. Voting ‘No’ on Palestinian Membership
John F. Kirby, a national security spokesman, briefing reporters at the White House on Monday.
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Thomas
on May 2024
U.S. Criticizes Israel Over Conduct in Gaza
President Biden ordered a State Department report on Israel’s use of American weapons and compliance with humanitarian law.
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on May 2024
Israel and Egypt Spar, Squeezing Gaza Aid Routes
Palestinians lined up for food in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on Friday. A virtual cutoff in humanitarian aid is threatening to devolve into famine if shipments are not quickly restored.
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Thomas
on May 2024
U.S. Military’s Plea to Israel: Do More to Protect Gazans in War Zone
The United States wants Israel to move Palestinian civilians in Rafah out of the way, and to do more to help humanitarian aid get in, before launching any incursion into the city.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Actions by Israel and Egypt Squeeze Gaza Aid Routes
Trucks loaded with aid for Gaza are lined up in El Arish, Egypt, on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
A Global Lesson from Britain’s Crumbling Conservative Party
Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party, right, and Mayor Claire Ward of the East Midlands, celebrating at a post election rally in Mansfield, England, on Sunday.
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Thomas
on May 2024
U.S. to Announce New Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles
The Biden administration is expected to raise tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in order to protect domestic manufacturers.
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Thomas
on May 2024
U.N. General Assembly Votes to Back Palestinian Membership Bid
A United Nations General Assembly vote to declare that Palestinians qualify for full-member status was approved, 143 to 9, with 25 nations abstaining.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Biden Is Not the First U.S. President to Cut Off Weapons to Israel
President Ronald Reagan used the power of American arms several times to influence Israeli war policy, at different points ordering warplanes and cluster munitions to be delayed or withheld.
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Thomas
on May 2024
An English Town Drops Apostrophes From Street Signs. Some Aren’t Happy.
Using a marker, someone drew an apostrophe onto a new street sign that had omitted it.
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Thomas
on May 2024
How a Remote Australian Town Nearly Ran Out of Food
The road to Lajamanu in the Northern Territory in Australia.
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Thomas
on May 2024
UK Shakes Off Recession as Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
Customers shopping at a record store in London. Consumer spending has been a key aspect of Britain’s economic resilience.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Friday Briefing
Israeli military vehicles near the border with Gaza.
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on May 2024
U.S. Ship Carrying Aid for Gaza Departs From Cyprus
The container ship Sagamore, right, docked in Cyprus on Wednesday.
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on May 2024
UNRWA Says It Closed East Jerusalem Headquarters After Fire and Attacks
A demonstration outside the UNRWA offices in the West Bank in March.
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on May 2024
Japanese American Civil Rights Group Pushes for Gaza Cease-Fire
David Inoue, the executive director of the Japanese American Citizens League, next to a painting that depicts a Supreme Court case during the World War II incarceration of people of Japanese descent.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Chad’s Military Ruler Is Announced as Winner of Disputed Election
President Mahamat Idriss Déby of Chad at a campaign rally in Ndjamena, the capital, last week.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Bernard Pivot, Host of Influential French TV Show on Books, Dies at 89
Bernard Pivot in 1980. His weekly show, “Apostrophes,” ran from 1975 to 1990.
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Thomas
on May 2024
As Gaza Talks Falter, Negotiators Look for a Deal or a Scapegoat
President Biden has long objected to an assault on Rafah, where more than one million Palestinians have taken refuge, because he has seen no war plan that would not result in extensive civilian casualties.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Rafah Invasion Tests Biden’s Relationship With Israel
Israeli military vehicles near the border of the Gaza Strip on Thursday at an undisclosed location.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Friday Briefing: Stormy Daniels, Day Two
Stormy Daniels, 45, leaving court yesterday.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Israel ‘Smashing Into Rafah’ Will Not Eradicate Hamas, Biden Aide Says
Smoke rising over buildings after an airstrike near Rafah, southern Gaza, on Tuesday.
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on May 2024
Boeing Plane Goes Off Runway in Senegal, Leaving at Least 10 Injured
A Boeing passenger plane overran the runway while aborting takeoff from Blaise Diagne International Airport in Senegal on Thursday.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Facilities, Including One Far Over the Border
Radiy Khabirov, the head of the of the Bashkiria region, near Kazakhstan, in the Kremlin, last month. He said a drone had hit the Neftekhim Salavat oil refinery on Thursday.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Ramón Fonseca, Cofounder of Panama Papers Law Firm, Dies
Ramon Fonseca, a lawyer at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal, in his office in Panama City, in 2016.
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Thomas
on May 2024
‘We Still Have Hope’: Rescuers Race to Find Dozens Missing in South Africa Building Collapse
Rescue personnel searching the site on Thursday, three days after the building collapsed.
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Thomas
on May 2024
In Budapest, Xi Hails China’s ‘Deep Friendship’ With Hungary
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, was met with military honors at the Buda Castle in Budapest on Thursday.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Mexico Prepares for Trump’s Potential Return to Office
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico at the White House with President Donald Trump in 2020. Mr. López Obrador navigated the relationship with Mr. Trump by embracing the transactional nature of it.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Nearly 79,000 Have Fled Rafah Since Monday, UN Says
Palestinians leaving Rafah, in southern Gaza, on Wednesday.
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Thomas
on May 2024
Biden’s Warning Over Rafah Sharpens a Problem for Netanyahu
An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell from a border position in southern Israel toward the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
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Thomas
on May 2024
10 Big Biden Environmental Rules, and What They Mean
President Biden giving an Earth Day speech inside Prince William Forest Park in Virginia, last month.
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Thomas
on May 2024
People Leaving Rafah Describe Fearful Flight From Israeli Assaults
Middle East Crisis: Israel Issues Wider Evacuation Order in Rafah, Forcing Many to Flee Again
Kherson Residents Rebuild and Brace for New Russian Attack
Satellite Images Reveal Where Russian Nuclear Weapons Could Be Stored in Belarus
What Did P.S.G.’s Money Buy?
A Former Guantánamo Prisoner’s New Life