Chile Poised for Right-Wing Victory as Crime Fears Sweep Latin America
Chilean police raiding a house in Iquique during an anti-gang operation last month.
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Ivan Urgant Was Russia’s Late-Night King Until Putin’s War in Ukraine
The Russian entertainer Ivan Urgant, right, hosting “Evening Urgant,” which went dark in 2022, after he made an antiwar post on social media.
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Can Trump’s Grand Plans for Gaza Get Off the Drawing Board?
Displaced Palestinians shelter in tents surrounded by destroyed buildings near Gaza City, last month.
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Russia Bombs Ukraine Port of Odesa Amid Peace Talks
Firefighters on Saturday at the site of a Russian strike in Odesa, Ukraine.
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North Korean Soldiers Return From Russia’s War With Ukraine
Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, hugs a soldier in Pyongyang during a ceremony welcoming troops home from a deployment in Russia’s Kursk region, in a photograph released by state media.
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Korea’s English Exam Was So Hard It Prompted an Apology. How Would You Do?
Students waiting for the start of the annual college entrance exam, known as the Suneung, at an exam hall in Seoul in November.
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Thailand Rejects Trump’s Claim That It Reached a Cease-Fire With Cambodia
A damaged bridge in Cambodia’s Pursat Province on Saturday.
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With Dreadlocks and Yoga, Oslo’s Bishop Practices an Atypical Evangelism
Since becoming the Bishop of Oslo in the Church of Norway, Sunniva Gylver, second from left, has focused on making the church as inclusive as possible.
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China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S., Including Chips
President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, in October. Mr. Trump’s latest moves extended the conciliatory posture he struck at this summit.
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Dozens Killed as a Hospital Is Bombed in Myanmar’s Brutal Civil War
Mourners at a cemetery in Mrauk-U, Myanmar, on Thursday, grieving over the bodies of victims of a hospital bombing.
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Russia Sues Holder of Frozen Assets Europe Wants for Ukraine Loan
The headquarters of the Euroclear depository in Brussels. Russia’s Central Bank said it had filed a lawsuit in Moscow against the depository.
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Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions
A handout photograph released on Saturday by Ukraine showing Maria Kolesnikova, a Belarusian opposition leader, iwith other former prisoners at an undisclosed location in Ukraine.
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U.S. Forces Attacked in Syria, State Media Says
American Bradley fighting vehicles during a joint exercise in 2021 with Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria.
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Baby Steps
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Reporting on Arctic Sovereignty in the Polar Bear Capital of the World
Known in recent years mostly for its polar bears, there are now efforts to revive infrastructure in Churchill, Manitoba.
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Venezuela Oil Tanker Seized by U.S. Was Part of Effort to Finance Cuba
An oil tanker called the Skipper in the southern Caribbean Sea. It was seized by the United States.
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Behind the Venezuelan Opposition Leader’s Daring Escape to Oslo
María Corina Machado spent the last year hiding from President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela’s regime.
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U.S. Lifts Sanctions Against Justice Alexandre de Moraes of Brazil
Justice Alexandre de Moraes reading the charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro during the opening session of the trial in Brazil in September.
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For Rubio the Cuba Hawk, the Road to Havana Runs Through Venezuela
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s parents immigrated to Florida from Havana three years before Cuba’s communist revolution prevailed in 1959.
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Canadians Rush to Buy Stockpiles of Boycotted U.S. Liquor
American alcohol products were removed from store shelves in much of Canada when U.S. tariffs against the country went into effect in March.
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In a Hamlet Built on Forbidden Love, a Cyclone Buried It All
Villagers carrying bodies for burial at a cemetery in Kandy in Sri Lanka.
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‘Did We Do That?’ Gen Z Protesters Help Tip Balance Against Bulgaria’s Leaders
Demonstrators in Sofia, Bulgaria, rallying against the government.
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Germany Accuses Russia of Sabotage, Cyberattacks and Disinformation
People lining up to vote in federal elections in eastern Germany last February. A spokesman for the German foreign affairs ministry said Friday that Russia spread misinformation about major candidates in the general election this year.
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Iran Arrests Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Amid Broader Crackdown
The Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was arrested on Friday in the city of Mashhad.
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A Trickle of Aid Reaches a Captured, War-Ravaged City in Sudan
A photograph released by Malam Darfur Peace and Development showing residents receiving sacks of millet the group delivered to El Fasher, in Sudan, on Dec. 2.
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Joanna Trollope, Popular British Author, Dies at 82
Joanna Trollope after she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2019.
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How Ukraine Has Responded to Trump’s Peace Plan and Russia’s Demands for Territory
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Ukrainian peace proposal now being discussed consisted of three documents, one of which lays out plans for rebuilding the country.
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Austria Bans Head Scarves in Schools for Girls Under 14
Claudia Plakolm, Austria’s integration minister, said a head scarf law would help children’s rights. Critics said it infringed on religious freedom.
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The Crime Involved Trash Bags. But It Wasn’t a Mob Caper.
In South Korea, general waste must be put in official bags issued by the city. They are unique to each district and can be purchased from local stores.
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Trump Says Leaders of Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Cease-Fire
Thailand’s prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, urged President Trump to step into the dispute with Cambodia once again, after an earlier truce broke down.
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King Charles Shares ‘Good News’ About His Cancer Treatment in Video Message
King Charles III appearing in a prerecorded video released on Friday as part of a cancer awareness program.
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Reddit Sues Australian Government to Block Social Media Ban
School children waiting for a bus in Sydney, last month. The ban took effect on Wednesday.
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U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector
President Nicolás Maduro during a rally in Caracas on Wednesday.
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What to Know About Trump’s Seizure of an Oil Tanker Near Venezuela
A satellite image showing the Skipper, an oil tanker, near Port Jose, Venezuela, in November.
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What Does the Oil Tanker Seizure Mean for Venezuela’s Economy?
An oil tanker docked at Cardon Refinery in Venezuela, in 2021.
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Hamas Committed War Crimes in 2023 Attack on Israel, Amnesty International Says
Israeli soldiers carrying a body in the Israeli village of Kfar Azza, which was attacked by armed militants on Oct. 7, 2023.
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U.S. Helped to Weaken Report at U.N. Environment Talks, Participants Say
The opening session of the 7th United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday.
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After Australia, Which Countries Could Be Next to Ban Social Media for Children
Elementary school children in Denmark, which could become the first country in the European Union to impose an age limit on access to social media.
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Russia Warns Poland Over Arrest of a Researcher Wanted by Ukraine
The detention center where the Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin is held after being detained by Polish authorities, in Warsaw.
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Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Resigns in the Face of Mass Protests
Protesters filled the streets outside Parliament on Wednesday during an anti-government rally in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia.
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Zelensky Says Revised U.S. Plan Still Calls for Ukraine to Leave Donbas
After a Russian missile attack in Ternopil, western Ukraine, last month.
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Here’s What to Know About Japan’s Mega Quake Advisory
A vehicle teetered on a collapsed road in Tohoku Town off the coast of northern Japan.
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on December 2025
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Machado Says U.S. Helped Her Leave Venezuela
María Corina Machado at a news conference in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday after spending more than a year in hiding.
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Ahead of Trump Call, Fighting Between Thailand and Cambodia Intensifies
Evacuees sleeping at a shelter at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand, on Thursday.
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Syria, Rebuilding Its Military, Relies on Loyalists and Religious Teaching
Syrian security officers at their graduation ceremony in Damascus in February.
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Ford’s Car of the Future, Hatched in a Skunk Works Near Los Angeles
Doug Field, Ford Motor Company’s chief of electric vehicles, digital and design.
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Ukrainians, Worrying More About Power Cuts, See U.S. Peace Push as Just Noise
For 2 Hours, a Soccer Match Offers Palestinians a Rarity: Joy
She Studied Mosquitoes to Prevent Malaria. Then She Lost Her Job at U.S.A.I.D.
A Single Mother’s Fight to Free Her Daughter From Saudi Arabia