Ukraine Drone Strike Targets Russian Air Bases in Large-Scale Attack
Ukrainian soldiers firing toward Russian positions near the front line in the Donetsk region on Saturday.
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on June 2025
More Than 20 Killed Near Aid Distribution Site in Gaza, Health Officials Say
Palestinians pushing a cart with bodies on them after people came under fire near the an aid distribution center in Rafah, Gaza.
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on June 2025
Poland’s Presidential Election Too Close to Call
A voter casting a ballot during Poland’s presidential runoff election on Sunday in Warsaw.
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on June 2025
Mexico Votes in Sprawling, First-Ever Judiciary Election
A voting site in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, on Sunday.
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on June 2025
Hudson’s Bay Stores to Close in Canada
Clothes hangers and ladders, all offered for sale, took over part of the men's wear department during the final week of operation of Hudson’s Bay Company store in downtown Ottawa.
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on June 2025
For Indian Students, Dreams of America Are Suddenly in Doubt
A commercial complex with immigration offices in Mehsana, India, in January. India sends more students to the United States than any other country — about 330,000 are currently in U.S. colleges and universities.
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on June 2025
Train Derails in Western Russia After Bridge Collapse, Killing at Least 7
The scene on Sunday after a road bridge collapsed onto railway tracks overnight in the Bryansk region of Russia.
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on June 2025
South Korea’s Election Likely to Reset Ties With China
Banners showing South Korea’s two main presidential candidates Lee Jae-myung, left, and Kim Moon-soo, right. The June 3 election outcome will have an impact on the country’s foreign policy.
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on June 2025
Will Voting for Judges Help or Hurt Mexico’s Democracy?
Election workers in Mexico City preparing for judicial elections on Sunday.
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on June 2025
What to Know About Canada’s Wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Smoke hanging in the air above Highway 97 north of Buckinghorse River, British Columbia, on Friday. Dozens of out-of-control wildfires are burning in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where access has been limited, as well as in British Columbia.
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on June 2025
Hamburg Hospital Fire Kills 3 and Injures More Than 50
Firefighters on the ground floor of a hospital in Hamburg, Germany, where fire broke out overnight.
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on June 2025
North Korea Gets a Weapons Bonanza From Russia
A photograph released by North Korean state media in May showing Korean People’s Army tanks during a training competition at an undisclosed location in North Korea.
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on June 2025
Monday Briefing: Ukraine bombarded Russian air bases
Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region on Saturday.
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on June 2025
Jubilant PSG Fans Cause Chaos in France
Riot police on the Champs-Élysées in Paris after Paris St.-Germain won the Champions League on Saturday.
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on June 2025
The U.S. Right Loathes the E.U. How Are They Going to Negotiate Trade?
A port in Hamburg, Germany. The European Union runs a trade surplus with the United States, which has been a sore point with President Trump.
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on June 2025
What to Know About Poland’s Presidential Runoff Election and Trump’s Involvement
An audience in Warsaw, Poland, watching Karol Nawrocki, left, and Rafal Trzaskowski during a debate in May.
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on June 2025
Muhammad Sinwar, a Top Military Leader of Hamas, Is Dead, Israel Says
Hamas fighters in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, in February.
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on June 2025
Israel Bars Arab Foreign Ministers From High-Level West Bank Visit
Israeli soldiers in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, this week. Israel has barred a delegation of Arab foreign ministers from visiting the city to meet with Palestinian leaders there.
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on June 2025
Gay-Themed Forum Is Canceled in Malaysia
A night market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, earlier this year.
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on June 2025
Best Practices
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on June 2025
A Trade Court Rebuke of Trump’s Tariffs Offers Little Relief to Canada
The U.S. tariff on Canadian auto parts, which was already temporarily suspended, was not affected by the trade court’s ruling.
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on June 2025
Mexico’s Vote on Nearly 2,700 Judges Will Test Its Democracy
A woman distributing pamphlets on judicial candidates in Mexico City on Wednesday. The sprawling elections are the most far-reaching judicial overhaul ever attempted by a large democracy.
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on June 2025
Hegseth, at Security Forum, Vows to Strengthen America’s Asian Alliances
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
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on June 2025
In Poland’s Presidential Election Runoff, Candidates Battle for Young Voters Who Don’t Like Them
Supporters of Slawomir Mentzen, a far-right candidate in the first round of the presidential election, in Warsaw on May 10.
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on June 2025
India and Pakistan’s Air Battle Is Over. Their Water War Has Begun.
Water diverted from the Kishenganga dam flowing into a lake near Srinagar, the capital of the Indian-administered section of Kashmir.
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on June 2025
World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts
Dr. Raj Ladher, a professor at the National Center for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India, with Ph.D. students.
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on June 2025
A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security
Recent construction work on a sea wall to protect Charleston’s downtown areas.
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on June 2025
Supreme Court Candidates Try TikTok and Tinder in Mexico’s Elections
Dora Martínez Valero, a candidate for Mexico’s Supreme Court, campaigning while being filmed for social media in Mexico City in May.
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on June 2025
Macron Says Israel Can’t Have ‘Free Pass’ in Gaza
President Emmanuel Macron of France, speaking in Singapore on Friday.
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on June 2025
Energy Dept. Cancels $3.7 Billion for New Technologies to Lower Emissions
Among the canceled awards was $331 million to Exxon Mobil, which had been planning to replace natural gas with hydrogen at a chemical facility in Baytown, Texas.
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on June 2025
Islamic State Says It Targeted Syrian Forces in Bomb Attacks
Syrian security forces in Sweida Province, in the country’s south, this month. ISIS claimed attacks in the south in an area where the government has struggled to establish security.
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on June 2025
Landslide at Quarry in Indonesia Kills at Least 14
Rescuers searching for landslide victims at a quarry in West Java, Indonesia, on Friday.
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on June 2025
Paul Doyle, 53, Appears in Court Over Liverpool FC Parade Crash
A prison van believed to be transporting Paul Doyle arriving at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
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on June 2025
Trump Accuses China of Violating Trade Agreement
President Trump at the White House last week. In a social media post on Friday, Mr. Trump said that China violated a trade pact with the United States and suggested he could return to a more confrontational approach.
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on June 2025
Israel Orders Evacuation of Much of Northern Gaza, Warning of Dangerous Combat
Palestinians flee parts of northern Gaza on Friday after the latest evacuation order from the Israeli military.
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on June 2025
Ukraine Accuses Russia of Stalling Peace Negotiations
A prisoner exchange in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine last week.
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on June 2025
How White South Africans Are Persuading Trump to Accept Them as Refugees
White South Africans waiting to hear welcome statements from U.S. government officials shortly after arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport earlier this month.
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on June 2025
A Library on the Canada-U.S.Border Is Ensnared by Trump’s Foreign Policy
“Martha Stewart Haskell deliberately wanted the library on the border,” said Sylvie Boudreau, president of the Haskell Library’s board of trustees. “But I don’t think that in 1901 she could have ever imagined where we’d be today.”
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on June 2025
A Ukrainian Girl Struggles to Survive Her Country’s War and Her Own
Margaryta Karpova, 12, and her mother, Liudmyla, at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, in December. She has stayed in the city through six rounds of chemotherapy.
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on June 2025
Friday Briefing
President Trump announcing new tariffs at the White House in April.
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on June 2025
In South Korea, Desperate Workers Take Their Grievances Into the Sky
Kim Hyoung-su in his makeshift tent at the top of a 98-foot-tall traffic camera tower in central Seoul.
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on June 2025
Why Myanmar Rebels Retreated From Lashio
Members of the Kokang Group’s rebel police force in Lashio, Myanmar, last month. The rebels withdrew from the city under pressure from China.
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on June 2025
Chinese Paraglider Reaches Near-Record Heights, Over 28,000 Feet, by Accident
The Qilian Mountains in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China, in May.
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on June 2025
South African Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison for Trafficking Missing Daughter, 6
Racquel Smith in court for her sentencing in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, on Thursday.
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on June 2025
Tariff Rulings Inject New Uncertainty Into Trump Trade Strategy
Using tariffs to pressure foreign countries to drop their own levies and to remove other barriers to U.S. exports has been one of President Trump’s main tactics.
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on June 2025
Trump Administration Targets Brazilian Judge for “Censorship”
Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, in Brasília, Brazil, in 2024.
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on June 2025
Trump Makes a New Push to ‘Decouple’ U.S. From China
A port in Shanghai. American consumers have benefited from decades of relatively inexpensive goods manufactured in China.
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on June 2025
White House Puts Israel-Backed Cease-Fire Proposal to Hamas Amid Growing Pressure
An Israeli official said a cease-fire deal would include flow of aid through U.N.-run operations.
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on June 2025
Some Glaciers Will Vanish No Matter What, Study Finds
The Lewis Glacier on Mount Kenya, one of the few glaciers in Africa, in March.
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on June 2025
New U.S. Envoy Makes First and Symbolic Trip to Syria
The American flag flies at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday for the first time in over a decade.
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on June 2025
British Man Faces 7 Charges Over Liverpool Parade Car Crash
Ambulances and police vans at the scene of the crash in Liverpool, England, on Monday.
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on June 2025
U.S. Says Hamas Response to Gaza Cease-Fire Proposal ‘Only Takes Us Backward’
Smoke From Wildfires in Canada Wafts Into the Upper Midwest
In Gaza’s Emaciated Children, a Hunger Crisis Is Laid Bare
200 Miles of Sublime Pain on a Hindu Pilgrimage in Pakistan
Friday Briefing: Trump Battles the Court