As Trump Clings to Tariffs, His Argentine Ally Is Opening Up to Trade
Customers standing in line for the opening of Decathlon, a sporting goods store, last month in Buenos Aires.
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Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland
Governor Jeff Landry of Louisiana, right, with President Trump at the White House in March.
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Russian General Is Killed in Car Bombing in Moscow
The scene of a car bombing in Moscow on Monday.
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Lynching of a Hindu in Bangladesh Fans Fears of Rising Intolerance
Students held a silent protest at Dhaka University in Bangladesh’s capital on Sunday to condemn the lynching of a Hindu garment worker.
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What We Know About U.S. Interceptions of Oil Tankers in Venezuela
A frame grab from a video posted on social media by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, showed a helicopter flying over Centuries, another oil tanker, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday.
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Bondi Beach Gunmen Also Used Pipe Bombs in Attack, Police Say
The police at a memorial at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.
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More Abducted Nigerian Children Released, Government Says
A classroom at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Nigeria, in November. Hundreds of students were abducted from the school last month.
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At Bondi Beach, Australians Mourn Shooting Victims
A crowd in Sydney, Australia, sang “Waltzing Matilda” on Sunday in honor of a child killed in the Dec. 14 attack at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach.
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U.S. Coast Guard Pursues Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela
A U.S. military helicopter flying over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted on Saturday east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea. The Coast Guard was also pursuing another tanker, the Bella 1.
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Sydney Shooting Suspects Met Muslim Leaders in Philippines, Officials Say
A soldier inspecting a bus at a checkpoint along a highway in Davao City, Philippines, on Thursday.
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Guns from the United States are Pouring into Canada, Fueling a Spike in Gun Violence
Seized guns at the Toronto Police Service. In Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, which includes Toronto, 91 percent of handguns recovered from crimes in 2024 came from the United States.
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Élysée Palace Silver and Tableware Stolen by Steward, Prosecutors Say
The entrance to the Élysée Palace in Paris. The objects that disappeared from its collection were returned after the investigation, according to prosecutors.
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Russia Dismisses Reports of Progress in Ukraine Peace Talks
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, met with a representative of Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, in Miami this weekend.
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Jimmy Kimmel Will Deliver Britain’s ‘Alternative Christmas Message’
Jimmy Kimmel will share “his personal reflections on the year,” according to Channel 4.
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The Sibling Bond
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Freed From a Belarus Prison, a Nobel Peace Laureate Experiences ‘Oxygen Intoxication’
Ales Bialiatski, flanked by a Belarusian opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, outside the U.S. embassy, in Vilnius, Lithuania, this month.
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9 Killed in Mass Shooting at Tavern in South Africa
Police officers at the scene of an attack at a tavern near Johannesburg on Sunday.
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Long Before Bondi Massacre, Australian Jews Lived With a Sense of Peril
Rebecca Di Veroli with her daughter, Chloe, preparing the family’s menorah at home in North Bondi on Sunday.
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A Neighborhood in India Fears Being Blamed for a Distant Atrocity
Toli Chowki, an area of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad with many Muslim residents, has been in an unwelcome spotlight in recent days.
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Passenger Train in India Hits Elephant Herd, Killing Seven
Workers making repairs after a train hit a herd of elephants early Saturday in northeastern India.
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U.S. Strikes on Syria Underscore Scale of Challenge for Its President
Syrian government forces at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damascus in April. The U.S. launched airstrikes against the Islamic State in central Syria on Friday.
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Closing Arguments
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Best of 2025, Canada Edition
Margaret Atwood’s memoir is one of The Times’s Notable Books of 2025.
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With Attacks on Oil Tankers, Ukraine Takes Aim at Russia’s War Financing
Satellite-controlled speedboat drones designed and operated by Ukraine’s military intelligence service. Called Sea Babies, they are packed with explosives and can travel long distances.
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A Woman Froze to Death on an Alpine Trek. Is Her Boyfriend to Blame?
The Grossglockner, Austria’s highest mountain, seen from the nearby Sonnblick Observatory.
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U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard
A member of Venezuela’s security forces on the tarmac at Maiquetia International Airport in Caracas this month. The F.A.A. has issued a warning to all aircraft operating there.
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Hezbollah Is Down, but Not Out, as Lebanon Faces Pressure to Disarm It
Hezbollah supporters gathered around the grave of Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s former leader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike, on the anniversary of his death, in Dahiya, Lebanon, in September.
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Taiwan’s Subway Stabber Planned His Deadly Spree, Police Say
Taipei Main Station on Friday evening, where the attacker threw smoke bombs and began his stabbing spree.
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‘Where’s the Humanity?’ Bondi Attack Leaves Suspects’ Neighborhood Stunned.
A pedestrian path over a main road on Friday in Bonnyrigg, a multicultural suburb of Sydney.
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U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria
The dignified transfer of the American soldiers killed in Syria. The assault last weekend was a stark reminder of the danger in the region and the quandary of whether to keep American forces there at all.
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Toss a Coin in the Trevi Fountain? That’ll Be 2 Euros, Wish Not Included
Visitors admiring the Trevi Fountain in Rome, on Friday. The small square around it is often densely packed.
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How Venezuela Went From U.S. Ally to Trump Target
Venezuelans surrounding Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s motorcade in Caracas in 1958.
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Toronto Man Accused of Working With ISIS Faces Terror Charges Targeting Jews and Women
The skyline of Toronto. Terror charges were filed after investigations into two failed kidnapping attempts in the Toronto area earlier this year.
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Three Killed in Stabbing Attack in Taiwan
An injured woman being transported in the Zhongshan area of Taipei, Taiwan, after a knife attack on Friday.
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What We Know About the Suspects in the Bondi Beach Shooting
The police conducting a search operation at a house in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.
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To Secure Money for Ukraine, Europe Had to Resort to a Messy Compromise
A Ukrainian soldier with a mortar, hidden from the sight of drones, near Kupiansk, in May. The European Union will funnel 90 billion euros’ worth of loans to Ukraine.
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After Bondi Beach Shooting, Australia Debates New Laws to Restrict Speech and Protests
Police officers at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, two days after gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration.
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Gaza City Famine Averted, Global Experts Say, but Palestinians Face Major Difficulties Accessing Food
Palestinians lining up to receive food packages during a distribution in a town in the central Gaza Strip.
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Riots Erupt in Bangladesh After the Killing of a Student Leader
Crowds in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Friday near the office of the Prothom Alo newspaper, where a targeted arson occurred after the death of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, a student leader.
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Trump Signs Law Repealing Tough Sanctions on Syria
A heavily damaged neighborhood in the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, Syria, in August. The lifting of U.S. sanctions will bolster Syria’s new government’s efforts to rebuild a nation in ruins.
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With New E.U. Loan, Ukraine Avoids Budget Crunch and Can Plan War Effort
Members of Ukraine’s 148th Artillery Brigade at a firing position in the Zaporizhzhia region of eastern Ukraine, in October.
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Mexico’s Security Chief on His Fight Against the Cartels
Omar García Harfuch, Mexico’s security secretary, during an interview at his office this month.
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Germany’s Christmas Markets Are Now Ringed With Security Barriers
Security personnel standing next to bollards blocking the main entrance to the Christmas Market in Augsburg, Germany, in December.
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Can This Man Finally Defeat Mexico’s Cartels?
Omar García Harfuch, Mexico’s secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, in his office.
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Australia Announces Plan to Buy Back Guns in Wake of Bondi Attack
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, at a news conference in Canberra, Australia, on Friday. He announced a nationwide gun buyback plan on the heels of a deadly mass shooting in Sydney last weekend.
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Britain Is Preparing for Attacks on Its Soil. Critics Say It Must Move Faster.
British soldiers during an exercise in Smardan, Romania, in February. In June, the British government published a strategic defense review that said the country must move to “war-fighting readiness.”
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‘A Singularly Turbulent Time’: Deeper Uncertainty in Store for Global Economy
Una fábrica de muebles en Vietnam. Las exportaciones chinas se están disparando no solo hacia Europa, sino también hacia el Sudeste Asiático.
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Before the Massacre, Bondi Suspects Spent Weeks at a Philippine Hotel
The suspects in the Bondi Beach mass shooting stayed at the GV Hotel in the Philippine city of Davao for most of November, hotel staff said.
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For the First Time, a Former Refugee Will Lead the U.N.’s Refugee Agency
Barham Salih speaking before the United Nations in 2019, when he was the president of Iraq.
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Christian Turner Is Appointed New UK Ambassador to US
Christian Turner, right, will become the next British ambassador to the United States after his predecessor was dismissed over his links to the financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Pompidou Center Has Been Emptied of Its Art. We Watched It Happen.
When Something Goes Wrong With Your Flight, These People Take Charge
What Fans Did to Attend a Bad Bunny Show in Mexico City
Sudanese Refugees Describe Their Escape From Darfur
The German Chancellor Betting on America