Taiwan’s Mass Recall Vote Tests Its Democracy, and China’s Nerves
Getting out the vote in Taipei. Supporters of the recall campaign say it reflects the vigor of the island’s democracy, but critics call it suppression of the opposition.
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Thailand Warns of War With Cambodia as Deadly Clashes Enter 2nd Day
Cambodians following behind a military vehicle as they evacuated from Oddar Meanchey Province on Friday.
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Spat Between Thai and Cambodian Leaders Fuels Deadly Border War
A Thai military mobile unit fired toward Cambodia’s side after the two sides exchanged heavy artillery in Surin, Thailand, on Friday.
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Israel to Allow Aid Airdrops Over Gaza During Starvation Crisis
Last year, the Jordanian Air Force dropped aid over northern Gaza. Israel said on Friday that it would soon allow countries to drop aid into the area, which is in a humanitarian crisis.
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on July 2025
Macron Recognizes a Palestinian State. But to What End?
President Emmanuel Macron departs the White House earlier this year. His recognition of Palestinian statehood reflects the swelling global outrage at the death and destruction in Gaza.
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on July 2025
War Amputees Find New Purpose on the Golf Course
Anatoly Melnychenko, left, and Oleksandr Batalov playing a round of golf at the Kozyn golf club, this month.
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on July 2025
Trump Flies to Scotland, Leaving Chaos Swirling in Washington
President Trump departed Friday morning for Scotland.
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on July 2025
For One Man, It Didn’t Take Much to Make an Embassy in India
A photograph released by the police in Uttar Pradesh, India, of a building on the outskirts of New Delhi. It may bear all the hallmarks of an embassy, but don’t be fooled. It’s a fake.
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Russia Again Cuts Interest Rates as Its Economy Slows
An upsurge in wartime spending since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sharply increased the country’s inflation rate.
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on July 2025
Iran Started New Talks Over Its Nuclear Program. Here’s What to Know.
Tehran in May during the fourth round of U.S.-Iran talks. Iran had halted fledgling talks with the United States after Israel launched a 12-day war in June.
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Shunsaku Tamiya, Who Brought Perfection to Plastic Replica Models, Dies at 90
Shunsaku Tamiya, who turned his family’s plastic model business into a global brand, held a scale replica of a German World War II Tiger tank at the hobby show in Shizuoka, Japan, in 2003.
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Patrick Ryan, ‘Terror Priest’ Who Aided the I.R.A., Is Dead at 94
Patrick Ryan in an undated photo. He was “one of the I.R.A’.s most significant intermediaries for money,” Jennifer O’Leary, his biographer, said.
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on July 2025
3 Workers Freed From Collapsed Mine in Western Canada
The entrance to the Red Chris Mine near Iskut, British Columbia, on Wednesday.
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on July 2025
Boeing Emerges as a Winner in Trump’s Trade Wars
Boeing’s assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C. The company employs tens of thousands of Americans and is one of the country’s top exporters.
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on July 2025
Australia Says Gaza Situation Beyond ‘Worst Fears’ as Pressure Mounts on Israel
Displaced Palestinians waiting in front of a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Wednesday.
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Friday Briefing: France to Recognize Palestinian Statehood
Palestinians waiting for food aid in Gaza City on Wednesday.
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Friday Briefing: France to Recognize Palestinian Statehood
Palestinians waiting for food aid in Gaza City on Wednesday.
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France Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood, Macron Says
President Emmanuel Macron of France delivering remarks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City last year. Mr. Macron said that he would formally announce France’s recognition of Palestinian statehood at the Assembly in September in New York.
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on July 2025
Thailand and Cambodia Clash in Deadly Border Dispute
People took shelter in Surin Province, Thailand, after clashes broke out along the disputed border between Thailand and Cambodia on Thursday.
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on July 2025
Photo Shows Murderer Returning to U.S. in Trump Prisoner Swap With Venezuela
A photo released by the State Department of newly freed prisoners en route to the U.S. Dahud Hanid Ortiz is shown circled. The man flashing his three fingers is a Peruvian man with U.S. resident status. The symbol was used by detainees to show they were hostages, according to two former prisoners.
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on July 2025
Ancient Temples Have Long Been a Flashpoint Between Cambodia and Thailand
Prasat Ta Muen Thom, a temple where violence first broke out after months of tensions between Thailand and Cambodia.
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on July 2025
A Series of Mysterious Explosions Unnerves Syrians
Smoke rose after an explosion on a military base in the Syrian town of Maraat Misrin, in the northwestern province of Idlib, on Thursday.
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Many Thai civilians fled after gunfire and explosions rocked the region.
Royal Thai Army soldiers Chachoengsao Province on Thursday.
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on July 2025
As Starvation Rises, Israeli Minister Says Israel Is ‘Driving Out’ Gazans
Amichay Eliyahu, Israel’s heritage minister, in Jerusalem in 2023. Opposition politicians quickly condemned his latest comments.
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on July 2025
Saudi Arabia Pledges to Invest More Than $6 Billion in Syria
Damascus, Syria, last month. New investment deals involving more than 100 companies would be an economic boon for the country’s government.
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on July 2025
The border clashes come as a political crisis rocks Thailand.
Thailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, was plunged into crisis over a recent phone call with Hun Sen, Cambodia’s de facto leader.
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Children Burned by Plane Crash in Bangladesh Die Days Later
The National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Tuesday. After a fighter jet crashed into a school in Dhaka on Monday, many survivors were treated at the facility.
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on July 2025
Sprawling Wildfires Kill 2 and Force Evacuations in Cyprus Amid Stifling Heat
A fire-damaged house in the village of Souni, Cyprus, on Thursday.
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on July 2025
Why Anticorruption Watchdogs Are at the Heart of Ukraine’s Unrest
Thousands gathered in Lviv, western Ukraine, on Wednesday to protest President Volodymyr Zelensky’s move to overhaul anticorruption institutions.
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on July 2025
For 1st Time, Fires Are Biggest Threat to Forests’ Climate-Fighting Superpower
A wildfire in an area of National Forest Brasília in Brazil last September.
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on July 2025
Here’s a look at Surin, the Thai province at the center of the conflict.
People taking shelter in Surin Province after deadly clashes between Thailand and Cambodia on Thursday.
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China could be a player in efforts to calm Cambodia-Thailand tensions.
An elevated track that is part of the Bangkok-Nong Khai high-speed railway project in Thailand, which was funded by China.
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What to Know About the Thailand-Cambodia Clash
Evacuees in a gymnasium on the grounds of Surindra Rajabhat University in the Thai province of Surin on Friday. More than 100,000 people have fled the area, on the Thai-Cambodia border, since Thursday.
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on July 2025
The Latest Casualty of Social Media Hype Is Your Matcha Supply
Matcha from Japan has exploded into a global craze, driven in part by buzz on social media, experts say.
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on July 2025
Hints of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b Recede Even Further
An artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b. A new study confirms that it is a water-rich world but raises doubts about earlier suggestions that it harbors life.
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on July 2025
Spain Is Reluctant to Spend More on Security Despite NATO Pressure
An artillery system vehicle on display in Madrid. Europe’s tug of war between spending more for domestic priorities or for defense has vexed the Spanish government.
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on July 2025
A Timeline of the Latest Conflict Between Cambodia and Thailand
A Thai soldier and a Cambodian soldier standing guard at an ancient Khmer temple along the disputed Cambodian-Thai border in Oddar Meanchey Province in March.
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Why One of the Causes of Falling Birthrates May Be Prosperity
Women at a protest in Lima, Peru, in 2022, wearing costumes inspired by characters in the novel and TV series “The Handsmaid’s Tale.”
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on July 2025
Thai and Cambodian Troops Fire at Each Other as Relations Implode
Cambodian soldiers in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, on Thursday.
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on July 2025
China and E.U. Reach Narrow Agreements on Climate and Rare Earths
Beijing is urging the European Union to drop tariffs on electric cars from China and ease access for other exports.
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on July 2025
After Carney Meeting, Canada’s Premiers Agree on Trump and Tariffs, Differ on Next Steps
Organizers removing the flags of Canada’s provinces and territories at the conclusion of a three-day meeting of the premiers on Wednesday in Huntsville, Ontario.
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on July 2025
Investment Fund Seals Trade Deal for Japan and Expands Trump’s Influence
President Trump will decide how to use the $550 billion that the Japanese government agreed to invest as part of its trade deal with the United States.
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on July 2025
Macrons Sue Candace Owens, Accusing Her of Defamation
President Emmanuel Macron of France and his wife, Brigitte Macron, have sued Candace Owens, a right-wing podcaster.
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on July 2025
Does the World Court’s Sweeping Climate Opinion Matter? Five Takeaways.
Judge Yuji Iwasawa, president of the International Court of Justice, read out the court’s climate opinion on Wednesday in The Hague.
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on July 2025
2 U.K. Families Received ‘Wrong Remains’ of Air India Crash Victims, Lawyer Says
Ambulances transporting the bodies of victims of the Air India crash last month in Ahmedabad, India.
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on July 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Are the Highest in a Century. But After His Threats, They Seem Like a Relief.
The key to clinching a trade deal between the United States and Japan appeared to be President Trump’s agreement to lower tariffs for Japanese cars to 15 percent, a rate that would have been shocking not long ago.
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on July 2025
Iran Says It Could Exit Nuclear Treaty if Europe Reimposes Sanctions
Guard at U.S. Embassy in Norway Charged With Spying for Russia and Iran
7 Children Are Killed in School Roof Collapse in India
Gazans Are Dying of Starvation
Plane Crashes in Russia’s Far East, Killing All 49 Onboard
Thursday Briefing: Your Russia Questions Answered
Thursday Briefing: Your Russia Questions Answered