How China’s Leader Lost Faith in His Generals
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in 2025 in Beijing.
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Punch, the Lonely Monkey Who Drew Crowds to a Small Japan Zoo, Is Growing Up. He’s Still a Star.
Punch has handled the limelight better than most young stars. Since first hitting the headlines he has slowly integrated into his troop and made friends — monkey and human alike.
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Britain’s Electorate Is ‘Splintering.’ Can Its System Stand the Strain?
“The electorate are fed up with the fact that their lives aren’t changing quickly enough,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said on Friday, after his Labour Party suffered significant losses at the polls.
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A Scaled-Back Victory Day Parade Shows Putin’s Growing Vulnerability in Ukraine War
Russia’s Victory Day military parade on Saturday in Moscow. The parade, in Red Square, included none of its usual muscle-flexing missiles and armor.
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Rhun ap Iorwerth Breaks Labour’s Dominance in Wales
Rhun ap Iorwerth, second from left, arriving at a polling station with his wife and daughters in Llangristiolus, Wales, on Thursday.
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Long Overlooked, Caspian Sea Provides Strategic Trade Route for Iran
A woman walks along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran. The Caspian has emerged as a key trade route between Russia and Iran.
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One Nation Wins Australia Special Election, Claiming Seat in Lower House
Pauline Hanson, the leader of One Nation, an Australian anti-immigration party.
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In Hungary, Viktor Orban Loyalists Jump Ship
Peter Magyar, the former opposition leader, last month in Budapest.
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Russia Has Lost More Than 350,000 Soldiers, New Estimate Finds
Fresh graves of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine at a cemetery in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia, in February.
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Peter Magyar Takes Over as Hungary’s Leader From Viktor Orban
Peter Magyar getting a standing ovation on Saturday in Budapest as he became Hungary’s new prime minister.
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Why the Trump-Xi Summit Matters, Even if Little Seems to Come of It
President Trump meeting with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Busan, South Korea, in 2025.
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After Frederiksen Falls Short in Denmark, Right-Leaning Politician Is Asked to Form Government
Given high marks for handling President Trump, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark was seen as falling short when it came to domestic issues.
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U.A.E. Expels Pakistani Workers, as Pakistan’s Peacemaking Creates a Rift
Travelers at Pakistan’s Islamabad International Airport this month.
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The French Couple That Tried to Burgle 29 Churches in 3 Months
The tabernacle in the church of Chamouille, France, which was robbed last summer. Some priests oversee as many as 50 churches.
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Why Antiwar Protesters are Rallying in Japan
A crowd of protesters in Tokyo this week. One demonstrator holds a number 9, referring to the article of the Japanese constitution that renounces war.
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Early Adopter
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Canada and the European Union Are in Love. Where Can It Lead?
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, left; Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general; and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the European Political Community summit in Yerevan. Armenia, on Monday.
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How China May Have Sought to Recruit a House Aide to Spy on the U.S.
The outreach appears to provide a vivid portrait of how Beijing’s spy services seek to gain access to information from within the corridors of power in Washington.
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China’s Exports and Imports Set Records in April Amid High Energy Costs
At the Beijing auto show in April, which featured hundreds of electric cars. Chinese electric vehicles are being exported in record numbers.
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Norovirus Outbreak Sickens 115 on Cruise Ship
The Caribbean Princess left Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on April 28 and is expected to return to Florida on Monday.
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U.F.O. Files Released by U.S. Shed Light on What the Government Knows
An image of a U.F.O. resembling a football-shaped body near Japan that the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reported.
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Mysterious American Man Makes Mysterious Proposal in Greenland
Nuuk, Greenland, where a man with an American accent is said to have been asking residents to sign a petition about joining the United States.
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Takeaways From the 2026 U.K. Local Elections
British Prime Minister and Labour leader Keir Starmer in London on Friday.
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There Are Ants in This Canadian Hospital. Again.
The provincial authority that runs Carman Memorial Hospital in Carman, Manitoba, said it was working with patients to reschedule elective surgeries after ants appeared in the operating room.
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In one borough on London’s outer reaches, Conservatives stave off Reform U.K.
Nigel Farage leaving a polling station in eastern England on Thursday.
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Before Hantavirus Outbreak, the MV Hondius Attracted ‘a Different Type of Traveler’
The MV Hondius off the port of Praia, Cape Verde, on Sunday. Passengers on the ship showed symptoms of the hantavirus, and some died.
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Festus Mogae, Former Botswana President Who Tackled H.I.V., Dies at 86
Festus Mogae in 2004, during his decade as president of Botswana. He fought the country’s H.I.V./AIDS crisis and presided over robust economic growth because of diamond production.
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Oil Slick Is Detected Off Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf
An image from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite showing a slick off Kharg Island on Wednesday.
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Greenpeace Suffers Another Blow in Court Fight With Energy Transfer
Activists in France protested against the Energy Transfer lawsuit against Greenpeace USA last year.
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Britain Has Entered a New Era of Multiparty Politics. It’s Messy.
Voters in North London on Thursday. In Britain’s voting system, the more candidates there are for a council seat, the smaller the share it might take to win.
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Four Men Found Guilty of Haiti President’s Assassination
A mural of Jovenel Moïse near his home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he was assassinated in 2021.
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SNP, Scotland’s Pro-Independence Party, Benefits From Labour’s Struggles With Voters
A campaign event for the Scottish National Party in Dundee, Scotland, in April.
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Even in Labour-Loyal Wales, Voters Are Looking to Other Parties
Canvassers for Plaid Cymru, one of the parties trying to defeat Labour in Wales in Tredegar, last month.
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The Green Party gained ground in some of Labour’s London strongholds.
A Green Party candidate won the mayor’s race in the London borough of Hackney.
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Two Men Are Convicted of Spying for China in Britain
Chung Biu Yuen, left, and Chi Leung “Peter” Wai, right, arriving ahead of their trial at the Old Bailey in central London in March.
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What’s at Stake in the UK’s Local Elections
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain spoke on Friday after local election results began rolling in.
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Farage Celebrates Reform UK’s Strong Performance in Local Elections
Nigel Farage, Britain’s Reform U.K. leader, spoke to the media in the London Borough of Havering, Britain, on Friday.
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Emirates Doubles Down on U.S. and Israeli Ties Amid Iran War
The Emirates leader, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, and President Trump in Abu Dhabi, last year.
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Taiwan Breaks Political Deadlock to Approve $25 Billion U.S. Arms Purchase
A Patriot missile system deployed at a park in Taipei during a military exercise last year. The Patriot is one of the most sought-after air-defense systems on the weapons market.
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Court Revives ‘Farmgate’ Case Against South African President
At the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on Friday.
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3 Hikers Dead After Volcano Erupts in Indonesia
Smoke rises above Mount Dukono in Indonesia on Friday.
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China Sees a ‘Giant With a Limp’ as U.S. Drains Weapons on Iran War
President Trump meeting with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Busan, South Korea, in October. Both sides agreed to extend a trade truce to limit tariffs.
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Many Russians in No Mood for Celebration on Kremlin’s Biggest Day of the Year
Red Square in Moscow. The Victory Day procession, one of the year’s biggest events, is staged in the heart of Kremlin power.
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U.S. to Review Mexican Consulates After Right-Wing Claims Against Them
The State Department is reviewing the 53 Mexican consulates in the U.S., including the consulate in Los Angeles.
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Trump Says Cease-Fire Is Intact After Trade of Attacks in Strait of Hormuz
President Trump at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
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U.S. and Zambia Feud: Trump Health Aid Deal Stalls Over Critical Minerals
A man working with silicon manganese at the Chinese-owned Datong Processing plant in Kabwe, Zambia, in 2024. Some analysts say that the Trump administration has used foreign aid to try to pressure Zambia to provide greater mining access.
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U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes as Tensions in Strait of Hormuz Rise
This photo released by U.S. Central Command Public Affairs shows the aircraft carrier U.S.S. George H.W. Bush on Sunday.
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As Stockpiles Fall, U.S. Sells More Missiles Worth $17 Billion to Gulf Nations
A Patriot missile launcher in Kuwait City in 2019. The United States is selling Kuwait another $9.3 billion worth of interceptor missiles.
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Iran and U.S. Consider One-Page Plan to End Hostilities, Iranian Officials Say
A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday near Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
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