Mark Carney Becomes Canada’s Prime Minister at Crucial Moment
Mary Simon, the governor general of Canada who represents King Charles III as official head of state, with Mark Carney after he was sworn in on Friday as prime minister.
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Trump Tariffs Leave No Country Room for Exemptions, U.S. Tells Canada
Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, center, Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, and Canada’s ambassador to the United States, Kirsten Hillman, met on Thursday with top Trump administration officials to discuss trade and tariffs.
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Catholics Around the Globe Heed Francis’ Call to ‘Pray for Me’
Nuns praying for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square in February.
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How Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Won Trump’s Praise
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico in the National Palace last month.
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Duterte Appears in Court in The Hague via Video After Arrest
Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, appeared on a screen on Friday in the courtroom during his first appearance before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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The People Whose Children Were Killed in Duterte’s Drug War
Protesters demanding justice for drug war victims, after the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, in Quezon City, on Tuesday.
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U.S. and Russia Had ‘Productive’ Discussions About Ukraine Cease-Fire, Trump Says
At a news conference on Thursday, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said that he was open to the U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal but suggested that he would seek to negotiate over a slew of issues.
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Senior Islamic State Leader Killed in Joint Iraqi-U.S. Operation, Iraq Says
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, seen here at the Camp Taji military base in Iraq in January, called the Islamic State leader who was killed “one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world.”
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What Syria’s New Temporary Constitution Says
Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, signed a temporary constitution on Thursday at the presidential palace in Damascus.
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Challenged by Trump, Trudeau Rallies Canada as He Leaves Office
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking to fellow Liberal Party members on Sunday. Mr. Trudeau has spent his last weeks in power challenging President Trump on tariffs and sovereignty.
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Hamas Says It’s Willing to Release U.S.-Israeli Hostage Edan Alexander
Yael Alexander holding a poster of her son, Edan, at a rally in Tel Aviv last month.
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Russian Mercenary Found Guilty of War Crimes in Ukraine by Finland Court
Voislav Torden, center, a Russian citizen charged with committing war crimes in Ukraine, in Helsinki District Court in 2023.
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Germans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More
Friedrich Merz, right, the likely next chancellor of Germany, announcing the deal he had reached with the Green Party to revamp spending limits.
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In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own
Makoto Watanabe, the co-founder and editor in chief of the Tokyo Investigative Newsroom Tansa, a small, nonprofit media operation.
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Trump Tries to Use White South Africans as Cautionary Tale
White South Africans rallying in support of President Trump outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, last month.
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‘On the Tightrope’: Britain Tries to Bridge a Widening Trans-Atlantic Gap
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his top aides counseled President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in phone calls and face-to-face meetings about how to mend fences with President Trump after their rancorous White House meeting.
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In Mexico, a Grisly Discovery of Piles of Shoes, Ovens and Human Remains
An abandoned ranch outside of Guadalajara in western Mexico, where cremation ovens and human remains were found by a local volunteer group last week.
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G7 Foreign Ministers Agree on Ukraine Policy Amid Tensions Over Trump Tariffs
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking with reporters after the G7 foreign ministers meeting on Friday in La Malbaie, Quebec.
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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Refugees’ Survival: ‘People Will Die’
In a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, aid cuts could mean starvation, officials say. Thousands of people there took part in a fast-breaking meal in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Friday.
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China Backs Iran in Nuclear Talks, Slams ‘Threat of Force’ From the West
China hosted talks in Beijing on Friday with the deputy foreign ministers of Russia and Iran to discuss Iran’s nuclear program. China said sanctions on Iran should be lifted.
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A Mathematical ‘Fever Dream’ Hits the Road
Ingrid Daubechies, a mathematician at Duke University and one of the creators of “Mathemalchemy,” at the National Museum of Mathematics in New York last year.
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Friday Briefing
Ukrainian special forces troops preparing for an assault in the Donetsk region last month.
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Outrage in Australia After American Woman Grabs a Baby Wombat
The Wombat Protection Society of Australia said that human interaction could cause “severe stress” to the marsupials.
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Putin, in No Hurry for 30-Day Truce, Seeks Ukrainian Concessions
Ukrainian special forces preparing for an assault on Russian soldiers advancing toward the Dnipro region of eastern Ukraine last month.
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German Tourists Detained for Weeks, Then Deported From U.S.
Two German tourists were detained at the busy San Ysidro border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana.
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Friday Briefing: Putin Speaks on Ukraine Cease-Fire
President Vladimir Putin of Russia, right, yesterday.
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Trump Sees ‘Good Signals’ on Russia-Ukraine Cease-Fire. Zelensky Does Not.
President Trump met with Mark Rutte, NATO’s Secretary General, at the White House on Thursday.
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‘We Hear You, Mr. President’: The World Lines Up to Buy American Gas
Employees at a gas export facility in Louisiana awaited a visit from Chris Wright, the new U.S. energy secretary, earlier this month.
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David Raven, British Drag Performer Known as Maisie Trollette, Dies at 91
David Raven in the 2021 documentary “Maisie.” As Maisie Trollette, he was a fixture of the British drag circuit, a regular presence at the Brighton and Hove Pride event and a mentor to younger drag performers.
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U.N. Accuses Israel of Targeting Reproductive Health Facilities in Gaza
Al Basma I.V.F. Center, Gaza’s largest fertility clinic, was struck by an Israeli shell during the war with Hamas.
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As Russia Tries to Push Ukraine Out of Kursk, Here’s What to Know
A Russian artillery position in Kursk in December.
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Keir Starmer Wants to Abolish NHS England: What to Know About His Plan
The emergency room at a hospital in Romford, England, in 2023. After years of underfunding, the country’s creaking, overstretched health care system badly needs investment.
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Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s likely next chancellor, introduced a measure on Thursday that would rip away Germany’s signature limits on government spending.
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Bardella, Leader of France’s Far-Right National Rally, Heads to Israel
Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally party, has campaigned against Islamist movements and immigration, and made common cause with Israel.
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Bumble Bee Foods Is Accused of Tolerating Forced Labor in Supply Chain
The Bumble Bee tuna processing plant in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., in 2012.
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Russia Says It Has Retaken Key Kursk Town From Ukraine
A Ukrainian military vehicle at the Sudzha border crossing last year.
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Houthi Drones Could Become Stealthier and Fly Farther
Evidence examined by weapons researchers shows that Houthi rebels may have acquired technology that makes drones more difficult to detect.
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on March 2025
Israel-Hamas Talks Deadlocked as Trump Envoy Turns to Ukraine
A soup kitchen in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza this week.
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U.S. Negotiators Are en Route to Moscow, Kremlin Says
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy, has also been involved in talks with Russia.
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Japan’s Rice Shortage Sets Off Auction of Emergency Stockpile
Rice stockpiled in a government warehouse in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture in March.
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In a Europe Adrift, Macron Seizes the Moment
President Emmanuel Macron at the U.S. Capitol last month. Macron’s call for an autonomy from the United States comes as President Trump threatens to turn his back on NATO.
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Thursday Briefing
Steel coils at a factory in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Europe Expected a Transactional Trump. It Got Something Else.
President Trump at a business round table in Washington, this week. After American tariffs on steel and aluminum kicked in on Wednesday, Europe announced a sweeping package of retaliatory tariffs.
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Plans for a Chinese Port in the Black Sea Roil Georgia Politics
The construction site of Georgia’s first deep-sea port on the Black Sea, in Anaklia, in January.
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‘Let’s Not Talk About It’: 5 Years Later, China’s Covid Shadow Lingers
The mostly shuttered neighborhood of Menghua Jie, also called Dream Flower Street, in Shanghai on Sunday.
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Putin Visits Kursk to Cheer Russian Troops Trying to Oust Ukraine
An image taken from a video released by the Kremlin purported to show President Vladimir V. Putin, right, and Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov in Kursk, Russia, on Wednesday.
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The Balochistan Separatist Movement in Pakistan: What to Know
Paramilitary soldiers stood guard at a railway station in southwestern Balochistan Province on Wednesday, a day after they hijacked a passenger train.
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Rubio Says a Cease-Fire in Ukraine Could Happen in ‘Days’ if Russia Agrees
“Here’s what we’d like the world to look like in a few days,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Ireland on Wednesday. “Neither side is shooting at each other — not rockets, not missiles, not bullets, nothing, not artillery.”
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Europe Welcomes a Ukraine Cease-Fire Offer and a Revival of U.S. Aid
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has offered repeated expressions of gratitude to President Trump in the days since their angry Oval Office meeting.
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Swedish Battery Maker Northvolt Collapses, a Blow to Europe
The Northvolt Ett factory in Skelleftea, Sweden. The company has been struggling for months, cutting jobs and restructuring operations even before it sought bankruptcy protection.
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Why Rodrigo Duterte Was Arrested Now
A motorcade entering The Hague Penitentiary Institution on Wednesday. Former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines was expected to arrive in The Hague later in the day.
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Syria Violence Marked by Sectarian and Revenge Killings, War Monitor Says
Fighters with the new Syrian government on the road between Tartus and Latakia last week.
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on March 2025
Inside the Pakistan Train Hijacking Standoff
A special train organized by the Pakistani Army for survivors of the train attack, after it arrived at a railway station in Balochistan Province on Wednesday.
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on March 2025
Zelensky Says Ukraine Showed ‘We Want a Fast Peace’
Pedestrians in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
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Putin Is ‘Carefully Studying’ Proposed Ukraine Cease-Fire
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, photographed by state media this month. He has previously spoken of a desire for “a long-term peace” rather than “some kind of respite.”
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NBA Stars Like Jalen Brunson Enlist Social Media Surrogates to Expand Reach in China
Jalen Brunson, a guard for the New York Knicks, has worked with a company called East Goes Global to build his social media presence in China.
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Pokémon Go Maker Niantic Sells Unit to Saudi Fund for $3.5 Billion
After al-Assad’s Ouster, Many Syrians Struggle With Returning Home
Thursday Briefing: A Widening Trade War