China Strikes Back After Trump Imposes 10% Tariff on Goods
The Yangshan Port near Shanghai. President Trump has accused China of failing to do enough to stop the export of fentanyl and the chemicals that are used to make it.
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on February 2025
For China, Trump’s Moves Bring Pain, but Also Potential Gains
President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign aid could be opening up opportunities for China to boost its standing on the global stage.
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on February 2025
As Australia’s Election Nears, Peter Dutton Has a ‘Trump Lite’ Approach
Peter Dutton, center, Australia’s opposition leader, has accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, lower right, of being too distracted by “woke” issues to address high prices.
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Where a Strongman Failed, Women Are Now Fueling a Democratic Revival
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya of Sri Lanka at her office in Colombo in December.
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on February 2025
How Canada and Mexico’s Leaders Took Different Routes to a Tariff Deal With Trump
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico announcing that tariffs on exports to the United States had been postponed.
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on February 2025
Sweden School Shooting Leaves at Least 10 Dead in Country’s ‘Worst’ Gun Attack
Police officers responding to a shooting at an adult education center in Orebro, Sweden, on Tuesday.
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Top Doctors Question Conviction of ‘Killer Nurse’ Lucy Letby in 7 Baby Deaths
Dr. Shoo Lee, right, at a news conference in London, on Tuesday. Dr. Lee led a panel that looked into the evidence against the British nurse Lucy Letby, who was convicted in 2023 of killing seven babies.
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In Turkey, New Syrian Leader and Erdogan Pledge to Work Together
Ahmed al-Shara, Syria’s interim president, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday, in a photo released by the Turkish government.
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on February 2025
Greenland, Eyeing Trump, Bans Foreign Political Funding
Greenlanders were initially shocked and confused by President Trump’s repeated desire that the United States take control of the territory.
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on February 2025
As Israel Expands West Bank Operation, Two Soldiers Are Killed
Members of the Israeli military at the site of a shooting in the northern West Bank on Tuesday.
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on February 2025
A Trump. A Dead Duck. And an Uproar in Italy.
A flag flutters on the island of Sant’Erasmo near Venice, Italy, in December.
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With Trump’s Backing Uncertain, Europe Scrambles to Shore Up Its Own Defenses
German soldiers unloading a U.S.-made surface-to-air missile system last month in Jasionka, Poland.
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on February 2025
Canada Gets 30-Day Tariff Delay as Trump and Trudeau Reach Border Deal
The Ambassador Bridge, where $400 billion in trade crosses between Canada and the U.S. each year, in Windsor, Canada.
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Mexico Managed to Stave Off Trump’s Tariffs. Now What?
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico announcing on Monday that tariffs on exports to the United States would be postponed for a month.
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on February 2025
Sweden Mourns Shooting at Orebro School
A makeshift memorial on Wednesday for the victims of the shooting in Orebo, Sweden.
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on February 2025
Vice President Sara Duterte of the Philippines Is Impeached
Vice President Sara Duterte speaking in Manila last December. On Wednesday afternoon, lawmakers voted to impeach her.
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on February 2025
Want to Smoke Outdoors in Milan? Better Be Far From Other People.
Under the new rules, smoking is banned everywhere in Milan except for “isolated areas where it’s possible to respect a distance of at least 33 feet from other people.”
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on February 2025
Migrants Are Deported to India on U.S. Military Plane
A U.S. Air Force plane carrying deported Indians landing in Punjab State in northwestern India on Wednesday.
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on February 2025
Wednesday Briefing
President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the White House on Tuesday.
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on February 2025
A Veteran U.K. Political Battler Takes on Trump’s Washington
Peter Mandelson at the Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool, England, in 2023.
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on February 2025
Trump’s Proposal to ‘Take Over’ Gaza Sparks Immediate Rebukes
“We’ll own it,” President Trump said of Gaza on Tuesday, adding that the enclave could be turned into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”
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on February 2025
Trump Says He Would Jail Americans in El Salvador ‘in a Heartbeat’
For President Trump, even musing over the proposal signaled his willingness to embrace extreme measures to show he is tough on crime and illegal immigration.
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on February 2025
El Salvador’s Prisons Are Notorious. Will They House Trump’s Deportees?
Inmates in a cell at the Terrorism Confinement Center, a prison complex in Tecoluca, El Salvador, that has become a symbol of President Nayib Bukele’s administration.
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Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for Review of U.S. Ties to U.N.
President Trump signed an executive order to end America’s involvement in the U.N.’s Human Rights Council.
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on February 2025
The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88
Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV, in 2014.
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on February 2025
West Bank? Call It Judea and Samaria, Some Republicans Say.
A settler outpost in the northern West Bank in July. Settlements in the territory are widely considered to be illegal under international law.
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on February 2025
Richard Williamson, Renegade Priest and Holocaust Denier, Dies at 84
Richard Williamson in 2009. He was ordained a bishop by the Society of St. Pius X, but the Vatican never recognized him as such and excommunicated him in 1988.
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on February 2025
The Closed-Door Battle to Become IOC President
Members of the International Olympic Committee will vote to elect a new president in March.
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on February 2025
Lawsuit Accuses Neil Gaiman of Sexual Assault Facilitated by His Wife
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer performing in London in 2017.
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on February 2025
Teenager Known for Lifesaving Skills Is Killed in Shark Attack in Australia
Charlize Zmuda died on Monday after being bitten by a shark while swimming at Woorim Beach.
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on February 2025
Mexico Pledges to Send 10,000 Troops to U.S. Border: What to Know
Mexican National Guard soldiers near tents set up as part of a plan to receive thousands of its deported citizens from the United States, in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, last week.
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on February 2025
Buffalo Bills Fans Have It Tough, Especially in Antarctica
Palmer Station is a tiny American research base in Antarctica — and a temporary home to several Bills fans.
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on February 2025
Tuesday Briefing
President Trump made deals with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on Monday.
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on February 2025
Chris Wright Is Confirmed as Secretary of Energy
Chris Wright, in his Senate hearing, also tried to reassure Democrats that he believed climate change was a “global challenge that we need to solve.”
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on February 2025
State Dept. Fires About 60 Contractors Working on Democracy and Human Rights
Some Republican politicians say the State Department’s democracy-promotion programs often end up supporting political parties or groups abroad that are opposed to conservative or far-right political figures in those countries.
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on February 2025
Trump Urges Trading Ukraine’s Rare Earth Minerals for More U.S. Aid
A truck unloads partly refined titanium ore at a factory east of Kyiv in June.
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on February 2025
Tuesday Briefing: A Tariff Deal With Mexico
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, yesterday.
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on February 2025
Iran Is Developing Plans for Faster, Cruder Weapon, U.S. Concludes
A mural in Tehran depicting Iran’s first hypersonic ballistic missile. U.S. officials believe Iran has the know-how to make an older-style nuclear weapon that could be quickly put together but could not be miniaturized to fit on a ballistic missile.
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on February 2025
Trump’s Trade Move Could Increase Costs for Many Online Goods
The Yangshan Port in Shanghai. China is by far the biggest source for low-value packages shipped to the United States.
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on February 2025
Crews Lift Wreckage From D.C. Plane Crash Out of Potomac
A crane lifting the fuselage from the wreckage of the crash of an American Airlines jet on the Potomac River on Monday.
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on February 2025
Standoff at Ukrainian Agency Disrupts Arms Contracts, Suppliers Say
The standoff is unlikely to have an immediate effect on arms supplies to Ukrainian troops, the companies said, as current deliveries are drawn from previous contracts.
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on February 2025
Spain’s Ex-Soccer Chief Luis Rubiales Goes on Trial Over Forced Kiss at World Cup
Luis Rubiales arriving at court outside Madrid on Monday. He faces charges of sexual assault and coercion.
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on February 2025
Pro-Russia Ukrainian Is Killed in Moscow Blast, Russian Media Says
The damaged entrance of a residential building after a blast in Moscow on Monday.
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on February 2025
Greece Prepares for Earthquake as Tremors Shake Santorini and Other Islands
Emergency preparations in Fira, on the Greek island of Santorini, on Monday.
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on February 2025
French Court Convicts Director Christophe Ruggia in #MeToo Case
The film director Christophe Ruggia arriving at court in Paris on Monday.
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on February 2025
Car Bomb in Syria Kills 15 Agricultural Workers
The city of Manbij, in northern Syria, is about 20 miles from the border with Turkey and has been a focal point of clashes between armed groups.
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on February 2025
Who Will Govern Postwar Gaza? Four Competing Models Are Emerging.
Hamas militants handing over the Israeli hostages Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Saturday.
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on February 2025
Monday Briefing
U.S. drivers may see higher prices at the pump.
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on February 2025
Marco Rubio Tells Panama’s Leader ‘Immediate Changes’ Are Needed
Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Panama’s foreign minister, Javier Martínez-Acha, in Panama City on Sunday.
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on February 2025
Across Border From Detroit, Bafflement and Anger Over U.S. Tariffs
A glimpse of Detroit on Friday, across the river from Windsor, Ontario.
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on February 2025
3 Mexican Sectors Most Affected by U.S. Tariffs, and How the Country Could Respond
Cargo trucks waiting to enter Mexico on Saturday in Otay Mesa, in San Diego, Calif.
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on February 2025
Trade War Heats Up After Trump Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates
The Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Canada, over which billions of dollars in trade occurs between Canada and the United States each year.
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on February 2025
Serbian State Media Shift Tune in Coverage of Huge Protests, Testing Leader
Demonstrators on Saturday blocking a bridge over the Danube River, one of three barricaded this weekend in Novi Sad, Serbia.
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on February 2025
Trump Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order
The speed and scope of the import duties that President Trump unveiled in executive orders on Saturday prompted widespread criticism from many lawmakers, economists and business groups.
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on February 2025
Ukraine Says at Least 18 Civilians Are Killed in Strikes
Rescuers carrying a body found at the site of an apartment building that Ukrainian officials said was hit by a Russian missile strike on Saturday in Poltava, Ukraine.
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on February 2025
Netanyahu in Washington to Discuss Future of Gaza With Trump
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel plans meetings this week with the president and senior members of his administration.
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on February 2025