 Syria’s Rocky Transition Brings New Waves of Displacement
Syria’s Rocky Transition Brings New Waves of Displacement
Syrians fleeing sectarian violence across a river into Lebanon in March.
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 Inside the Louvre Jewel Heist That Shocked the World
Inside the Louvre Jewel Heist That Shocked the World
Investigators on the day of the burglary, examining the balcony where the thieves broke in.
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 Centrist Party Ties Dutch Election as Far-Right Party Loses Seats
Centrist Party Ties Dutch Election as Far-Right Party Loses Seats
Rob Jetten, the leader of Democrats 66, ran a campaign of relentless optimism.
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            on October 2025
 Chinese Officials Heap Praise on Trump and Xi Before They Meet
Chinese Officials Heap Praise on Trump and Xi Before They Meet
President Trump at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum’s C.E.O. luncheon in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
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            on October 2025
 For These Women, the American Dream Is in Mexico City
For These Women, the American Dream Is in Mexico City
Hannah McGrath shopping at a farmers market in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood.
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 French Police Arrest 5 More in Louvre Jewel Heist Investigation
French Police Arrest 5 More in Louvre Jewel Heist Investigation
Police vans parked outside the Louvre this week after the authorities arrested some suspects in connection with the heist.
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            on October 2025
 Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill at Least 100, Local Health Officials Say
Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill at Least 100, Local Health Officials Say
Dr. Dania Al-Deeb embraced the body of her 4-year-old daughter in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Wednesday. She said their home had been bombed.
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 Street Battles Rage in Ukrainian City After Russian Troops Enter Stronghold
Street Battles Rage in Ukrainian City After Russian Troops Enter Stronghold
A Ukrainian solder launching a reconnaissance drone near the town of Pokrovsk this month.
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 Putin Announces Test of Tsunami-Making Nuclear Weapon
Putin Announces Test of Tsunami-Making Nuclear Weapon
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow this month. He announced the successful test of a nuclear-powered underwater drone on Wednesday.
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 Protests in Tanzania as Voters Head to the Polls
Protests in Tanzania as Voters Head to the Polls
Voters casting ballots in Stone Town, Zanzibar, in Tanzania’s general election on Wednesday.
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            on October 2025
 New Crack at an Ancient Puzzle Reignites Debate for Archaeologists
New Crack at an Ancient Puzzle Reignites Debate for Archaeologists
The Pyramid of the Sun at the ruins of Teotihuacan, in Mexico.
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            on October 2025
 France Adds Consent to Its Rape Law After Yearslong Fight
France Adds Consent to Its Rape Law After Yearslong Fight
Gisèle Pelicot leaves the courthouse during an appeal trial earlier this month. Her landmark rape trial raised questions about the pervasiveness of sexual violence in France.
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 How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger
How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger
President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, after talks on Thursday ended. Mr. Xi said to Mr. Trump that both sides should avoid falling into a “vicious cycle of mutual retaliation.”
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            on October 2025
 U.S. Beef and Thousand Island Dressing: Trump’s Food Tour of Asia
U.S. Beef and Thousand Island Dressing: Trump’s Food Tour of Asia
President Donald Trump raised a glass at a dinner hosted by President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea, which was attended by leaders from eight countries.
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 In Canada, a New Play Celebrates Indigenous Storytelling of the Northern Lights
In Canada, a New Play Celebrates Indigenous Storytelling of the Northern Lights
Salik Lennert and Julia Ulayok Davis performing in “Kiuryaq,” a new play that emerged from a four-year collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists from Canada, Greenland and the Sápmi region in Norway.
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            on October 2025
 Jamaica and Haiti Tally Hurricane Victims as Melissa Slams Cuba
Jamaica and Haiti Tally Hurricane Victims as Melissa Slams Cuba
Destruction on Wednesday at Treasure Beach, Jamaica, which is in St. Elizabeth, the southwestern parish where Melissa struck the island as a Category 5 hurricane.
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 Melissa Leaves Black River, Centuries-Old Jamaican Port Town, ‘Totally Destroyed’
Melissa Leaves Black River, Centuries-Old Jamaican Port Town, ‘Totally Destroyed’
Satellite imagery showing Black River, Jamaica, before and after Hurricane Melissa.
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            on October 2025
 U.S. Military Kills Four More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats
U.S. Military Kills Four More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a cabinet meeting with President Trump this month. 
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            on October 2025
 Judge Cuts Greenpeace Dakota Access Pipeline Award in Half
Judge Cuts Greenpeace Dakota Access Pipeline Award in Half
Demonstrators protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota in 2016.
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            on October 2025
 Hundreds Killed in Massacre at Sudanese Hospital, W.H.O. Warns
Hundreds Killed in Massacre at Sudanese Hospital, W.H.O. Warns
A satellite image showing the Al Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on Tuesday.
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            on October 2025
 Police Raid in Rio de Janeiro Leaves Over 130 Dead
Police Raid in Rio de Janeiro Leaves Over 130 Dead
The bodies of people killed during the raid.
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            on October 2025
 Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom Loses Seats in Dutch Election
Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom Loses Seats in Dutch Election
Supporters of D66 in Leiden, the Netherlands, celebrating on Wednesday.
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            on October 2025
 As Trump Weighs Sale of Advanced A.I. Chips to China, Critics Sound Alarm
As Trump Weighs Sale of Advanced A.I. Chips to China, Critics Sound Alarm
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, at the company’s conference in Washington on Tuesday.
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            on October 2025
 Four Decades After It Was Stolen, a Renaissance Treasure Returns to Rome
Four Decades After It Was Stolen, a Renaissance Treasure Returns to Rome
The 15th-century manuscript page attributed to Fra Antonio da Monza, depicting a “Virgin and Child,” is displayed on Wednesday in the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli after being recovered by police in Rome.
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            on October 2025
 In Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa Brought ‘ Unprecedented Devastation’ U.N. Official says
In Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa Brought ‘ Unprecedented Devastation’ U.N. Official says
Damage on Wednesday to Frenchman’s Bay in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa made landfall the day before.
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            on October 2025
 2 Louvre Heist Suspects Have ‘Partially Admitted’ to the Crime
2 Louvre Heist Suspects Have ‘Partially Admitted’ to the Crime
Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor in charge of the case, said on Wednesday that the suspects were traced through DNA samples left on objects at the scene or later found by police.
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            on October 2025
 Life Lessons from (Very Old) Bowhead Whales
Life Lessons from (Very Old) Bowhead Whales
Scientists have measured the molecular damage that accumulated in the eyes, ears and eggs of bowhead whales and found more evidence of extraordinary longevity. They are estimated to live up to 268 years.
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            on October 2025
 U.S. Middle East Envoy Presses Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah
U.S. Middle East Envoy Presses Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah
Smoke rises after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon last week.
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            on October 2025
 U.S. Says It Will Cut Troops in Eastern Europe
U.S. Says It Will Cut Troops in Eastern Europe
U.S. troops participating in a training exercise in Frecatei, Romania, in June.
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            on October 2025
 As China and U.S. Split Over Energy, Korea Is Stuck in the Middle
As China and U.S. Split Over Energy, Korea Is Stuck in the Middle
The U.S. has been pushing Korea to buy more liquefied natural gas. A tanker in South Korea in 2019.
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            on October 2025
 South Korea Gives Trump a Replica of an Ancient Gold Crown
South Korea Gives Trump a Replica of an Ancient Gold Crown
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea presented President Trump with a replica of a golden crown excavated from one of the ancient royal tombs in Gyeongju.
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            on October 2025
 U.N. Climate Adaptation Report Shows Declining Money for Climate Disasters
U.N. Climate Adaptation Report Shows Declining Money for Climate Disasters
A cattle herder at a watering hole in northeast Senegal last year.
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            on October 2025
 Mercedes Reports a Drop in Profit but Maintains Its Forecast
Mercedes Reports a Drop in Profit but Maintains Its Forecast
Ola Källenius, center, the chief executive of Mercedes-Benz, unveiled a new electric vehicle at an auto show in Munich in September.
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            on October 2025
 Vietnam Prevents BBC Journalist From Leaving the Country
Vietnam Prevents BBC Journalist From Leaving the Country
The BBC’s headquarters in London. The broadcaster has long been a target of Vietnam’s censors, in part because it publishes in Vietnamese. 
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 Japan Plans to Send Troops to Help Stop Bear Attacks
Japan Plans to Send Troops to Help Stop Bear Attacks
A bear scurrying in the city center of Morioka in northeastern Japan’s Iwate Prefecture last week.
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            on October 2025
 When Caregiving Makes Women Ill
When Caregiving Makes Women Ill
Veronica Durughian left Moldova in search of better wages to support her son. She returned home with health problems after caring for three elderly Italians.
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            on October 2025
 A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back
A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back
Biologists examined juvenile coho salmon, Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in a branch of the Klamath River system in Northern California last year.
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            on October 2025
 China Outlines 5-Year Plan to Double Down on Global Tech Ambitions
China Outlines 5-Year Plan to Double Down on Global Tech Ambitions
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, and other members of the Politburo standing committee in Beijing this month. Mr. Xi and senior officials released a five-year plan for the country that outlines a continued push on industrial and technical power.
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 The Netherlands’ Election Is a Referendum on the Far Right
The Netherlands’ Election Is a Referendum on the Far Right
Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, speaking last month in Denmark. He is known for his anti-Islam and anti-immigrant stances.
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 As the Dutch Vote, One Issue Carries the Day: Affordable Housing
As the Dutch Vote, One Issue Carries the Day: Affordable Housing
Population growth and a lack of new homes are among the factors leading to a housing crisis in the Netherlands.
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            on October 2025
 North Korea Conducts Missile Test Ahead of Trump Visit to South
North Korea Conducts Missile Test Ahead of Trump Visit to South
President Trump speaking in Japan on Tuesday. Mr. Trump, who is scheduled to arrive in South Korea on Wednesday, has repeatedly offered to meet with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un.
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 South Korea’s Gyeongju Scrambles to Host Trump, Xi and More Leaders at APEC
South Korea’s Gyeongju Scrambles to Host Trump, Xi and More Leaders at APEC
Gyeongju, South Korea, the venue for 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum does not have the infrastructure to host a major international gathering. 
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 At Least 64 Dead in Rio de Janeiro as Brazilian Police Crack Down on Drug Gangs
At Least 64 Dead in Rio de Janeiro as Brazilian Police Crack Down on Drug Gangs
Police officers with people detained during a drug gang sweep on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro.
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 Hurricane Melissa Hits Jamaica as One of the Most Powerful on Record
Hurricane Melissa Hits Jamaica as One of the Most Powerful on Record
A man walking along the coastline in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa approaches.
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 10 Accused of Cyberbullying France’s First Lady Stand Trial. Here’s What to Know.
10 Accused of Cyberbullying France’s First Lady Stand Trial. Here’s What to Know.
Brigitte Macron, with her husband, President Emmanuel Macron of France, at the Élysée Palace in Paris this month.
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