How Trump’s Meeting With Putin Could Unfold, as Trump Seeks Cease-Fire in Ukraine
President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a joint news conference in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018. The summit on Friday will be their first face-to-face meeting since Mr. Trump’s first presidency.
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The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza: No School, Few Toys, Little Hope
A camp for the displaced on a beach in Gaza City.
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No Running Water and No Electricity, but for Some Venetians, This Island Is Paradise
Members of the Poveglia for Everyone association on Poveglia, an island in the Venetian Lagoon. Last year, a court determined that the group could manage one of Poveglia’s three islets on a six-year renewable lease.
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on August 2025
Flash Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 150 People in a Single Day
Residents and rescue workers at an area hit by flash flooding in Salarzai, in Bajaur District, northern Pakistan, on Friday.
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China’s Economy Slows Broadly Even as Exports Keep Rising
A residential construction site in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province in July.
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How Trump-Putin Summit Signals Return to Imperial Thinking
President Trump meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018.
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on August 2025
Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin
A summit meeting with President Trump is widely seen as a victory for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, even if no agreements are reached.
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on August 2025
Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.
The $7.2 million U.S. Treasury check that sealed the American purchase of Alaska in 1867.
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A Year After the Revolution, Bangladesh Grapples With Frustration
Bangladeshis celebrated the one-year anniversary of the downfall of Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister, on Aug. 5 in Dhaka.
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Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of Israel, center, arriving for a news conference regarding settlements expansion on Thursday.
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Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike
Air Canada flight attendants picketed outside Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, on Monday.
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Hours Before Putin Meeting, Trump Calls Belarusian Leader, Kremlin’s Closest Ally
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus during a news conference in Minsk in 2023. President Trump said he spoke on Friday with Mr. Lukashenko, who has long been shunned by Western leaders.
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In Moscow, Russians see a chance for peace but prepare for more war.
Army recruitment advertisements in Moscow in June. After President Trump’s election, some Russians had high hopes that he would rapidly end the war in Ukraine.
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A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply
Kaltum Mohammad with her daughter, Fatima, in the Gubio internally displaced persons camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria, in November.
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Who’s Attending the Trump-Putin Meeting in Alaska
Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, will lead the entourages of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Trump during their bilateral meeting in Anchorage on Friday.
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The Minsk agreements sought to resolve Russia’s earlier invasion of Ukraine and never did.
President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine, President Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, at peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, in 2015.
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Ukrainians are very skeptical about the Trump-Putin meeting.
Kyiv, Ukraine, last month. Many Ukrainians see their country’s absence from a U.S.-Russia meeting as proof that those countries are not working toward a deal acceptable to them.
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A Timeline of Trump’s Complicated Relationship With Putin
President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Hamburg, Germany, in 2017.
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Putin’s Visit to the U.S. Is His First Since 2015
President Vladimir V. Putin’s last visit to the United States was in September 2015, when he shared a terse handshake with President Barack Obama.
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on August 2025
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United Nations Plastic Treaty Talks End Without Deal
Plastic waste collected at a California state park in May.
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Masaoki Sen, a Kamikaze Volunteer and Japan Tea Ceremony Grandmaster, Dies
Masaoki Sen performed a traditional Japanese tea ceremony on the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor in 2011.
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on August 2025
Pilgrimage Route Hit as Flash Flood Kills Dozens in Kashmir
An image from a video of an injured person being carried to a hospital on Thursday in the Paddar area of Kishtwar District in India-controlled Kashmir.
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In Reversal, Toronto Film Festival Will Screen Documentary About Oct. 7 Attack
Cameron Bailey, the chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival, said the festival had failed to “clearly articulate the concerns and roadblocks” that led to the withdrawal of the documentary from its lineup.
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Israel Says More Aid Is Entering Gaza, but Relief Groups Warn of Bottlenecking
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, on Monday.
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Syria Violence in March Amounts to War Crimes, U.N. Report Says
Smoke rising above Baniyas, Syria, in March, amid clashes between the new Syrian government’s security forces and those loyal to the former Assad regime.
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Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a photo released by Russian state media on Thursday. He told officials that he hoped to discuss “strategic offensive arms control.”
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Israeli Settlers Unleash Record High Attacks in West Bank
Burned out cars in Burqa, in the West Bank, last month.
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The U.S. Is Auctioning a Seized Russian Yacht. Will Anyone Buy It?
The United States government is auctioning off the Amadea, a luxury yacht that it seized in 2022, saying it belonged to a Russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the United States.
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Sudan Hit by Its ‘Worst Cholera Outbreak’ in Years, Medical Charity Says
Patients received treatment in the cholera ward of a refugee camp in the town of Tawila in the western Darfur region of Sudan on Tuesday.
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Thursday Briefing: Air Conditioning Politics
Only about a quarter of French households have air conditioning.
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How a Call From Trump Ignited a Frantic Week of Diplomacy by Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany in Berlin on Wednesday.
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U.S. Pilot Stranded in Antarctica Says It’s ‘Isolating and Lonely’
An aircraft lands at the Chilean military base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva on King George Island in 2014.
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Canada’s Wildfire Season Is One of Its Worst Ever, and It’s Not Over Yet
Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for several communities in Newfoundland and Labrador Province this month. Five fires continue to be classified as out of control in the province.
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After Reassuring Europe, Trump Strikes a Different Tone About Russian Threats
A residential building in Kyiv destroyed by a Russian missile last month.
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Thursday Briefing: Air Conditioning Politics
Only about a quarter of French households have air conditioning.
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Top Iranian Official Visits Lebanon as Hezbollah Bucks Calls to Disarm
Ali Larijani, second right, head of Iran’s National Security Council, arrived in Beirut on Wednesday to meet Lebanese leaders.
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Dozens of Migrants Drown Off Lampedusa, Italy
Migrant survivors stand on a dock after a shipwreck near Lampedusa, Italy, on Wednesday.
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U.K. Secretly Spent $3.2 Million to Stop Journalists From Reporting on Data Breach
British and Canadian soldiers guarding the Kabul airport after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 as Afghans hoping to flee the country stood by.
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JD Vance Meets Nigel Farage, Another Right Wing Populist, on Trip to UK
Vice President JD Vance was hosted on Friday by David Lammy, the British foreign secretary, at a government-owned estate in southern England.
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Europe Battles Deadly Wildfires as High Winds Fuel Flames
Fighting a wildfire on the outskirts of Patras, Greece, on Wednesday.
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Gaza Plan Stokes Tension Between Israel’s Military Chief and Government
Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, the Israeli military’s chief of staff, in Jerusalem in March. He has been criticized over promotions of top officers and for consulting with outside advisers.
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Typhoon Podul Heads Toward China After Lashing Taiwan
Waves breaking along the coast as Typhoon Podul approached in Taitung, Taiwan, on Wednesday.
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Israel Hasn’t Prosecuted a Single Suspect for the Oct. 7 Attack
Damage at kibbutz Be’eri, which was a target during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, the deadliest in Israel’s history.
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Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s Engagement Raised Eyebrows in Saudi Arabia
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez attending an event held by the Saudi team he plays for, Al Nassr, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2023.
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Trump and Putin Could Decide Others’ Fates, Echoing Yalta Summit
From left, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta summit in 1945. The meeting, during which the three leaders redrew the map of Europe, has become a symbol for how superpowers can decide the fates of other nations.
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Beijing Evacuated Thousands Before Deadly Floods, but Not a Nursing Home
Flooded buildings in Taishitun, northeast of central Beijing, last month.
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on August 2025
Pakistan Is in Trump’s Good Graces, but for How Long?
A poster of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, in Lahore.
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on August 2025
Wednesday Briefing: Russian Forces Advance in Ukraine
On the Donetsk region front line in Ukraine last week.
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on August 2025
Tourist ‘Is in Trouble’ After Stones Taken From Pompeii, Police Say
Live Updates: Trump Praises Putin Ally en Route to High-Stakes Summit
Evo Morales, Barred from Bolivia’s Election, Urges Null Votes
Friday Briefing: Ukraine’s Fate
Friday Briefing: Ukraine’s Fate
The South Korean Collector Who Fell for Posters From Communist Poland