Ecuadoreans Are Split Between Two Candidates Ahead of Runoff Election on Sunday
Supporters of the party of President Daniel Noboa campaigning this week in Machala, Ecuador.
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For Taiwan’s Small Exporters, the Uncertainty’s as Bad as the Tariffs
Alex Tang, right, employs about a dozen people at Aegis CNC, which makes manufacturing equipment in Taichung, Taiwan. He does not export directly to the United States, but many of his customers do.
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Beijing Tells City Residents to Stay Home as Strong Winds Hit China
Trees uprooted by strong winds in Zhengzhou, in central China’s Henan Province, on Saturday.
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Boeing Helped Power Russia’s Economy. Could It Return?
Rossiya Airlines Boeing 747 airliners at Moscow’s main international airport in 2021. Boeing shut its operations in Russia months later, after the invasion of Ukraine.
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What to Know About U.S. Talks With Iran Over Its Nuclear Program
People marching with anti-American banners in Tehran on Friday ahead of the U.S. talks with Iran in Oman.
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Brice Oligui Nguema Is Favored to Win Gabon Election
Brice Oligui Nguema, a general who staged a coup in 2023, campaigning in Libreville, Gabon, on Thursday.
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Steeling China for a Tariff Fight, Xi Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid
Xi Jinping in 2019, waiting for President Trump to arrive for bilateral talks in Osaka, Japan.
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Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has granted his permission for nuclear talks with the United States, at first through an intermediary, and then, if things proceeded well, for direct discussions.
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Gazans Face an Excruciating Choice as Israel Orders Them to Evacuate
Palestinians in the Shajaiye neighborhood of Gaza City last week after an evacuation order.
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Marine Le Pen’s ‘Witch Hunt’ Talk Echoes Trump. Will It Work in France?
Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally party, after being convicted of embezzlement, speaking at a rally od supporter in Paris last Sunday.
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Brain Trust
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Trump Tariffs Muddle Campaigning for Canada’s Conservatives
Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaking this week, called the outcome for Canada’s trade with the United States “the best of a series of bad deals.”
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Trump Will End Temporary Protections for Afghans and Cameroonians
A shelter for refugees in Portland, Maine, one of many such facilities across the country for people fleeing instability in their home countries.
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Trump’s New Way to Kill Regulations: Because I Say So
President Trump signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
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U.S. and Ukraine Reopen Talks on Contentious Minerals Deal
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a contentious White House meeting with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance in February.
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New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee
The industry produces about 3 percent of planet-warming emissions globally, on par with aviation. A cargo ship near Vancouver, British Columbia.
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As Trump Upends Global Trade, Europe Sees an Opportunity
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in Brussels on Wednesday. Her strategy is intended to leave Europe stronger and less dependent on the United States.
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Prince Harry Meets War Victims in Surprise Visit to Ukraine
Prince Harry at the Superhumans Center, a rehabilitation clinic in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday with people who were wounded in the war with Russia, in a photo released by the facility.
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Siemens Executive and His Family Died in Hudson River Helicopter Crash
The wreckage of the helicopter was pulled out of the water on Thursday evening.
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Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff Is in Russia, the Kremlin Says
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s senior aide on Russia negotiations, in Washington last month.
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A Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks
The Old Masoeyein monastery, in Mandalay, Myanmar, after it was destroyed by the earthquake.
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U.S. Military Removes Commander of Greenland Base
Col. Susannah Meyers, left, has been removed from her post as the commander of the U.S. Space Force’s Pituffik base in Greenland.
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Friday Briefing
A cargo ship at the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in China’s Zhejiang province last month.
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French Soccer Icon Kylian Mbappé Battles Former Club PSG for Millions
Kylian Mbappé playing for Paris Saint-Germain last May.
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Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says
A delivery of aid in South Sudan in 2023. The country is dependent on foreign aid, and its people face the compounding tragedies of war and malnutrition, making recent cholera outbreaks even more deadly.
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Hegseth Attends Ukraine Defense Group Only Virtually
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.
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Effort to Get Starlink in South Africa Collides With Tension Over Musk
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa answering lawmakers’ questions at Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, last month.
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Friday Briefing: A Worsening Trade War
The New York Stock Exchange.
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Andrew Tate Is Accused of Rape and Threatening a Woman With Gun in U.K. Lawsuit
The women said their encounters with Mr. Tate took place while he was based in England. He moved to Romania around 2016.
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U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steps Down Amid Strained Ties Under Trump
Bridget A. Brink, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, in Kyiv in 2022.
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Can Nigeria Help Save the Pangolins Amid a Global Wildlife Crime Crisis?
Rescued pangolins bought off a wildlife seller in Lagos, Nigeria in 2020.
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on April 2025
Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US Farmers
The soybean industry is one of the sectors most concerned about tariff retaliation.
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Turkey and Israel Aim to Avoid Clashes in Syria as Tensions Rise
The scene of an Israeli strike in Syria’s southern Hama governorate last week.
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Germany Is Falling Apart (Literally). Here’s How the New Government Might Fix It.
A portion of a collapsed bridge in Dresden, Germany, in September. Falling bridges are one example of the country’s infrastructure struggles.
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Inside Trump’s Plan to ‘Get’ Greenland: Persuasion, Not Invasion
Greenland’s economic and strategic value has grown as warming temperatures melt Arctic ice.
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Southeast Asia, With Little Leverage, Seeks to Placate Trump on Trade
An electronics factory in Svay Rieng Province in Cambodia, near the border with Vietnam.
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Fridrik Olafsson, Grandmaster Who Led Iceland’s Rise in Chess, Dies at 90
Fridrik Olafsson in 1955, when he was a 20-year-old phenom. Self-taught, he learned the game of chess by watching father play.
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Search Ends for Victims in Dominican Republic Roof Collapse That Killed 221
Trabajadores de rescate en la discoteca Jet Set de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, el miércoles, un día después de que se derrumbara su techo, matando a más de 200 personas.
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Michelle Obama Addresses Divorce Rumors and Public Absences
Michelle Obama onstage at the South by Southwest Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, in March.
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Hundreds of Israeli Air Force Reservists Call for Halt to Gaza War
The Israeli air force has been a key part of the country’s campaign in Gaza.
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China Says Shoppers Will Offset Trump Tariffs, But Doubts Remain
A night market in Guangzhou, China, on Monday.
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on April 2025
How Hamas and the U.S. Tried to Strike a Hostage Deal
Demonstrators holding posters of hostages, including Edan Alexander, a dual Israeli and American citizen, in Tel Aviv.
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After Trump’s Pause on Tariffs, EU Delays Retaliation to Allow Talks
A steel plant in Duisburg, Germany, on Wednesday. Europe’s planned retaliation was in response to metal-sector tariffs, and those levies appeared to be still in place.
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on April 2025
Poilievre’s Populism Is a Hit in Alberta, but Falters Elsewhere in Canada
Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative party leader, speaking during a rally this week in Nisku, just south of Edmonton, Alberta.
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on April 2025
How Trump’s Auto Tariffs Are Landing in an English Car Making Town
The Jaguar Land Rover plant dominates the economy of Solihull.
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on April 2025
Trump Team Divided Over Future of U.S. Embassy in Somalia
A United States special operations forces trainer speaking to Danab recruits in 2023. The United States has trained and equipping vetted units of Somalia’s special forces, known as the Danab.
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Lawyers for American Scholar Fear Thailand Will Deport Him
Paul Chambers, left, a lecturer in civil-military relations at Naresuan University, outside a police station in Phitsanulok, Thailand, on Tuesday.
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on April 2025
How Trump Offers This African Territory Its ‘Biggest Opportunity’
Hostages Still Held in Gaza Cast Shadow Over Passover in Israel
Plunge in Oil Prices Threatens Russia’s Vast Spending on Ukraine War
Prepping for War With Russia on the Ice and Snow
In U.S.- China Tariffs Standoff, Trump Showed Xi He Has Limits
Russia Freed Ksenia Karelina, a Detained American, Rubio Says