Forced From Home by War, They Found Solace in Soccer
Demonstrating proper ball handling technique during a practice session for an all-women soccer team in Mae Sot, Thailand.
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on September 2024
As U.N. Meets, Pressure Mounts on Biden to Loosen Up on Arms for Ukraine
President Biden with President Alexander Stubb of Finland, center, and Jens Stoltenberg of NATO in July. The two favor letting Ukraine use longer-range weapons against Russia.
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U.N. Meets Amid a Backdrop of Growing Chaos and Violence
The United Nations headquarters in New York. By most accounts, the world has descended even deeper into chaos and violence since last year’s meeting of the General Assembly.
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on September 2024
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Bruised by Freebies Row, Needs a Reset at Conference
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, center, with Rachel Reeves, the chancellor of the Exchequer, left, and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, at the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, England, on Sunday.
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Russian Military Plane Breaches Japan’s Airspace
The Russian plane reportedly flew above Rebun Island, northwest of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost prefecture.
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A French Fair as Workers’ Paradise, Feting Cuisine, Music and Communism
The Fête de l’Humanité, a popular festival on the outskirts of Paris, celebrates left-wing politics in general, and French Communism in particular.
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on September 2024
Supermarkets in Australia Sued Over Claims of Fake Discounts
Coles and Woolworths control 65 percent of the grocery store market in Australia.
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on September 2024
Pope Francis Cancels Meetings, Citing Flu With More Travel Looming
Pope Francis leading prayer from his office overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Sunday.
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on September 2024
For Israel, Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Take a Back Seat to Military Force
The site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on Thursday. Recent attacks have fueled concerns of a broader regional war.
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on September 2024
In Germany, Scholz’s Party Ekes Out Win Over Far Right
Dietmar Woidke, center, the Social Democrat governor of the state of Brandenburg, in Potsdam, Germany, on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka Elects Leftist Leader Dissanayake as President
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, center, leaving a polling station after casting his vote in the presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Saturday.
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Brandenburg State Elections: What to Watch For
Dietmar Woidke, the governor of the eastern German state of Brandenburg, is one of the most popular members of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party, but they have been facing headwinds.
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on September 2024
Congo Releases More Than 700 Inmates After a Deadly Stampede
Inmates waiting to be released from Makala Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday.
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on September 2024
Biden and Harris to Meet With Emirati President in Washington
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed will be the first Emirati president to visit American soil since the United Arab Emirates was founded in 1971.
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on September 2024
Israel Launches Deadly Strikes Across Gaza, Local Officials Say
Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip mourning the death of relatives killed by strikes in Deir Al Balah on Monday.
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on September 2024
Was It Really a Hot Zone Summer?
Mosquitoes sickened some Americans with infections like dengue, malaria, West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis. But apart from dengue, the outbreaks were not particularly bad.
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on September 2024
Man Smashes Ai Weiwei’s Porcelain Sculpture at Italian Museum
“Porcelain Cube,” a piece by Ai Weiwei, was smashed to pieces at the Palazzo Fava on Friday.
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on September 2024
Israel-Hezbollah Tensions Spiral in Week of Attacks: What to Know
A funeral in Beirut on Wednesday for people killed by the exploding devices.
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on September 2024
Fear Spreads in Beirut as Israel Steps Up Strikes
Students leaving after some schools closed early in Beirut on Monday.
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on September 2024
Why Is Israel Escalating Attacks Against Hezbollah?
The scene in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday, a day after an Israeli airstrike.
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on September 2024
The World Is a Mess. That Makes the Climate Crisis Harder to Solve.
The United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, where the General Assembly begins on Monday.
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on September 2024
U.S. Research Aided Chinese Military Technology, House Republicans Say
Republican members of two House committees recommended curtailing the ability of researchers who receive U.S. grants to work with Chinese universities and companies that have military ties.
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on September 2024
Tourism and Water Shortages on the Greek Islands: A Delicate Balance
Tourism is booming in Sifnos, a small island in the Greek Cyclades, and water supplies are, at times, dwindling. The island is one of several places in Greece that are feeling the pressures of water shortages.
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on September 2024
As Soccer Jerseys Become Vintage Streetwear, Big Investors Buy In
Doug Bierton’s company, Classic Football Shirts, owns about a million soccer jerseys at any given time.
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on September 2024
6 Dead in Japan After Record Rainfall Causes Flooding
Rescue personnel searching for missing people in Wajima city, Japan, on Monday.
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on September 2024
Monday Briefing: Israel and Hezbollah Trade Threats
Damage from an early morning strike in Kiryat Bialik, Israel, yesterday.
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on September 2024
Israel and Hezbollah Threaten to Hit Harder, Raising Fears of All-Out War
Kiryat Bialik, a town north of Haifa in Israel, after a Hezbollah strike on Sunday.
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on September 2024
Northern Israel Braces for More Attacks From Hezbollah
Buildings and vehicles were damaged in the early morning strike on a residential neighborhood in Kiryat Bialik, Israel, on Sunday.
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on September 2024
In a Hezbollah-Dominated Area of Beirut, a Mix of Defiance and Unease
A funeral procession for two Hezbollah commanders moving through Beirut on Sunday.
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on September 2024
Videos From Kiryat Bialik Show Hezbollah Missile Striking Residential Area
A dashcam video captures the moment a missile fired by Hezbollah struck near Haifa in Israel.
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on September 2024
At a Remote Scottish Pub, a Pint Worth Hiking 20 Miles
The Old Forge is known as the remotest pub in mainland Britain.
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on September 2024
Israel’s Military Closes Al Jazeera’s Office in the West Bank
An Israeli military vehicle outside the building that houses the Al Jazeera office in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Sunday.
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on September 2024
1 Dead, Several Missing in Japan After Flooding and Landslides
Residents survey damage after flooding due to heavy rains in Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture, on Saturday.
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on September 2024
For Americans Haunted by Beirut Bombings, a Killing Resurfaces Decades of Pain
The attack on the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killed more than 300 people, mostly service members.
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on September 2024
Israeli Attacks in Lebanon Mark a Sharp Strategic Shift
Rescue workers on Saturday at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah has been left in deep disarray by attacks in the past week.
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on September 2024
A Week of Chaos Pushes Lebanon’s Doctors to the Limit
“I am hoping that it was all just a bad dream,” Dr. Dania El-Hallak said.
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on September 2024
Leader of Kenya, Donor to Haiti Police Force, Makes First Visit
President William Ruto of Kenya, center, with police officers from his country in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday.
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on September 2024
Macron Appoints Cabinet as He Seeks to Move France Out of Political Impasse
President Emmanuel Macron of France hopes to move the country past a several-month-long political impasse.
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on September 2024
U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty to Desertion After Fleeing Into North Korea
U.S. Army Pvt. Travis King shown during a news broadcast in Seoul in 2023.
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on September 2024
Israeli Strike on Former School Kills 22, Gazan Health Officials Say
Gaza’s rescue services said the Saturday strike on Gaza’s Zeitoun School killed mostly women and children.
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on September 2024
Elon Musk’s X Backs Down in Brazil
Brazil’s Supreme Court blocked X last month because its owner, Elon Musk, refused to comply with court orders.
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on September 2024
Who Was Ahmed Wahbi, One of the Hezbollah Commanders Killed by an Israeli Airstrike?
Fighters wearing the insignia of the Hezbollah’s Radwan force during a training exercise in southern Lebanon in May 2023.
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on September 2024
For Families of Those Missing After Israeli Strike in Beirut, an Agonizing Wait
Rescue workers on Saturday at a suburban Beirut residential building that was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier.
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on September 2024
Ukraine Strikes Two More Russian Munition Depots
Ukrainian troops during weapons training this month in the eastern Donetsk region.
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on September 2024
Shoulder Season
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on September 2024
Canadian Doctors Group Apologizes for Health Harms to Indigenous People
The former home of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who was mocked and neglected by staff members in a Quebec hospital while she died.
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on September 2024
Israel’s Attacks on Hezbollah Alter Balance of Power in a Long-Running Fight
Hezbollah supporters mourning the deaths of two people after a second wave of explosions followed this week’s pager attack.
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on September 2024
Car Parts, Fiberglass and a Dream: How a Teacher Built a Hovercraft
It took Robert Tymofichuk, a teacher and assistant principal, a year to build a working hovercraft out of salvaged parts, including a 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
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on September 2024
Albania Plans to Create a Muslim State in Tirana as Symbol of Tolerance
The compound in Tirana, the Albanian capital, that would become the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order.
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on September 2024
How the Kremlin Might Get Past RT Bans to Spread Its Message
A control room for the Russian state media broadcaster RT, in Moscow, in 2018.
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on September 2024
How Dangerous Is PFAS in Food?
PFAS-contaminated beef from a farm in Maine.
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on September 2024
Senior Hezbollah Leader Is Killed in Beirut in Israeli Airstrike
People gathering at a residential building in Beirut’s southern suburbs that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on Friday.
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on September 2024
What Is The Radwan Force, the Elite Hezbollah Unit Linked to Ibrahim Aqeel?
Fighters wearing the insignia of Hezbollah’s Radwan force during a training exercise in southern Lebanon in May 2023.
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on September 2024