European Leaders Look for Allies to Secure Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, front center, presented the coalition as one of multiple steps that included continued military aid.
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With Cease-Fire Shaky, Israel and Hamas Consider Both Diplomatic and Military Options
A makeshift tent camp last month in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip.
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on March 2025
Released From Hamas Captivity, a Hostage Finds His Family Gone
Eli Sharabi, center, being handed over by Hamas last month. He had been kept underground, his legs constantly shackled.
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on March 2025
How Trump’s Canada Tariffs Could Impact Both the U.S. and Canada
Workers at Lanex Manufacturing, an auto parts company in Windsor, Ontario. The Canadian and U.S. auto industries are deeply intertwined.
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on March 2025
Mexico’s Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Troops, Cartels and China
Mexican forces protecting an area in Culiacán, Sinaloa, where the authorities confirmed the arrest of two high-ranking members of El Chapo’s faction of the Sinaloa Cartel last month.
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Greenland’s Minerals: The Harsh Reality Behind the Glittering Promise
Greenlanders have expressed caution about any new heavy industry. The island’s governing political party swept into office four years ago on an environmentalist platform and shut down one of the most promising mining projects.
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China’s Vow of ‘Leniency’ in Plea Deals Erodes Rights to Fair Trial
The South Korean professional soccer player Son Jun-ho’s legal fight against match fixing and bribery charges in China has brought to light problems with that country’s plea agreement system.
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on March 2025
Khalil Fong, Hong Kong Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 41
Khalil Fong in 2018. His music found an audience in Hong Kong, mainland China and much of the wider Chinese-speaking world.
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on March 2025
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight M23
Congolese soldiers in January near the front line west of the city of Goma, shortly before M23 captured it.
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on March 2025
Trump Threats and Mexico’s Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel
Investigators collecting evidence last month at a crime scene in a residential neighborhood of Culiacán, Mexico.
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on March 2025
What Would the Church Say About End-of-Life Decisions for a Pope?
Nuns praying for Pope Francis at the foot of a statue of Pope John Paul II, near the entrance to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where the pope is being treated.
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on March 2025
Finland Lets Eagle S Tanker Depart to International Waters
A handout photo from the Finnish Border Guard showing one of its ships escorting the Eagle S out to sea near Porvoo, Finland, on Sunday.
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on March 2025
As Musk Consolidates Power, His Mother, Maye, Is in Demand
Maye Musk at a forum on women in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in October.
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on March 2025
Trump Turns Up Trade Pressure on China After Beijing Fails to Come Running
President Trump arriving in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday. He has said he would add another 10 percent on top of all existing Chinese tariffs on Tuesday.
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on March 2025
Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web
Zooplankton seen under a microscope at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, Maine.
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on March 2025
Monday Briefing
From left, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and President Emmanuel Macron of France in London yesterday.
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U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
Current and former U.S.A.I.D. employees and supporters of foreign aid rallied on Capitol Hill in Washington last month.
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on March 2025
Monday Briefing: Europe Pledges to Support Ukraine
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, yesterday.
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on March 2025
What to Know About Israel’s Decision to Halt Aid to Gaza
Trucks carrying aid destined for Gaza lined up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on Sunday after Israel’s decision to stop aid from entering the enclave.
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on March 2025
Greenpeace Faces Tough Start in Trial Over Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Demonstrators in North Dakota in 2016. The pipeline owner, Energy Transfer, claims Greenpeace played a major role in costly protests, which Greenpeace denies.
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on March 2025
Syrian Forces Deployed in Druse Town After Deadly Gunfight
A Druse man watching an Israeli soldier in December in the buffer zone on the border between Israel and Syria in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.
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on March 2025
Avalanche Buries Road Workers’ Camp in India, Killing 8
A handout photo by the Indian Army showing a rescue operation for trapped construction workers who were buried under an avalanche in the state of Uttarakhand.
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on March 2025
Israel Halts Aid to Gaza and Proposes New Cease-Fire Framework
Supply trucks lining up outside Gaza after Israel on Sunday announced a halt to aid entering the enclave.
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Europe Races to Repair a Split Between the U.S. and Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, left, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, center, and President Emmanuel Macron of France in London on Sunday.
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‘Conclave’ Has Become a Primer Into the Election of a New Pope
Brian F. O’Byrne, left, and Ralph Fiennes in “Conclave,” a big-screen production that delved into rituals that regulate the election of a new pope.
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on March 2025
Japan Fights Its Largest Wildfire in More Than 30 Years
A military helicopter assisting firefighting efforts in Ofunato, Japan, on Friday.
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on March 2025
Europe Is Left With Hard Choices as Trump Sours on Ukraine
A memorial for fallen Ukrainian soldiers and volunteer fighters in Kyiv on Saturday.
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on March 2025
Israel Halts All Aid Into Gaza Immediately as Cease-Fire Expires
Decorations were hung next to damaged homes in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, on Friday.
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on March 2025
Lawsuit Against Panama Challenges Detention of Trump Deportees
Artemis Ghasemzadeh, a Christian Iranian migrant deported from the United States to Panama, at her hotel window in Panama City with other Iranian Christian converts deported.
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on March 2025
Honduras Moves to Extradite Man Accused of Killing Iowa Woman
Senator Joni Ernst holding a poster with photos of Sarah Root and Laken Riley on Thursday at the Capitol. Eswin Mejia, an undocumented immigrant, was charged in the death of Ms. Root in 2016.
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on March 2025
Shocked by Trump Meeting, Zelensky and Ukraine Try to Forge a Path Forward
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine leaving the White House on Friday after a contentious meeting with President Trump.
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on March 2025
Trump’s Dressing Down of Zelensky Plays Into Putin’s War Aims
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow this week, in a photograph released by Russian state media. One analyst said that given the spat between Washington and Kyiv, “Russia will be willing to keep fighting for longer, and more bitterly.”
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on March 2025
Oval Office Showdown
Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump in the Oval Office yesterday.
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on March 2025
Canada-U.S. Relations Continue to Reach Lows Over Tariffs and Annexation Threats
Sam Hudson, a tailor in Ottawa, urges other Canadians to fly the flag as a response to President Trump’s tariff threats and calls to annex Canada.
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on March 2025
Gazans Mark a Somber Ramadan Amid the Rubble
Decorations in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Friday, in preparation for Ramadan.
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on March 2025
A New Age of Iranian Cinema Is on Display at the Oscars
Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha, directors of the movie “My Favorite Cake” in a cafe in Tehran. They are being tried on charges of disobeying censorship laws.
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on March 2025
How Johnson, Who Put His Job at Risk to Save Ukraine Aid, Flipped for Trump
Speaker Mike Johnson engaged in highly secretive talks with top Biden administration officials to salvage aid to Ukraine last year. Now, he is siding with President Trump as he blames those same officials for causing the war.
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on March 2025
Canada Curbed Illegal Migration to the U.S. Now People Are Heading to Canada.
A pedestrian on the American side of the border between Canada and the United States border as seen from Coutts, Alberta.
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on March 2025
Kurdish Insurgent Group Declares Cease-Fire in Conflict With Turkey
Syrian Kurds gathered on Thursday after Turkey’s jailed Kurdish militant leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called on his group, the P.K.K., to lay down its arms.
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on March 2025
Why Japanese Oscar Contender ‘Black Box Diaries’ Isn’t Being Shown in Japan
Shiori Ito made a documentary about sexual assault and her subsequent experience with Japan’s justice system.
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on March 2025
Flow of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine Has Nearly Stopped and May End Completely
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine attended a January meeting in Germany with Lloyd J. Austin III, then the U.S. defense secretary.
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on March 2025
Ukrainians Blindsided by Deal’s Breakdown and by Trump’s Actions
President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky during their tense meeting in the Oval Office on Friday. Across Ukraine, people said they wouldn’t stop fighting, even if America walked away.
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on March 2025
Behind the Collision: Trump Jettisons Ukraine on His Way to a Larger Goal
President Trump during his combative meeting in the Oval Office with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday.
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on March 2025
Zelensky, Seeking a Diplomatic Victory With Trump, Leaves With a Debacle
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, President Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the White House on Friday.
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on March 2025
Unknown Illness Kills Dozens in Congo as Experts Clash on Cause
In Équateur Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2021.
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on March 2025
Migrants Deported to Panama Jungle Camp Face Uncertain Future
Officers from Panama’s border police guard the San Vicente migrant camp on Tuesday. More than 100 migrants deported from the United States are being held at the facility.
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on March 2025
France Bans PFAS in Many Products, but Not Cookware
Employees of the French cookware maker Tefal protested PFAS restrictions last April.
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on March 2025
Trump’s Cuts Come With Risks. Including From Volcanoes.
Mount Spurr, shown in October, is being monitored for signs that it is moving closer to erupting.
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on March 2025
Turkey-PKK Deal May Benefit Erdogan at Home and Abroad
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in Ankara, the country’s capital, on Sunday.
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on March 2025
Vietnamese Journalist Gets 2 ½ Years in Prison for Facebook Posts
Truong Huy San in 2021. He was convicted over 13 Facebook posts to his personal account between 2015 and 2024.
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on March 2025
West Bank Operation Tests Palestinian Leaders’ Ability to Root Out Militants
Security forces from the Palestinian Authority deploying in the Jenin camp neighborhood of the West Bank in January.
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on March 2025
After a Revolution, a Move Toward Politics as Usual in Bangladesh
Nahid Islam, left, and Asif Mahmud last year. Both were student leaders of Bangladesh’s uprising last year.
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on March 2025
Who Is the P.K.K. Leader Abdullah Ocalan?
A poster of Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the P.K.K., in Qamishli, Syria, in 2022.
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on March 2025
Trump Berates Zelensky in Fiery Exchange at the White House
The conversation between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine grew heated in the Oval Office on Friday.
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on March 2025
Why These Oscars Mean So Much to Brazil
Musicians and revelers parade through the streets of Rio de Janeiro during pre-Carnival celebrations this week dressed as Fernanda Torres, the Oscar-nominated actress in “I’m Still Here.’’
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on March 2025
As Phase One of the Israel-Gaza Truce Winds Down, What’s Next?
Excerpts From the Fiery Exchange Between Trump and Zelensky at the White House
Pope Francis Suffers a Health Setback, Inhaling Vomit
With a Letter From King Charles, Starmer Was Welcomed Into Trump’s Court