Europe Aims to Show It Is Ready to Secure Postwar Ukraine
President Emmanuel Macron of France, right, with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the Élysée Palace in Paris, on Thursday.
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on September 2025
Russia Wants ‘Security Guarantees’ Too. Here’s What They Look Like.
A soldier with Ukraine’s 42nd Separate Mechanized Brigade in the Kharkiv region, in May. Russia wants limits on the size and capabilities of the Ukrainian military.
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on September 2025
Portugal Searches for Cause of Funicular Crash as Death Toll Rises
The Elevador da Glória is a well-known attraction in hilly Lisbon. There are two vehicles on the line, and each can carry about 40 people.
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on September 2025
‘Unrestrained’ Chinese Cyberattackers May Have Stolen Data From Almost Every American
President Trump last week. His phone was among the targets of a sweeping cyberattack last year, during the campaign.
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on September 2025
Palestinian Leaders Urge U.S. to End Visa Ban Ahead of Statehood Summit
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority speaking at the General Assembly last year. His visa to the U.S. this year has been blocked.
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on September 2025
Vetements Takes Its Trademark Fight to U.S. Supreme Court
Travis Scott and Gigi Hadid walking the runway during the Vetements show at Paris Fashion Week last year.
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on September 2025
Far-right Israeli Minister Calls for West Bank Annexation
A wall separates the Arab village of Al Eizariya, in the West Bank, near where the Israeli government plans to build a new neighborhood.
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on September 2025
Claudia Sheinbaum Walks a Political Tightrope as Rubio Visits Mexico
For months, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, has tried to manage two complex relationships at the same time: Mexico’s with the United States and her own with her powerful party at home.
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on September 2025
Putin Takes His ‘Limo Diplomacy’ to China
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia exiting his Aurus limousine in Beijing on Tuesday.
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on September 2025
Venezuela, Drug Boats and Trump’s Latest Claim: What to Know
The U.S. Navy warship USS Sampson in Panama City on Tuesday.
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on September 2025
Nemat Shafik, Columbia President During Protests, Takes Another Tough Job
Nemat Shafik at a congressional hearing in April 2024 over Columbia’s handling of antisemitism. Her conciliatory stance at the hearing enraged some Columbia faculty.
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on September 2025
Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
Flood damage in Vermont in 2023. The administration has sued the state over its climate superfund law.
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on September 2025
Lisbon Funicular Crash: What to Know About Cause and Victims
A police officer on Thursday at the funicular car that crashed in Lisbon.
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on September 2025
Trump Grows Frustrated With Putin, as Russian President Bonds With China’s Leader
President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with President of Poland Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday.
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on September 2025
Why the E.U. Is Banning Some Gel Nail Polish
Starting this month, gel nail polish containing the ingredient trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide is banned in the European Union’s 27 member countries.
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on September 2025
U.S. and Mexico Vow to Cooperate Against Crime as Rubio Meets Sheinbaum
Secretary of State Marco Rubio meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico in Mexico City on Wednesday.
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on September 2025
Watchdog Warns Trump’s Cuts at FEMA Pose a ‘Major Challenge’
Workers with the Federal Emergency Management Agency in October looking through the wreckage after Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C.
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on September 2025
At Least 15 Dead After Lisbon Funicular Derails and Crashes, Officials Say
Emergency teams working at the site where the Elevador da Glória funicular derailed in Lisbon on Wednesday, killing more than a dozen people.
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on September 2025
After Graham Linehan’s Arrest, Police Chief Says UK Should Clarify Free-Speech Laws
Graham Linehan at a free-speech summit at Trinity College Dublin last year. He has become a vocal anti-transgender activist and was arrested on Monday over social media posts.
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on September 2025
Angela Rayner, UK’s Deputy Prime Minister, Admits Underpaying Tax
Angela Rayner, Britain’s deputy prime minister, said she had relied on legal advice but has come under intense scrutiny in recent days for her tax affairs.
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on September 2025
UK Moves to Ban Sale of Energy Drinks to Children Under 16
Energy drinks advertised outside a store in Shrewsbury, England. The ban would apply to all retailers — those selling online and in shops — as well as to restaurants, cafes and vending machines.
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on September 2025
In Yellowstone, Migratory Bison Reawaken a Landscape
Bison grazing near the Roosevelt Arch of Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont. Yellowstone is home to the last migratory herd — migratory bison are otherwise functionally extinct in their former range.
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on September 2025
The Communist Warrior Stranded for Decades in an ‘American Colony’
Ahn Hak-sop at his home in Gimpo, South Korea.
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on September 2025
Years After Japan’s Nuclear Disaster, People With Cancer Seek Answers
This woman was a middle schooler in 2011 when the Fukushima nuclear meltdown occurred, about 40 miles from her home. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer a few years later.
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on September 2025
China’s Military Parade, in Photos: Xi Unveils New Weapons Alongside Putin and Kim
Soldiers marching in a military parade in Beijing on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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on September 2025
Putin’s Propaganda War
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on September 2025
Trump Says U.S. Attacked Boat Carrying Venezuelan Gang Members, Killing 11
President Trump signed a still-secret directive in July instructing the Pentagon to use military force against some Latin American drug cartels that his administration has labeled “terrorist” organizations.
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on September 2025
Alberta Backs Off on School Library Book Ban
Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta, whose government had ordered the removal of books from school libraries that described sex or other topics deemed inappropriate for young people.
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on September 2025
Xi Parades Military Strength as Trump Accuses Him of Conspiring With Putin and Kim
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, left, Kim Jong-un of North Korea, right, and other leaders at a reception at the Great Hall of the People after the parade in Beijing on Wednesday.
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on September 2025
Under New Law, Greece Can Imprison Rejected Asylum Seekers
Newly arrived migrants boarding a ferry on the island of Crete that was bound for Piraeus, Greece, in July.
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on September 2025
Putin’s Propaganda War
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Assad and Aides Are Wanted in France for Deadly Strike on Journalists
A damaged plaque with an image of former President Bashar al-Assad of Syria outside an abandoned base in Quneitra Governorate, Syria, in August. Mr. al-Assad and his family fled to Russia last December.
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on September 2025
Netanyahu Faces High-Level Opposition to His Stance on Gaza Truce
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Jerusalem last month.
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on September 2025
Rubio Flies to Mexico for Security Talks Amid Trump Pressure Campaign
Marco Rubio is making his third trip to Latin America as secretary of state.
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on September 2025
Jair Bolsonaro, Charged With Plotting a Coup, Is Not at His Trial
Attendees looked on as Justice Alexandre de Moraes read the charges during the opening session of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s trial at Brazil’s Supreme Court in Brasília on Tuesday.
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on September 2025
Gérard Depardieu Is Ordered to Stand Trial Over Rape Accusations
Gérard Depardieu in a Paris court in March. He was convicted of sexual assault in a separate case in May.
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on September 2025
Maduro Says War With Venezuela Would Stain Trump’s Hands with Blood
President Nicolás Maduro warned on Monday of grave consequences if the United States takes military action against his country.
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on September 2025
Poor Amazon Rains Linked to Brazil Deforestation
A deforested area in Acre State, in western Brazil, in April. For the first half of 2025, officials reported a 27 percent increase in tree loss nationwide compared with the same period last year.
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on September 2025
How Protests, Tear Gas and Looting Roiled Indonesia
Commuters at a damaged bus stop on Monday after protests in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.
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on September 2025
After Deadly Earthquake in Afghanistan, Emergency Aid Trickles In
Afghan villagers on Tuesday carried the body of a woman killed in the village of Shamraz two days earlier.
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on September 2025
Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report
A heat relief station at the Salvation Army Phoenix Citadel Corps.
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on September 2025
First War, Then Floods Drive Pakistani Families From Their Homes
A makeshift camp for displaced people in Chung, a community on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, not far from the Indian border, on Sunday.
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on September 2025
Putin and Xi Invoke Wartime Unity as They Hail Ties in Beijing
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Beijing on Tuesday.
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on September 2025
Belgium to Recognize Palestinian State, Joining Pressure on Israel
Belgium’s foreign minister, Maxime Prévot, in February. He said his country would recognize a Palestinian state in response to the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza.
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on September 2025
Ukraine Pursues a Weapons Buildup More Potent Than Any Security Guarantee
Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in May. Kyiv is counting on its booming domestic defense industry, which has already delivered drones that swarm the battlefield.
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on September 2025
What to Know About Jair Bolsonaro’s Coup Plot Trial
Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president, at a rally last year. Prosecutors argue he oversaw a vast plot to overturn the results of the 2022 election.
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on September 2025
After Name Mix-Up, Online Rage Is Directed at Wrong C.E.O. in U.S. Open Hat Scandal
In a ‘Hot Mic’ Moment, Xi and Putin Muse About Immortality and Organ Transplants
Kim Jong-un Brings His Daughter and Potential Heir, Kim Ju-ae, to Beijing
China’s Show of Military Might
China’s Show of Military Might
Kim Jong-un and His Daughter Take a Train to Beijing