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Russia-Ukraine War: Defense Officials Meet Zelensky in Kyiv to Discuss Military Support
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John
on September 2023
Yuki Tsunoda: The Potty-Mouthed Japanese F1 Racer Who Became a Cult Star
Yuki Tsunoda at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, Japan. Mr. Tsunoda is the first Japanese driver to race in Formula 1 since Kamui Kobayashi left in 2014.
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John
on September 2023
Nagorno-Karabakh Government Says It Will Disband
Refugees fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh arrived in the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia, on Monday.
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John
on September 2023
Yom Kippur Prayers Split Israelis in Tel Aviv
Streets in Jerusalem were empty of cars on Monday in observance of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
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John
on September 2023
Rotterdam Shootings Leave 3 Dead, Dutch Police Say
Police officers at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which was cordoned off after two shootings on Thursday.
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John
on September 2023
U.K.’s Ofcom Investigates GB News Channel After Laurence Fox Rant
Laurence Fox, an actor turned right-wing pundit, in London in March.
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John
on September 2023
Museum Worker Sold Paintings and Put Forgeries in Their Place
A worker at the Deutsches Museum in Munich stole “The Frog Prince Fairy Tale” by Franz von Stuck and sold it at a local auction house.
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John
on September 2023
North Korea May Have Seen Little Benefit in Keeping Travis King
News coverage of North Korea’s deportation of Pvt. Travis King on a TV screen in a Seoul train station on Thursday.
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John
on September 2023
Chinese Activist Camps Out at Airport in Taiwan in Bid for Asylum
The Chinese activist Chen Siming at Taoyuan International Airport’s transit lounge in Taipei, where he’s been staying, in hopes of gaining asylum in the West.
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John
on September 2023
Sikh Separatism Is a Nonissue in India, Except as a Political Boogeyman
Sikh villagers from Mehron village in Moga, India, in September. A separatist push that’s taken hold in Sikh diaspora communities isn’t much of an issue among Sikhs in India.
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John
on September 2023
Official Visits Between Saudi Arabia and Israel Highlight Warming Ties
The Saudi ambassador to the Palestinians, Naif al-Sudairi, left, with the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, Mohammad Shtayyeh, in the West Bank on Wednesday.
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John
on September 2023
United Nations Struggles to Meet Challenge of Changing World
Delegates and world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly last week in New York. They largely agree on the need for changes in the body’s diplomatic structure but cannot agree on what is needed.
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John
on September 2023
Wedding Hall Fire in Iraq Kills 100 People
The aftermath of the fire at Al Haithem wedding hall, in the Hamdaniya district of Nineveh Province in Iraq, on Wednesday.
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John
on September 2023
Travis King, Soldier Who Crossed North Korean Border, Is Back in U.S. Custody
Pvt. Travis King on a news broadcast in Seoul last month.
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John
on September 2023
Swiss Court Acquits Belarusian in Opposition Leaders’ Disappearance
Yuri Harauski, left, a former member of the Belarusian special security forces, during a break from his trial this month in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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John
on September 2023
Western Leaders Urge Arms Manufacturing in Ukraine
The NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Kyiv on Thursday.
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John
on September 2023
Friday Briefing: New Trouble for China Evergrande
China Evergrande collapsed two years ago under $300 billion in debt.
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John
on September 2023
Beloved Sycamore Gap Tree Is Felled at Hadrian’s Wall in Britain
The felled tree at Sycamore Gap, beside Hadrian’s Wall, on Thursday. The authorities said they had arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with what they described as an act of vandalism.
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John
on September 2023
Gifts, Gadgets and Greece: Inside a Huawei Lobbying Campaign
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John
on September 2023
What to Know About the 2023 Nobel Prizes
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John
on September 2023
M. S. Swaminathan, Scientist Who Helped Conquer Famine in India, Dies at 98
M. S. Swaminathan’s research, along with training programs he developed to teach farmers how to cultivate more productive varieties of wheat and rice, warded off starvation for hundreds of millions of people.
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John
on September 2023
Thursday Briefing
Cargo ships in the Black Sea, off the coast of Romania, last month.
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John
on September 2023
Russia Releases New Videos of Viktor Sokolov, Admiral Ukraine Says It Killed
An image from a video released by Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on Wednesday apparently showing Adm. Viktor Sokolov, commander of the fleet, speaking with journalists in Sevastopol, Crimea, in an apparent bid to show that he is alive and well.
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John
on September 2023
Thursday Briefing: U.S. Soldier Is Out of North Korea
Pvt. Travis King on a news broadcast in Seoul last month.
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John
on September 2023
Germany Toughens Migration Checks to Control Asylum Seeker Influx
The police stopping cars and vans to search for illegal immigrants at a checkpoint not far from the Polish border near Cottbus, Germany, on Monday.
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John
on September 2023
Germany Cracks Down on Another Far-Right Group
A raid on a property in Essen, Germany, on Wednesday belonging to a suspected member of a far-right group.
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John
on September 2023
Biden Administration Says Israelis Can Travel to U.S. Without a Visa
President Biden with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Mr. Biden and his aides are juggling important diplomatic goals on Israel.
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John
on September 2023
Russia Shares New Video of Black Sea Fleet Admiral Ukraine Claims to Have Killed
An image taken from video released on Wednesday by the press service of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet shows a man identified as Adm. Viktor Sokolov, the commander of the fleet, during an interview in Sevastopol, Crimea.
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John
on September 2023
Libya Flooding Disaster Underlines the Country’s Corruption
Damaged buildings in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya, this month.
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John
on September 2023
Wednesday Briefing
Adm. Viktor Sokolov, Russia’s Black Sea fleet commander, in Sevastopol, Crimea, last year.
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John
on September 2023
In Azerbaijan-Armenia Conflict, a Bloody End in Nagorno-Karabakh
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John
on September 2023
At Least 100 Are Killed in Fire at Wedding Hall in Iraq
Soldiers and emergency workers early Wednesday outside a hospital in Bakhdida, Iraq, where some victims of the wedding hall fire were taken.
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John
on September 2023
To Knock an Elephant Off Balance, Bring Out a Giant Blindfold
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John
on September 2023
Did Ukraine Kill Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Commander in a Missile Strike?
Adm. Viktor Sokolov, Russia’s Black Sea fleet commander, in Sevastopol, Crimea, last year.
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John
on September 2023
In Russia-Ukraine War, Disinformation Is a Weapon Regularly Deployed
Ukrainian soldiers operating in the Kharkiv region in July 2022, after officials indicated a major operation elsewhere, near Kherson.
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John
on September 2023
Wednesday Briefing: South China Sea Tensions Cross a Line
An image taken from video and released by the Philippine Coast Guard showing a diver cutting a rope that kept a Chinese barrier in place in the South China Sea.
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John
on September 2023
Canada House Speaker Quits After Ukrainian Who Fought for Nazis Was Honored
Anthony Rota, the speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, shaking hands with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine last week.
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John
on September 2023
Erdogan Says Turkey’s Parliament Will Ratify Sweden’s Entry into NATO if the U.S. Sells Turkey Fighter Jets
Turkish F-16 fighter jets flying in formation over Istanbul in 2007.
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John
on September 2023
Peter Nygard, Disgraced Fashion Designer, Faces Trial in Toronto
The fashion designer Peter Nygard is accused of sex crimes in Canada and the United States.
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John
on September 2023
The Philippines’ Tension With China Crosses New Line in South China Sea
Chinese Coast Guard boats sailing close to a floating barrier near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in September.
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John
on September 2023
The U.S. Is Sending Depleted Uranium Munitions to Ukraine. What Does That Mean?
Ukrainian soldiers setting up a U.S.-manufactured armored vehicle during a counteroffensive operation in the Donetsk region in June.
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John
on September 2023
Ukraine-Russia War Shows Fight for Democracy Continues
As Ukraine continues to press its counteroffensive, it reclaimed the village of Neskuchne in August. Western democracies have maintained a high level of support for Ukraine, which the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, has described as a struggle against Western values.
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John
on September 2023
Liberal Democracy in the World View
President Biden speaking before the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19.
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John
on September 2023
Behind China-U.S. Tensions Are Misunderstandings, Author Says.
The economist Keyu Jin was educated in the United States and is now an associate professor at the London School of Economics. Her father, Jin Liqun, heads the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
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John
on September 2023
What to Know About 5 People Suspected of Spying for Russia in the U.K.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London in 2021. The preliminary hearing on Tuesday follows an investigation by the police counterterrorism command.
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John
on September 2023
Death Toll Rises in Nagorno-Karabakh Fuel Depot Blast
A family in Kornidzor, Armenia, on Tuesday, after fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh. The children’s father was killed in a gas station explosion.
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John
on September 2023
Tuesday Briefing
A view of Sevastopol after a missile was said to have struck the headquarters of the Black Sea fleet.
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John
on September 2023
After Taking Away Enemies’ Citizenship, Nicaragua Takes Their Homes
A poster with an image of Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, in Managua. Mr. Ortega’s autocratic government has stepped up its campaign against opponents.
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John
on September 2023
Young Sailors in Odesa Are Severed From the Sea by Ukraine War
Students at the Marinesko Maritime Professional College in Odesa, Ukraine, during their first day of school earlier this month.
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John
on September 2023
Ukraine Says It Killed Chief of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
Smoke billowing from a building at a headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Friday, after it was struck in a missile attack.
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John
on September 2023
Philippines Says It Removed Barrier in South China Sea That Blocked Boats
An image taken from video and released on Monday by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a diver cutting through the ropes that kept Chinese barriers in place at the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
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John
on September 2023
Tuesday Briefing: Hollywood Writers Reach a Deal
Striking Hollywood writers and actors picketing in Los Angeles on Friday.
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John
on September 2023
Biden Hosts Pacific Islands, With a Rising China in Mind
President Biden with leaders of Pacific Island nations at the White House on Monday. Over the past year, the United States has opened embassies in the Solomon Islands and Tonga, and plans to open one next year in Vanuatu.
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John
on September 2023
Hundreds Injured After Fuel Depot Blast in Nagorno-Karabakh, Official Says
An image from a social media video purporting to show smoke from a fuel depot explosion on Monday near Stepanakert in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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John
on September 2023
Canada’s Speaker Apologizes After Ukrainian Who Fought for Nazis Was Honored
Yaroslav Hunka, right, who served in a Nazi unit in World War II, in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday. His introduction coincided with President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Canada.
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John
on September 2023
Some London Police Officers Step Back From Armed Duty After Murder Charge
Armed police officers standing guard outside St. Paul’s Cathedral in London last year.
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John
on September 2023
Irish Gymnastics Body Apologizes After Black Girl Is Shunned at Ceremony
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John
on September 2023
Dengue Fever Outbreak in Bangladesh Strains Scarce Resources
Patients with dengue fever at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, earlier this month.
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John
on September 2023