Anger Over Starvation in Gaza Leaves Israel Increasingly Isolated
Clamoring for aid in the Gaza City area this month. Widespread hunger has prompted increasing malnutrition and starvation.
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on August 2025
After Backlash, Ukraine Votes to Restore Watchdogs’ Powers
Protesters took to the streets of Kyiv earlier this month in response to a law signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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on August 2025
Myanmar Lifts State of Emergency, Paving the Way for Disputed Vote
Protesters clashing with security forces in Tharketa township, in Yangon, Myanmar, in 2021. The government lifted a four-year state of emergency in place since the army seized power in a coup in 2021.
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on August 2025
Modi’s ‘True Friend’ Trump Deals India a Big Blow With Tariff Threats
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India at a joint news conference at the White House in February.
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on August 2025
Russian Missile and Drone Attack Pummels Kyiv, Killing at Least 7
An apartment building on Thursday after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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on August 2025
Witkoff Plans Visit to Gaza to See Hunger Crisis
Steve Witkoff’s visit to Israel on Thursday is the first time he is known to have visited the country in months.
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on August 2025
Trump Tells Russian Official to ‘Watch His Words,’ but He Bites Back Instead
Dmitri Medvedev, Russia’s former president who now serves in a largely symbolic role, frequently wields nuclear threats against the West on social media.
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on August 2025
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Steps Down
Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas speaking at a news conference in February.
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on August 2025
Major Study on Transgender Youth Health Care to Begin in U.K.
King’s College London, one of the leading research institutions in Britain, has received government funding to carry out a long-term study into gender care for young people.
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on August 2025
ISIS Militant Sentenced to Life for Role in Burning Pilot Alive in Syria
Stockholm District Court in 2024. Though Osama Krayem denied any wrongdoing, video evidence showed him participating in the gruesome murder of First Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh in 2015.
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on August 2025
A Short History of Awkward Gift Giving Between U.S. and U.K. Leaders
President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Aberdeen, Scotland, on Monday. On the visit, Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, presented Mr. Trump with gifts including a document dating from 1853 that registered the marriage of Mr. Trump’s maternal great-grandparents.
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on August 2025
Brazil’s President Lula Voices Frustration With Trump Amid Tariff Battle
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil during an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday at the Alvorada Palace in Brasília.
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on August 2025
Canada’s Measles Cases Surpass U.S., Alberta Officials Push for State of Emergency
The skyline of Calgary in Alberta, where measles cases are rising.
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on August 2025
El Salvador Changes Constitution, Ending Term Limits for Nayib Bukele
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador at the White House in April.
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on August 2025
Trump Gives Mexico a Reprieve but Slams Canada With Higher Tariffs
In June, when Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada hosted a Group of 7 meeting, he announced that he had an agreement to reach a trade deal with Mr. Trump by July 21. It didn’t materialize.
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on August 2025
Friday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Day
A port in Tampa, Fla.
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on August 2025
E.U. Did Not Retain Texts Sought by Journalists on Covid Vaccine Deal
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, London, in March.
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on August 2025
A French Beach Town’s Plea to Tourists: Keep Your Clothes On
La Grande Plage, the beach in Les Sables d’Olonne, France, in 2021. The town fines tourists who venture beyond the sand in their swimsuits.
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on August 2025
Arab States Call for Hamas to Disarm Amid Push for a Palestinian State
The surprise move, in a declaration endorsed on Tuesday by the 22 member nations of the Arab League, also condemned Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, which set off the devastating war in Gaza.
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on August 2025
Here’s What to Know About Trump’s 50% Tariffs on Brazil
Workers stockpiled coffee bean bags in Vila Valerio, northern Espírito Santo, Brazil in July. Brazil is the world’s biggest exporter of coffee beans and a major supplier to the U.S. market.
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on August 2025
Friday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Day
A port in Tampa, Fla.
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on August 2025
Dozens Killed in Protests Over Gas Prices in Angola
A burned vehicle in Luanda, Angola, during a general strike against rising fuel prices on Tuesday.
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on August 2025
Trump Taps Climate Skeptics to Attack Science on Global Warming
The Department of Energy in Washington, D.C.
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on August 2025
Ancient Gems Linked to Buddha Are Returned to India
Some of the Piprahwa Gems, seen on display in 2023 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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on August 2025
Aftershocks From 8.8-Magnitude Quake Rattle North Pacific
An image released by the Sakhalin Region Government on Wednesday, showing the tsunami-hit Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir island of Russia’s northern Kuril islands.
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on August 2025
Thursday Briefing: Trump’s Steep Tariffs on Brazil
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaking with The New York Times on Tuesday.
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on August 2025
Bad Weather Delays Launch of Astronauts to Space Station
Zena Cardman, commander of the SpaceX/NASA Crew-11 mission, arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday.
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on August 2025
Canada to Recognize Palestinian State at the U.N. General Assembly
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada has intensified his criticism of Israel over the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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on August 2025
Thursday Briefing: Trump’s Steep Tariffs on Brazil
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaking with The New York Times on Tuesday.
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on August 2025
Ugandan and South Sudanese Troops Exchange Fire in Border Skirmish
Ugandan soldiers in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, in 2021. Uganda has long provided military support to the South Sudanese government.
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on August 2025
When Earth’s Surface Shifts, the New NISAR Satellite Will See It
The NISAR satellite, a joint mission by NASA and ISRO, lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India, on Wednesday.
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on August 2025
Horst Mahler, 89, Dies; Voice of the German Far Left, Then the Far Right
Mr. Mahler in prison in 1978. He had been convicted of crimes as a member of the radical left-wing Red Army Faction, which he had helped found.
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on August 2025
Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Generate Such a Weak Tsunami?
People who evacuated to higher ground in Ishinomaki, Japan, watching the sea on Wednesday.
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on August 2025
U.S. Hits Brazil With 50% Tariffs and Sanctions in Sharp Escalation
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil has accused President Trump of infringing on his country’s sovereignty.
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on August 2025
Key Hurricane-Monitoring Data Will Stay Online, Officials Say
According to the Navy, the data will now remain available until the sensors stop working or until the monitoring program formally ends next year.
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on August 2025
Laura Dahlmeier, Gold Medal-Winning German Biathlete, Dies in Rockfall
Ms. Dahlmeier won five gold medals at the 2017 biathlon world championships in Hochfilzen, Austria, among a total of seven in her career.
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on August 2025
Trump’s Mideast Envoy Heads to Israel Amid Global Fury Over Gaza Hunger
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Mideast envoy, in the Oval Office in May.
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on August 2025
Powerful Earthquake Rattles Russia’s Far East But Causes Little Damage
In this handout photo, tsunami waves flood an area after an earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday.
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on August 2025
Flights Are Disrupted at Airports Across U.K. After Radar Problem
Departing flights were grounded at Heathrow on Wednesday, months after a fire at a power substation shut down the airport for around 16 hours.
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on August 2025
Pro-Palestinian Group Can Appeal U.K. Ban, Judge Rules, Citing Free Speech
Supporters of the group Palestine Action protesting outside the High Court in London this month.
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on August 2025
In Kamchatka, Epicenter of the Russian Earthquake, Seismic Activity Is Common
The Gorely volcano in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia in 2019.
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on August 2025
Trump Administration Told Taiwan’s President to Avoid U.S. Stopover
President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, last month. He suffered a political setback on Saturday when a recall campaign aimed at removing several opposition lawmakers failed.
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on August 2025
A Seaside Refuge in Gaza, Torn Apart by an Israeli Strike
The scene at Al-Baqa Cafe on the day of the strike in June.
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on August 2025
President Lula on His Feud With Trump, Brazil’s Tariff Strategy and More
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday.
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on August 2025
Russia’s Far East Suffers Some Damage From Earthquake and Tsunami
A major earthquake damaged a building housing a kindergarten in the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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on August 2025
What is the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’?
An image released by NASA showing the atmospheric plume from a volcano eruption in the Pacific island nation of Tonga in 2022.
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on August 2025
Thailand and Cambodia Stepped Back From War, but Their Temple Fight Remains
Cambodians at a temporary shelter, the day after the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand agreed to a truce in a border conflict.
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on August 2025
Here is what the different tsunami alerts mean.
Tsunami alerts were issued for Japan after the earthquake on Wednesday.
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on August 2025
8.8-Magnitude Earthquake Off Russia Could Be One of the Largest on Record
The devastated Takekoma area in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, in 2011, three days after an earthquake and resulting tsunami hit the region.
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on August 2025
Here’s the latest.
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on August 2025
What Would Recognizing a Palestinian State Mean?
The aftermath of a strike by Israel on a building in Gaza City in June.
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on August 2025
What Countries Recognize a Palestinian State: A Map
A New Border Wall in Arizona Would Block a Key Wildlife Corridor
Amid Scramble for Food, Prices in Gaza Reach Extraordinary Heights
Wednesday Briefing: U.K. May Recognize a Palestinian State