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  1. Washington Post Shake-Up Brings Fresh Eyes to an Old Scandal

    The newspaper’s new publisher argued against coverage of British phone hacking. Instead, he has invited renewed scrutiny.

     By Justin Scheck, Eshe Nelson and Tariq Panja

    Will Lewis became publisher of The Washington Post after serving in the same position at The Wall Street Journal. But he cut his teeth in Britain.
    CreditAndrew Harnik/Getty Images

  2. French-American Friendship in Four Courses

    Under Emmanuel Macron, “culinary diplomacy” is back on the menu, with a lavish dinner fortifying an old alliance at a tense historical moment.

     By Roger Cohen

    U.S. President Joe Biden and the first lady Jill Biden, with their French counterparts, Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron, on Saturday in Paris at the Élysée Palace.
    CreditKenny Holston/The New York Times

  3. Jordan Bardella, the New Face of France’s Right

    Charismatic and clean cut, shorn of the Le Pen name, the young National Rally leader seems poised to take his party to its best showing ever in European elections on Sunday.

     By Roger Cohen

    A campaign event for the far-right National Rally this past week in Paris, ahead of the European Parliament elections on Sunday.
    CreditAndre Pain/EPA, via Shutterstock

  4. ‘The Bachelor,’ but Make It Belgian Politics

    A reality show called “The Conclave” put Belgium’s political rivals together in a medieval château for a weekend. Can they put aside their differences and help keep the country from coming apart?

     By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Koba Ryckewaert

    The cast of “The Conclave,” a reality show that has transfixed Belgians in the run-up to elections.
    CreditBargoens/VTM

  5. Energy Drinks Boost Ukraine’s Soldiers, and Its Economy

    Cans packed with caffeine and branded with patriotic machismo have become an essential antidote to the stresses of war.

     By Jeffrey Gettleman

    Cases of energy drinks — and a few of soda — are stacked outside a shop popular with soldiers near the front line in eastern Ukraine.
    CreditEmile Ducke for The New York Times

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  1. For the First French Town Liberated on D-Day, History Is Personal

    Some aging residents of Ste.-Mère-Église in Normandy can still recall the American paratroopers who dropped into their backyard. It’s been a love affair ever since.

     By Catherine Porter and Andrea Mantovani

    CreditAndrea Mantovani for The New York Times

  2. In the West Bank, Guns and a Locked Gate Signal a Town’s New Residents

    Since the war in Gaza began, armed Israeli settlers, often accompanied by the army, have stepped up seizures of land long used by Palestinians.

     By Ben Hubbard and Sergey Ponomarev

    A settler herds goats outside the newly expanded settlement of Tekoa.
    CreditSergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

  3. ‘Not Everything Was Bad’: Saluting the Mercedes of Eastern Europe and a Communist Past

    A festival of classic cars from the communist era brings out some nostalgia in eastern Germany for pre-unification days, although the abuses that occurred behind the Iron Curtain aren’t forgotten.

     By Christopher F. Schuetze

    For more than a decade, the G.D.R. Museum Pirna in Germany has played host to a May Day event where people can celebrate cars emblematic of the communist era.
    CreditLena Mucha for The New York Times

  4. Amateur Historians Heard Tales of a Lost Tudor Palace. Then, They Dug It Up.

    In a small English village, a group of dedicated locals has unearthed the remains of a long-vanished palace that had been home to Henry VIII’s grandmother.

     By Megan Specia

    Chris Close, center left, in green jacket, consulting with Jennifer Browning, an archaeologist, during work on the dig site in Collyweston, England, early this year.
    CreditAndrew Testa for The New York Times

  5. When a Tale of Migration Is Not Just Fiction

    When the director and crew of “Io Capitano” toured Senegal with their acclaimed movie, audiences responded with their life stories.

     By Elian Peltier and Annika Hammerschlag

    CreditAnnika Hammerschlag for The New York Times

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  1. From the I.R.A. to the Principal’s Office, a Life’s Evolution Echoes Belfast’s

    Jim McCann was an I.R.A. member who, convicted of attempted murder, spent 18 years in jail. Now, he’s an educator, and his turn away from violence mirrors Northern Ireland’s embrace of peace.

     By Megan Specia

    Jim McCann, the vice principal of St. Joseph’s Primary School in Belfast, spent decades involved in the Irish Republican Army.
    CreditAndrew Testa for The New York Times

  2. Meet the One Man Everyone Trusts on U.K. Election Nights

    Prof. John Curtice, a polling guru with a formidable intellect and an infectious smile, has contributed to Britain’s TV election coverage since 1979.

     By Stephen Castle

    In the past six general elections, the exit poll produced by John Curtice and his team has proved strikingly accurate, correctly predicting the largest party every time.
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  3. The Architect Who Made Singapore’s Public Housing the Envy of the World

    With a focus on affordability, community, convenience and light, Liu Thai Ker replaced squalid slums with spacious high-rises. A recent spike in some sale prices, however, has saddened him.

     By Sui-Lee Wee and Chang W. Lee

    Liu Thai Ker, known as the architect of modern Singapore, at his office, in March.
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  4. First, He Conquered Paris. Now, a Japanese Chef Wants to Become a Brand.

    Kei Kobayashi, who earned three Michelin stars in France, has come home to build an empire.

     By Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya

    “If you make a compromise, or think ‘OK, this is good,’ then it is time to quit,” said Kei Kobayashi, pictured at one of his new Tokyo restaurants.
    CreditNoriko Hayashi for The New York Times

  5. After Her Sister Wed at 11, a Girl Began Fighting Child Marriage at 13

    Memory Banda’s battle, which she has been waging since she was a teenager in a village in Malawi, started with a poignant question: “Why should this be happening to girls so young?”

     By Rabson Kondowe

    Memory Banda’s activism against child marriage began in a small village in Malawi she was just 13.
    CreditAmos Gumulira for The New York Times

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  1. The Capital of Women’s Soccer

    The success of Barcelona’s team has made Catalonia a laboratory for finding out what happens when the women’s game has prominence similar to the men’s.

     By Rory Smith and María Garrido

    A Barcelona Femení match in February. The team has been Spanish champion every year since 2019 and has not lost a league game since last May.
    CreditMaria Contreras Coll for The New York Times

  2. The Premier League’s Asterisk Season

    As it concludes an epic title race, soccer’s richest competition is a picture of health on the field. Away from it, the league faces lawsuits, infighting and the threat of government regulation.

     By Rory Smith and Tariq Panja

    Everton fans have been battling the Premier League most of the season. They’re not alone.
    CreditJason Cairnduff/Action Images, via Reuters

  3. Soccer’s Governing Body Delays Vote on Palestinian Call to Bar Israel

    FIFA said it would solicit legal advice before taking up a motion from the Palestinian Football Association to suspend Israel over its actions in Gaza and the West Bank.

     By Tariq Panja

    The president of the Palestinian Football Association, Jibril Rajoub, speaking during the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok on Friday.
    CreditManan Vatsyayana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  4. Scandal Brought Reforms to Soccer. Its Leaders Are Rolling Them Back.

    FIFA tried to put a corruption crisis behind by changing its rules and claiming its governance overhaul had the endorsement of the Justice Department. U.S. officials say that was never the case.

     By Tariq Panja

    Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, center, in Washington in April. He has overseen the weakening of changes he championed as a candidate for the position.
    CreditKent Nishimura/Getty Images

  5. Ahead of Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency Faces a Trust Crisis

    Concerns are growing that the body whose job is keeping sports free of illegal drugs is failing at that mission, leading Congress to question U.S. support.

     By Michael S. Schmidt, Jenny Vrentas and Tariq Panja

    The World Anti-Doping Agency president, Witold Banka, has defended his organization’s handling of a doping case involving 23 Chinese swimmers.
    CreditDenis Balibouse/Reuters

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  1. Los efectos de la guerra en Ucrania en los pueblos fronterizos, en imágenes

    Fotografías de dos viajes por las regiones fronterizas del noreste de Ucrania, en los meses anteriores a que Rusia reanudara una ofensiva, revelan pérdidas y cambios.

     By David Guttenfelder and Peter Robins

    Durante mucho tiempo, el área fronteriza de Ucrania ha sido un lugar donde las culturas se fusionan e intercambian. Hoy, nuevamente, es una zona de combate.
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  2. Los presidentes mexicanos solo tienen un mandato. ¿Es bueno para la democracia?

    Los límites a los mandatos pueden proteger contra las fuerzas que, de otro modo, harían a los sistemas presidenciales vulnerables al retroceso democrático o a la autocracia.

     By Amanda Taub

    Celebrating Claudia Sheinbaum’s victory in the presidential election in Mexico City.
    CreditCesar Rodriguez para The New York Times

  3. Más de 400.000 personas sin electricidad en Santiago de Chile

    Un árbol cayó sobre una torre de transmisión de alto voltaje a primera hora del jueves y dejó sin electricidad a una parte de la capital chilena.

     By John Yoon

    Santiago de Chile, el mes pasado
    CreditIvan Alvarado/Reuters

  4. Israel organizó una campaña de influencia secreta sobre la guerra en Gaza

    El Ministerio de Asuntos de la Diáspora de Israel ordenó la operación que utilizó cuentas falsas en redes sociales para instar a los legisladores de EE. UU. a financiar el ejército israelí, según funcionarios y documentos sobre la operación.

     By Sheera Frenkel

    La campaña se centró en más de una decena de congresistas, entre ellos el representante Ritchie Torres, a la izquierda, y Hakeem Jeffries, líder de la minoría en la Cámara de Representantes.
    CreditGabriela Bhaskar para The New York Times, Kenny Holston/The New York Times

  5. 46 niños desaparecieron en Ucrania; muchos están en adopción en Rusia

    The New York Times rastreó cómo una red de funcionarios y políticos vinculados al partido del presidente Vladimir Putin llevó a cabo una campaña para llevarse a niños ucranianos de Jersón.

     By Yousur Al-Hlou and Masha Froliak

    CreditNatalya Olekseevna

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  2. The E.U. Votes: What We’re Watching For

    The main things to know as voters in 27 countries head to the ballot box to shape the next five years of European Union policies.

    By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Sarah Hurtes

     
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    Freed Hostages Reunited With Loved Ones at Hospital in Israel

    The freed hostages — Noa Argamani, 26; Almog Meir Jan, 22; Andrey Kozlov, 27; and Shlomi Ziv, 41 — were rescued by Israeli forces on Saturday after being held in Gaza since the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, the military said.

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