Voters in the European Union delivered strong gains to anti-immigrant, nationalist parties, challenging leaders in Germany and France, and unsettling the political establishment.
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The president’s decision, on the eve of the summer Olympic Games that begin in Paris in July, ushered in a period of deep political uncertainty in France.
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The peso had its worst week since the pandemic as markets reacted to fears that the government would pass constitutional changes seen as dismantling democratic checks and balances.
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The move is unlikely to force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office. But Mr. Gantz’s exit exposes the fractures within Israel’s leadership eight months into the war in Gaza.
Flemish Nationalists Thwart Ascent of Secessionist Party in Belgian Elections
The New Flemish Alliance’s victory will bring relief to the country’s political establishment, which had long been bracing for a victory by the far-right party Vlaams Belang.
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Biden Visits a Military Cemetery in France That Trump Once Snubbed
President Biden wrapped up a five-day trip by visiting a cemetery for American soldiers killed in World War I that Donald J. Trump skipped during a similar trip in 2018.
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Modi, Striking a Modest Tone, Is Sworn In for a Third Term
Forced into a coalition government, the prime minister faces the challenge of governing differently than he has so far in two decades in elected office.
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Iran Names Six Candidates for President, Including Parliament Speaker
The June 28 election to succeed President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last month, comes as the country faces acute domestic and international challenges.
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Where New Tent Cities Are Rising in Central Gaza
Satellite imagery shows a dense community of tents going up in central Gaza, where Palestinians are once again seeking shelter from the fighting.
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British TV Doctor Michael Mosley Found Dead in Greece
Dr. Mosley, a British medical journalist and documentary maker, disappeared last week while on a trip on the Greek island of Symi.
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Ukrainian Activist Traces Roots of War in ‘Centuries of Russian Colonization’
One Ukrainian researcher and podcaster is a leading voice in efforts to rethink Ukrainian-Russian relations through the prism of colonialism.
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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.
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It Called Itself a Yoga School. Prosecutors Say It Was a Sex Cult.
The Buenos Aires Yoga School promised spiritual salvation, but former members and prosecutors say it pushed some female members into prostitution as it cultivated powerful friends.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A single image of a blustery day in wartime Moscow captures the feeling of triumph sweeping through the Russia.
By Nanna Heitmann
Press freedom groups say the investigation of Gustavo Gorriti, a noted Peruvian journalist, is politically motivated and part of a growing campaign against the news media.
By Genevieve Glatsky and Bianca Padró Ocasio
Some residents of Bari, Italy, hope Ukraine’s president will drop by while at a nearby summit to help rid them of a memento of links with Russia.
By Lara Jakes
Some analysts say building a new plane soon would help the company regain ground it has lost to Airbus. But doing so would be difficult and expensive.
By Niraj Chokshi
The voting across 27 members of the European Union was a gauge of popular political sentiment at an unsettling moment on the continent. The right did well, but the center held.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff
The resignation exposed the divisions at the top of the Israeli leadership over the future of the war and its aftermath.
By Adam Rasgon
The French president calls for new elections.
By Daniel E. Slotnik
The rescue of four Israelis in Gaza in a ferocious assault over the weekend offered a glimpse into an ambitious intelligence operation aimed at bringing home those held by Hamas.
By Julian E. Barnes, Ronen Bergman, Eric Schmitt and Adam Entous
Benny Gantz, a centrist figure and a key member of Israel’s war cabinet, said his party was leaving the country’s emergency government over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza.
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Also, Benny Gantz leaves Israel’s government.
By Amelia Nierenberg
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