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With Probes of Russian Lines, Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Takes Shape
The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at the front line south of Bakhmut on Friday.
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John
on June 2023
From ‘Pariah’ to Partner, Saudi Leader Defies Threats to Isolate Him
A photograph released by the Saudi state news media showing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chairing the 43rd session of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh, on the sidelines of the Gulf Arab Chinese Summit in December.
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John
on June 2023
Pope’s Doctors Say He’s on the Mend, but Advise Rest and No Events
The Policlinico A. Gemelli hospital in Rome where Pope Francis is recovering.
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John
on June 2023
Boris Johnson’s Comeback Hopes May Be Dimmer Than He Thinks
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain at Westminster Hall in London in February. He was a member of Parliament until Friday, when he resigned suddenly.
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John
on June 2023
Colombia’s Mustard Lovers Grow Desperate Amid Dijon Shortage
Steak tartare with mustard at Flambeé, a popular French restaurant in Bogotá.
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John
on June 2023
Zelensky Gives Strongest Confirmation Yet Counteroffensive Has Begun
The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front line south of Bakhmut on Friday.
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John
on June 2023
Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon
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John
on June 2023
As Ukraine Launches Counteroffensive, Definitions of ‘Success’ Vary
Ukrainian forces firing at Russian positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on Wednesday.
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John
on June 2023
Battles Rage as Ukraine Tries to Retake Russian-Occupied Territory
The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at the front line south of Bakhmut on Friday.
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John
on June 2023
Manipur, India’s Blood-Soaked War Zone
Burned buildings in Imphal, the capital of the Indian state of Manipur.
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John
on June 2023
Children Missing in Amazon Jungle Found Alive After 40 Days
Colombia Armed Forces soldiers and Indigenous search team members with the four children who had been missing since May 1, when the plane they were on crashed in the rainforest.
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John
on June 2023
What to Know About Canada’s Exceptional Wildfire Season
The smoke from multiple wildfires last month in Edmonton, Alberta.
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John
on June 2023
President Vucic Plays Up His Role as Defender of Serbs
Protesters in Belgrade called on Friday for the resignation of top officials after two mass shootings that killed 18 people in May.
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John
on June 2023
Can He Fix ‘Palace of Scaffolding’ in Time for Belgium’s 200th Birthday?
André Demesmaeker’s job is a renovator’s dream and a public architect’s nightmare. He is the architect assigned to finish the reconstruction of the Palace of Justice’s stone facade by 2030.
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John
on June 2023
Ukraine Attacks Along a 600-Mile Front, While Grappling With Flood Crisis
Ukrainian troops on Friday at the front line south of Bakhmut, where they have made some headway in recent days.
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John
on June 2023
Annecy Stabbings Lead to Charges Against Syrian Refugee
A memorial for victims of the attack in the Jardins de l’Europe park in Annecy, France.
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John
on June 2023
Global Reaction to Trump Indictment Runs the Gamut
The world, it seems, is calculating the costs and opportunities of the latest Trump revelations transfixing and dividing the United States after former President Donald J. Trump was indicted.
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John
on June 2023
Col. Lanny Acosta, Guantánamo Judge, Faces Ethics Challenge
Camp Justice is where the military commission proceedings are held for detainees charged with war crimes.
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John
on June 2023
Trump’s Indictment Is Unavoidably Political
Jack Smith, the special counsel assigned to lead the investigation into Donald Trump.
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John
on June 2023
Orange and Smoky Skies Over a Province That Rolled Back Climate Measures
Smoke and haze from wildfires in Ontario and Quebec over Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday.
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John
on June 2023
Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico.
Shrimp boats in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, after a day of fishing in the Gulf of California.
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John
on June 2023
Children Killed in Somalia Mortar Shell Explosion
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John
on June 2023
Canada’s Ability to Prevent Forest Fires Lags Behind the Need
The headquarters of Quebec’s forest firefighting agency, in Roberval, where all operations for the northern part of the province are managed.
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John
on June 2023
How to Help Thousands of Canadians Displaced by Wildfires
Camp beds set up to accommodate displaced people from Chibougamau, Quebec, in the Roberval emergency center.
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John
on June 2023
Boris Johnson Resigns From Parliament
Boris Johnson has been under investigation over whether he lied to Parliament over lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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John
on June 2023
Pope Francis and Silvio Berlusconi Both Hospitalized in Italy
Pope Francis at the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square in The Vatican this week.
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John
on June 2023
A Surprising Supreme Court Decision’s History With the American South
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington D.C., on Thursday.
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John
on June 2023
Will Wildfires Like Canada’s Become the New Normal?
The smoke from Canadian wildfires in Manhattan Thursday morning.
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John
on June 2023
U.S. Releases Details on Iran’s Help With Russian Drone Factory
Emergency workers at the site of a building damaged in a drone attack in Rzhyshchiv, Ukraine, in March.
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John
on June 2023
U.S. Spy Satellites Detected Explosion Before Ukraine Dam Collapse, Official Says
A satellite image showing the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric plant on Wednesday.
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John
on June 2023
Four Australian Shows and Movies for Your Watchlist
From left: Hattie Hook, Thom Green and Elias Anton in a scene from “Of An Age.”
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John
on June 2023
Macron Meets Victims and ‘Backpack Hero’ After Stabbing Attack in France
A woman laying flowers Friday for the victims of a stabbing attack in the Jardins de l’Europe park in Annecy, France.
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John
on June 2023
An Everest Climber Had ‘No Energy, No Oxygen, Nothing.’ A Sherpa Saved Him.
Ngima Tashi Sherpa descending Mount Everest last month with a stricken climber on his back. Another guide, Gelje Sherpa, had previously carried the climber down from Everest’s perilous “death zone.”
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John
on June 2023
Sweden to Allow NATO Troop on Its Soil
Troops taking part in NATO exercises in Estonia in May.
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John
on June 2023
Another Indictment
Donald Trump in January.
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John
on June 2023
Dam’s Destruction Reshapes Ukraine, but Not Arc of the War
An area near the Kakhovka dam and its reservoir as seen from a damaged apartment building in Vesele, Ukraine, a village on the Dnipro River in the Kherson region on Thursday.
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John
on June 2023
In Thailand, Defamation Lawsuits Can Make Free Speech Costly
Puttanee Kangkun, in Bangkok in April, holding the court documents about her defamation charge.
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John
on June 2023
Your Friday Briefing
Donald Trump is the first former American president to face federal charges.
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John
on June 2023
China to Build Station That Could Spy on U.S. from Cuba, Officials Say
The Capitol in Havana, Cuba.
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John
on June 2023
Canadian Wildfires Are Burning Where They Rarely Have Before
Rey Steve Mabiala and his wife, Liz Gouari, taking refuge at the Roberval emergency center after being ordered to evacuate Chibougamau, Quebec, as a fire approached.
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John
on June 2023
Ukraine Attacks Russian Positions as Signs of Counteroffensive Grow
Troops of the Ukrainian 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade at a position near Avdiivka, in the Donetsk region, firing toward Russian positions on Wednesday.
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John
on June 2023
Blinken’s Visit to Saudi Arabia Caps Biden Effort to Rebuild Ties
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s three-day visit to Saudi Arabia is the most obvious effort yet by the Biden administration to smooth relations with the Saudi government.
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John
on June 2023
Your Friday Briefing: A Major Ukrainian Offensive
Fighting in the Donetsk region this week prompted U.S. authorities to say that the counteroffensive may have begun.
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John
on June 2023
Zelensky Visits Kherson, and Russia Shells Flooded City
Residents being evacuated in Kherson, Ukraine, on Thursday. The authorities have warned that the flooding has dislodged land mines and mixed with dangerous pollutants.
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John
on June 2023
FDA Panel Recommends RSV Shot to Protect Infants
Up to 80,000 children younger than 5 are hospitalized annually in the United States with respiratory syncytial virus and up to 300 die.
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John
on June 2023
Wild Mammals Roamed When Covid Kept Humans Home
Mountain goats roaming the empty streets of Llandudno, Wales, in March 2020.
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John
on June 2023
U.S. Suspends Food Aid for Ethiopia, Citing Widespread Theft
A group with food aid in Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, in 2021.
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John
on June 2023
How Phone Messages Sped the Fall of President Milo Djukanovic in Montenegro
Kotor Bay, Montenegro. The country’s institutions have long been plagued by corruption and links to organized crime.
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John
on June 2023
Kherson is hit by Russian shelling hours after a Zelensky visit.
An explosion in a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine, on Thursday. Ukrainian officials accused Russian forces of shelling several locations in the city.
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John
on June 2023
Man Tied to Natalee Holloway Disappearance Is Extradited to U.S.
Joran van der Sloot, center, was escorted to the airport in Lima, Peru, on Thursday before his expected extradition to the United States.
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John
on June 2023
Wildfire Smoke From Canada Is Expected to Reach Norway
The smoke that has covered cities across Canada and the northeastern United States was expected to shift over Norway on Thursday
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John
on June 2023
Pope Francis Is Doing Well After Hernia Surgery, Vatican Says
Pope Francis leaving his weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday.
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John
on June 2023
Wildfire Smoke Envelops the U.S.
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John
on June 2023
Satellite Images Show Scale of Flooding From Ukraine Dam Collapse
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John
on June 2023
Knife Attack in France Critically Injures 4 Children
French police officers working Thursday at the scene of a stabbing attack at the Jardins de l’Europe in Annecy.
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John
on June 2023
China’s Crackdown on Mosque Domes is Drawing Rare Resistance
Arabic script on the walls outside a mosque in a village in Yunnan Province, China, in 2019. Mosques across Yunnan are being closed or renovated as part of a government campaign.
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John
on June 2023
Canadian Wildfires, Smoke and Heat Herald Climate Extremes
Smoke from Canadian wildfires turned New York City’s sky a deep, unsettling yellow on Wednesday.
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John
on June 2023
Cross-Border Skirmishes Heighten Anxiety for Ukrainian Villagers
“We are usually the first on the scene,” said Oleksiy Kharkivsky, chief of the patrol police in Vovchansk, at the remains of a market hit by Russia.
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John
on June 2023
Biden and Sunak Say Their Countries Will Support Ukraine for the Long Haul
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain and President Biden both expressed confidence in their continued support for Ukraine on Thursday.
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John
on June 2023
Your Thursday Briefing
Rescuers searched for those needing help in Kherson.
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John
on June 2023
Canada Wildfires Renew Calls for a National Fire Service
Unusually high wildfire activity is expected in Canada this summer.
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John
on June 2023
What Is the Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund?
Numerous Saudi officials, including the governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, Yasir al-Rumayyan, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2021.
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John
on June 2023