Carney Stands Up to Trump in U.S.-Canada Trade War
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said his country would retaliate against U.S. tariffs “dollar for dollar.”
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How ‘The Rest Is History’ Podcast Conquered the World
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland last month at Hampton Court Palace in southwest London. The podcast they began during the pandemic now gets about 30 million downloads and streams a month.
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Close and Loving, or Oppressive? A Novelist Takes Aim at Italian Families.
Andrea Bajani in Rome last year. An English translation of his best-selling novel, “The Anniversary,” will be published on Tuesday.
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on August 2026
What Does Harry and Meghan’s Return to England Mean for Their Children?
A view of Eton College, the boarding school that both Harry and his brother, William, attended.
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on August 2026
Lebanon’s Efforts to Tame Hezbollah Stall Amid Israel War
A demonstration showing support for Hezbollah and opposition to the decision of Lebanese authorities to engage in direct negotiations with Israel, in Beirut in April.
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How a Trump Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy
John Coale, the U.S. special envoy to Belarus, was on hand last year in Lithuania for the arrival of released prisoners from Belarus.
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Canada-U.S. Trade War Escalates as Talks Collapse
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said he suspended the trade talks because the American side introduced last-minute terms that ”called into question the reliability of any deal.”
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Cities Compete in Dizzying ‘Gold Rush’ to Be Japan’s Backup Capital
Looking out across the city of Sapporo, in Hokkaido, Japan.
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Mexican Governor, Accused by U.S. of Helping Cartel, Returns to His Job
Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, during an annual earthquake drill in Culiacán, Mexico, in 2024.
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At 77, She Walked 9 Miles Under Drone-Filled Skies to Escape From ‘Hell’
Nina Ivanova at an evacuation center in Sloviansk, Ukraine. She and her daughters took their chances on the road, as countless Ukrainians have done before them all along the front line.
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Iran Must Plan to Overcome U.S. Sanctions After Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Threats, Tehran Official Says
In Tehran last month. Before the latest round of sanctions was announced, Iranians were already contending with sky-high inflation and other economic hardships.
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Palestinian Teenager Killed After Israeli Settlers Enter West Bank Village
Mourners with the body of Kareem Shlaldeh at a hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Friday.
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on August 2026
‘They’re Always Going to Be Polarizing’: Britons Split on Harry and Meghan’s Return
Prince Harry and Meghan during a visit to Australia earlier this year.
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on August 2026
Waking Up to an Escalating Canada-U.S. Trade War
Dominic LeBlanc and Janice Charette at the Canadian Embassy in Washington in June.
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Yvette Roudy, France’s First Minister for Women’s Rights, Dies at 97
Yvette Roudy in 2006. After her death, President Emmanuel Macron of France saluted her for “a life spent making equality between men and women a real fight” and for her “untiring capacity for indignation.”
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Turkey Requests Netanyahu’s Arrest, Saying Israel Abused Flotilla Activists
A flotilla of about 50 boats carrying humanitarian aid departed Marmaris, Turkey, in May, intending to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Israeli forces boarded the boats and detained 400 people.
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on August 2026
5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia
The Bamy Hotel, where migrants are held, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
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on August 2026
Zambia’s Democratic Facade Fractures in Post-Election Crackdown
Zambian police officers watched as supporters of President-elect Hakainde Hichilema celebrated his victory in the street in the capital, Lusaka, on Tuesday.
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on August 2026
Swiss Tourist Sentenced to Prison After Violating ‘Day of Silence’ in Bali
Luzian Andrin Zgraggen in court in Denpasar, Indonesia, on Thursday.
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on August 2026
Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle
Strancally Castle in Waterford, Ireland, was built around 1830 and renovated in the early 2000s. It now belongs to Mark Zuckerberg.
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on August 2026
Germany Identifies a Plot After Finding a Weapons Cache, but Names No Culprit
“This case shows that we are working on the assumption that the risk level is high,” Alexander Dobrindt, the German interior minister, said at a news conference on Friday.
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Canada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms
The ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario. President Trump hit the Canadian steel industry with tariffs of up to 50 percent last year.
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on August 2026
Prince Harry, Elton John and Others Told to Pay Daily Mail Publisher $13 Million
Prince Harry leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London during his trial against Associated Newspapers in January.
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on August 2026
In China’s Biggest Car Recall, Tesla and 8 Others Will Address Door Safety
China is requiring nine automakers to take measures to improve the reliability of retractable door handles popular on electric vehicles.
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on August 2026
Why China Thinks It Can Resist Trump’s Economic Threats on Iran
Oil storage tanks and facilities in Shanghai in March. China has large stockpiles of oil that make it less vulnerable to energy supply disruptions.
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on August 2026
Giorgia Meloni Has a Lot to Say: The Takeaways
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy.
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on August 2026
Muslim Charity in Britain Faces Scrutiny for Possible Links to Hamas
Marking Eid at an event organized in association with Al-Khair Foundation in London in 2017.
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on August 2026
England’s Ancient Trees Are Dying in the Heat
The Major Oak at Sherwood Forest Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire, England, in May.
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on August 2026
Giorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at Palazzo Chigi in Rome last month.
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Rare South American Diseases Offer Clues on the Next Pandemic
Preparing a dose of the Candid #1 vaccine against Argentine hemorrhagic fever at Carrasco Hospital in Rosario, Argentina.
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Return of Harry and Meghan to U.K. Renews Questions About Their Security Fears
Prince Harry with a security detail as he arrived at Britain’s High Court last year for a hearing over the downgrading of his personal security during visits to Britain.
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Orban’s Office, Thrown Open, Is Not the Den Hungarians Expected
Visitors on a balcony with a view of the Danube that Viktor Orban, the former prime minister, had built off his offices at a former monastery in Budapest.
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Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92
Nancy Kissinger, then Nancy Maginnes, with her future husband, Henry A. Kissinger, in Jerusalem in 1970. She was a fierce defender of Mr. Kissinger, a polarizing figure with a hotly disputed reputation.
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on August 2026
2 Hijackings in 4 Days: Somali Piracy Rises
Security forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of the semiautonomous Somali region of Puntland, in 2024.
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on August 2026
Cameroon’s Aging President Returns From Monthslong Stay Abroad
President of Cameroon Paul Biya’s motorcade is greeted by supporters as it passes through Yaoundé on Thursday after his arrival back in Cameroon following a 73-day absence.
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on August 2026
The Message Behind Trump’s Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran
Among the challenges for President Trump is that he has repeatedly threatened Iran with destruction, only to pull back.
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on August 2026
Japan’s U.S. Ties Could Not Save a Top Judge From Trump’s I.C.C. Sanctions
Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague in 2024.
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on August 2026
Imran Khan Is Granted Brief Hospital Visit Before Returning to Prison
Police personnel keeping watch outside Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday. The Supreme Court ordered Imran Khan to be moved there.
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on August 2026
Academic Who Publicized Plagiarism Allegations Against Jason Arday Is Suspended
A makeshift memorial to Jason Arday at the University of Cambridge on Tuesday.
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Trump Tariff Talks Leave Key Canadian Official Hopeful
Dominic LeBlanc, the Canadian minister in charge of U.S. trade, arriving to meet with Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, on Thursday in Washington.
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First U.S. Deportees to Arrive in Liberia Amid Growing Backlash
Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. The U.S. deportation deal with Liberia is one of the largest so-called third-country deportation agreements struck by the Trump administration so far.
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State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained
The detained U.S. citizen U Min Zin disappeared in China’s Yunnan province after traveling there to attend an academic conference at the invitation of the Chinese government, according to the State Department.
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on August 2026
Trump’s Economic Threat Puts Focus on Iran’s Trading Partners
Oil tankers moored at Tsing Yi port in Hong Kong.
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on August 2026
What to Know About Prince Harry and Meghan’s Move Back to the U.K.
Prince Harry and Meghan visiting Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, in April.
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on August 2026
After Six Years, Harry and Meghan Are Coming Home. What Changed?
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, in Sydney, Australia, in April.
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on August 2026
Missile Barrage Shows Russia’s Doubt That Ukraine Can Defend Itself
Evacuating a resident from a damaged apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.
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on August 2026
Bare Grocery Shelves Are a New Wartime Hardship for Ukrainians
Firefighters at the site of a food warehouse hit by a Russian missile strike in the Kyiv region of Ukraine on Thursday.
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on August 2026
Trump’s Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say
American and South Korean troops participating in the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises last year.
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on August 2026
As Iran and U.S. Settle Into an Uneasy Standoff, Who Will Blink First?
A butcher in Tehran in July. The United States appears to be betting that putting Iran in a tighter economic stranglehold will succeed where military strikes have not.
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on August 2026
‘The Necessary Conversation’ Puts Family Political Arguments On Full Display
For Chad Kultgen and his family, fighting feels like progress.
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on August 2026
Why Your Next Long-Haul Layover May Be in Seoul, Not Dubai
Transfer traffic at Incheon International Airport, which serves Seoul, has risen sharply since the Iran war started.
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on August 2026
Songs for Lizard Season
A Prince at 26: Once-Secret Son of Belgian Royal Gains Legal Recognition
The Indian City Where AI Is Creating Jobs for Humans
The A.I.-Robotics Job Only a Human Can Do