The Other Victims of China’s Church Crackdown
Cherie Geng in her front yard.
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Tech-Utopian Movement Praxis Says It Has Found a Home in Uruguay
Construction of apartment buildings as part of the +Colonia city development in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. Praxis said it plans to build its community within +Colonia.
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UK Leader Burnham to Hold First Meeting With Trump at UN General Assembly
Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain and his wife, Marie-France van Heel, leaving for the United States on Monday. Mr. Burnham and President Trump have talked by phone but not yet in person.
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German Leaders Prepare to Deny Far Right Access to Secret War Plan
The State Parliament in Saxony-Anhalt, a state in eastern Germany where the AfD could soon take power.
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Trump Set to Meet With Persian Gulf Allies as Middle East Wars Widen
A camp for internally displaced people who fled fighting between Houthi and Saudi-backed government forces, near Aden, Yemen, on Saturday.
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Italy’s Prisons Were Overcrowded. Then They Overheated.
Outside the Rebibbia prison in Rome. There are nearly 65,000 inmates in Italian detention facilities, crammed into cells built for less than 47,000.
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Earl Spencer Book Blasts Diana’s Treatment by UK Royal Family
Earl Spencer, during an interview with the BBC this month. His new book, “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,” comes out on Tuesday.
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Al-Zaidi Vows to Disarm Iran-backed Militias
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi of Iraq during a meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office in July.
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Japan Meets With Trump, Hoping to Get His Help on China
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan in a meeting with President Trump, who is not pictured, in Tokyo last year. Ms. Takaichi remains focused on persuading Mr. Trump to maintain security commitments in East Asia.
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Specter of Rogue A.I. Looms Over U.N. Talks on Digital Cooperation
The United Nations headquarters on Monday as world leaders convened in New York for the General Assembly.
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South Korean President Calls for Easing Sanctions on the North
President Lee Jae Myung spoke with The New York Times for about 70 minutes at the Blue House, the presidential compound in Seoul.
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U.S. Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats Could Be Criminal, U.N. Expert Says
An image from a video provided by the U.S. military shows a boat moments before it was struck in the eastern Pacific Ocean in April.
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Russia’s Election Was Engineered to Send a Message: Putin Remains in Control
The headquarters of the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, the State Duma, the Monday morning after Russia’s parliamentary election in Moscow.
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on September 2026
What Are the United Nations and the General Assembly?
Representatives of 50 countries at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, in San Francisco in 1945.
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Typhoon Dujuan Brings Record Rain to Japan, Killing 5 People
A boy rides a bicycle through a flooded street as Typhoon Dujuan brings heavy rain to Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on Monday.
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Trump’s U.N. Speech Comes at a Time of Tumult
The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly will start this week in New York City.
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China’s Leader Xi Seeks to Extend Truce with Trump During U.S. Summit
President Trump and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in May.
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on September 2026
British Columbia Sues OpenAI Over Tumbler Ridge Shooting
A makeshift memorial for victims of the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia in February.
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on September 2026
A Power Shift in America?
Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for the Senate, in Michigan.
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U.N. Seeks Relevance on A.I. as the U.S. and China Race Ahead
Employees at a data training center of Spirit AI at the company’s headquarters in Beijing last week. Artificial intelligence will be the dominant theme of several meetings at the U.N. General Assembly this week.
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Why the Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen and Saudi Arabia Are Back at War
A still image taken from AFPTV video footage of Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces firing at Houthi positions in Yemen this month.
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on September 2026
Ex-Commander of China’s Military Accused of Corruption and Expelled From Party
Zhang Youxia at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2025.
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on September 2026
Flight Delays Disrupt UK Airports Once Again
A departure board displays delayed and canceled flights at London City Airport following disruptions caused by an air traffic control issue in Britain, on Monday.
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Police Officer Injured in Shooting Near Ontario Synagogue on Yom Kippur
The Sons of Jacob Synagogue, where a police officer outside was shot during a Yom Kippur gathering, in Belleville, Ontario, on Monday.
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U.N. General Assembly to Confront Familiar Crises, New Conflicts and A.I.
The United Nations headquarters in New York. For the first time, the threat posed by artificial intelligence will be atop the agenda of the U.N. General Assembly meeting this week.
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Chulpan Khamatova Stars in the Dark, Absurdist Play “Delirium”
Chulpan Khamatova is the Meryl Streep of Russia; her name on an antiwar statement did not go unnoticed.
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The Fuel That Feeds Europe’s Far Right: Nostalgia and Lost Pride
Attendees at a rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany party on Saturday in central Schwerin, Germany.
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on September 2026
At 92, the Bard of Bollywood Is Still Writing About Love
Gulzar at his home in Mumbai in July. He maintains the wonder that has fueled his work.
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on September 2026
Why a Law to Help Prisoners Became a New Sectarian Flashpoint in Lebanon
Sunni Muslims wave flags during a protest against a clause in an prisoner amnesty law that would exclude some inmates, in Beirut, in May.
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Putin Reignited a Dispute With Japan. This Town Is Stuck in the Middle.
The signs at Nemuro port read in Japanese, Russian and English: “Welcome to Nemuro!” They also notify readers, “Return of the four islands will strengthen friendship between two nations. The Northern Territories are traditionally Japanese territory.”
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‘Way Too Hot’: Britain’s Hospitals Were Not Built for 96-Degree Summers
Robyn, 2, recovering with her parents after an operation at Queen’s Medical Center in Nottingham, England, last month during a heat wave.
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One Issue That Could Upend Fragile U.S.-China Ties: Taiwan Arms
President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing in May. Mr. Trump has held off on arms sales to Taiwan as he has sought pragmatic ties with China.
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Thirty More Arrested in Jovenel Moïse Assassination
A poster showing Haiti’s assassinated president, Jovenel Moïse, in Cap Haitien, Haiti, in 2021.
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On a Dot of France Off Canada, Carney and Macron Talk Partnership
President Emmanuel Macron of France and Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at a war memorial in Miquelon on Sunday.
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Let’s Talk Climate
A coal-fired power plant in West Virginia.
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Houthis Push to Expand Territory as Tensions With Saudi Arabia Rise
Smoke rising from the fuel storage depot at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. The Houthis said they had launched missiles and drones at the Saudi capital.
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Israeli Shot and Killed in West Bank by Palestinian, Officials Say
An Israeli police officer and a soldier standing guard near the site of a shooting near the West Bank settlement of Neve Tzuf on Sunday.
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Hundreds of Drones Target Moscow on Final Day of Russian Elections
Sweeping the courtyard of a residential building hit by what the authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike in Kotelniki, in the Moscow region, on Sunday.
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They Have Almost No Chance in Russia’s Elections. Why Are They Running?
Grigory Grishin, a Yabloko candidate running for the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, in Moscow.
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Israeli Tourist Trap ‘Herod’s Pool’ Is Draining Palestinians’ Land Dry
Saad Nemer, a Palestinian farmer, in a greenhouse on his farm near the West Bank village of Fasayil in August. His crops have withered this summer without water.
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A Diplomat From Myanmar Refuses to Give Up New York City Post
U Kyaw Moe Tun, in New York last month, was appointed as Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations before his country’s military staged a coup in 2021.
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Germany’s Merz Vows to Stay After Another State Election ‘Disaster’
“What needs to be done now requires backbone, steadfastness and patience,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany said Sunday.
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Israeli President Pardons Ex-Soldier Over Killing of Incapacitated Palestinian
The former Israeli soldier, Elor Azaria, center, in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2017. Mr. Azaria was convicted of manslaughter for shooting an injured Palestinian man.
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Group With Al Qaeda Links Claims Responsibility for Attack in Pakistan
Army soldiers at a damaged mosque in Kohat, northwestern Pakistan, after an attack there on Friday killed and injured dozens.
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Elaine Mokhtefi, American Witness to Algeria’s Revolution, Dies at 97
Elaine Mokhtefi with Eldridge Cleaver, a leader of the Black Panther Party, at the National Liberation Front headquarters in Algiers in 1969.
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In Significant Escalation, Houthis Attack Saudi Capital
Smoke rising on Saturday above Riyadh, the Saudi capital.
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Inside the Breakdown of U.K.-Israel Relations Over West Bank Settlements
Land in the E1 area, a strategically important patch of land east of Jerusalem, near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim. Plans by Israel to build there, long postponed, have gained momentum lately.
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on September 2026
Trump’s Security Deal With Greenland: What to Know
Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, last year. Polls have indicated that a vast majority of Greenlanders do not want to join the United States.
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on September 2026
A Half-Century On, Cycling’s World Championship Returns to Montreal
Since 2010, Montreal and Quebec City have hosted the only two North American races on the International Cycling Union’s World Tour, which includes the Tour de France.
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on September 2026
Millionaire Activist James Chambers Seeks Asylum in Spain
James Chambers in a cafe in Tunis in 2024. He was arrested in Spain this year and is fighting an extradition request from the United States.
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on September 2026
The Kremlin Has Put Lots of Veterans on the Ballot. Could It Backfire?
Konstantin N. Rizhak, third from right, this month in Moscow. He fought in Ukraine from October 2022 until July 2023 and is a candidate for the nationalist, socially conservative A Just Russia Party.
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on September 2026
How Guyana Is Feeding the Profits of Exxon Mobil, the Largest U.S. Oil Company
The One Guyana offshore oil production platform this year.
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on September 2026
An Unused and Divisive Philippine Nuclear Plant Awaits Its Fate
‘Nervous and Skeptical,’ Greenlanders Question the New Deal With Trump
Book Review: “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,” by Charles Spencer
Takeaways From Charles Spencer’s Memoir, “Swan Song,” About Princess Diana
U.N. General Assembly Traffic and Street Closures: What New Yorkers Need to Know
The Most Handsome Melon in Mexico? Yes, It’s a Real Contest.