South Korea’s New President Will Lead A Country More Divided Than Ever
Whoever becomes the next president in South Korea will not be accepted by a large swath of the polarized society.
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on June 2025
Bulletproof Vests and Glass: South Korean Candidate Tightens Security
Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea’s Democratic Party, wore a bulletproof vest as he kicked off his presidential campaign last month.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Ukraine and Russia to Meet for Second Round of Talks
Emergency workers on Sunday at the scene of a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Poland Elects Karol Nawrocki as President
Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist who won Poland’s presidential election on Sunday, with his wife Marta and their children in Warsaw.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations Hit Familiar Impasse
Israeli military strikes on Gaza have added to the suffering of Palestinian civilians as cease-fire talks have dragged on.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Bangladesh’s Ousted Leader Sheikh Hasina Faces New Arrest Warrant
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her office in Dhaka in 2023.
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on June 2025
China Rejects Trump’s Accusation That It Violated Trade Truce
Officials from the United States and China reached a trade truce last month following a meeting in Geneva.
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on June 2025
Ukraine Drone Strike Targets Russian Air Bases in Large-Scale Attack
Ukrainian soldiers firing toward Russian positions near the front line in the Donetsk region on Saturday.
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on June 2025
More Than 20 Killed Near Aid Distribution Site in Gaza, Health Officials Say
Palestinians pushing a cart with bodies on them after people came under fire near the an aid distribution center in Rafah, Gaza.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Hudson’s Bay Stores to Close in Canada
Clothes hangers and ladders, all offered for sale, took over part of the men's wear department during the final week of operation of Hudson’s Bay Company store in downtown Ottawa.
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Thomas
on June 2025
For Indian Students, Dreams of America Are Suddenly in Doubt
A commercial complex with immigration offices in Mehsana, India, in January. India sends more students to the United States than any other country — about 330,000 are currently in U.S. colleges and universities.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Will Voting for Judges Help or Hurt Mexico’s Democracy?
Election workers in Mexico City preparing for judicial elections on Sunday.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Who Is the Nationalist Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s Next President?
Poland’s next president, Karol Nawrocki, in Warsaw on Sunday.
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Thomas
on June 2025
U.K. to Build Up to 12 Submarines as Part of Shift to ‘War-Fighting Readiness’
Prime Minister Keir Starmer walking past a Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine at a shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, England, in March.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Scientific Dreams in the Balance
A model of the Giant Magellan Telescope at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Monday Briefing
A soldier fired on Russian forces in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on Saturday.
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on June 2025
Monday Briefing: Ukraine bombarded Russian air bases
Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region on Saturday.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Mexico Votes in Sprawling, First-Ever Judiciary Election
A voting site in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, on Sunday.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Poland’s Presidential Election Too Close to Call
A voter casting a ballot during Poland’s presidential runoff election on Sunday in Warsaw.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Jubilant PSG Fans Cause Chaos in France
Riot police on the Champs-Élysées in Paris after Paris St.-Germain won the Champions League on Saturday.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Train Derails in Western Russia After Bridge Collapse, Killing at Least 7
The scene on Sunday after a road bridge collapsed onto railway tracks overnight in the Bryansk region of Russia.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Hamburg Hospital Fire Kills 3 and Injures More Than 50
Firefighters on the ground floor of a hospital in Hamburg, Germany, where fire broke out overnight.
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Thomas
on June 2025
South Korea’s Election Likely to Reset Ties With China
Banners showing South Korea’s two main presidential candidates Lee Jae-myung, left, and Kim Moon-soo, right. The June 3 election outcome will have an impact on the country’s foreign policy.
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Thomas
on June 2025
The U.S. Right Loathes the E.U. How Are They Going to Negotiate Trade?
A port in Hamburg, Germany. The European Union runs a trade surplus with the United States, which has been a sore point with President Trump.
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Thomas
on June 2025
What to Know About Poland’s Presidential Runoff Election and Trump’s Involvement
An audience in Warsaw, Poland, watching Karol Nawrocki, left, and Rafal Trzaskowski during a debate in May.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Muhammad Sinwar, a Top Military Leader of Hamas, Is Dead, Israel Says
Hamas fighters in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, in February.
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Thomas
on June 2025
What to Know About Canada’s Wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Smoke hanging in the air above Highway 97 north of Buckinghorse River, British Columbia, on Friday. Dozens of out-of-control wildfires are burning in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where access has been limited, as well as in British Columbia.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Israel Bars Arab Foreign Ministers From High-Level West Bank Visit
Israeli soldiers in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, this week. Israel has barred a delegation of Arab foreign ministers from visiting the city to meet with Palestinian leaders there.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Gay-Themed Forum Is Canceled in Malaysia
A night market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, earlier this year.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Best Practices
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Thomas
on June 2025
A Trade Court Rebuke of Trump’s Tariffs Offers Little Relief to Canada
The U.S. tariff on Canadian auto parts, which was already temporarily suspended, was not affected by the trade court’s ruling.
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Thomas
on June 2025
North Korea Gets a Weapons Bonanza From Russia
A photograph released by North Korean state media in May showing Korean People’s Army tanks during a training competition at an undisclosed location in North Korea.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Mexico’s Vote on Nearly 2,700 Judges Will Test Its Democracy
A woman distributing pamphlets on judicial candidates in Mexico City on Wednesday. The sprawling elections are the most far-reaching judicial overhaul ever attempted by a large democracy.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Hegseth, at Security Forum, Vows to Strengthen America’s Asian Alliances
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
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Thomas
on June 2025
In Poland’s Presidential Election Runoff, Candidates Battle for Young Voters Who Don’t Like Them
Supporters of Slawomir Mentzen, a far-right candidate in the first round of the presidential election, in Warsaw on May 10.
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Thomas
on June 2025
India and Pakistan’s Air Battle Is Over. Their Water War Has Begun.
Water diverted from the Kishenganga dam flowing into a lake near Srinagar, the capital of the Indian-administered section of Kashmir.
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Thomas
on June 2025
World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts
Dr. Raj Ladher, a professor at the National Center for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India, with Ph.D. students.
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Thomas
on June 2025
A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security
Recent construction work on a sea wall to protect Charleston’s downtown areas.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Supreme Court Candidates Try TikTok and Tinder in Mexico’s Elections
Dora Martínez Valero, a candidate for Mexico’s Supreme Court, campaigning while being filmed for social media in Mexico City in May.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Macron Says Israel Can’t Have ‘Free Pass’ in Gaza
President Emmanuel Macron of France, speaking in Singapore on Friday.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Energy Dept. Cancels $3.7 Billion for New Technologies to Lower Emissions
Among the canceled awards was $331 million to Exxon Mobil, which had been planning to replace natural gas with hydrogen at a chemical facility in Baytown, Texas.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Islamic State Says It Targeted Syrian Forces in Bomb Attacks
Syrian security forces in Sweida Province, in the country’s south, this month. ISIS claimed attacks in the south in an area where the government has struggled to establish security.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Landslide at Quarry in Indonesia Kills at Least 14
Rescuers searching for landslide victims at a quarry in West Java, Indonesia, on Friday.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Paul Doyle, 53, Appears in Court Over Liverpool FC Parade Crash
A prison van believed to be transporting Paul Doyle arriving at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Trump Accuses China of Violating Trade Agreement
President Trump at the White House last week. In a social media post on Friday, Mr. Trump said that China violated a trade pact with the United States and suggested he could return to a more confrontational approach.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Israel Orders Evacuation of Much of Northern Gaza, Warning of Dangerous Combat
Palestinians flee parts of northern Gaza on Friday after the latest evacuation order from the Israeli military.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Ukraine Accuses Russia of Stalling Peace Negotiations
A prisoner exchange in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine last week.
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Thomas
on June 2025
How White South Africans Are Persuading Trump to Accept Them as Refugees
White South Africans waiting to hear welcome statements from U.S. government officials shortly after arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport earlier this month.
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Thomas
on June 2025
A Library on the Canada-U.S.Border Is Ensnared by Trump’s Foreign Policy
“Martha Stewart Haskell deliberately wanted the library on the border,” said Sylvie Boudreau, president of the Haskell Library’s board of trustees. “But I don’t think that in 1901 she could have ever imagined where we’d be today.”
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Thomas
on June 2025
A Ukrainian Girl Struggles to Survive Her Country’s War and Her Own
Margaryta Karpova, 12, and her mother, Liudmyla, at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, in December. She has stayed in the city through six rounds of chemotherapy.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Friday Briefing
President Trump announcing new tariffs at the White House in April.
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Thomas
on June 2025
U.S. Says Hamas Response to Gaza Cease-Fire Proposal ‘Only Takes Us Backward’
She Crowdfunded Surgery to Repair Damage From Genital Cutting
Which Cooking Oil Is Best for the Planet?
Smoke From Wildfires in Canada Wafts Into the Upper Midwest
In Gaza’s Emaciated Children, a Hunger Crisis Is Laid Bare
200 Miles of Sublime Pain on a Hindu Pilgrimage in Pakistan