Earthquake Batters Myanmar and Thailand; High Toll Is Feared as Buildings Topple
A collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, just a few miles from the earthquake’s epicenter, on Friday.
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Pope Francis Came Near Death in Hospital, His Doctor Says
Dr. Sergio Alfieri, chief surgeon at Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome, led the team that treated Pope Francis there for 38 days. He spoke at a news conference on Saturday.
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In Japan, an Iceless Lake and an Absent God Sound an Ancient Warning
Kiyoshi Miyasaka, a Shinto priest, has been observing Lake Suwa every winter for decades.
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For Some Autocrats, Even Rigged Elections Can Be Too Much of a Threat
Protesters shielding themselves as Turkish riot police spray tear gas toward them during a demonstration to support Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu following his arrest, in Istanbul, on Saturday.
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Israel Launches Airstrikes Near Beirut For First Time Since Cease-fire
The site of an Israeli attack on Dahiya, a neighborhood in the southern outskirts of Beirut, on Friday.
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Ukraine Stages New Push Into Russia, Officials and Experts Say
Cathedral Square in the city of Belgorod last year. The region’s governor said in a social media post that parts of the region were currently unsafe, but did not mention Ukrainian troops crossing the border.
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Vance Makes Quick Trip to Greenland, a Place That Doesn’t Want Him
Vice President JD Vance arriving at a remote U.S. military facility, the Pituffik Space Base, in Greenland on Friday.
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Reworked U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal Proposal: What to Know
An open-pit titanium mine in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. President Trump has long been interested in Ukraine’s mineral resources, including titanium and lithium, which are crucial for modern technologies.
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Major Reform U.K. Donor Sold Weapons Parts to Russian Supplier
Nigel Farage at an event for his populist Reform U.K. party in Britain last year. The British aerospace manufacturer H.R. Smith Group donated to the party soon after he was announced as Reform’s leader.
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Protests Demanding Restoration of Monarchy in Nepal Turn Deadly
Police securing the site of a building set on fire by a pro-monarchist group during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday.
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Search for Missing US Soldiers in Lithuania Continues as Crews Work to Extract Vehicle
Recovery efforts continued on Friday for four missing U.S. soldiers who were training near Pabrade, a city in eastern Lithuania near the border with Belarus.
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Hegseth Seeks to Reassure Allies on First Official Trip to Asia
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, speaking at a news conference with Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro at Camp Aguinaldo in Metro Manila, Philippines, on Friday.
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What to Know About Iran’s Response to Trump’s Letter Urging Talks
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said “Our policy is to not negotiate directly while there is maximum pressure policy and threats of military strikes.” But he said indirect talks with the United States could occur.
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Rubio Says He Has Revoked 300 or More Visas in Trump’s Deportation Push
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking with reporters on Thursday.
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A Sewage-Fertilizer Giant Leaves Town Amid a Contamination Crisis
A Synagro processing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, last year.
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Visiting Greenland, Vance Finds the Weather and the Reception Chilly
Vice President JD Vance on a tour of the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday.
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Airlines Cut Seats to the U.S. as Canadians Stay Away
An Air Canada plane taking off from Vancouver International Airport. The airline has reduced the number of seats to the United States.
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Kristi Noem’s Rolex at El Salvador Prison Draws Attention
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, wore a gold Rolex Cosmograph Daytona during a visit to El Salvador’s Terrorist Confinement Center on Wednesday.
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Dachshund Lost on Australian Island Is Still Alive, but Elusive
Stoke’s Bay on Kangaroo Island, where Valerie the dachshund was recently identified, in part, by her pink collar.
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Myanmar Earthquake Aid Complicated by Its Isolation
Rescuers search for survivors in a damaged government staff housing building in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Friday.
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Climate Activists Who Threw Soup at van Gogh Painting Are Changing Tactics
“Just Stop Oil” demonstrators during an action outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, in January.
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What We Know About the Earthquake in Myanmar
People who evacuated from a nearby hospital waiting near a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar.
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In Photos: An Earthquake Rocks Myanmar and Thailand
People injured in the earthquake being treated outside Mandalay General Hospital in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Friday.
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Myanmar’s Internet Censorship Limits Information About Earthquake
Medical workers and supplies outside of a hospital in Napyidaw, Myanmar, on Friday.
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Medieval Tales of Merlin and Arthur, Hidden for Centuries, Return to Light
Modern-day magic was used to rescue this old manuscript about Merlin.
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Building in Bangkok Topples After Powerful Earthquake
Rescue workers at the scene of a construction site in Bangkok, where a building collapsed on Friday.
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How to Plan a Garden With Climate Change in Mind
The branches of a fallen tree in a pond on the author’s farm this month.
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Friday Briefing
A BMW factory in Munich.
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Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals
A ship chartered by the Metals Company returning to San Diego from the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean in 2021.
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F.B.I. Agents in Southeast Asia Paid for Sex While Police Stood By, Watchdog Says
The report describes F.B.I. employees paying for or accepting sex while socializing with each other and with the police.
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Prosecutors Seek 7-Year Sentence for Sarkozy in Qaddafi Money Case
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, on trial for illegal financing of his 2007 campaign, at the courthouse in Paris on Thursday.
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Marco Rubio Warns Venezuela Against Attacking Guyana Over ExxonMobil Deal
Guyanese President Irfaan Ali, left, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday in Georgetown, Guyana.
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Tesla Dealers Claimed They Sold 8,653 Cars in 3 Days in Canada. Did They?
Tesla vehicles sitting in a parking lot this month in Ontario.
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Boualem Sansal, Algerian French Writer, Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Algerian Prison
A demonstration in support of Boualem Sansal in Paris on Tuesday.
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Gazans Demand End to 18 Years of Hamas Rule
Palestinians demonstrate, demanding an end to the war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
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For 3 Years, They Quietly Dug Up One of the Biggest Treasures in England
One of the 800 Iron Age objects excavated near the village of Melsonby, in North Yorkshire, by a team of archaeologists from Durham University, in a handout photograph from the university.
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Turkey Deports BBC Reporter Who Covered Mass Protests
Protests have taken place across Turkey following the arrest of a leading rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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E.P.A. Offers a Way to Avoid Clean-Air Rules: Send an Email
A coal-burning power plant in Colorado in 2023. The Biden administration had put new rules in place on emissions from power plants.
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Tourist Submarine Sinks Off Egypt’s Red Sea Coast
A hospital in Hurghada, Egypt, on Thursday. Rescue workers pulled 39 people from the Red Sea after the accident, the provincial governor said.
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In Controversial Shake-Up, Israeli Lawmakers Give Themselves More Power to Choose Judges
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Knesset in Jerusalem on Thursday.
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South Sudan’s Vice President Machar Arrested, Party Says
Tensions between Vice President Riek Machar, left, and President Salva Kiir, of South Sudan have been building in recent weeks.
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Houthis in Yemen Won’t Be Defeated by Airstrikes Alone, Experts Say
A demonstration called by the Houthis in Sana, Yemen, on March 17, after the United States began launching airstrikes.
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Drones, Mines and Snipers: Ukraine’s Front Line Is a World Away from Peace Talks
Ukrainian soldiers marching during an initiation to welcome new members of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, at a training ground in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Sunday.
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Rattled by Trump, America’s Allies Shift to Defense Mode
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, center, at a factory in Halifax, on Tuesday. Mr. Carney on Wednesday described President Trump’s latest tariffs as “a direct attack.”
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Thursday Briefing
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Europeans Vow to Stand by Ukraine, but Disagree Over Force Proposal
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron of France and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Paris, on Thursday.
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As Musk Makes Some Headway in India, He Is Also Suing Its Government
Elon Musk, second from right, during a meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, left, at the White House in February.
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China Is Courting, and Confronting, U.S. Allies Made Uneasy by Trump
Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China, left, met with his counterparts Takeshi Iwaya of Japan, center, and Cho Tae-yul of South Korea in Tokyo on Saturday. At the same time, Chinese and Japanese ships were facing off in disputed waters.
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King Charles Briefly Hospitalized After Side Effects From Cancer Treatment
Friday Briefing: Trump’s New Tariffs Risk Trade War
For John Green, It’s Tuberculosis All the Way Down
South Korea Wildfires Raze Ancient Temples, Force Evacuations
The Nail Artist Mei Kawajiri’s Mind-Boggling Creations