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Rubio Says Trump to ‘Move On’ From Ukraine Peace Talks if No Progress Soon

High-level talks on Thursday in Paris between American, European and Ukrainian officials.

Cambodia and China Strengthen Ties as US Imposes Tariffs

King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia, center left, and Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, on Thursday at Phnom Penh International Airport.

Syrians Recount Gas Attack Under Assad as They Seek Justice

The basement of an underground medical center in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, where victims of a chemical attack were taken in 2013.

Meloni and Trump Oval Office Meeting Cements Special Rapport

President Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at the White House on Thursday. The meeting was largely a smooth affair.

Trump’s Tariff Threats Chill Italy’s Cheese Makers

Grana Padano wheels aging inside the warehouse of Caseificio Zanetti. in Lallio, Italy, on Monday.

G.O.P. Lawmakers in Syria Say They See Opportunity to Help Rebuild the Nation

Representative Cory Mills, left; Ignatius Aphrem II, the Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch, center; and Representative Marlin Stutzman in Damascus, Syria, on Friday.

U.S. Strikes on Yemeni Port Kill Dozens, Houthis Say

A still image from a video released on Friday by Al-Masirah, a Houthi-run channel, said to show destruction at the site of American strikes on the port of Ras Isa, Yemen.

Battling ‘Eat and Flee’ Tourists, Venice Brings Its Entrance Fee Back

Tourists at the Rialto Bridge in Venice. The city has recently banned cruise ships from its lagoon and taken other measures to counteract crowding.

5 Takeaways From Canada’s Election Debate

Canada’s political leaders at the election debate in Montreal on Thursday.

China Wants Countries to Unite Against Trump, but Is Met With Wariness

Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, during his visit to Vietnam on Monday. In Hanoi, he urged Vietnam to join China in opposing “unilateral bullying.”

South Korea Shipbuilding Strength Could Help in Tariff Talks With U.S.

A shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea, in 2013.

Israel Strikes Area With Tent Camps for Displaced Gazans

Hundreds of Capybaras ‘Conquered’ This Town. Now What?

A family of capybaras near a lake in Nordelta, a gated community north of Buenos Aires.

France Acknowledges Devastating Effect of Debt Imposed on Haiti for Freedom

A school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, that was transformed into a camp for displaced people escaping violence.

‘Psychological Torture’: London Bans Busking in a Famed Tourist Hub

Street performers have been a fixture in Leicester Square for generations, but they were barred from the tourist hub this week.

F.B.I. Arrests Harpreet Singh, Wanted in India

Security guards outside the headquarters of the National Investigation Agency in New Delhi this month.

Friday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Bargaining

President Trump met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at the White House.

Trump Opens Marine National Monument to Commercial Fisheries

Ukraine and U.S. Sign Agreement in Lead-Up to Full Minerals Deal

Mining ilmenite in the central region of Kirovohrad, Ukraine, earlier this year. President Trump has said he expects the United States to reap $500 billion from Ukraine’s natural resources in the deal and win access to deposits of rare earth metals.

Costa Rica Violated Rights of 81 Migrant Children Deported by U.S., Lawsuit Says

An image provided by an attorney representing Iranian deportees held at a detention center in Costa Rica. Some deported migrants sleep outdoors at the facility.

Friday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Bargaining

President Trump met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at the White House.

Chris Van Hollen Meets With Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is shown in a handout photo from his office with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly deported, on Thursday in El Salvador.

Katie Perry Is Suing Katy Perry in Australia. Wait, What?

Katy Perry, the singer and international pop star, performing in Philadelphia in 2024.

Here’s What to Know About Rare Earth Minerals and Renewable Energy

A rare earth mine in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China.

At Least 4 Are Killed in Cable Car Crash in Italy

Rescuers working in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, where a cable car carrying tourists crashed, on Thursday.

U.S. Is Withdrawing Hundreds of Troops From Syria

A U.S. military convoy in northeastern Syria in January. The military is shuttering three of its eight small operating bases in the country’s northeast.

Measles Outbreaks in Canada and Mexico Bring Grim Prognosis

A measles testing site in Seminole, Texas, in February. The outbreak that began in Texas is showing no signs of slowing. Cases have appeared in Ontario, Canada, and Chihuahua, Mexico.

Trump Meets With a European He Likes, Meloni of Italy, and Discusses Tariffs

President Trump heaped praise on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy during her visit to the White House on Thursday.

Europe and America, at Odds Over Ukraine, Try Talking to Each Other

President Emmanuel Macron of France, left, meeting with Steve Witkoff, a Trump administration envoy; Marco Rubio, the secretary of state; and Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s minister for foreign affairs, at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Thursday.

Trump Threatens to Block Harvard From Enrolling International Students

Harvard University has been in a standoff with the Trump administration over admissions and hiring policies.

Canada Election 2025: What to Know

The prime minister of Canada is not required to be a member of Parliament. Mark Carney, a former central banker, took the position after Liberal Party members elected him as their leader last month. He is now running in his first election, to represent a middle-class suburb of Ottawa.

The Dutch Love Their Bicycles. Helmets? Not So Much.

Riding an electric bike without a helmet in Amsterdam in August. Data show that since 2000, traffic accidents have claimed the lives of an average of 199 cyclists in the Netherlands each year.

4 Men Charged With Trying to Smuggle Thousands of Ants From Kenya

The captured ants were shown in court, packed in tubes with cotton to help keep them alive.

U.K. Court Ruling on Trans Women Is Part of Wider Debate on Sex and Gender

Susan Smith and Marion Calder, the directors of For Women Scotland, which brought the legal case that Britain’s Supreme Court weighed in on, celebrating outside the court in London on Wednesday.

The Ukrainian Schoolmaster Teaching History to His Invaders

Vitalii Dribnytsia, a former history teacher, speaks with someone in Russia via Chatroulette, where he often challenges Russians on their understanding of history.

Thursday Briefing: A Judge’s Pushback Against Trump

Judge James Boasberg.

Europe Seeks a Direct Line to Trump, Skeptical That Aides Speak for Him

In President Trump’s White House, he is the ultimate decision maker, and is far from a predictable one.

Trump Waved Off Planned Israeli Strike on Iranian Nuclear Sites

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel during a meeting with President Trump this month.

Iran Says Despite Shifting U.S. Messages, It Plans to Keep Participating in Nuclear Talks

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been Iran’s envoy in the talks with the United States. He and President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, planned to hold a second round of talks on Saturday.

Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

Trump Administration Aims to Redefine ‘Harm’ for Endangered Species

A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling on Ossabaw Island, Ga.

Climate Change Is Stressing the World’s Blood Supplies

A home in Los Angeles burning on Jan. 9. Thousands of blood donations were canceled during the fires.

WHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic Treaty

Anne-Claire Amprou, the French ambassador for global health, and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, at negotiations for the new pandemic treaty in Geneva on Wednesday.

Thursday Briefing: A Judge’s Pushback Against Trump

Judge James Boasberg.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford Orders Review of Therme’s Toronto Waterfront Lease

West Island, just off Toronto’s lakeshore, has been cleared of trees for development by a European spa company.

Russia Arrests Former Governor of Kursk Region

This photo released by the Russian government showed Aleksei B. Smirnov in Kursk in 2024.

How Brazil’s Rare Earths Mine Illustrates China’s Grip Over Minerals

A photograph provided by the company shows the facilities of Serra Verde, a rare earths mine in Minaçu, Brazil, that is under contract to sell nearly all its product to China.

U.S. Pastor Josh Sullivan, Kidnapped in South Africa, Is Rescued After Police Shootout

A U.S. pastor, Josh Sullivan, was kidnapped while giving a sermon at a church in Motherwell.

Peru’s Former First Lady Flees as She and Ex-President Are Sentenced to Prison

Peru’s former first lady, Nadine Heredia, in Lima, Peru, in 2018. Ms. Heredia fled to the Brazilian Embassy in Lima on Tuesday, seeking asylum as she and her husband were sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Trump Aides Close State Dept. Office on Foreign Disinformation

Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House on Monday. Diplomats are bracing for a series of deep cuts at the State Department.

Latvia Exits Land Mine Convention Amid Fears of Russian Aggression

The border of Latvia with Russia in 2024. A vote in Parliament made Latvia the first country in the region to act on a decision taken last month by three Baltic States and Poland to quit the 1997 Ottawa Treaty.

2 Judges Order Federal Agencies to Unfreeze Climate Money

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in January.

Palliative Care Doctor Is Charged With Serial Murder of 15 Patients in Germany

Moabit Prison in Berlin, where the palliative care doctor is being held.

Pope Francis Thanks Doctors and Nurses for His Recovery

A photograph released by the Vatican shows Pope Francis during an audience on Wednesday with personnel from Policlinico A. Gemelli, where he was recently hospitalized, and with Vatican medical staff.

R.S.F. in Sudan Declare Parallel Government Amid Assault on Zamzam Camp

People who fled the Zamzam camp resting in a makeshift encampment in Tawila in western Darfur on Sunday.

Europeans Show Less Stock Market Panic as Tariffs Cause Turmoil

The London Stock Exchange Group office in Canary Wharf, London.

Russia Jails 4 Journalists for Working With Navalny’s Organization

From left, Sergei Karelin, Konstantin Gabov, Antonina Favorskaya, and Artyom Kriger in court in Moscow on Tuesday. The journalists had pleaded not guilty to charges of extremism.

Israel Threatens Further Escalation in Gaza War

Inspecting the site of a strike in Jabaliya in northern Gaza on Wednesday.

Bukele Has Power to Return Deportee in El Salvador to U.S., Experts Say

During a meeting with President Trump at the White House on Monday, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador said he would not return a Maryland man who had been deported.

Canada Reschedules Political Debate That Conflicted With a Hockey Game

The Canadiens, in red, lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in Montreal on Monday, hurting their playoff hopes.

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