Russia Made Drone Production a Supreme Priority. Now It Swarms the Skies.
Ukrainian firefighters battling a blaze in central Kharkiv after several Russian drones struck the area in July.
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on September 2025
The German Elections That Are Set to Test the Attraction of the Far Right
The industrial city of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia is one of the places where the far-right party Alternative for Germany could do well.
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on September 2025
Romania Reports Russian Drone in Its Airspace
A Romanian Air Force F-16 aircraft flying in an air show in Romania last month.
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on September 2025
After Landmark Election, a Frustrated Malawi Returns to Polls
Lazarus Chakwera, the incumbent president of Malawi, in Lilongwe in July. Malawians will head to the polls on Sept. 16.
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on September 2025
After Bolsonaro’s Conviction, Brazil Already Considers His Amnesty
Federal agents standing guard this month in Brasília, with Brazil’s Congress in the background, where negotiations about amnesty for Jair Bolsonaro have already begun.
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on September 2025
As Sabotage in Europe Mounts, So Do Calls to Retaliate Against Russia
A house that was badly damaged by debris from a Russian drone that was shot down in the village of Wyryki-Wola, in eastern Poland, on Wednesday.
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on September 2025
Brazil Defies Trump’s Demands by Convicting Bolsonaro
Security officers at Brazil’s Supreme Court in Brasília this month.
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on September 2025
‘You Burned This Country Down’: After Arsons, Nepal Reckons With Its Future
Doctors attended to Sibam Sah, left, and his cousin Birendra Kumar Sah, whose face and body were also ravaged by burns.
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on September 2025
Trump Administration Questions Colombia’s Anti-Drug Efforts and Weighs Cutting Aid
Soldiers standing amid a coca crop in Cúcuta, Colombia, in 2020. Colombia is the world’s top producer of cocaine, but it has also been a key ally of the United States in trying to combat the drug trade.
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on September 2025
U.S. and China to Resume Talks on Tariffs, TikTok in Madrid
Jamieson Greer, left, the U.S. trade representative, and Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury secretary, met for trade talks in May with He Lifeng, China’s vice premier for economic policy, in Geneva.
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on September 2025
Dozens of Students Among Over 200 Dead in Two Boat Disasters in Congo
A boat makes its way down the Congo River in 2021.
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on September 2025
Rubio Heads to a Defiant Israel After Qatar Strike
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel on Sunday.
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on September 2025
Focus Point
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on September 2025
In Toronto, a Spotlight on Canadian Films
Ryan Reynolds flashed an image of the Canadian actor John Candy, who died in 1994 and is the subject of a new documentary.
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on September 2025
Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide
A construction worker in Boston in July, when temperatures were in the 90s. Boston passed a law this summer requiring city projects to have a “heat illness prevention plan.”
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on September 2025
A Chaotic Showdown Over Election Integrity in India
Protesters in Kolkata, India, last month after the country’s election commission announced the revision of voter rolls ahead of elections in the state of Bihar.
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on September 2025
Tesla Board Chair Defend’s Elon Musk’s Humongous Pay Proposal
Robyn Denholm, Tesla’s board chair, argues that Elon Musk deserves his compensation package even though the company’s sales and profits have shrunk under his leadership.
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on September 2025
Unusual Climate Case Accusing Oil Giants of Racketeering Is Dismissed
Damage from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017.
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on September 2025
Bolsonaro was Sentenced to 27 Years for Plotting a Coup in Brazil. What Comes Next?
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, in São Paulo last year.
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on September 2025
Amid Drought, Some U.K. Residents Fume as Blackstone C.E.O. Fills Private Lake
The American billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman has been refurbishing a country house in the village of Conholt in east Wiltshire, about 80 miles southwest of London.
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on September 2025
NATO Steps Up Defenses After Russian Drones Violate Polish Airspace
Officials inspecting a house that was damaged when a Russian drone was shot down in the village of Wyryki-Wola, in eastern Poland, on Wednesday.
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on September 2025
Belgian Authorities Say $10 Million Supply of Birth Control Has Not Yet Been Destroyed
Belgian officials said the contraceptives the Trump administration claimed to have destroyed were still at this warehouse outside Antwerp, Belgium.
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on September 2025
Former Judge Sushila Karki Named Nepal’s Leader After Gen Z Protests
Sushila Karki, a former chief justice, was sworn in at a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday.
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on September 2025
Rubio Leads Charge in Trump’s New War in Latin America
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has long sought the ouster of anti-American leftist strongmen in Latin America.
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on September 2025
Prince Harry Meets War Veterans in Surprise Visit to Ukraine
Prince Harry with a wounded Ukrainian serviceman during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Friday.
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on September 2025
Freed South Korean Workers Return From the U.S. to Tearful Cheers
South Korean workers arriving at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on Friday.
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on September 2025
Supporters of Ukraine Anti-Corruption Investigator Call His Jailing Absurd
A protest in July. Ukrainians have expressed strong support for ensuring that anti-corruption agencies can operate independently.
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on September 2025
Qatar Prime Minister to Meet Trump Officials After Israeli Strikes in Doha
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, has said that Israel crossed a line with its strike on Tuesday in his country’s capital, Doha.
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on September 2025
Secret Report Undercuts U.K. Condemnations of Palestine Action Group
A rally last month in Parliament Square in London called for lifting a British government ban on the group Palestine Action.
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on September 2025
A Defender of Darkness in the Darkest Place on Earth
Eduardo Unda-Sanzana at the Paranal Observatory in Antofagasta, Chile.
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on September 2025
Why Dozens of Gleaming S.U.V.s Were Gifted to an Island Nation
Outside a new medical center funded by China in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on Friday.
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on September 2025
Jair Bolsonaro Is Convicted
Jair Bolsonaro during an interview earlier this year.
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on September 2025
In the Pacific, Unkept U.S. Promises on Climate Cut Deep
Rising waters during a heavy storm and high tide on Fanalei Island, in the Solomon Islands, in January. With each tide creeping higher, villagers fear their island may soon become uninhabitable.
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on September 2025
Opposition to Putin Pulls Up European Leaders Dragged Down at Home
President Emmanuel Macron of France, Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain at a NATO summit in The Hague in June.
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on September 2025
Lawyers for Venezuelans Ask Court to Press D.H.S. on Temporary Protections
Venezuelan migrants waited in line in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in 2023 to enter the United States after receiving asylum hearings through the CBP One app.
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on September 2025
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
The warehouse in Geel, Belgium, where millions of contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. were stored when the U.S. government defunded the agency.
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on September 2025
U.S. Joins U.N. Security Council’s Criticism of Israeli Strike in Qatar
“How can we host Israeli representatives when they have committed this attack?” the prime minister of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, asked the Security Council.
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on September 2025
Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room
Some Nepalis attended an annual festival in Kathmandu on Thursday, despite the unrest of recent days.
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on September 2025
The Manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s Killer
A memorial for Charlie Kirk in Phoenix, Ariz., yesterday.
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on September 2025
Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting a Coup in Brazil, Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison
Former President Jair Bolsonaro was accused of orchestrating a vast plot to stay in power after he lost the 2022 election.
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on September 2025
Carney Unveils Major Projects for Canada to Offset Damage of Trump’s Tariffs
A liquefied natural gas facility in Kitimat, British Columbia, in 2024. Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said on Thursday that the facility would double in size.
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on September 2025
Brazil’s Supreme Court Is On Course to Convict Bolsonaro in Coup Plot
Former President Jair Bolsonaro was accused of orchestrating a vast plot to stay in power after he lost the 2022 election.
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on September 2025
On Ukraine and Gaza, Trump Casts Himself as a Bystander, if He Can’t Be a Peacemaker
When dozens of Russian drones flew deep into Poland on Tuesday, President Trump left it to Polish leaders and NATO to issue a warning to the Russians.
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on September 2025
Belarus Frees 52 Political Prisoners and Gets a Warm Thank-You From Trump
John Coale, a U.S. envoy, right, said that the State Department hoped to reopen its embassy in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
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on September 2025
Charlie Kirk’s Influence Extended Far Beyond the U.S.
Charlie Kirk at AmericaFest, a four-day conference in Phoenix run by Turning Point USA, in Phoenix last year.
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on September 2025
Funicular Crash Has Jarred Lisbon’s Sense of Itself
Far-Right Rally in London Draws Huge Crowd and a Counterprotest
Zinc Roofs Give Paris Its Signature Look. But They Are a Nightmare in Heat.
7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Russia’s Far East
California Wants to Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Pans. These Chefs Say Don’t Do It.
Nepal’s Capital Is Choked With Smoke and Gripped by Fear