Zelensky’s Government Takes Aim at Ukraine’s Corruption Fighters
The fight against corruption helped propel President Volodymyr Zelensky to power in 2019.
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on July 2025
Israel Expands Attacks in Central Gaza City and Raids W.H.O. Offices
Gazans hauling belongings on Tuesday in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, after the Israeli military broadened its operations in the area.
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on July 2025
Bangladesh Mourns After Deadly Plane Crash During School Lunch Break
Raiyan, 14, a student, received treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, after suffering injuries when a military jet crashed into a school in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Monday.
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on July 2025
Russia and Ukraine to Renew Talks, but Peace Remains Elusive
Ukrainian soldiers firing toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in May.
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on July 2025
Gold Miners Feared Dead in Congo After Landslide
A gold trader in the South Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, last year.
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on July 2025
Zelensky Targeted in Wartime Protests in Ukraine for the First Time
At a protest against legislation stripping the independence of anti-corruption agencies, a woman holds a phone saying “Veto” in Ukrainian, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday.
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on July 2025
Fiona Hill on Trump, Putin and Why Great Powers Fall
“Inability to act is the real challenge for all democratic systems,” Fiona Hill said. “Populism offers quick fixes for extraordinarily difficult problems.”
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on July 2025
TV Show Helps Identify Mother and Child Found Dead in Rome Park, and a Suspect
Forensic police officers working last month at the park where a woman and child were found dead in Rome.
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on July 2025
Austria Prepares to Give Up ‘Dream’ of Disarmament
Chancellor Christian Stocker of Austria in Vienna this month. The principle of neutrality, he said, “obligates us to national defense, comprehensive national defense in particular.”
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on July 2025
U.S. Says It Will Withdraw From UNESCO, Again
President Trump at the White House on Friday. The move to leave UNESCO reflects Mr. Trump’s deep mistrust and distaste of multilateralism and international institutions.
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on July 2025
In Japan, Anti-Establishment Parties Resonate With Young Voters
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan and other leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Monday, a day after the party’s defeat in parliamentary elections.
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on July 2025
Venezuela Targets Economists as Inflation Surges Under Trump’s Sanctions
U.S. dollar bills and Venezuelan bolívars. Though the bolívar is Venezuela’s official currency, the country operates on a dual-currency system, and many people paid in bolívars spend in dollars.
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on July 2025
Did Jeju Air Pilots Shut Down Wrong Engine Before Deadly Crash?
The site of the Jeju Air plane crash at Muan International Airport, South Korea, in 2024.
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on July 2025
Wednesday Briefing: Israel Expands Gaza Offensive
Smoke rising over Deir al-Balah in central Gaza yesterday.
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on July 2025
Syrian Inquiry Says Military Leaders Did Not Order Sectarian Killings in March
Members of Syria’s government security forces in Baniyas, Syria, in March. The city was the site of some of the worst sectarian violence in Syria that month.
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on July 2025
Trump Administration Keeps 19 Percent Tariff on Indonesia in Trade Deal
The tariffs on Indonesia appear to be broadly in line with those President Trump has agreed on with other Southeast Asian nations.
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on July 2025
FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Chief Resigns, Citing Agency ‘Chaos’, Colleagues Said
Search and rescue personnel near the Guadalupe River in Texas on July 8 after catastrophic flooding.
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on July 2025
U.S. Is Missing the Century’s ‘Greatest Economic Opportunity,’ U.N. Chief Says
The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, at the U.N. headquarters in New York last month.
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on July 2025
Air India Finds ‘No Issues’ After Inspections of Boeing Fuel Switches
The crashed Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft in Ahmedabad, India, last month.
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on July 2025
‘Bye, Bro’: British Fighter Jet, Stranded in India, Finally Leaves for Home
A British F-35B fighter jet on the tarmac at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport before taking off, on Tuesday, 22 July.
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on July 2025
Philippines’ Leader Meets With Trump to Clinch Trade Deal
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines at the Pentagon on Monday.
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on July 2025
Tuesday Briefing: A Deadly Jet Crash in Bangladesh
A search and rescue operation yesterday at the crash site in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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on July 2025
Sharing a Bed With Your Kid? It’s Totally Normal in Asia.
Erin Lim, second from right, and Tommy Kim in their bedroom with their sons in Seoul this month.
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on July 2025
Tuesday Briefing: A Deadly Jet Crash in Bangladesh
A search and rescue operation yesterday at the crash site in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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on July 2025
Climate Change Is Making Fire Weather Worse for World’s Forests
Fires at Tatkin Lake in British Columbia, Canada, in July 2023.
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on July 2025
Chinese Officers Questioned U.S. Government Employee About His Army Service
The Commerce Department employee is one of a handful of Americans barred by China from leaving the country, in a shadowy practice called an “exit ban” that the Chinese government has used for years.
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on July 2025
Seabed-Mining Firm Faces Legal Questions Over Trump Policy
A ship chartered by The Metals Company in 2021 to explore the potential of seabed mining.
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on July 2025
Syrian Government Evacuates Bedouin Families After Deadly Clashes
Bedouin tribe members, evacuating in the back of a truck, stopped at a security checkpoint in Taarah, in Syria’s southern Sweida Province, on Monday.
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on July 2025
Shootings, Devastation, Hunger: Israel Fails to Address Gaza’s Power Vacuum
Mourners after Israeli troops opened fire on people trying to get aid north of Gaza City on Sunday.
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on July 2025
Israel Refuses to Renew Visa of Top UN Humanitarian Official for Gaza
In a screen grab taken from a handout video provided by the United Nations, Jonathan Whittall is shown standing near a destroyed hospital in Gaza in 2024.
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on July 2025
Bangladesh Air Force Jet Crashes Into School, Killing at Least 20
Firefighters and soldiers next to the wreckage of a military aircraft after it crashed into a school campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Monday.
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on July 2025
Chinese Officials Helped Cover Up Lead Poisoning of Children, Report Says
A family outside a pediatric hospital in Beijing, China, in July.
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on July 2025
Iran to Hold Nuclear Talks With France, Germany and U.K. After Sanctions Threat
Walking by a mural of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, right, and Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of the Islamic revolution, in Tehran.
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on July 2025
Ukraine Ups Its Arms Production, Asking Allies to Pay for It
An employee at Ukrainian Armor working on a vehicle in its factory this month in central Ukraine.
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on July 2025
Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent
Workers in training at the new Great Wall Motors factory in Iracemápolis, Brazil.
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on July 2025
Russia Launches Heavy Strikes Despite Trump Arms Pledge to Ukraine
A damaged metro station on Monday after a strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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on July 2025
Landslides and Floods Kill 18 in South Korea
The damage left after torrential rain in Gapyeong, South Korea, on Monday.
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on July 2025
Monday Briefing: Dozens Killed in Gaza
Palestinian mourners in Gaza City yesterday.
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on July 2025
How Trump’s Tariffs and Foreign Policies Have Bolstered Support for the E.U.
The European Union Headquarters in Brussels. President Trump’s pressure on military spending and trade have led some member states to work more closely together.
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on July 2025
China’s Hardball Tactics Set Tone for Difficult Summit with Europe
A shipping terminal in the city of Chongqing, which connects China with countries in Europe and elsewhere.
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on July 2025
Monday Briefing: Dozens Killed in Gaza
Palestinian mourners in Gaza City yesterday.
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on July 2025
Ukraine’s Zelensky Proposes Renewed Peace Talks With Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine’s proposal to revive peace talks came after President Trump agreed to facilitate the transfer of air defense weapons to Ukraine and threatened to impose sanctions on Russia’s trading partners.
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on July 2025
Jean-Pierre Azéma, 87, Dies; Chronicled French Collaboration With Nazis
Jean-Pierre Azéma in 2011. A French historian and writer, he helped destroy the postwar myths that the collaborationist wartime Vichy regime had done what it could to resist the occupying Germans.
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on July 2025
Japan’s Long-Dominant Party Suffers Election Defeat as Voters Swing Right
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan, center left, vowed to stay in office despite the poor showing by his Liberal Democratic Party, which has led Japan for all but five of the last 70 years.
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on July 2025
Passenger Ship Fire Kills at Least 3 People in Indonesia
In this photo made from a video released by Indonesia’s rescue agency, a rescue ship approaches the KM Barcelona 5 after it caught fire on Sunday.
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on July 2025
China Exit Ban on Wells Fargo Executive Stokes Foreign Business Anxiety
A Wells Fargo branch in New York City. Wells Fargo is one of six global banks that dominate the processing of dollar-denominated payments for China’s exports and imports.
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on July 2025
Dozens Are Killed at Aid Site Near Border, Gaza Health Officials Say
Palestinians mourning at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Sunday.
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on July 2025
As Trump Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, second from right, meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva in May.
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on July 2025
Typhoon Wipha Pounds Hong Kong and Macau With Rain and Wind
Fallen trees on top of a car in Hong Kong on Sunday.
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on July 2025
The K-Pop Band Big Ocean Is Making Waves With Sign Language
The members of Big Ocean (from left), Kim Ji-seok, Park Hyun-jin and Lee Chan-yeon, in Seoul in 2024.
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on July 2025
Iran’s Leaders Turn to a New Brand of Nationalism After Israeli and U.S. Attacks
SkyWest Plane Aborts Landing to Avoid Midair Collision With B-52 Bomber
Even as Air-Raid Sirens Blare, Ukrainians Wait for the Light to Change