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      An Israeli soldier taping a photograph of her friend Ron Sherman to a wall near the Israeli Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv.
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      For the Most Vulnerable Hostages, a Plea for Mercy

      Hamas released two American hostages on Friday, but concern is rising about the hundreds still held in Gaza, especially the injured and ill.

       By Jeffrey Gettleman and

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    Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in London in 2022. He left Pakistan in 2019 in for health reasons after being granted bail from a seven-year prison sentence.
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    Returning to Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif Aims for a Splashy Comeback

    After nearly four years in exile, Mr. Sharif, a three-time prime minister, will hold a big gathering before an upcoming election.

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    Shanta Thapaliya holding a photograph of her brother Sandip, who joined the Russian Army after struggling to find a long-term job in Nepal.
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    A Small Country Far From Ukraine Is Sending Hundreds toWar, on Both Sides

    Scores of young Nepali men have gone to fight, some lured by Russia’s promise of work, others to fight for Ukraine, raising the prospect of Nepalis fighting one another in a distant war.

     By Bhadra Sharma and

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    María Corina Machado, an opposition presidential candidate, holding a rally last month in Maturin, Venezuela.
    CreditAdriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

    A Thaw Between U.S. and Venezuela Ahead of a Key Vote

    The release of political prisoners and the lifting of some U.S. sanctions comes as Venezuela’s opposition prepares to elect a candidate to challenge the country’s leader.

     By Genevieve Glatsky, Isayen Herrera and

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    Moroccans waved Palestinian flags and shouted slogans in the capital, Rabat, on Wednesday to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
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    Passion for Palestinian Cause Had Faded, but Violence in Gaza Reignited It

    The Israeli bombardment of Gaza, in retaliation for a deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel, brought a new outpouring of support in the Arab world for the Palestinian quest for a state.

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    President Mohamed Bazoum’s fate and whereabouts remained uncertain on Friday.
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    Junta Says Niger’s Ousted President Tried to Escape. His Lawyer Says, No Way.

    Mohamed Bazoum, who was toppled in a coup, has been under house arrest with his family for nearly three months while leaders in Africa, the United States and Europe have pushed for his release.

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  1. The Saturday Profile
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    David Suzuki, the science broadcaster, prolific author and perhaps Canada’s most prominent environmentalist, on Quadra Island, in British Columbia.
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    He Warned Canada About Climate Change but Says, ‘We’ve Failed Big Time’

    After cautioning about environmental damage on TV for decades, David Suzuki, 87, one of Canada’s most famous scientists, felt a sense of defeat as he watched forests burn and temperatures soar this summer.

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    King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited the Slave Lodge in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday. Indigenous groups are seeking an apology for atrocities committed during 150 years of colonialism.
    CreditNardus Engelbrecht/Associated Press

    Dutch Royals Confront Their Country’s Colonial Legacy in South Africa

    The king has previously apologized for his family’s role in slavery, but some South Africans seek a direct apology and reparations from the Netherlands.

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    Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy arriving for opening night at the opera in Milan with Andrea Giambruno in December.
    CreditAlessandro Bremec/LaPresse, via Associated Press

    Giorgia Meloni Tells Italy She Is Dumping Her Longtime Partner

    On social media, the prime minister said her 10-year relationship with a news anchor “ends here,” after a hot mic and video footage picked him up apparently hitting on other women.

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    Britain’s Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer, celebrates with newly elected candidate Alistair Strathern. With two new electoral wins, Mr. Starmer said, Labour is redrawing the political map.
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    Double Defeat for U.K.’s Conservatives as Labour Snatches 2 Seats

    Britain’s main opposition party overturned large majorities in two parliamentary elections, in a stinging blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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    A Ukrainian defensive fortification on a lake on the Dnipro River in the Kherson region.
    CreditNicole Tung for The New York Times

    With Raids Across Dnipro River, Ukraine May Be Seeking New Front in War

    Military experts are reporting extensive strikes on Russian-held territory in the south, potentially with the goal of establishing a bridgehead on the east bank of the Dnipro.

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    “I am just begging with God,” said Mr. Ahmad, whose son is missing.
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    A Father, an Earthquake and the Desperate Search for a Missing Son

    Over a week since a major earthquake decimated his village in northwest Afghanistan, Noor Ahmad is on a harrowing hunt to find his 5-year-old.

     By Christina Goldbaum and

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    The burial of Roqia, 12, who was injured in the earthquake and died on Tuesday in a hospital in the village of Siaab, Zinda Jan District, Herat Province, Afghanistan.
    CreditVictor J. Blue for The New York Times

    ‘The Wrath of God’: Afghans Mourn Unimaginable Loss From Quake

    The deadliest earthquake to strike the country in decades leveled entire hamlets. Many people lost most, if not all, of their immediate family.

     By Christina Goldbaum, Yaqoob Akbary and

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    The Oasis of Peace, a small village in Israel where an evenly split number of Arab and Jewish families live side by side.
    CreditAvishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times

    In an Israeli Oasis, a Model for Peace, if Messy and Imperfect

    In a small village, Jews and Arabs have chosen to live side by side, share power and imagine a more hopeful future. But even here, the agonies of the conflict can’t be escaped entirely.

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    Students at the Marinesko Maritime Professional College in Odesa, Ukraine, during their first day of school earlier this month.
    CreditLaetitia Vancon for The New York Times

    In a Port City Severed From the Sea, Young Sailors Feel Adrift

    With Russia trying to maintain military control of the Black Sea, Odesa is disconnected from its waters — and its history.

     By Marc Santora and

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    CreditAndrew Testa for The New York Times

    In Pricey London, Free Parks Are a Cherished Haven

    As housing costs rise, the capital’s extensive green spaces, often described as the “lungs of the city,” offer space and respite to all — when the weather cooperates, that is.

     By Andrew Testa and

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    Milei rodeado de seguidores en Salta, Argentina. Su campaña impetuosa y desde una perspectiva de outsider lo ha convertido en uno de los favoritos para las elecciones del domingo.
    CreditSarah Pabst para The New York Times

    Javier Milei, un ‘mini Trump’, podría ser el próximo presidente de Argentina

    El candidato libertario comparte algunas sorprendentes similitudes con Donald Trump y su ascenso a la presidencia estadounidense en 2016.

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    Lo que sabemos sobre la explosión en el hospital en Gaza

    Todavía hay muchas cosas que no están claras sobre el incidente en el que, según autoridades palestinas, murieron cientos de personas.

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    Un mercado callejero en Caracas en enero. Una debacle económica, de varios años, ha desencadenado una crisis humanitaria que ha provocado una amplia migración.
    CreditAdriana Loureiro Fernandez para The New York Times

    Venezuela promete dar pequeños pasos hacia unas elecciones justas el próximo año

    El acuerdo firmado el martes por el gobierno autoritario del país y la oposición no permitiría que todos los candidatos puedan postularse.

     By Genevieve Glatsky and

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    Daniel Noboa, heredero de un imperio de banano, cuya campaña prometió un cambio, llegó el domingo a votar en un recinto electoral de Ecuador.
    CreditSantiago Arcos/Reuters

    Daniel Noboa, heredero de un imperio empresarial, gana la elección presidencial de Ecuador

    El candidato de centroderecha enfocado en el empleo se impuso a la candidata de izquierda en unas elecciones decisivas centradas en la economía y el aumento de la violencia de las pandillas.

     By Genevieve Glatsky, José María León Cabrera and

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    Secuelas de una explosión en el Hospital Ahli Arab de la ciudad de Gaza el miércoles. Cientos de personas murieron, según las autoridades de salud palestinas.
    CreditMahmud Hams/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

    Las secuelas de la explosión en un hospital de Gaza

    Los heridos en la explosión del martes fueron trasladados a otros hospitales de la ciudad, ya desbordados tras 11 días de ataques aéreos israelíes contra la asediada franja costera.

     By Raja Abdulrahim, Hiba Yazbek and

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The Saturday Profile

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    Feargal Sharkey last month at a protest in Whitstable, England.
    CreditAndrew Testa for The New York Times

    Post-Punk Legend Leads Fight for Clean Water as Britain’s ‘Sewage Czar’

    Feargal Sharkey, best known as the lead singer of the Undertones, has become one of the loudest voices demanding that Britain’s private water companies clean up their act.

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    Naci Gorur, a retired geology professor, has made it his life’s work to warn Turkey about earthquakes.
    CreditBradley Secker for The New York Times

    He Warned Turkey About Earthquakes. Now He Fears for Istanbul.

    Naci Gorur, a geologist, has become a household name in Turkey for imploring the country to prepare for quakes he has predicted. He has been disappointed by the response and is deeply worried about Istanbul.

     By Ben Hubbard and

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    Tharshan Selvarajah, this year’s winner of the “Grand Prize of the Traditional French Baguette,” at his bakery in Paris, in September.
    CreditDmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times

    A Sri Lankan Baker’s Baguette Conquers France

    After 17 years in France, Tharshan Selvarajah has yet to apply for citizenship. But he has made bread for President Emmanuel Macron.

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    Anand Malligavad walking on the bed of Dodda thoguru lake, in Bengaluru Karnataka, in July.
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    India’s ‘Lake Man’ Relies on Ancient Methods to Ease a Water Crisis

    Anand Malligavad turned to centuries-old knowledge to reclaim dozens of lakes in the high-tech capital of Bengaluru. Now, he is in demand across India, one of the world’s most water-stressed nations.

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    Said Ismahilov, a Muslim cleric, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where he works as part of a medical unit.
    CreditEmile Ducke for The New York Times

    ‘We Are Accidentally Alive’: A Muslim Cleric Reflects on His War Experience

    Said Ismahilov fled Russians in eastern Ukraine and then fled the suburb of Bucha when the war began. Once the mufti of Ukraine, he is now a medic on the front line.

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  3. The Interpreter | INDIA’S DAUGHTERS

    Chapter 1: To Take Control, She Had to Run

    This is the first part of a series by The Interpreter that examines how, for two young women, chasing opportunity in India has been a fight for their lives.

    By Amanda Taub, Emily Schmall, Shalini Venugopal Bhagat and Andrea Bruce

     
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  8. Man Poses as Mannequin to Steal Jewelry

    A 22-year-old man in Warsaw posed motionless, carrying a shopping bag, beside mannequins in a storefront window, the police said. Security officials caught him.

    By Jenny Gross

     
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