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  1. Hundreds of Thousands of Thais and Cambodians Flee

    People escaped from a deadly border conflict, the authorities said, with some sheltering at a racetrack in Thailand and others near temples in Cambodia.

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    A Thai resident who fled clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers, using a cellphone while taking shelter in Buriram Province, Thailand, on Tuesday.
    A Thai resident who fled clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers, using a cellphone while taking shelter in Buriram Province, Thailand, on Tuesday.
    CreditWason Wanichakorn/Associated Press
  2. When Diamonds Are Not Forever

    After decades of growth driven by diamond mining, Canada’s Northwest Territories are facing the closure of three major mines and wondering: What’s next?

     By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and

    The A418 pit at the Rio Tinto Diavik Diamond Mine in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories was closed to mining activity in 2022 and is being filled with processed kimberlite and water as part of Diavik’s agreement to remediate the landscape back to as close to its original form as possible.
    The A418 pit at the Rio Tinto Diavik Diamond Mine in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories was closed to mining activity in 2022 and is being filled with processed kimberlite and water as part of Diavik’s agreement to remediate the landscape back to as close to its original form as possible.
    CreditPat Kane for The New York Times
  1. Between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a Trade War With No End in Sight

    After deadly cross-border military clashes, the Pakistani and Afghan governments have locked their populations in a trade war threatening the livelihoods of millions.

     By Elian Peltier and

    CreditAsim Hafeez for The New York Times
  2. Lithuania Declares National Emergency Over Suspicious Balloons From Belarus

    Hundreds of weather balloons sent to Lithuania this year have disrupted flights and stirred alarm in a sabotage campaign against a NATO state.

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    An officer inspecting a balloon used to carry cigarettes into Lithuania.
    CreditState Border Guard Service, via Associated Press
  3. The U.S. Gave Mexico a List of Russian Spies. Mexico Let Them Stay.

    Moscow has ramped up covert operations in Mexico, with spies meeting handlers in its bustling capital and seaside resorts, U.S. officials say.

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    The Russian Embassy in Mexico City is one of Moscow’s largest around the world, according to its Foreign Ministry, although the Kremlin and Mexico have few economic, cultural or military ties.
    CreditMarian Carrasquero for The New York Times
  4. With Fireworks and Parades, Syrians Celebrate Anniversary of al-Assad’s Fall

    A year ago, rebels overthrew President Bashar al-Assad, ending decades of dictatorship and civil war. But challenges remain for the new leadership.

     By Abdi Latif DahirReham Mourshed and

    CreditDavid Guttenfelder/The New York Times
  5. From Jail, He Tears Intricate Pictures By Hand For the Family He Misses

    As Gao Zhen awaits trial in China, his wife and child live in limbo, unable to return to America, sustained by the portraits he fashions from scraps of paper.

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    CreditAndrea Verdelli for The New York Times
  1. A Weakened Hamas Still Dominates Gaza, Building Day by Day

    A cease-fire after two years of war with Israel has allowed Hamas to tighten its grip on power again. “It’s still standing,” one Israeli official said.

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    Hamas fighters near Khan Younis, Gaza, in February at the handover of Israeli hostages’ bodies as part of an exchange deal.
    CreditSaher Alghorra for The New York Times
  2. Thai Jets Bomb Cambodia as at Least 5 Die in New Wave of Fighting

    Each side accused the other of firing first. The hostilities came weeks after President Trump had cast himself as a peacemaker in the decades-old border dispute.

     By Sui-Lee Wee and

    The fighting ignited panic among civilians in both countries. Some people in Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province moved away from the border on Monday.
    CreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images
  3. He Was a Russian Activist in Exile. His Own Wife Accused Him of Spying.

    Poland has charged a little-known Russian opposition figure with espionage and participating in a bomb plot. His friends are perplexed.

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    Igor Rogov in the Polish Parliament building.
    Creditvia Danila Buzanov
  4. New Clashes Erupt on the Thailand-Cambodia Border. Here’s What to Know.

    The latest violence comes months after President Trump helped mediate a cease-fire between the two nations.

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    Families gathered at a temporary shelter in Buriram province, Thailand, on Monday after clashes along the Thailand-Cambodia border.
    CreditSarot Meksophawannakul/Thai News Pix, via Getty Images
  5. One Hundred Schoolchildren Released After Kidnapping in Nigeria

    The abduction of over 260 children from a Catholic school last month was the latest in a recent spate of kidnappings in the country.

     By Saikou Jammeh and

    A classroom at St. Mary’s Catholic boarding school in Niger State, Nigeria, last month following the kidnapping.
    CreditIfeanyi Immanuel Bakwenye/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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  1. The Catholic Priest Who Has Maduro’s Ear

    The Rev. Numa Molina, a Jesuit priest, has championed the poor for decades. Now, he is a power broker and a confidant of Venezuela’s embattled president, Nicolás Maduro.

     By Anatoly Kurmanaev and

    People line up to take photos with Father Numa Molina after a Mass in Marizapa, Venezuela.
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  2. She Led Finland Through Covid and Russian Threats. But She’s Famous for a Shimmy.

    Sanna Marin was celebrated as a pathbreaking feminist when she became Finland’s prime minister at age 34. Two years after leaving office, she’s trying to turn a scandal over a leaked dancing video into a battle cry.

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    The scandal ultimately gave Sanna Marin more global renown than most Finnish politicians.
    CreditJuho Kuva for The New York Times
  3. The Unlikely Mother of a Movement, on a Hunger Strike to Avenge Her Son

    Since her son was killed with 15 others in a railway station collapse in Serbia, Dijana Hrka has become the face of widespread anti-government protests.

     By Lara Jakes and

    Dijana Hrka in Belgrade, Serbia, on Friday.
    CreditVladimir Zivojinovic for The New York Times
  4. Blood and Tears as Spain’s Troubled Bullfighting Star Hangs Up His Cape

    José Antonio Morante Camacho says he has fought his last bull. Fans appreciated his artistry but also his honesty about his struggles with mental illness.

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    José Antonio Morante Camacho, known as Morante de La Puebla, one of Spain’s greatest bullfighters.
    CreditAna Brigida for The New York Times
  5. ‘Gandalf’ the Medical Marijuana Grower: Folk Hero or Criminal?

    A police raid and criminal case against a longtime cultivator of cannabis in New Zealand’s Northland region has stirred up debates about medicinal marijuana.

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    CreditRuth Mcdowall for The New York Times

Dispatches

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  1. Brazil’s Answer to Hollywood: A Sleepy Town of Dreams and Droughts

    A dusty town in the parched northeast has become the nation’s show business destination. But climate change and technology are posing new challenges there.

     By Ana Ionova and

    CreditDado Galdieri for The New York Times
  2. Before Berlin’s Cowboys Are Booted Off Their Land, One Final Hoedown

    The town looks straight out of the Wild West, with saloons, sheriffs and cowboy hats galore, but in this endangered patch of the American frontier, everyone is speaking German.

     By Gordon Cole-SchmidtChristopher F. Schuetze and

    CreditLena Mucha for The New York Times
  3. Spain’s True-Crime Capital Is Fed Up

    A decades-old killing in a tiny village in a northern mountain town has turned the village into a destination for true-crime enthusiasts, creating a headache for remaining residents.

     By Jason Horowitz and

    The 1995 killing of Josep Montané was the third in Tor, Spain, in 15 years. A journalist was fascinated, and now the town is a destination for others who are, too.
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  4. I Saw the Northern Lights Once, but This Play Took Me Deeper

    The aurora borealis draws thousands of visitors to the Far North each year. A new play tells the lights’ tales from the perspective of Indigenous creators.

     By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and

    Salik Lennert and Julia Ulayok Davis performing in “Kiuryaq,” a new play that emerged from a four-year collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists from Canada, Greenland and the Sápmi region in Norway.
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  5. Father-Son Bonding at 2 Miles Per Minute on Germany’s Fabled Autobahn

    Late for a rock concert, dads’ rules about driving are (legally) broken as the speedometer hits 125 m.p.h. on a highway where there are no speed limits.

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    Jim Tankersley and his son Max at the Wilco concert in Dortmund, Germany, that they made it to only after a (very) speedy drive from Berlin in June.
    CreditJim Tankersley/The New York Times

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  1. Japón emite una alerta de tsunami tras un terremoto de magnitud 7,6

    El terremoto se produjo frente a la costa de la prefectura de Aomori, en la isla principal de Japón, Honshu.

     By Christine Hauser and

    La televisión japonesa en Sapporo mostró la noticia de una alerta de tsunami tras un terremoto de magnitud 7,6 el lunes.
    CreditGreg Baker/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  2. EE. UU. dio a México una lista de espías rusos. México los dejó quedarse

    Moscú ha intensificado sus operaciones encubiertas en México, y sus espías se reúnen con sus superiores en su bulliciosa capital y en sus playas, según afirman funcionarios estadounidenses.

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    La embajada rusa en Ciudad de México es una de las más grandes que tiene Moscú en el mundo, según su Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, aunque el Kremlin y México tienen pocos lazos económicos, culturales o militares.
    CreditMarian Carrasquero para The New York Times
  3. Perros en kimonos: en Japón, una celebración milenaria ahora incluye mascotas

    Para mantenerse relevante, un templo sintoísta ofrece bendiciones a animales de compañía como parte de una fiesta que data del periodo Heian.

     By Javier C. HernándezHisako Ueno and

    CreditKentaro Takahashi for The New York Times
  4. Por qué Rusia está usando México para espiar a EE. UU.

    Tradicionalmente Rusia ha usado el vecino del sur de Estados Unidos como base de espionaje, pero ha intensificado esos esfuerzos en años recientes.

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    Turistas en la playa de Cancún, México, en noviembre. Los funcionarios estadounidenses temen que entre los vacacionistas haya espías que trabajan para Moscú.
    CreditMarian Carrasquero para The New York Times
  5. El superávit comercial de China supera el billón de dólares por primera vez

    Los aranceles del presidente Trump no bastaron para frenar la avalancha exportadora mundial de China, que superó el récord del año pasado en solo 11 meses.

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    Una planta de fabricación de Geely en Hangzhou, China. Los fabricantes de automóviles y otros exportadores de potencias manufactureras tradicionales como Alemania, Japón y Corea del Sur están perdiendo clientes en favor de sus rivales chinos.
    CreditChang W. Lee/The New York Times
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    Why Some Teenagers Are Against Australia’s Social Media Ban

    Australia has imposed one of the world’s most comprehensive measures banning social media for children under 16. This is what several young Australian teens think about the ban, which takes effect on Wednesday.

    By Nailah Morgan and Jon Hazell

     
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    The Conflict Over Nigeria’s Returned Treasures

    Western museums are returning the Benin Bronzes — priceless items looted during colonialism — to Nigeria, but political infighting has jeopardized the ability to display and maintain the masterpieces. Our reporter, Alex Marshall, traveled to Nigeria to see some of the Bronzes.

    By Alex Marshall, Stephen Tayo, Nikolay Nikolov and Christina Thornell

     
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