Russia Opens Secret Trial of Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich standing inside a glass cage for defendants before he went on trial on Wednesday in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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on June 2024
NATO, at Washington Summit, Will Offer Ukraine a ‘Bridge’ to Membership
Members of Ukraine’s 45th Brigade operating a Swedish-donated self-propelled howitzer in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv Region this month.
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on June 2024
Julian Assange Pleads Guilty to Espionage, Securing His Freedom
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, arriving at a U.S. courthouse in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday morning.
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on June 2024
Rogue to Victim: What Australia Sees in Julian Assange
Julian Assange arriving at court in Saipan, the Northern Mariana Islands, on Wednesday to enter a guilty plea.
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on June 2024
Mark Rutte Moves From Leading Netherlands to Heading NATO
Mark Rutte, the outgoing Dutch prime minister, will take over the post of secretary general of NATO from Jens Stoltenberg on Oct. 1.
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on June 2024
In Surprise Move, Kenya’s President Rejects Tax Bill That Prompted Deadly Protests
The wreckage of a car burned on Tuesday in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, during protests over proposed tax increases.
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on June 2024
Nigel Farage, a Trump Ally and Brexiteer, Shakes Up U.K. Politics, Again
“The establishment are terrified, the Conservatives are terrified,” Nigel Farage told his supporters at an event in Clacton-on-Sea last week.
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on June 2024
China’s Anguished Debate: Do Its Children Have a Crime Problem?
A photograph of Gong Xinyue in her bedroom, in her village in northwestern China.
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on June 2024
Deaths at Hajj and Big Events Highlight Failures to Adjust to Heat
Muslim pilgrims used umbrellas to shade themselves from the sun during the hajj in Saudi Arabia this month.
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on June 2024
How a French Far-Right Leader, Jordan Bardella, Helped Rebrand the National Rally
Jordan Bardella, the National Party’s president, is jockeying to become France’s next prime minister — something that 10 years ago would have been unthinkable.
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on June 2024
Kenyan-Led Forces Arrive in Haiti After Months of Gang Violence
A photo released by the Kenyan presidential office shows deploying police officers praying with President William Ruto on Monday in Nairobi.
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on June 2024
I.C.C. Issues Arrest Warrants for Russian Officials Shoigu and Gerasimov
Gen. Valery Gerasimov, left, and Sergei Shoigu, then Russia’s defense minister, in a photo released by Russian state media in 2023.
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on June 2024
Emperor Naruhito to Visit London’s Kew Gardens, Which Has Links to Japan
Visitors to Kew Gardens in London on Monday. The Japanese Gateway is in the background.
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on June 2024
Black-Clad Ultras Are a Fixture at Euro 2024
Members of the Carpathian Brigade, a Hungarian ultras group, at a match between Hungary and Switzerland during Euro 2024 this month. The group often echoes the rhetoric of their country’s prime minister, Viktor Orban.
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on June 2024
Wednesday Briefing
Tear gas exploded as protesters tried to help injured people outside Kenya’s Parliament.
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on June 2024
Kenyan President Vows to Crack Down on ‘Treasonous’ Protesters
A tear-gas canister exploded on a street in Nairobi, Kenya, during protests over a bill to raise taxes.
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on June 2024
Protests in Kenya Over Tax Bill: What to Know
Kenyans protesting against the finance bill Tuesday in Nairobi.
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on June 2024
Wednesday Briefing: Major Protests in Nairobi
A tear gas canister exploded as protesters tried to help injured people outside Kenya’s Parliament.
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on June 2024
A Court Ruled an Exhibit Discriminated Against Men. Now It’s in the Women’s Restroom.
A Picasso painting hangs inside the women’s restroom at the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania, Australia.
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on June 2024
Kenya Protests Are a Blow to Biden’s Embrace of President Ruto
President Biden with President William Ruto of Kenya at the White House last month.
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on June 2024
Who Is Julian Assange? What to Know About the WikiLeaks Founder and His Plea Deal
Julian Assange in London in 2011. He pleaded guilty early Wednesday to a single count of illegally obtaining and disseminating national security information.
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on June 2024
Kenya Police Force Has a Bloody Past With Protesters
Police fire tear gas during mass rallies to protest against the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2008.
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on June 2024
Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt Testify on Antidoping Measures Ahead of Olympics
The Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, who testified before Congress about a different doping scandal in 2017, said on Tuesday that he was “incredulous” to be back addressing the same issue seven years later.
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on June 2024
The Southern Border, Terrorism Fears and the Arrests of 8 Tajik Men
The Texas-Mexico border in 2023. Eight men from Tajikistan, with possible ties to the Islamic State, crossed into the United States in the past year.
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on June 2024
Julian Assange’s Plea Deal Could Chill Press Freedoms
Julian Assange after his arrest outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in 2019. By taking a plea deal, Mr. Assange will not raise any constitutional challenge testing the legitimacy of applying the Espionage Act to his actions.
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on June 2024
Obama’s Half Sister Is Among Those Tear-Gassed During Protests in Kenya
Auma Obama, an older half sister of former President Barack Obama, speaking in Frankfurt in 2021.
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on June 2024
See Kenya’s Protests in Nairobi
Protesters in the streets on Tuesday in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, during a strike to protest tax hikes included in a finance bill.
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on June 2024
Russia Committed Human Rights Violations in Crimea, European Court Finds
A sign reading, “Together with Russia. Referendum 16 March,” was put up outside Simferopol in Crimea in 2014.
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on June 2024
Strike in Gaza Kills Sister of Hamas’s Political Leader Haniyeh
Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, in Tehran in March.
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on June 2024
What Is a Famine and Who Determines That One Exists?
Waiting to receive food at a school in Jabaliya in northern Gaza this month.
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on June 2024
Fire Exposes Harsh Work Conditions Migrants Face in South Korea
Emergency personnel and investigators at the scene of Aricell’s factory in Hwaseong, South Korea, on Tuesday, the day after the lethal fire.
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on June 2024
How Venezuela’s Leader Could Stay in Power No Matter What Voters Want
Supporters of President Nicolás Maduro during a get-out-the-vote event this month in the capital, Caracas.
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on June 2024
Three Ideas to Beat the Heat, and the People Who Made Them Happen
Hansa Ahir, left, who salvages recyclable waste for a living in Ahmedabad, India, bought an insurance policy to cover her income on days when heat makes it dangerous to work.
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on June 2024
When Sick Pets Need Blood, Animal ‘Superheroes’ Come to the Rescue
Jolie, a blood donor, giving blood at a DoveLewis Blood Bank in Portland, Ore., last month.
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on June 2024
Russia Tightens Grip on Wagner Units in Africa, Year After Failed Mutiny
Russian military instructors appeared on state television in Niger after arriving in the capital, Niamey, in April.
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on June 2024
Israel’s Supreme Court Rules Ultra-Orthodox Jews Must Be Drafted Into Military
Una protesta contra el reclutamiento de los ultraortodoxos en el ejército israelí en Jerusalén en abril
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on June 2024
Tuesday Briefing
A still from a video released by the Russian government said to show damage from the attacks in Dagestan.
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on June 2024
2 Russian Women Put on a Play. Then the State Came for Them.
Yevgenia Berkovich, left, and Svetlana Petriychuk inside a courthouse in Moscow in May. The two are being tried on charges of terrorism relating to the production of their play, “Finist the Brave Falcon.”
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on June 2024
Zelensky Removes Gen. Yurii Sodol Amid Criticism of Excessive Casualties
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine announced that he was replacing Gen. Yurii Sodol as commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces with Brig. Gen. Andrii Hnatov.
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on June 2024
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Founder, Agrees to Plead Guilty in Deal With U.S.
A still image from a video posted by WikiLeaks showed Julian Assange boarding a plane at London Stansted Airport on Monday.
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on June 2024
Israeli Strike Kills Health Official, Gazans Say, as Gallant Visits U.S.
Mourning the death of Hani al-Jaafarawi, Gaza’s ambulance and emergency teams chief, during his funeral on Monday, after Gazan officials said he was killed in an overnight Israeli strike on a clinic in Gaza City.
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on June 2024
Deadly Attacks in Russia’s Dagestan Region: What to Know
A memorial on Monday in front of the Holy Assumption Cathedral after an attack on Sunday in Makhachkala, in the Dagestan region of Russia.
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on June 2024
Tuesday Briefing: Dagestan Attack Revives Terrorism Fears in Russia
A still from a video released by the Russian government yesterday of officers after the attacks in Dagestan.
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on June 2024
France’s Far-Right Leader Says the National Rally Is Ready to Govern
Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally party, speaking at a news conference in Paris on Monday ahead of legislative elections.
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on June 2024
4 Scenarios for Next Phase in Gaza War, With ‘Intense’ Fighting Set to End
Israeli soldiers near the border with Gaza in southern Israel last week.
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on June 2024
In Greece, Another Tourist Found Dead Amid Scorching Heat Wave
A woman fanning someone on a bench in front of the Parthenon at the ancient Acropolis in Athens this month. Because of the extreme heat, Greek authorities took the unusual steps earlier this month to temporarily restrict visiting hours to the Acropolis and several other ancient sites.
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on June 2024
Hajj Deaths in Saudi Arabia: What to Know
A pilgrim being evacuated by medics this month at the base of Mount Arafat, one of the sites of pilgrimage in the hajj.
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on June 2024
Iran’s Onerous Hijab Law for Women Is Now a Campaign Issue
Women in Tehran on Thursday, a week before the presidential election, none wearing the required hijab covering their hair.
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on June 2024
Princess Anne Hospitalized With Minor Injuries After Incident
Princess Anne, left, attended the Royal Ascot horse races last week. Her son Peter Phillips is at right and Lady Gabriella Kingston is at the center.
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on June 2024
Death Toll in Dagestan Church and Synagogue Attacks Rises, Officials Say
A still from a video released by the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee on Monday of officers after the attacks in Dagestan, Russia.
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on June 2024
Death Sentence Reversed for Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Lawyer Says
Demonstrators at a rally in Berlin in April condemning the death sentence for Toomaj Salehi and supporting women in Iran.
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on June 2024
Heavy Rain and Deadly Flooding in Southern China, in Photos
The death toll from heavy rains in Meizhou, China, has jumped in recent days.
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on June 2024
Many African Nations Want France Out. This Country Wants It In.
Mashauri Muhindo Memcan, the head of the French department at the Good Haven International School in Kigali, Rwanda, in April. The French language, once snubbed, is back in classrooms in the Central African nation.
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on June 2024
Philippines Drops Charges Against Leila de Lima, Prominent Duterte Critic
Leila de Lima, a former senator, leaving a court in suburban Manila on Monday. Detained in 2017, she was released on bail in 2023 after witnesses recanted their testimony.
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on June 2024
Middle East Crisis: Netanyahu’s Coalition Appears Steady After Court Ruling
Scotland Yard Had Doubts About Will Lewis’ Cooperation