Vatican Says Pope Leo Will Leave Hospital on Saturday, Days After Lung Surgery
Pope Leo with his physician, Luigi Carbone, on Tuesday at Gemelli Hospital in Rome.
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A Wayward Shark Becomes a Celebrity in South Korea
The shark that has been stuck in a canal in Busan, South Korea, since September.
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Why Are France’s Students Protesting?
Riot police detaining a protester during clashes before a demonstration in Marseille, France, on Saturday.
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Uncertainty Over Pope’s Health Fuels Familiar Debate Over Vatican’s Candor
Pope Leo XIV at a torchlight procession last month in Lourdes, France. Vatican experts wondered if he already knew of his cancer diagnosis during that visit.
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The Arab Kingmaker in Israel’s Election Who Wants a Partnership With Jews
Mansour Abbas, leader of Raam, in Nazareth, Israel, in September.
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The Rupturing Trump-Zelensky Relationship Stands to Hurt Ukraine and Its European Allies
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida in December.
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Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and Washington Post Journalist in West Bank
Israeli settlers gathering as Palestinians harvested olives in the West Bank, on Friday.
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Pope Asks Putin for a Cease-Fire for a Ukrainian City Under Siege
Pope Leo XIV entering a hospital in Rome before his surgery, on Tuesday.
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Deadly School Roof Collapse in Pakistan Raises Questions Over Regulation
The courtyard of the Al-Khair Education System school in Peshawar, Pakistan, after its roof collapsed on Thursday.
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Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia Put In Doubt Kingdom’s Sports and Business Events
Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, has been rocked by Houthi attacks in recent weeks that have forced the authorities to close the city’s main international airport.
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Caracas Is Eerily Safe After Deadly Police Raids in Venezuela Killed Thousands
Visitors to a former safe house used by an armed gang in Cota 905, a neighborhood in Caracas.
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A Calgary Crowd Rallies for Canada as Alberta’s Vote on Succession Nears
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Alberta’s referendum on its future in Canada “comes at the worst possible time.”
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He Was a Top Voice on Palestinian Liberation. Filmgoers Are Listening.
Maiken Baird, left, directed the documentary on Edward Said, and Sarah Mowaswes, center, was one of its producers. Mr. Said’s daughter, Najla Said, right, was also part of the filmmaking process.
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16 People Rescued in Pacific Ocean Off Mexico, U.S. Coast Guard Says
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter lifting off at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in San Diego on Friday.
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Japan’s Leader Says She Loses Hours to Makeup and Chores. Opinions Abound.
Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said her all-male team of aides has had trouble adapting to her schedule.
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What Life Is Like in Kyiv as Russia Tries to Make It Unlivable
A destroyed garage on Oct. 7 after an attack on an industrial complex that killed two security guards in Kyiv.
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The Sexual Abuse Crisis in Paris’s Public Schools
The entrance to St.-Dominique, a kindergarten in Paris where 16 current and former employees were arrested following accusations of child abuse.
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A Bitter White House Feud, Even by Trump-Era Standards: Alina Mildon and Richard Grenell
President Trump had appointed himself chairman of the Kennedy Center.
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Trump’s Deal With Russia Inflames Ukraine War He Vowed to End
President Trump during a campaign stop in Alaska on Tuesday. He has not delivered on his promises to end the war in Ukraine, or to lower prices, and recent deals with Russia could complicate both issues.
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Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Calls Trump’s New Oil Partner Corrupt
While expressing frustration that she is stuck abroad, María Corina Machado vowed to return to Venezuela and rally supporters for a future election.
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America’s Most Expensive Senate Race
Ken Paxton and James Talarico.
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6 Members of South Africa’s Biggest Party Are Killed in Shootings
Fikile Mbalula, the secretary general of the African National Congress, in Cape Town in May.
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Second Ebola Infection Announced in Kenya
A nurse gestures inside Nairobi Hospital, where an Ebola patient was isolated immediately upon arrival and treated at the hospital’s East Wing Isolation Facility. The patient later died.
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Violent Protests in Albania
A protester confronting riot police during an anti-government demonstration in central Tirana, Albania, on Thursday.
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Nazi-Looted Kandinsky Painting Sells for $42 Million at Auction
“The Colorful Life,” by Wassily Kandinsky, at Christie’s auction rooms last week.
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Why Russia Sees a Window to Bomb Ukraine Into Submission This Winter
Firefighters at the site of a strike on an apartment building in Kyiv on Wednesday.
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Meet Neha Bora, Activist and Face of India’s Young Protesters
Neha Bora, president of the All India Students’ Association, in New Delhi in October.
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Inside the Plague Research Labs at the Heart of a Russian Mystery
A picture released by the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute showing specialists working in a laboratory in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in 2019.
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The Race to Defend Kyiv Against Terrifying New Jet-Powered Drones
A jet drone struck the National Academy of Sciences building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 28
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Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Resume Russian Refinery Strikes, Defying Trump
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in London on Wednesday.
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32 Children Killed After School Roof Collapses in Pakistan
A rescue worker carried a child from a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday, after the roof of the building collapsed.
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North Korea and China Open Their Biggest Border Bridge
The New Yalu River Bridge seen from Dandong, China, on Thursday, the day it opened.
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While Pope Leo Recovers From Lung Surgery, the Vatican Runs on Autopilot
Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday. The service was held by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in Pope Leo’s absence, and included special prayers for the pontiff’s health.
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Why Does Saudi Arabia Struggle to Stop Houthi Attacks?
A military parade marked Saudi National Day in Riyadh last month.
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Home of London’s Oldest Restaurant, Rules, Is Given to National Trust
The interior of Rules, a British mainstay in the Covent Garden neighborhood of London. In the centuries since it opened, the restaurant has served London’s wealthy and wordy, its royals and its regulars.
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OpenAI Engineer, Who Is Charged With Planting Bug, Advised Saudis
The San Francisco offices of OpenAI. According to a court filing, a thumb-size recording device wrapped in toilet paper was found plugged into the back of a television in an executive conference room.
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Mexico Bans Violent Content on Social Media for Children
A student turning over his phone before entering a classroom in Mexico City on Tuesday. Mexico has clamped down on phone use in schools.
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Angry Youth in Aging Europe
A student protest in Bordeaux, France, on Tuesday.
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Brazil’s President Lula Accuses Meta of Helping His Right-Wing Opponent
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília on Monday. He is taking on a right-wing candidate in a runoff on Oct. 25.
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Turkey Raids Pro-Opposition TV Station
Turkish police officers outside the headquarters of Halk TV in Istanbul on Wednesday.
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As Pope Leo Recovers From Surgery, Messages of Support Abound at Rome Hospital
A statue of Pope John Paul II outside the hospital in Rome where Pope Leo XIV was hospitalized. The statue has become a gathering point for prayers.
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Japan Protests Russia’s Detention of Journalist Accused of Spying
The Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper headquarters in Sapporo, Japan on Wednesday. A journalist from the newspaper was arrested in Russia and accused of spying.
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Dublin Hotel Accused of Revoking Bookings for an Event to Combat Antisemitism
Sally Rooney Withdraws Her Books From UK Over Her Support of Palestine Action
Japan’s ‘Dancing Salaryman’ Can’t Stop Grooving
20 Hours After Falling Overboard, Cruise Passenger Is Rescued Near Greece