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Volunteers Are Risking Their Lives to Stop Ebola. They Aren’t Always Welcome.

Venezuela Live Updates: Window Narrowing to Find Survivors as Quake Death Toll Surpasses 1,400

Mexican Officials Have Become Informants for the Trump Administration

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, seen here at the Supreme Court of Justice in Mexico last year, has objected to U.S. investigations into officials from her political party.

Live Updates: Mideast Hostilities Flare, Testing Fragile U.S.-Iran Truce

Australia Says It Will Toughen Its Social Media Ban for Children

Most young Australian teenagers are still using major social media platforms despite the ban that took effect in December, researchers have found.

Once He Wanted to Lead FIFA. This Is Much Better.

Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, center, ahead of a soccer game between the Jordanian and Palestinian teams in 2023.

Venezuela’s Economy Was On the Rise. Then the Earthquakes Struck.

A residential building that collapsed during back-to-back earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Thursday.

After New York Elections, Israelis Fear Further Rupture in U.S.-Israeli Relationship

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, center, in Manhattan on Tuesday. Three pro-Palestinian candidates backed by Mr. Mamdani, an ardent critic of Israel, defeated moderates in Democratic congressional primaries this week.

Central and Eastern Europe Are Feeling the Heat Now

A resident of a nursing home in Dormagen, Germany, was put into an ambulance on Saturday as the facility was evacuated because of the heat.

Exiled Chefs From Myanmar Give Burmese Food Chance to Shine on International Stage

A Sculptor Rushes to Finish a Lionel Messi Statue During the World Cup

The giant statue of Lionel Messi made by Aldo Beroisa in the remote oil town of Cutral Có, Argentina.

Zelensky Steps Up Threats Against Belarus for Aiding Drone Attacks

A destroyed bridge over the Dnipro River, which forms the border between Ukraine and Belarus, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, this month.

A $2.5 Billion Whodunit: The Hack That Dented the U.K. Economy

Land Rovers being transported from the Jaguar Land Rover factory in Solihull, England, last year.

Small Plane Crashes Into Tallest Building in Beijing

The damaged exterior of Citic Tower, also known as China Zun, in Beijing, China on Friday.

Foreign rescuers in Venezuela battle debris, scarcity of supplies and time.

Members of a Colombian search-and-rescue team working among collapsed buildings in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Friday.

A Close Call With an Alberta Grizzly Bear, Recorded in Its Entirety

In the Ruins of Venezuela’s Earthquake, Civilians Volunteers Fill the Gaps

Civilians and trained emergency workers looked for survivors in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Thursday. La Guaira was the state hit hardest by the earthquakes.

The scale of destruction heralds a larger death toll to come, a top U.N. official says.

Rescue operations at a building in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Friday.

Deal With Israel Divides Lebanese, Fueling Protests in Beirut

People in Beirut protesting against the agreement that was signed late Friday between Israel, Lebanon and the United States.

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U.S.-Iran Deal’s Vague Language Comes Back to Haunt Peace Efforts

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Oman. Iran on Thursday struck a container ship passing through the waterway.

Chinese Dissident Who Fled by Sea to South Korea Lands in Canada

Natural Selection

Affogato and Rendang on the Menu in Canada’s High Arctic

The Inuit hamlet of Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island, Nunavut, in the middle of February during a week temperatures reached minus 60 degrees Celsius with the wind chill. It’s much warmer this time of year.

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An Attack on Ebola’s First Responders

At the Stadium and Far Away, Cape Verde Fans Embrace the Possible

Fans and players celebrated Cape Verde’s draw with Saudi Arabia.

Nations Send Rescue Teams and Aid to Venezuela After Earthquakes

A search and rescue team from Brazil boards an aircraft on the way to aid efforts in Venezuela, in São Paulo, on Friday.

Convicted Rapist Who Fled to Scotland and Faked His Own Death Dies in Utah

Nicholas Rossi, who fled the United States and was accused of faking his own death before being convicted of rape charges, died in prison.

Scenes of Collapse: The Emergency at Venezuela’s Hospitals

Many of the hospitals and clinics left standing after Venezuela’s back-to-back earthquakes have been overwhelmed.

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As Foreign Aid Arrived, Many Venezuelans Asked: ‘Where is Our Military?’

Members of the Bolivarian National Guard of Venezuela searching for survivors in Pinto Salinas, Venezuela, on Wednesday after two earthquakes hit the country earlier that afternoon.

A floating convenience store appears in Toronto

In Venezuela’s Rubble, Listening for Whispers And Longing for Help

A survivor on Friday. About 1,400 buildings had been damaged, including 13 hospitals and 25 shopping centers.

Migrant Camps Swell in South Africa Amid Growing Anti-Immigrant Threats

Why Lebanon Is Celebrating Brazil’s Win

Earthquake Tests Growing Ties Between U.S. and Venezuela

Rescue workers and civilians looking for people trapped under debris in La Guaira, Venezuela, after two large earthquakes.

Yves Lacoste, Who Exposed U.S. Bombing of Vietnam’s Waterways, Dies at 96

Yves Lacoste in 1992. The month after he had published his findings, the U.S. halted Operation Linebacker, a massive bombing campaign on the Red River Delta in North Vietnam.

Search Teams From California, Virginia and Florida Head to Venezuela

Members of the County of Los Angeles search and rescue team on Thursday before leaving for Venezuela.

The Venezuela Earthquakes Hit a Health System Already in Crisis

A woman injured in Wednesday’s earthquakes was loaded into a van to be transported from a hospital in La Guaira, Venezuela, to a hospital in Caracas, the capital, on Thursday.

The Netherlands Records Its First Assisted Death of a Child Between 1 and 12

Sophie Hermans, the minister of health, welfare and sport in the Netherlands, in 2025.

The Moment One Venezuelan Survivor Was Pulled From a Flattened Building

Survivors in quake-hit La Guaira tell of loss and rescue.

Juan David Arsia, 17, on a stretcher outside the emergency entrance of a small hospital in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Thursday.

Venezuelans Displaced by Quakes Sleep in Streets, Plazas and Cars

Displaced residents at a stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Thursday.

Canada’s 24 Sussex Drive Is a Dump. Mark Carney Is Going to Fix It Up.

24 Sussex Drive, the official residence of Canada’s prime ministers.

Psychiatrist Who Killed Six at German Christmas Market Is Jailed for Life

The defendant, whom the court identified only as Taleb A. to comply with privacy law, during his hearing in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday.

Ukrainian Attacks Spur State of Emergency Declaration in Crimea

A satellite image from Sunday, provided by the company Vantor, shows damage to the Henichesk Bridge, which links Crimea to the rest of Ukraine.

U.S. Strikes Iran in Retaliation for Attack on Vessel in Strait of Hormuz

Oil tankers and cargo vessels anchored off the coast of Oman this week.

Ryanair Stops Charging for Parents to Sit With Their Children

Ryanair was the only major airline operating in Britain that imposed this type of fee, according to a regulator.

As Europe Sweats, Some Politicians Talk of Air-Conditioning, Not Climate Action

Carrying a floor fan during the heat in Paris on Thursday.

Heat Wave Prompts Paris to Suspend Sports Events and Public Drinking

Paris is temporarily banning alcohol consumption in streets and parks.

Iran’s Long World Cup Journey Defined by War and Political Tension

How Three Months of War Changed the Gulf Forever

Omanis around Qaboos Port in Muscat, where oil tankers, carriers, vessels and Omani fishing boats were sitting anchored this month.

How a Jet Fuel Refinery Is Scrambling After the Iran War Oil Shock

I Was Kicked Out of China

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