Drug Lord ‘El Mencho’ Was Killed in Mexico. What’s Next for the Cartel He Led?
Security forces patrolling in Mexico City after the killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes on Sunday.
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U.K. Police Arrest Ex-Ambassador Peter Mandelson Amid Epstein Accusations
Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the United States.
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For Iran’s Rulers, Refusing U.S. Demands Is a Risk Worth Taking
A march in Tehran this month marked the anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Iran is facing an economic crisis and a major buildup of U.S. firepower in the Persian Gulf.
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EU Support for Ukraine Stumbles as Hungary Looks to Delay Aid
Police officers at the site of an explosion in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday.
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The Ukrainian Bureaucrat Working to Squeeze Russia’s War Machine
Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the Ukrainian commissioner for sanctions policy, in Kyiv, in January.
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France Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Comments on Activist’s Killing
Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France, and his wife, Seryl Kushner, leaving the Élysée Palace in Paris in July.
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The Ex-Taxi Driver at the Center of Russia’s Shadow War
A 2024 arson attack outside Warsaw was one of several plots carried out in Europe by a criminal network on behalf of Russian intelligence services, according to European officials.
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Mexican Forces Kill ‘El Mencho,’ Nation’s Most-Wanted Cartel Boss
Agentes de policía aseguran una zona en la que miembros del crimen organizado incendiaron vehículos en Zapopan, México, el domingo.
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Iran Students Protest for Second Day Despite State Crackdown
A screen grab from a social media post that was verified by The New York Times showing demonstrators at the Tehran University of Art on Sunday.
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St. Francis’ Remains, Rarely Seen, Go on Display in Assisi
Believers lined up to see the bones of St. Francis at the basilica bearing his name in Assisi, Italy, on Sunday.
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Arab Leaders Condemn Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Ambassador Mike Huckabee told Tucker Carlson, the podcaster, that it “would be fine” if Israel “took it all,” referring to much of the Middle East. Arab and Islamic countries denounced his remarks.
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Inside Iran’s Preparations for War and Plans for Survival
Ali Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, in May 2024.
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The European Union Hits Pause on Its U.S. Trade Deal
A European lawmaker warned that U.S. tariffs on cheeses like Parmesan and Camembert could nearly double, to about 30 percent.
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Trump Administration Scrambles to Pick Up the Pieces of Broken Tariffs
President Trump has said that tariffs will help America’s manufacturing sector and create factory jobs, though many economists have questioned those claims.
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Puerto Vallarta Is Jolted By Violence After Killing of Cartel Boss
Firefighters work to extinguish a bus on fire in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Sunday.
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Supreme Court to Weigh Oil-Industry Effort to End a Major Climate Suit
A Suncor Energy oil refinery in Commerce City, Colo.
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Women’s Olympic Hockey Gold Medalist Has Her Brothers’ Eccentric Support
Haley Winn celebrates her gold medal in Milan on Thursday with her brothers Ryan, left, Tommy and Casey Winn.
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Supreme Court Considers Fate of Docks and Other Assets Seized by Cuba in 1960
Revolutionaries confiscated the property of the Havana Docks Company in 1960.
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Duterte Won’t Appear at Hearing as I.C.C. Weighs Evidence Against Him
Supporters of Rodrigo Duterte, the former leader of the Philippines, on Saturday outside the International Criminal Court detention center on the outskirts of The Hague.
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What to Know About the Killing of ‘El Mencho’
Firefighters extinguishing a burning bus in Jalisco state, Mexico, on Sunday. Organized crime groups set fire to buildings and vehicles across the country in response to the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.
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Trump Considers Targeted Strike Against Iran, Followed by Larger Attack
President Trump’s threat is the latest example of how he is trying to force Iranian leaders to see that they have no choice but to give up every aspect of their nuclear program.
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Courting China Again
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Shanghai last month.
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‘This Has Been a Day:’ U.S.-Canada Hockey Game Puts Rivalry on the Line
At the Canuck in Manhattan on Sunday, a handful of U.S. fans watched among a largely pro-Canada crowd.
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Iran Could Direct Proxies to Attack U.S. Targets Abroad, Officials Warn
A new billboard in Tehran this month. The uncertainty surrounding possible threats from Iran’s proxy groups further complicates the Trump administration’s war planning.
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Trump Tensions Turn U.S.-Canada Olympic Hockey Final Into a ‘Grudge Match’
The U.S. men’s hockey team prepares to take the ice against Canada in the gold medal match in Milan on Sunday.
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Russia Attacks Ukraine Ahead of Invasion’s 4th Anniversary
Workers at the site where a policewoman was killed in an explosion in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday. It was not clear whether Russia was involved.
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Fat Signing Bonuses, and Concierge Service, for Family Doctors
The town of Stettler, Alberta’s economy is predominantly driven by the agriculture and oil industries, and is the largest town for surrounding communities.
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Trump Looks Ahead to Summit With China’s Xi, but Tariffs and Taiwan Loom
The last time President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China met was in October in Busan, South Korea.
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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo Leads Norway to Record Olympic Medal Haul
Patrons watching the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics at a local sports bar in Tromso, Norway, on Sunday.
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Iran’s Students Hold Anti-Regime Protests as Universities Reopen
Demonstrators gathering at Amirkabir University in Tehran, in an image from a social media post that was verified by The New York Times.
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The Queen Stuck by Prince Andrew. King Charles Is Pulling Away
Prince Andrew, as he was then known, escorted his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, to a memorial service for his father, Prince Philip, at Westminster Abbey in London in March 2022.
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At Least 10 Killed in Lebanon, Officials Say, After Israel Strikes Hezbollah
Coffins draped in fabric bearing the symbol of Hezbollah are carried through the village of Nabi Sheet, eastern Lebanon, on Saturday.
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How Johannes Klaebo’s 6 Gold Medals Ranks Among the All-Time Olympic Performances
Johannes Klaebo of Norway won gold on Saturday in the 50-kilometer mass start individual race.
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Supreme Court Ruling on Trump’s Tariffs Changes Little for Canada
The 50 percent tariffs on Canadian steel that have led to layoffs at Algoma Steel are not affected by the court decision.
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Uncertainty in Europe After Trump’s Supreme Court Tariff Loss
President Trump criticized the Supreme Court tariff ruling at a news conference in Washington on Friday.
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Los Angeles Olympics Have a Cloud of Concerns as Winter Games Close
Los Angeles Olympics organizers addressed the International Olympic Committee in Milan, Italy, this month, to promote the next Summer Games.
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How $600 Drones Are Outsmarting Colombia’s Billion-Dollar Military
Robinson Hernandez and John Silva, who work for a company that specializes in drone and anti-drone technology, using devices to neutralize drones during a test in Bogotá, Colombia.
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At A.I. Summit, India Tries to Find a Way Between the U.S. and China
A humanoid robot dancing in front of an audience at a pavilion during the A.I. Impact Summit in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Trump Official Backs Russia’s Return to Global Sports
Paolo Zampolli in Milan in 2024.
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How Olympic Experts Keep the Ice Intact
Ice-resurfacing machines known as Zambonis restore the frozen surface of competition before, during and after Winter Olympics competitions.
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Russia Takes the Gulag Out of the Gulag History Museum in Moscow
An exhibition at the Gulag History Museum in Moscow in 2022. There are plans to turn the space into a Museum of Memory focused on Nazi war crimes.
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Hungary Poses Unexpected Hurdle to Europe’s 90-Billion Euro Loan to Ukraine
The Hungarian foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, in Prague, Czech Republic, last month.
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Christopher S. Wren, Times Bureau Chief in Hostile Lands, Dies at 89
Mr. Wren in an undated photo. Explaining why he went into journalism, he said, “I wanted to find a job where I could go out and satisfy my curiosity and have somebody pay for it.”
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Nazi Execution Photos Went Up For Sale. Greece Stopped It.
An image of Greek prisoners being led to their execution in 1944 was projected onto a wall at the site of the shootings, in Kaisariani, Greece, on Wednesday.
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The Zero Units Fought for the C.I.A. in Afghanistan. In the U.S., They’re Living in Fear.
Live Updates: Mexico on Edge After Military Operation That Killed Cartel Boss
Tour Montparnasse Is One of Paris’s Uglier Landmarks. It’s Getting a Makeover.
The A.I. Evangelists on a Mission to Shake Up Japan
For Dutch speedskater, age doesn’t matter.
Klaebo Makes Olympic History: Unforgettable Photos from 6-Gold Sweep
Why Attacking Iran Could Be Riskier Than Capturing Maduro
Ferreira completes his halfpipe set with gold.