Francis, the First Latin American Pope, Dies at 88
Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York in 2015. He was elected after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013, but few expected him to seek to transform his church with such zeal.
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China Warns Countries Not to Team Up Against It to Gain Trump Tariff Reprieve
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, met with his Vietnamese counterpart, To Lam, in Hanoi as part of a push to boost trade relations in the face of U.S. tariffs.
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Israeli Minister Says Freeing Hostages Not ‘Most Important’ Aim of the War
Protesters in Tel Aviv demanding the immediate release on Saturday of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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Thailand Arrests Executive Linked to Bangkok Tower Felled by Earthquake
The site of a building collapse in Bangkok after an earthquake struck last month.
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South Korean Police Seek Arsonist After Deadly Seoul Fire
A forensic investigation team examining an apartment building in Seoul after a deadly fire on Monday.
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Ukraine Says Russia Violated Easter Truce
A fighting position in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on Friday.
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Why Saudi Arabia Supports Trump’s Nuclear Talks With Its Rival, Iran
A daily paper in Tehran on Saturday shows headlines discussing the Iran-U.S. nuclear talks.
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Israel’s Military Cites ‘Professional Failures’ in Killings of Gaza Medics
A still image from a cellphone video taken by a paramedic and released by the Palestinian Red Crescent showed the moments before he and other rescue workers were killed by Israelis in Gaza on March 23.
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Syria’s Easter Celebrations Pass Peacefully, in Early Test of New Government
Easter celebrations at the Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday.
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Inside a City Swept by Roving Gunmen, Deadly Grudges and Fear
In the center of Baniyas, emergency workers had turned a looted furniture store into a makeshift morgue, filled with dead bodies in body bags, in early March.
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Canadians Confront News Void on Facebook and Instagram as Election Nears
A campaign debate among Canada’s party leaders in Montreal last week. Online content around the April 28 federal election has veered into misinformation.
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Who Will Be the Next Pope? Here Are Some Possible Candidates to Succeed Francis.
Catholic faithful gathered for a Mass led by Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City in February 2025.
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Who Is Kevin Farrell, the Vatican’s New De Facto Administrator?
Cardinal Kevin Farrell will run the ordinary affairs of the Vatican but cannot make major decisions affecting the Church.
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How Will a New Pope Be Chosen After Francis’ Death?
The crowd in St. Peter’s Square as white smoke rose from the roof of the Sistine Chapel in 2013, when Pope Francis was elected to succeed Benedict XVI.
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On Busy Last Day, Pope Francis Met JD Vance and Gave an Easter Blessing
Pope Francis appearing on a hospital balcony to speak to crowds in Rome last month.
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What Are the Plans for Pope Francis’ Funeral?
Pope Francis presiding over the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square in 2023.
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Trump, Macron and Other World Leaders React to Pope Francis’ Death
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy seated next to Pope Francis during a Group of 7 summit in June. “I had the privilege of enjoying his friendship, his advice and his teachings,” she said.
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A Timeline of the Life of Pope Francis
Pope Francis became head of the Catholic church in 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI stepped down.
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Pope Francis’ Life in Photos
Pope Francis waving to attendees before a Mass in Cuba in 2015.
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Francis Worked to Make Catholic Church More Inclusive
Pope Francis in Qaraqosh, Iraq, in March 2021.
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Monday Briefing: A Broken Truce in Ukraine
A Ukrainian position in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on Friday.
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Monday Briefing: A Broken Truce in Ukraine
A Ukrainian position in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on Friday.
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Pope Francis Blesses Faithful at Easter Mass
Pope Francis blessing the gathered faithful from a balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Sunday.
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6 Killed as Giant Waves Batter Australia
Waves breaking at a beach in Sydney on Friday.
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Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department
The draft order calls for cutting offices at State Department headquarters that address climate change and refugee issues, as well as democracy and human rights concerns.
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Putin Declares Easter Truce, Drawing Skeptical Ukrainian Response
Firing at a Russian target in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on Friday. Russia previously declared a unilateral truce for the Eastern Orthodox Christmas in January 2023.
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Can Trump Really Negotiate Peace in Ukraine, Russians Wonder
The site of a deadly Russian missile strike in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, this month.
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Israeli Attacks Kill Dozens in Gaza, Health Ministry Says
Mourning at a hospital in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis on Saturday after more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks.
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Tunisia Hands Heavy Sentences to Prominent Opposition Figures
President Kais Saied of Tunisia has brought ever-harsher repression in the four years since his power grab.
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Say, Old Sport
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At a Time of Crisis, Canadians Rush to Vote
A sign outside an advance poll site in Ottawa for Canada’s federal election
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Despite His Shaky French, Carney Is a Hit in Quebec
An election poster for Prime Minister Mark Carney, in Blainville, Quebec. In polls on this month’s federal election, Mr. Carney and his Liberal Party now have a huge lead in Quebec.
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What to Know About Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre, Battling to Become Canada’s Next Leader
Mark Carney, left, leads the Liberal Party of Canada, and Pierre Poilievre, right, is leader of the Conservative Party.
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In Iran Talks, Trump Is Edging Toward Reviving an Old Deal
Members of the Iranian military on Friday during the National Army Day parade in Tehran.
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U.S. Adds Fees for Chinese Ships in Effort to Boost Shipbuilding
Welders working at a shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. President Trump introduced new measures on Thursday that proponents say will encourage domestic shipbuilding.
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Trump Administration Bolsters Putin With Hint of Abandoning Ukraine Talks
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would abandon efforts to end the war in Ukraine if meaningful progress is not made within days.
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Inside El Salvador’s CECOT Prison, Where Abrego Garcia Was Held
Senator Chris Van Hollen, center right, and Chris Newman, a family lawyer for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, speaking to a member of the military in El Salvador after being prevented from visiting the prison where Mr. Abrego Garcia was being held on Thursday.
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Abrego Garcia Told Chris Van Hollen He Had Been In Isolation in El Salvador Prison
Senator Chris Van Hollen speaking to reporters at Dulles International Airport on Friday.
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British and Israeli Tourists Among Victims of Italian Cable Car Crash
An aerial view of the crashed cable car near Naples, Italy, on Friday.
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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a Calming Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dies at 85
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reviewed an honor guard in 2005 during a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital. “Abdullah’s strength was allowing dialogue and discussions of Malaysia’s problems,” a scholar of the country said.
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Trump’s Trade War With China Puts Bromance With Xi Beyond Reach
President Donald Trump with President Xi Jinping of China at the G20 Summit in Japan in 2019. “He’s been a friend of mine for a long period of time,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. Xi last week.
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Trump’s Tariff Threats Chill Italy’s Cheese Makers
Grana Padano wheels aging inside the warehouse of Caseificio Zanetti. in Lallio, Italy, on Monday.
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Battling ‘Eat and Flee’ Tourists, Venice Brings Its Entrance Fee Back
Tourists at the Rialto Bridge in Venice. The city has recently banned cruise ships from its lagoon and taken other measures to counteract crowding.
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U.S. Strikes on Yemeni Port Kill Dozens, Houthis Say
A still image from a video released on Friday by Al-Masirah, a Houthi-run channel, said to show destruction at the site of American strikes on the port of Ras Isa, Yemen.
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Meloni and Trump Oval Office Meeting Cements Special Rapport
President Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at the White House on Thursday. The meeting was largely a smooth affair.
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G.O.P. Lawmakers in Syria Say They See Opportunity to Help Rebuild the Nation
Representative Cory Mills, left; Ignatius Aphrem II, the Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch, center; and Representative Marlin Stutzman in Damascus, Syria, on Friday.
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‘Psychological Torture’: London Bans Busking in a Famed Tourist Hub
Street performers have been a fixture in Leicester Square for generations, but they were barred from the tourist hub this week.
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Syrians Recount Gas Attack Under Assad as They Seek Justice
The basement of an underground medical center in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, where victims of a chemical attack were taken in 2013.
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Rubio Says Trump to ‘Move On’ From Ukraine Peace Talks if No Progress Soon
High-level talks on Thursday in Paris between American, European and Ukrainian officials.
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Cambodia and China Strengthen Ties as US Imposes Tariffs
King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia, center left, and Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, on Thursday at Phnom Penh International Airport.
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F.B.I. Arrests Harpreet Singh, Wanted in India
Security guards outside the headquarters of the National Investigation Agency in New Delhi this month.
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5 Takeaways From Canada’s Election Debate
Canada’s political leaders at the election debate in Montreal on Thursday.
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Pope Francis Celebrated Easter and Met With JD Vance the Day Before He Died
Latest Updates: World Pays Tribute to Pope Francis
What the Battered Ancient Syrian City of Palmyra Looks Like Now
Strawberries Aren’t Ripe for Africa? His Farms Disprove That, Deliciously.
As Famine Rages in Sudan, U.S. Aid Remains Scarce
South Carolina Says PFAS-Contaminated Farmland Should Be Superfund Site
A Fireball Near Mexico City Lit Up the Sky and the Internet