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[l] at 7/26/24 7:13pm
We asked our favorite cartoonists to watch and live illustrate the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
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[l] at 7/26/24 5:23pm
Paris transformed into a spectacular stage — and demonstrated that bold thinking could bring a shine back to a global event that has seen its popularity slump.
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[l] at 7/26/24 10:44am
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was a kingpin in Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, the world’s top producer of fentanyl. He was arrested alongside the son of “El Chapo.”
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[l] at 7/26/24 10:15am
The capture of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López were a historic coup for U.S. agents against a syndicate that’s flooded the United States with fentanyl.
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[l] at 7/26/24 10:07am
The withdrawal of its opposition to the arrest warrants puts the new British government at odds with the Biden administration.
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[l] at 7/26/24 9:21am
The capture of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López were a historic coup for U.S. agents against a syndicate that’s flooded the United States with fentanyl.
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[l] at 7/26/24 8:55am
France condemned coordinated “acts of sabotage” on high-speed rail lines, which caused mass disruptions before the Opening Ceremonies of the Paris Olympic Games.
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[l] at 7/26/24 8:42am
The withdrawal of its opposition to the arrest warrants puts the new British government at odds with the Biden administration.
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[l] at 7/26/24 7:34am
Video of the incident at Manchester Airport showed an officer kicking a man in the head, leading to accusations of police brutality. The officer has been suspended.
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[l] at 7/26/24 5:07am
Harris, largely unknown to the Russians, is viewed with alarm.
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[l] at 7/26/24 4:00am
Previous Olympics have played the wrong national anthems, or displayed the wrong flags - angering players and supporters. Can you do any better?
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[l] at 7/26/24 4:00am
The charismatic son of former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau has won three elections and rescued the Liberal Party from irrelevance. Now voters want change.
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[l] at 7/26/24 3:29am
France’s state-owned railway SNCF cited arson attacks. Three high-speed lines were affected hours before the Opening Ceremonies of the Paris Olympic Games.
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[l] at 7/26/24 3:00am
NATO has accused Beijing of being a “decisive enabler” of Moscow’s ongoing war. The case of Oree Laser, now sanctioned by the U.S., shows how China is helping Russia.
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[l] at 7/25/24 10:00pm
After a decade of economic calamity and political repression, Venezuela stands on the brink of once-unfathomable change: Maduro may lose the presidency by a landslide.
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[l] at 7/25/24 8:07pm
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman were co-directors of the massive Sinaloa drug-trafficking organization before the latter’s arrest.
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[l] at 7/25/24 5:13pm
The White House is trying to pressure the Israeli prime minister to accept terms of a cease-fire and hostage-release deal.
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[l] at 7/25/24 5:13pm
The White House is trying to pressure the Israeli prime minister to accept terms of a cease-fire and hostage-release deal.
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[l] at 7/25/24 3:32pm
The White House is trying to pressure the Israeli prime minister to accept terms of a cease-fire and hostage-release deal.
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[l] at 7/25/24 2:47pm
Instead of building new stadiums, Paris is embedding Olympic events in the French capital and hoping to highlight its history and green transformation.
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[l] at 7/25/24 2:23pm
The Crown Estate, the monarchy’s real estate firm, owns much of the seabed surrounding Britain.
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[l] at 7/25/24 12:07pm
The White House is trying to pressure the Israeli prime minister to accept terms of a cease-fire and hostage-release deal.
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[l] at 7/25/24 10:45am
Any plan to pop the corks will have to wait until further exploration, the team said.
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[l] at 7/25/24 10:31am
The White House is trying to pressure the Israeli prime minister to accept terms of a cease-fire and hostage-release deal.
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[l] at 7/25/24 8:37am
Israeli media compared the news about the recovery of the bodies with Benjamin Netanyahu’s triumphant speech in the United States and the lack of a hostage deal.
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[l] at 7/25/24 8:14am
Defense officials have noted increased China-Russia cooperation in the Arctic, while cautioning that their collaboration is still “somewhat superficial.”
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[l] at 7/25/24 4:16am
Russia is banned from the Paris Olympics, but its athletes aren’t. Instead, they’ll be competing as Individual Neutral Athletes, without their country’s flags.
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[l] at 7/25/24 3:00am
In a country where the authoritarian president is accused of rigging elections — disqualifying challengers, barring international observers, harassing opponents, menacing voters — their work could prove essential.
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[l] at 7/25/24 3:00am
A U.S.-led sanctions campaign aimed to force Syria’s brutal leaders to step aside. A multibillion-dollar illicit drug industry arose to preserve their grip on power.
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[l] at 7/25/24 2:51am
The study’s lead author said it provided insight into how the lizards keep their teeth razor sharp — and possible clues to how dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex hunted.
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[l] at 7/25/24 12:00am
As law and order collapse in Gaza, Hamas has retained pockets of power and has been quick to reemerge in areas where Israeli forces have withdrawn.
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[l] at 7/24/24 11:05pm
None of the 5,000 women and girls in South Africa and Uganda who received the shots contracted the virus that causes AIDS, a study shows. A trial for men is underway.
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[l] at 7/24/24 10:18pm
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “every necessary resource available” was being mobilized as wildfires rage across the western Canadian province.
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[l] at 7/24/24 2:07pm
The Crown Estate’s profits more than doubled in the past year, partly due to lucrative offshore wind farm leases on land owned by the monarchy, meaning a windfall for them and the government.
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[l] at 7/24/24 2:07pm
The Crown Estate’s profits more than doubled in the past year, partly due to lucrative offshore wind farm leases on land owned by the monarchy, meaning a windfall for them and the government.
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[l] at 7/24/24 1:39pm
Evoking Israel’s sworn enemy Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress his nation’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza is part of a broader fight against “barbarism.”
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[l] at 7/24/24 1:32pm
The airborne garbage delivery was the latest, and perhaps most humiliating, episode in the ongoing trash-offensive.
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[l] at 7/24/24 9:52am
The Israeli soccer team is set to take the field in Paris on Wednesday, competing in one of the first events of an extremely tense Summer Olympics.
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[l] at 7/24/24 8:27am
The 2024 Paris Olympics begin this weekend amid the global fallout over the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas and the Gaza war.
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[l] at 7/24/24 7:21am
Spencer “Corry” Jones apologized after killing a weka, a large flightless bird with “a famously feisty and curious personality,” on “Race to Survive: New Zealand.”
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[l] at 7/24/24 4:44am
The Saurya Airlines plane was taking off from Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport runway when it flipped, eyewitnesses said. A child is among the dead.
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[l] at 7/24/24 4:00am
A six-month investigation reveals that many carbon credit ventures reap profits from public lands they have no right to and fail to share revenue with those protecting the forest.
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[l] at 7/24/24 3:20am
The powerful storm has already caused deaths and devastation in the Philippines and is now bearing down on Taiwan, where emergency measures are in place.
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[l] at 7/24/24 2:00am
How Venezuela’s socialist strongman took and consolidated power — and why the opposition now sees cause for hope.
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[l] at 7/24/24 12:17am
Brazilian sharpnose sharks found with cocaine in their livers and muscles highlight the impact of the illegal drug trade on marine life, scientists say.
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[l] at 7/23/24 10:00pm
The first time Netanyahu addressed Congress was nearly three decades ago. Now, he arrives in the U.S. amid devastation in Gaza and discontent in Israel.
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[l] at 7/23/24 11:20am
Officials had said the French capital would be “the safest place in the world” when the Olympic Games began this summer.
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[l] at 7/23/24 10:32am
Paris may avert the financial disasters of past Olympics, although its budget is bigger than expected and the benefits remain uncertain.
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[l] at 7/23/24 6:35am
Though unlikely to paper over the deep differences between Hamas and Fatah, it represents China’s push into a traditionally U.S. area of influence.
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[l] at 7/23/24 3:00am
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns to Washington this week, here is a look back at some of his most notable clashes with U.S. presidents.
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[l] at 7/23/24 2:26am
An emergency alert warned residents and guests that they must be out by 3 a.m., with instructions to leave via the one remaining open highway.
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[l] at 7/23/24 2:00am
The nation’s parallel cinema is racking up Oscars and awards at Cannes but distributors give them little play in India claiming the audience is too small.
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[l] at 7/22/24 11:00pm
Beijing and Manila have struck a provisional deal to allow the resupply of the dilapidated Sierra Madre in the South China Sea, which has become a potential conflict point.
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[l] at 7/22/24 11:00pm
Ukraine’s urgent need for soldiers to fight Russia’s invasion is eroding the workforce and creating a drag on the economy but also new opportunities for women.
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[l] at 7/22/24 11:23am
The sentencing of Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, occurred the same day that Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich was sentenced on espionage charges.
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[l] at 7/22/24 11:23am
The sentencing of Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, occurred the same day that Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich was sentenced on espionage charges.
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[l] at 7/22/24 8:42am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington, where the political turmoil was creating further uncertainty about U.S.-Israeli relations.
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[l] at 7/21/24 11:00pm
The United Nations estimated in a report last August that more than 200,000 people are being forced to work as scammers in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.
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[l] at 7/21/24 10:00pm
The Israeli prime minister is poised to address Congress with months of trauma and ruin looming behind him, and a murky political future ahead of him.
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[l] at 7/21/24 4:26pm
Biden, who served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before ascending to higher office, nurtured relationships with many world leaders over decades.
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[l] at 7/21/24 12:52pm
The shifting political winds in Washington could empower Netanyahu, analysts said, at a crucial time in Gaza cease-fire and hostage-release negotiations.

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