How Trump’s Strike on Iran Might Affect China’s Calculus on Taiwan
A military exercise for repelling an amphibious landing, in Taiwan in 2023.
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on June 2025
Why Ukraine Fell Down the Agenda at the NATO Summit
The official declaration signed by the heads of state and government at the NATO summit did not mention Ukraine joining the alliance and President Volodymyr Zelensky was not feted as in previous years.
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on June 2025
They Escaped War in Ukraine. It Found Them in Israel.
Rescue workers searching for trapped residents after an Iranian missile barrage hit buildings in Bat Yam, Israel, this month.
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on June 2025
A Photo Gone Wrong in the Uffizi Worries Europe’s Museums
A blank space on the wall at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, where a painting of Ferdinando de’ Medici hung until a tourist damaged it on Saturday.
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on June 2025
Germany Wants Recruits. But ‘No One Wants Their Children in the Army.’
Trying out a virtual reality headset at a German Army recruitment booth during a tech trade show in Berlin in May. Germany has committed to significantly expand its military.
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on June 2025
How Sandwiches in Canada’s Lloydminster Became a Test for Domestic Trade
Sally McNaughton removing stock in preparation for a fresh sandwich shipment at Ironwells Co-Op Gas Bar in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. The company has secured an exception to permit sandwiches from their kitchen to be sold on both sides of the provincial border within Lloydminster city limits.
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on June 2025
An Investor Took on Hong Kong Tycoons Faces a Tougher Foe
David Webb at his home in Hong Kong, which overlooks the financial district. One former regulator calls him the conscience of the city’s financial markets.
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on June 2025
With Bezos Wedding, Venice Braces for Love in the Time of Tech Billionaires
The Grand Canal in Venice. While city officials welcomed the money and the prestige the Bezos event brought, many locals felt it epitomized the city’s overtourism.
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on June 2025
At Least 8 Killed as Protesters Battle Police in Kenya
Tear gas and smoke at a protest in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, on Wednesday. As demonstrations flared, banks and businesses in the center of the city were closed amid a heavy police presence.
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on June 2025
Officials Share New Analysis of Iran Strike, and Zohran Mamdani Talks Next Steps
A uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, Iran, in 2004. Assessments continued to come about the extent to which Iran’s nuclear program has been damaged from recent U.S. strikes.
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on June 2025
British Man Is Charged Over Attempted Mock Wedding With Girl, 9, at Disneyland Paris
Disneyland Paris. The episode has raised questions about how a registered sex offender was able to book a private event involving a minor at one of the world’s most prominent theme parks.
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on June 2025
China Tightens Controls on Fentanyl but Calls It a U.S. Problem
Using fentanyl at a California encampment last year. The Trump administration says China hasn’t done enough to keep the drug out of the United States.
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on June 2025
Vietnam Abolishes Death Penalty for Embezzlement and Other Crimes
Truong My Lan, a Vietnamese property tycoon, in court in Ho Chi Minh City in March. She was sentenced to death in a $12 billion fraud case.
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on June 2025
With Trump’s Help, Scandal-Ridden Brazilian Meatpacker JBS Makes a Comeback
A JBS facility in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. JBS is the world’s largest meatpacker.
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on June 2025
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Makes First Public Comments in Almost a Week
Iranians hold a poster of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader, at a rally in Tehran on Tuesday.
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on June 2025
New Zealand Approved Psychedelic Therapy. He’s the Only Doctor Who Can Do It.
There is a growing global movement to explore the use of psychedelics to treat depression, PTSD and addiction.
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on June 2025
Ecuador Captures Gang Leader ‘Fito’ Whose Prison Escape Set Off Violence
José Adolfo Macías, center, arriving at the air base in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Wednesday.
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on June 2025
He Searched for His Past in Children’s Books. He Found His Wife’s.
Steve Mills at home in Hockley, England. In a recent book haul from a charity shop, he found a book that had traveled from a town 170 miles away.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Thursday Briefing
Cleaning up a home in Tehran that was hit in an Israeli airstrike.
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on June 2025
Where Is Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?
Officials have said Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been sheltering at a bunker and refraining from electronic communication to prevent assassination attempts against him.
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on June 2025
U.S. Accuses Three Mexican Financial Firms of Aiding Fentanyl Trade
White powder, purportedly finished fentanyl, sitting on a table in a kitchen in Culiacán, Mexico, where members of the Sinaloa cartel cook the drug.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Grand Jury Indicts Russian Scientist on Smuggling Charges
Kseniia Petrova, a scientist at Harvard, greeted reporters with her lawyers outside federal court in Boston upon her release from detention this month.
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on June 2025
What to Know About the Antigovernment Protests in Kenya
A protester ducked a tear-gas canister in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday. Kenyan police fired live rounds, tear gas and rubber bullets at people who were marching a year after large-scale demonstrations against a contentious tax plan turned deadly.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Iranians and Israelis Begin Tense Return to Normal Life
Life in Israel began to return to normal on the second day of the cease-fire with Iran.
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on June 2025
In a Win for Trump, NATO Agrees to a Big Increase in Military Spending
President Trump, together with Pete Hegseth, secretary of defense, and Marco Rubio, secretary of state, during a new conference during the NATO summit in The Hague, on Wednesday.
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on June 2025
Tensions Grow Between Iran and the U.N. Nuclear Watchdog
The International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. The group may not be allowed back into Iran.
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on June 2025
RFK Jr. Accuses Gavi, Global Vaccine Agency, of Ignoring Science
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a House subcommittee hearing on Tuesday.
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on June 2025
Rubio Fleshes Out Trump’s Case That Iran Nuclear Capacity Was Eliminated
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Iranian nuclear program was set back years.
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on June 2025
NATO Agrees to Boost Military Spending as Trump Praises Allies, but Criticizes Spain
President Trump with the NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte, in The Hague on Wednesday.
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on June 2025
Iran’s Attack on a U.S. Base in Qatar Is a Nightmare Come True for Gulf States
Iran fired missiles at an American military base in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, in response to U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear sites.
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on June 2025
Eurostar Trains Delayed and Canceled After Cable Theft
Eurostar has been hit by delays for a second consecutive day.
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on June 2025
U.K. Says It’s Buying 12 Jets That Can Carry Nuclear Weapons
A United States Air Force F-35A stealth aircraft landing at a British Air Force station in Lakenheath, England, in April
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on June 2025
The Israeli atomic energy commission says the war set back Iran’s nuclear program by ‘many years.’
A satellite image showing the perimeter of the Fordo nuclear facility, south of Tehran, on Tuesday.
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on June 2025
The Weapon That Terrorizes Ukrainians by Night
Civilians in the northeastern Ukrainian city Kharkiv survey the scene of a drone attack in March.
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on June 2025
Trump’s OSHA Nominee Has a History With Heat and UPS Drivers
President Trump’s nominee to run OSHA, David Keeling, previously worked at UPS, which opposes workplace heat regulations the agency is now considering.
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on June 2025
Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support
A nurse in the dispensary of a clinic in Mhlosheni, Eswatini, which once had the world’s highest rate of H.I.V. infection. From January to April, nearly 5,000 people with H.I.V. failed to pick up their medication, most likely because their clinics were closed or their outreach workers were fired.
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on June 2025
7 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza, Military Says
An Israeli military vehicle in Gaza last week.
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on June 2025
Australian Journalist, Antoinette Latouff, Wins Wrongful Termination Case
Antoinette Lattouf arriving at the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney on Wednesday. Her dismissal led to turmoil at the country’s main broadcaster.
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Thomas
on June 2025
Wednesday Briefing
Demonstrators rallied in Tehran yesterday, showing support for Iran’s military.
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on June 2025
The Bombing of Iran May Teach an Unwelcome Lesson on Nuclear Weapons
A poster depicting Iranian scientists creating the country’s first hypersonic ballistic missile, on a street in Tehran last year.
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on June 2025
Intel Report on Iran Upends Victory Lap Trump Was Hoping for at NATO
Honor guards rolling up a red carpet in front of the presidential limo after President Trump arrived at Huis ten Bosch, a royal palace in The Hague, on Tuesday.
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on June 2025
Israel-Iran Cease-Fire Takes Hold After Trump Rebuke
Tehran on Tuesday morning, as the cease-fire between Iran and Israel began.
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on June 2025
Toronto Sees Record Temperatures as Extreme Heat Settles Over Canada
Beaches in Toronto were packed on Monday as the city endured high temperatures.
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on June 2025
White House Postpones Briefing Congress on Iran Strikes
Senator Chuck Schumer criticized the delay of a White House briefing.
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on June 2025
15-Hour Qantas Flight Takes Passengers From Perth to Perth Amid Mideast Closures
Passengers leaving Perth on Monday returned to Perth after spending 15 hours on a flight.
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on June 2025
Thursday Briefing: Trump Says He’ll Meet With Iran
Trump says the U.S. will meet with Iran but downplays the need for a nuclear agreement.
Trump reiterates claims about Iran’s nuclear program that contradict early intelligence findings.
Iran’s president casts the cease-fire as a victory and floats the prospect of nuclear talks.
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