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Live Updates: In Speech to Europeans, Vance Signals Support for Far-Right Parties


For Ukraine War Widows, Valentine’s Day is a Painful Reminder


With Fighting Stilled, Gazans Face New Trauma: Searching for Their Dead

Hani al-Dibs and his children in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, at the site of the home they fled with 14 family members believed to be beneath the rubble.


Whiskey Offers Window Into the Pain of a Trade War

A worker in the Scotch whisky section of Jensen’s Liquors in Miami. Alcohol could end up back in the crossfire of a trade war.


All 3 Fayed Brothers, Ex-Owners of Harrods, Are Now Accused of Sexual Assault

Amy McIlquham at home in Sicily.


Tensions Mount in Lebanon as Deadline Nears for Israeli Withdrawal

Israeli military vehicles driving past destruction in southern Lebanon last month after a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect in November.


Tensions Build in Syria Between New Leaders and Kurdish-Led Militia

Kurdish fighters at a training camp in Al-Hasakah, Syria, in December.


Hamas Names Hostages Set for Release on Saturday

A rally for Alexander Troufanov, who was abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. A Hamas statement said that he would be among those to be freed.


Why Trump’s Plan to Relocate Gazans Is Untenable for Jordan

King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Trump at a meeting in the White House on Tuesday.


Sexual Violence Against Children Soars in Congo, U.N. Group Says

Warehouses of humanitarian organizations were looted during clashes in Goma between Congolese soldiers and rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month.


Ukrainians Fear Peace May Strand Them Forever From Lost Homes

Most of the roughly 46,000 people who once lived in the Ukrainian city of Myrnohrad have left.


China Says U.S. Should Lead Trump’s Proposed Arms Controls Push

Military vehicles carrying nuclear ballistic missiles during a parade in Beijing in 2019.


Munich Car Attack: What We Know

The car that was driven into a union march was removed from a street in Munich on Thursday. Dozens of people were injured in the attack.


Man Is Briefly ‘Swallowed’ by Whale in Chile


Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese Actress and Star of ‘Meteor Garden,’ Dies at 48

The actress Barbie Hsu in 2006. Fans were drawn to the relatable and resilient nature of the character she played on the hit teenage TV drama “Meteor Garden.”


Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer

Johnson County, south of Fort Worth, has been roiled since investigators found high levels of PFAS at two cattle ranches that came from contaminated fertilizer.


Trump’s Funding Freeze Raises a New Question: Is the Government’s Word Good?

Energy Department officials have ordered an internal review of potentially billions of dollars worth of climate and infrastructure spending that was awarded by the Biden administration after the Nov. 5 election.


Vance Tells Europeans to Stop Shunning Parties Deemed Extreme

Vice President JD Vance speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.


Britain’s Hard-Right Reform U.K. Party Wins Over Some Labour Voters

Stuart Keyte, second from left, a Reform U.K. candidate in Penygarn, Wales, with Paul Jones, left, a local business owner, who said: “People are starting to change their outlook, especially when it comes to Labour. It’s time for change.”


Pope Francis Is Hospitalized for Bronchitis

The hospital in Rome where Pope Francis was being treated for bronchitis.


Remnants of a Roman Basilica Are Found Under a London Office Building

Archaeologists found “massive foundations and walls made of flint, ragstone and roman tile” under the basement of a commercial building in London’s financial district.


Russian Drone Hits Chernobyl Nuclear Radiation Shield, Ukraine Says


These Podcasters Want to Teach You How to Date


Trump Pushes Tariff Threats on Global Scale

President Trump has weaponized the power of the U.S. market in a way no other American leader ever has.


What’s Best, According to the Italian Mathematician Alessio Figalli

Alessio Figalli, a mathematician at ETH Zurich and at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., investigates “optimal transport,” the study of starting points, end points and the paths between.


Fire at Busan Resort Construction Site Kills 6

A construction site that caught fire in Busan, South Korea, on Friday.


Vance Mentions Sanctions, Military Action to Push Russia to End Ukraine War

Vice President JD Vance arrived in Munich on Thursday.


Tropical Cyclone Zelia Makes Landfall in Northwest Australia


Friday Briefing

President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on goods from across the globe is likely to further roil relations with foreign governments.


Trump and Modi Shove Disputes Into Background in White House Visit

President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India meeting in the Oval Office on Thursday.


Judge Extends Halt on Trump Plan to Dismantle U.S.A.I.D.

Employees and supporters of U.S.A.I.D. attend a rally in Washington earlier this month.


As Ukraine Presses for Role in Russia Peace Talks, Trump Offers Reassurances

The Shkval Special Forces Assault Battalion during training exercises in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine on Thursday.


U.S.S. Harry S. Truman Carrier Collides With Commercial Ship Off Egypt

The U.S.S. Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision off Egypt on Wednesday, Navy officials said.


No Tubman, No Rainbows: Defense Schools Prepared for Hegseth’s Wife

Jennifer Rauchet Hegseth watched her husband, Pete Hegseth, speak after being sworn in as Secretary of Defense last month.


Friday Briefing: Trump Orders New Global Tariffs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India arrived in the United States on Wednesday.


NATO Worries Grow That Europe Will Be Left Out of Talks to End War in Ukraine

The U.S. defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.


Trump Funding Freeze Decimates Women’s Health Care, U.N. and Others Say

An unstaffed reception area at the offices of Uganda Young Positives, in Kampala. The group helps young people living with H.I.V.


Trump’s Whirlwind Now Blows Through Europe

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, in Brussels on Thursday.


Trump Announces ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs Across the Globe

President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on goods from across the globe is likely to further roil relations with foreign governments.


Protests in Brussels Halt Over 400 Flights and Snarl Public Transit

Demonstrators in Brussels marching past police officers during a nationwide protest on Thursday.


James Howells’s Final Proposal to Recover Lost Bitcoin: Buying the Landfill

James Howells has one final ask of the Newport City Council, which has treated him with varying degrees of seriousness throughout the years: If the council won’t let him dig up the city’s landfill, let him buy it.


U.S. Deports Migrants From Asia to Panama

After meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio this month, President José Raúl Mulino of Panama indicated that he was open to receiving deportees from other countries.


Maps: Ukraine’s Borders Pre-2014 Invasion to Now


At Least 4 Killed in Suspected Gas Explosion at Taiwan Shopping Mall

A video still showing the damage from an explosion at a department store in Taichung City, Taiwan, on Thursday.


Warming Trend in U.S.-Russia Relations Leaves Ukraine in a Tough Spot

Ukrainian soldiers firing at advancing Russian troops in the Pokrovsk area in eastern Ukraine in November. The momentum on the main front of the war has favored Russia for more than a year.


Trump-Putin Call Was ‘No Betrayal’ of Ukraine, Hegseth Says

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Brussels on Thursday.


Hamas Says It’s Ready to Resume Hostage Releases

Aid deliveries in Rafah, in southern Gaza, on Thursday.


Between Russia and Elon Musk, German Voters Face a ‘Dual Front’ of Disinformation

Elon Musk addressed an election campaign rally in Halle, Germany, last month.


Dozens Injured as Driver Crashes Car Into Munich Protest

Members of the emergency services working at the scene on Thursday where a car was driven into a crowd in Munich.


Trump Says Saudi Arabia May Host Talks With Putin on Ukraine

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, right, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2023, in a photograph provided by the Saudi Foreign Ministry.


Toast, Trees and a Wassailing Queen: An Ancient English Ritual Is Back

Em Sibley, the “wassail queen," after successfully completing the ceremony at Sheppy’s farm in Bradford-on-Tone, England.


Modi to Meet Trump With Eyes on Trade and Immigration

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Wednesday.


Indian Migrant Says Deportation Flight Was ‘Torture’


Putin’s Call With Trump Delivers a Victory for Russian Leader

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a photo provided by Russian state media. Mr. Putin is likely to keep the military pressure on Ukraine while appealing to President Trump’s ambitions as a peacemaker.


Taiwan Prepares for Trump’s Tariffs, and a Changed Washington

President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan visiting a military base in Taitung in January. The Trump administration has urged Taiwan to spend more on its military.


Tropical Cyclone Zelia Heads Toward Australia’s Pilbara

The town of Port Hedland closed all services and facilities to the public on Wednesday.


Thursday Briefing

President Vladimir Putin of Russia at the Kremlin earlier this month.