After Trump’s Pause on Tariffs, EU Delays Retaliation to Allow Talks
A steel plant in Duisburg, Germany, on Wednesday. Europe’s planned retaliation was in response to metal-sector tariffs, and those levies appeared to be still in place.
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Search Ends for Victims in Dominican Republic Roof Collapse That Killed 221
Rescue workers at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Wednesday, the day after its roof collapsed, killing over 200 people.
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on April 2025
How a Ukrainian Teen Became a Suspected Foot Soldier for Russia
The Ikea in Vilnius, Lithuania, where Daniil Bardadim is accused of planting an incendiary device.
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How Trump’s Auto Tariffs Are Landing in an English Car Making Town
The Jaguar Land Rover plant dominates the economy of Solihull.
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Southeast Asia, With Little Leverage, Seeks to Placate Trump on Trade
An electronics factory in Svay Rieng Province in Cambodia, near the border with Vietnam.
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Russia Freed Ksenia Karelina, a Detained American, Rubio Says
Ksenia Karelina at a court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in August.
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Hundreds of Israeli Air Force Reservists Call for Halt to Gaza War
The Israeli air force has been a key part of the country’s campaign in Gaza.
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A Hit in Alberta, Poilievre’s Populism Falters Elsewhere in Canada
Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative party leader, speaking during a rally this week in Nisku, just south of Edmonton, Alberta.
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on April 2025
How Hamas and the U.S. Tried to Strike a Hostage Deal
Demonstrators holding posters of hostages, including Edan Alexander, a dual Israeli and American citizen, in Tel Aviv.
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on April 2025
Israeli Airstrike in Gaza City Leaves Many Dead, Health Officials There Say
Relatives hold back the father of a man killed in an Israeli airstrike on a home in a neighborhood in Gaza City, on Wednesday.
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Kim Shin-jo, North Korean Commando Who Sought to Kill South Korea’s Leader, Dies
Kim Shin-jo, the North Korean commando sent with a hit squad in 1968 to kill the then dictator of South Korea was the only one captured.
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Michelle Obama Addresses Divorce Rumors and Public Absences
Michelle Obama onstage at the South by Southwest Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, in March.
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Trump Team Divided Over Future of U.S. Embassy in Somalia
A United States special operations forces trainer speaking to Danab recruits in 2023. The United States has trained and equipping vetted units of Somalia’s special forces, known as the Danab.
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Lawyers for American Scholar Fear Thailand Will Deport Him
Paul Chambers, left, a lecturer in civil-military relations at Naresuan University, outside a police station in Phitsanulok, Thailand, on Tuesday.
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on April 2025
Thursday Briefing
President Trump has reversed course on the steep levies.
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on April 2025
Funding for National Climate Assessment Is Cut
Flooding in Frankfort, Ky., this month. The next National Climate Assessment is due in 2027 or 2028.
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Canada Will Use Its Retaliatory Tariff Earnings to Aid Workers and Businesses
A worker waving to his colleagues after finishing one of the final shifts before Stellantis’s Chrysler assembly facility in Windsor, Ontario, shuts down for two weeks.
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on April 2025
Family Seeks Answers After Death of American Tourist in the Bahamas
A hotel at Atlantis Bahamas, a resort on Paradise Island, where Dinari McAlmont was staying with his family.
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on April 2025
4 Things to Know About Mike Huckabee, Trump’s Ambassador to Israel
Mike Huckabee, President Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifying at a Senate confirmation hearing in late March.
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on April 2025
The Trump Envoy Who Got Close to the ‘World’s Coolest Dictator’
Ronald Johnson, President Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Mexico, during a Senate confirmation hearing last month.
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on April 2025
Britain Lost Out on Euro Disney. Now It’s Getting a Universal Theme Park.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, center, with renderings of the proposed Universal Studios theme park.
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on April 2025
Coalition Deal in Germany Clears Way for Friedrich Merz to Become Chancellor
Friedrich Merz had been under pressure to get a coalition government moving.
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on April 2025
Congo Repatriates 3 Americans Sentenced to Death Over Failed Coup
Benjamin Zalman-Polun, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson waiting in September to hear the court verdict about the coup attempt, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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on April 2025
Netanyahu Sticks by Trump’s Brazen Proposal for Gazans to Leave
Asked on Monday about Gaza emigration, President Trump said it was “a concept that I had,” and passed the question to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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on April 2025
Paddington Returns to His Bench. Order Is Restored.
Paddington Bear is back in Newbury, England, enjoying a marmalade sandwich and the sunny weather.
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on April 2025
A Dominican Club That Drew Bold-Face Names Became a Graveyard in a Flash
Rescue teams working at the Jet Set nightclub a day after the collapse of its roof in Santo Domingo on Wednesday.
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on April 2025
India’s Millions of New Investors Are Reeling From Tariff Turmoil
The Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai on Monday, when Indian stocks lost about $170 billion in value.
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Zelensky Doubles Down on Claim That Many Chinese Are Fighting for Russia
Lin Jian, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, disputed a Ukrainian claim that many Chinese volunteers were fighting for Russia in Ukraine, on Wednesday in Beijing.
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on April 2025
U.S. Bond Sell-Off Is Another Worrisome Echo of the Liz Truss Fiasco
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss triggered market turmoil in 2022 after she proposed sweeping tax cuts. She was forced to step down after 44 days in office.
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For U.S. and China, a Risky Game of Chicken With No Off-Ramp in Sight
A small factory in Guangzhou, China, that makes restaurant appliances. The Trump administration’s tariffs will ravage export-oriented companies along China’s eastern seaboard.
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on April 2025
Islamic State Regains Strength in Syria
Men accused of being Islamic State fighters last month in a cell Al-Sina Prison, run by the Syrian Democratic Forces, in Hasaka, Syria.
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on April 2025
E.U. Officials Approve Retaliatory Tariffs Against the U.S.
The European Union is not in the business of responding “cent for cent,” said Maros Sefcovic, its trade commissioner. But officials say all options are on the table.
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U.S. Tariffs Hobble African Cocoa Industry and Chocolate Makers
Dana Mroueh, left, owner of Mon Choco, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in 2019.
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The Strange Case of an Hermès Heir, an Emir and a Deal Gone Wrong
Nicolas Puech at his hacienda in Aracena, Spain, in 2011.
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on April 2025
China Censors Hashtags Mentioning ‘104%,’ the Size of Trump’s Tariffs
People crossing a footbridge in Shanghai on Wednesday, as a screen displayed information about financial markets.
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on April 2025
Reeling From Trump’s Tariffs, South Korea Tries Striking a Delicate Balance
A broadcast in Seoul showing Han Duck-soo, South Korea’s interim leader, on a call with President Trump on Tuesday.
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on April 2025
Wednesday Briefing
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Ukrainians Mourn Many Killed in Russian Strike Near Playground
A woman prays at a makeshift memorial in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, where a Russian Strike on Friday killed 19 people, including nine children.
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Luxury Fashion Brands Are ‘Biting Their Nails’ Over EU Tariffs
American shoppers were behind 24 percent of global consumer spending on luxury goods last year.
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on April 2025
U.S. Commanders Worry Yemen Campaign Will Drain Arms Needed to Deter China
A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. The Pentagon has deployed two aircraft carriers, additional B-2 stealth bombers and fighter jets, as well as Patriot and THAAD air defenses to the Middle East.
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on April 2025
Guterres, at U.N., Denounces Israel’s Gaza Aid Blockade
Food distribution in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
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on April 2025
Dozens Die in Floods Hitting Congo’s Capital
Wading through floodwaters in the Ndjili district of Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday.
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on April 2025
‘Getting Heavier’: Climate Change Primes Storms to Drop More Rain
A flooded neighborhood in Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday.
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on April 2025
Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Reviving U.S. Coal Industry
President Trump signed several executive orders on Tuesday aimed at reviving the coal industry. But a major coal revival seems unlikely, some analysts say.
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on April 2025
Europe Prepares to Counter Trump’s Tariff Moves. Will Retaliation Work?
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in Brussels, on Monday.
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on April 2025
Two Chinese Citizens Captured in Ukraine While Fighting for Russia, Zelensky Says
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine addressing a news conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
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on April 2025
Pilots Discussed Alternate Ways to Land Before Deadly Jeju Air Crash
Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Dec. 29.
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on April 2025
Belgian Prince Seeks Pension Benefits
Prince Laurent of Belgium at a parade in Brussels in July.
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on April 2025
Some Israelis Favor Attacking Iran, Expressing Skepticism About Talks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump in the Oval Office on Monday.
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on April 2025
What U.S.-Iran Talks Could Mean for Tehran’s Nuclear Ambitions
A poster in Tehran in November of Iranian scientists. President Trump said that the United States would hold talks with Iran on Saturday in an effort to rein in the country’s nuclear program.
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on April 2025
Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse: At Least 184 Killed
Rescue workers searching for survivors at the Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed during a merengue concert Tuesday in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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on April 2025