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    2. Miscalculation Led to Escalation in Clash Between Israel and Iran

      Israeli officials say they didn’t see a strike on a high-level Iranian target in Syria as a provocation, and did not give Washington a heads-up about it until right before it happened.

       By Ronen Bergman, Farnaz Fassihi, Eric Schmitt, Adam Entous and Richard Pérez-Peña

      The Iranian Embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, a day after an airstrike by Israel.
      The Iranian Embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, a day after an airstrike by Israel.
      CreditLouai Beshara/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  1. Nicola Sturgeon’s Husband Is Charged in Party Finance Inquiry

    Peter Murrell was charged in connection with embezzlement of funds from the Scottish National Party, which his wife once led and where he held a senior role.

     By Stephen Castle

    Peter Murrell became the Scottish National Party’s chief executive in 1999 and married Nicola Sturgeon, who went on to become its leader, in 2010.
    CreditPool photo by Andy Buchanan

  2. U.S. Restarts Deportation Flights to Haiti

    The Biden administration had paused deportations of Haitian migrants in recent months as their home country was wracked by violence.

     By Hamed Aleaziz

    Cars burned in gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, last month.
    CreditOdelyn Joseph/Associated Press

  3. Rainstorms Kill More Than 130 Across Afghanistan and Pakistan

    Pakistani officials warned of more flooding and heavy rainfall next week, stoking fears of a particularly brutal monsoon season to come.

     By Zia ur-Rehman and Christina Goldbaum

    In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the area of Pakistan that appeared to be hardest hit by the rainfall, on Tuesday.
    CreditAbdul Majeed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  4. A Far-Right Party Emerges as a Possible Kingmaker in Croatia

    The Homeland Movement came third in parliamentary elections, setting itself up as a possible partner for the ruling conservatives, who failed to achieve a majority.

     By Joe Orovic and Andrew Higgins

    The inconclusive outcome of the parliamentary vote on Wednesday signaled a new era of messy political uncertainty in the Balkan nation
    CreditAntonio Bronic/Reuters

  5. Germany Arrests 2 in Spying and Sabotage Case Linked to Russia

    The two men, dual citizens of both countries, were accused of being part of a plot to undermine aid to Ukraine by trying to blow up military infrastructure.

     By Christopher F. Schuetze

    Outside a court in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Thursday. Federal prosecutors based in the city said one of the men had considered a U.S. military base as one of several potential targets.
    CreditRonald Wittek/EPA, via Shutterstock

  1. Prince Harry Now Officially Resident in U.S., Documents Show

    For years, Harry and his wife, Meghan, have considered California home. This week, he updated his residency in a corporate filing.

     By Megan Specia

    Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, were in Florida on Friday. The online filing dated his U.S. residency to June 2023.
    CreditRebecca Blackwell/Associated Press

  2. 3 Reasons This Country Is a Top ISIS Recruiting Ground

    Hundreds of Tajik men have joined an Islamic State affiliate, analysts say.

     By Neil MacFarquhar

    People gathered outside Crocus City Hall outside Moscow after the terrorist attack there last month. Russia charged four migrant laborers from Tajikistan with the assault.
    CreditNanna Heitmann for The New York Times

  3. A Trove of ByteDance Records Mistakenly Went Public. Here’s What They Say.

    The records briefly surfaced in a lawsuit involving the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm.

     By Mara Hvistendahl

    The ByteDance offices in Shanghai last year.
    CreditPedro Pardo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  4. Dubai’s Extraordinary Flooding: Here’s What to Know

    Images of a saturated desert metropolis startled the world, prompting talk of cloud seeding, climate change and designing cities for intensified weather.

     By Raymond Zhong

    Abandoned vehicles in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday.
    CreditFrancois Nel/Getty Images

  5. South Africa’s 2024 National Election: What to Know

    The ruling African National Congress party could lose its parliamentary majority for the first time since the fall of apartheid 30 years ago.

     By John Eligon

    CreditSiphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

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  1. War or No War, Ukrainians Aren’t Giving Up Their Coffee

    Coffee shops and kiosks are everywhere in Ukraine’s capital, their popularity both an act of wartime defiance and a symbol of closer ties to the rest of Europe.

     By Constant Méheut, Daria Mitiuk and Brendan Hoffman

    In Kyiv, Ukraine, coffee kiosks staffed by trained baristas serving tasty mochas for less than $2 have become a fixture of the streetscape.
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  2. 5-Star Bird Houses for Picky but Precious Guests: Nesting Swiftlets

    To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete to build them the most luxurious accommodations: safe, clean, dark and with pools for bathing.

     By Richard C. Paddock, Muktita Suhartono and Nyimas Laula

    Not a prison nor a fortress, but a bird house on Borneo for swiftlets, whose nests fetch high prices in China.
    CreditNyimas Laula for The New York Times

  3. Israeli Army Withdraws From Major Gaza Hospital, Leaving Behind a Wasteland

    Al-Shifa Hospital lies in ruins after a battle there between Israeli soldiers and Gazan gunmen. Shortly before withdrawing, the Israeli military brought journalists from The Times to witness the damage.

     By Patrick Kingsley and Avishag Shaar-Yashuv

    CreditAvishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times

  4. A Stork, a Fisherman and Their Unlikely Bond Enchant Turkey

    Thirteen years ago, a stork landed on a fisherman’s boat looking for food. He has come back every year since, drawing national attention.

     By Ben Hubbard, Safak Timur and Ivor Prickett

    Adem Yilmaz in his fishing boat with his stork companion, Yaren.
    CreditIvor Prickett for The New York Times

  5. The Japanese Sensei Bringing Baseball to Brazil

    Once a semipro baseball player in Japan, Yukihiro Shimura has now become a baseball missionary.

     By Jack Nicas and Dado Galdieri

    Yokihiro Shimura teaching a group of students at one of the few public baseball diamonds in Rio de Janeiro.
    CreditDado Galdieri for The New York Times

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  1. Even Before the Olympics, a Victory Lap for a Fast-Moving French Mayor

    Karim Bouamrane, the Socialist mayor of St.-Ouen, a Paris suburb that will host the athletes’ village for the 2024 Games, is leading a rapid transformation of the long-struggling city.

     By Catherine Porter

    Karim Bouamrane in his office in St.-Ouen, France. “I’m using the Olympic Games as a political weapon,” he said.
    CreditDmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times

  2. Documentary Filmmaker Explores Japan’s Rigorous Education Rituals

    Her movies try to explain why Japan is the way it is, showing both the upsides and downsides of the country’s commonplace practices. Her latest film focuses on an elementary school.

     By Motoko Rich

    Ema Ryan Yamazaki, a half-British, half-Japanese filmmaker, chronicles moments that she believes form the essence of the Japanese character, for better or worse.
    CreditAndrew Faulk for The New York Times

  3. From New England to Notre-Dame, a U.S. Carpenter Tends to a French Icon

    Hank Silver, a timber framer based in Massachusetts, is one of a handful of foreigners who are helping to rebuild the Paris cathedral after the devastating fire in 2019.

     By Aurelien Breeden

    Hank Silver in Paris this month. The opportunity to work on a project like the renovation of Notre-Dame Cathedral comes “once in a millennium,” the carpenter said.
    CreditDmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times

  4. Insooni Breaks Racial Barrier to Become Beloved Singer in South Korea

    Born to a South Korean mother and a Black American soldier, she rose to a pioneering stardom in a country that has long discriminated against biracial children.

     By Choe Sang-Hun

    Kim In-soon, known professionally as Insooni, taking a picture with a fan at a book signing in Seoul in March.
    CreditWoohae Cho for The New York Times

  5. An American Who Has Helped Clear 815,000 Bombs From Vietnam

    Chuck Searcy has spent decades of his life redressing a deadly legacy of America’s war in Vietnam: unexploded ordnance.

     By Seth Mydans

    Chuck Searcy, 79, co-founder of a group that works to deactivate unexploded bombs in Vietnam, a legacy of the war. He stood next to deactivated ordnance in Dong Ha City, Quang Tri Province, last month.
    CreditLinh Pham for The New York Times

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  1. A Soccer Team Stopped Charging for Tickets. Should Others Do the Same?

    When Paris F.C. made its tickets free, it began an experiment into the connection between fans and teams, and posed a question about the value of big crowds to televised sports.

     By Rory Smith

    Paris F.C. fans at the Stade Charléty, where attendance is up by more than a third this season.
    CreditDmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times

  2. ‘Get Ready to Scream’: How to Be a Baseball Fan in South Korea

    The country’s raucous fan culture will be on display when Major League Baseball opens its season in Seoul. Here’s how to cheer and what to eat.

     By John Yoon, Jun Michael Park and Shawn Paik

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  3. Adidas Stops Customization of Germany Jersey for Fear of Nazi Symbolism

    The apparel giant moved quickly to block the sale of shirts bearing the No. 44, which resembled a banned Nazi logo in the uniform’s new lettering.

     By Christopher F. Schuetze

    Jonathan Tah, a German player wearing No. 4, in a match against France last month. The team is required to assign the Nos. 4 and 14 in major tournaments.
    CreditFranck Fife/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  4. Canadian Skaters Demand Bronze Medals in Olympics Dispute

    Reviving a fight from the 2022 Games, Canada’s team said skating officials improperly awarded third place to Russia. The Russians filed three cases, asking for the gold.

     By Tariq Panja

    Vanessa James and Eric Radford, along with six other figure skaters from Canada, have filed a case demanding that they be awarded the bronze medals in the team event of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
    CreditHiroko Masuike/The New York Times

  5. In Latin America, a New Frontier for Women: Professional Softball in Mexico

    For the first time, women professional softball players in Latin America have a league of their own, another gain for women seeking more opportunities.

     By James Wagner and Marian Carrasquero

    The Mexico City Red Devils playing the Avila de Veracruz team last month in Mexico City.
    CreditMarian Carrasquero for The New York Times

Read The Times in Spanish

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  1. ¿Fue misoginia? Australia se cuestiona tras el ataque masivo

    Quince de las 18 víctimas del sábado eran mujeres. Aunque es posible que nunca se conozcan los motivos del agresor, muchos afirman que el incidente pone de manifiesto un problema mayor.

     By Victoria Kim

    Un espacio conmemorativo en Bondi Junction, en Sídney, Australia, el lunes, tras la muerte de seis personas el pasado fin de semana.
    CreditMark Baker/Associated Press

  2. La ofensiva iraní dejó en evidencia un error de cálculo de Israel

    Israel se había acostumbrado a atacar a funcionarios iraníes sin sufrir represalias directas por parte de Irán. Dicha suposición fue revertida por los ataques del sábado.

     By Patrick Kingsley

    Los ataques de Irán fueron una respuesta a un ataque de Israel en Siria que acabó con la vida de siete oficiales iraníes, incluidos tres altos comandantes militares. Los asistentes a una manifestación en Teherán este mes se pusieron máscaras que representaban a los oficiales asesinados.
    CreditArash Khamooshi para The New York Times

  3. En las laderas del Himalaya crece el dinero de Japón

    Un arbusto del precario Nepal es la principal materia prima del yen, el billete del sistema financiero más sofisticado de Asia.

     By Bhadra Sharma, Alex Travelli and Uma Bista

    Trabajadores limpiando corteza de Edgeworthia gardneri en el distrito de Ilam, al este de Nepal. A miles de kilómetros, en Japón, la corteza se utilizará para fabricar billetes de yen.
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  4. Jorge Glas, el exvicepresidente ecuatoriano detenido en la embajada de México, está en coma

    Glas habría tomado pastillas, según la policía, y fue trasladado a un hospital. Se refugió en la embajada tras nuevas acusaciones en su contra.

     By Julie Turkewitz

    Jorge Glas, exvicepresidente de Ecuador, en Quito, la capital, en 2018
    CreditDolores Ochoa/Associated Press

  5. El Vaticano emite un documento que consterna a la comunidad LGBTQ

    La declaración puede ser acogida con entusiasmo por los conservadores, pero se teme que se use como arma contra las personas transgénero.

     By Jason Horowitz and Elisabetta Povoledo

    El papa Francisco en su audiencia general semanal en la plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano, la semana pasada.
    CreditEttore Ferrari/EPA, vía Shutterstock

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