Lawmakers Move to Impeach South Korean Leader After Failed Martial Law Bid
Members of South Korea’s opposition parties protesting on the steps of National Assembly in Seoul on Wednesday.
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South Korea’s Martial Law Turmoil Threatens Pacific Alliance With U.S. and Japan
President Biden with President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea, left, and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan, right, in Peru last month. Their countries have been strengthening their ties, largely to counter China.
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Writers Silenced by Stalin Get New Life Amid War in Ukraine
A performance of “You [Romance],” a play chronicling the lives of the “Executed Renaissance” directed by Oleksandr Khomenko, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in October.
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With Assad Challenged, a Push to Cut Syria’s Ties to Iran Grows More Unlikely
Images of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, center, and Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, south of Damascus, in March.
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Tapped by Trudeau to Steer Foreign Affairs, She’s Now His Possible Successor
Mélanie Joly, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, at her home in Montreal in July.
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Syrian Forces Battle Rebels Outside Government Stronghold
Syrian military equipment abandoned on the road near Suran, north of Hama, on Tuesday.
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Biden Hopes Train Project in Angola Defines Africa Legacy
President Biden during a visit to the Lobito Port Terminal in Angola, on Wednesday.
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Israel’s Military Says Hostages Were Likely Killed by Hamas as Airstrike Hit
Ruti Munder at the grave of her husband, Avraham Munder, in Israel in August.
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Georgia Tumbles Deeper Into Crisis as Opposition Leader is Detained
A still image taken from a video shows Nika Gvaramia, an opposition leader, surrounded by police officers before being detained in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday.
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Why South Korea’s Leader Made Such a Fateful Decision
Protesters blocking a military vehicle outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Wednesday, after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law.
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Zelensky Offers $24 One-Off Payment to Win Over War-Weary Ukrainians
A butcher in Myrnohrad, Ukraine, in November. The grant is a modest sum compared to the average monthly salary in Ukraine of roughly $500.
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Why Israel and Hezbollah Are Still Firing Amid a Lebanon Cease-Fire
Israeli troops leaving Lebanon on their way back to Israel, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, on Monday.
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on December 2024
Researchers Release Hawaiian Crows Back Into the Wild
Only about 110 ʻalalā, or Hawaiian crows, remain on Earth.
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on December 2024
FIFA Secures $1 Billion Broadcast Deal With DAZN for Club World Cup
DAZN is paying close to $1 billion to broadcast the inaugural Club World Cup, a soccer tournament featuring 32 men’s teams gathered from leagues across the globe.
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Elite Sumo Wrestlers Will Compete in London, a Rarity Outside Japan
The sumo wrestlers Kitanowaka Daisuke and Fukutsuumi Akira of Japan outside Royal Albert Hall in London on Wednesday.
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Stripping Down for a Night at a French Museum
Visitors attended “Naturist Paradise” at the Museum of the Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean in Marseille, France.
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Who Would Replace South Korea’s President Yoon?
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo at the National Assembly in Seoul in November.
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Wednesday Briefing
Outside the National Assembly in Seoul last night.
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For Some Koreans, Martial Law Stirs Harrowing Memories of Gwangju Uprising
Police officers outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Tuesday night.
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Nearly 300 Troops Stormed South Korea’s National Assembly, Official Says
South Korean troops at an entrance to the National Assembly in Seoul early Wednesday. Some protesters tried to push their way in.
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on December 2024
South Korea Stock Markets Wobble After Martial Law Turmoil
Analysts and investors on Wednesday were trying to gauge how long South Korea’s outbreak of political turmoil would persist.
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South Korean History Is Scarred by Martial Law
Soldiers with bound pro-democracy protesters in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980.
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on December 2024
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea Declares Martial Law, Then Backs Down
Protesters outside the National Assembly in Seoul demanding an end to martial law on Tuesday.
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on December 2024
Timeline: How Yoon’s Presidency in South Korea Led to Martial Law Order
President Yoon Suk Yeol being sworn into office in May 2022.
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on December 2024
Who is Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s Opposition Leader?
Lee Jae-myung, center, the opposition leader, speaking at the National Assembly in Seoul on Tuesday.
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on December 2024
Namibia Elects Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as Its First Female President
Supporters of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah during a campaign rally in Windhoek, Namibia, last month.
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on December 2024
Wednesday Briefing: A Brief Martial Law in South Korea
Outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday.
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on December 2024
Italian Sentenced in Killing of Ex-Girlfriend, Giulia Cecchettin
A demonstrator holding a photo of Giulia Cecchettin at a march in Milan last year.
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on December 2024
NATO Chief Urges More Weapons for Ukraine Ahead of Any Peace Talks
Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, right, with Ukrainian foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, in Brussels on Tuesday.
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on December 2024
Biden, in Angola, Warns That Slavery’s History Should Not be Erased
President Biden outside the National Museum of Slavery in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday.
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Martial Law in South Korea Tests Biden and a Key U.S. Alliance
President Biden has put a special emphasis on South Korea, and invited President Yoon Suk Yeol to the White House last year.
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Who Is Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s President?
Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, in Seoul in 2022.
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Why Was Martial Law Declared in South Korea?
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during a press briefing on Tuesday at the presidential office in Seoul.
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on December 2024
Amid Syria’s Rebel Offensive, a Geopolitical Cauldron Simmers
Syrian opposition fighters last month. They have made their most significant advance in years against government forces, shaking up a civil war that had long been at a stalemate.
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on December 2024
Chaos Plays Out at South Korea’s Legislature Building After Declaration of Martial Law
A barricade made of chairs and cushions at the National Assembly in Seoul on Tuesday.
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on December 2024
Netanyahu Welcomes Trump’s Demand to Free Hostages Before Inauguration
A makeshift memorial for hostages kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, in Tel Aviv last month.
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Syria Fighting Worsens Already Dire Conditions in Idlib and Aleppo
Damage from an airstrike in Idlib, a rebel-held city in northern Syria, on Monday. Russian and Syrian fighter jets have targeted the area in recent days.
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on December 2024
Investigation Into Forced Adoptions From Ukraine Points Finger at Putin
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and his commissioner for children, Maria Lvova-Belova, in a photo released by the Russian state news media in May. The International Criminal Court has issued warrants for their arrest.
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China Announces a Ban on Rare Minerals to the U.S.
China, which produces almost all the world’s supply of critical minerals, has been tightening its grip on the materials.
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on December 2024
Top U.N. Envoy Says Gaza War Followed Years of Weak Diplomacy
Tor Wennesland, the top United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process, says: “Politics failed. Diplomacy failed. The international community failed. And the parties failed.”
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An Indigenous Group in Quebec Tries to Keep the Caribou Alive
Jean-Luc Kanapé’s fiberglass replica of a woodland caribou.
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on December 2024
Airbnb ‘Gladiator’ Experience at the Colosseum Prompts Outcry in Rome
The Colosseum in 2020. Some people in Rome feel that gladiator re-enactments in the iconic amphitheater would be in poor taste.
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on December 2024
Tuesday Briefing
A Russian airstrike hit Idlib in northern Syria yesterday.
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on December 2024
France’s Prime Minister Faces No-Confidence Vote: What to Know
Prime Minister Michel Barnier of France could face a no-confidence vote as soon as Wednesday, which, if it passes. would force him to resign.
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on December 2024
Tuesday Briefing: A Presidential Pardon
President Biden, left, and his son Hunter.
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5 Women Win Reparations From Belgium for Crimes Under Colonial Rule
From left, Noelle Verbeken, Léa Tavares Mujinga and Simone Ngalula, three of the five women who sued the Belgian state for acts committed under colonial rule in Congo, in Brussels in 2021.
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on December 2024
Trump Says There Will Be ‘Hell to Pay’ Unless Hostages in Gaza Are Released
Images of hostage abducted to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, were displayed in Tel Aviv in February.
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on December 2024
Maternity Leave and Ongoing Consent: New Rights for Belgium’s Sex Workers
A bedroom in a brothel in the red light district of Ghent, Belgium.
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on December 2024
Hezbollah and Israel Trade Fire, Further Testing Cease-Fire
Israeli soldiers patrolling near the Lebanese border in Avivim, Israel, on Monday.
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on December 2024
3 Climbers From the U.S. and Canada Have Gone Missing on New Zealand’s Highest Mountain
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