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E.U. Nations Plan Retaliatory Tariffs Against Trump and U.S., but Would They Do It?

Shipping containers at a port in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. European Union officials say that if President Trump follows through on his tariff threats, it could upend trans-Atlantic trade.

Police Arrest Far-Right Leader After Anti-Immigrant Riots in Spanish Town

Masked men carrying bottles, canes and other blunt objects march down the middle of a street early Tuesday, during anti-migrant unrest in Torre Pacheco, Spain.

Netanyahu’s Ultra-Orthodox Allies Threaten His Coalition Government

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Parliament on Monday. His government is fracturing because of the debate over whether ultra-Orthodox students must serve in the military.

Trump’s Shift on Ukraine Is Good News for Europe, for Now

Firefighters in Odesa, Ukraine, this month after a Russian strike. President Trump warned Moscow that he would impose new economic punishments if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.

Israel Stages Rare Attack on Syrian Government Forces

Syrian government forces entered the predominantly Druse city of Sweida on Tuesday. Israel intervened after days of deadly sectarian clashes in the southern Sweida region.

Three Aid Workers Were ‘Intentionally Killed’ in Tigray Region of Ethiopia, M.S.F. Says

The wreckage of a car that had carried three aid workers who were killed in the Tigray region of Ethiopia in 2021.

Blazes in Northern Ireland Recall an Old Message: You Are Not Welcome Here

A fire set in the streets during an anti-immigrant riot last month in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Violence there erupted after two boys were charged with the attempted oral rape of a teenage girl.

U.K. Secretly Resettled 4,500 Afghans in Britain After Huge Data Breach

British soldiers in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in 2020. The acknowledgment of the data exposure comes at a time when immigration is a sensitive issue in British politics.

Ukraine Will Get U.S. Weapons in a New Way. Here’s What We Know.

President Trump with Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, left, at the White House on Monday.

Australian Premier Albanese Meets China’s Xi in Beijing

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia arriving in Beijing on Monday.

Men Who Cut Down Beloved Tree in England Get More Than 4 Years in Prison

Zelensky Announces Plan for Major Government Shake-Up in Ukraine

Mr. Zelensky said on Facebook that he would nominate for prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko, a loyalist now serving as a first deputy prime minister.

Chinese University Expels Woman for ‘Improper Contact’ With a Foreigner

Danylo Teslenko, who goes by the nickname Zeus, at a gaming event in Poland in 2019. Mr. Teslenko had shared videos of himself with a Chinese woman that led to her expulsion from university.

Plan to Indefinitely Displace Palestinians Threatens to Derail Gaza Truce

A tent camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah, southern Gaza, last year.

What to Know About the Fighting in Southern Syria

Members of the Syrian government’s security forces in a truck in the southern Syrian province of Sweida on Tuesday. More than 100 people have been killed in the region since violence erupted on Sunday, according to a war monitoring group.

Wednesday Briefing: China’s Economy Grows Despite Tariffs

Chinese electric cars at a container terminal in Chongqing.

Republicans in Congress Shift to Backing Ukraine, Matching Trump’s Reversal

Representative Derrick Van Orden, Republican of Wisconsin, previously opposed aid to Ukraine but has voiced support for the president’s latest plan to send it weapons.

China Puts New Restrictions on E.V. Battery Manufacturing Technology

CATL, a Chinese company that is the world’s largest producer of electric vehicle batteries, displayed at the Shanghai auto show in April a lithium-ion battery that can be recharged in five minutes.

Indian Police Find Russian Woman Living in a Cave With 2 Children

Air India Crash Findings Prompt Inspections of Boeing Fuel Switches

Workers removing the airplane’s tail from the wreckage of the Air India crash, in Ahmedabad, India, last month.

Tuesday Briefing: More Weapons for Ukraine

Ukrainian firefighters after a Russian drone attack in Odesa last week.

Israel and Iran Usher In New Era of Psychological Warfare

Behind Trump’s Tough Talk on Russia and Putin, Doubts and Missing Details

Ukrainian soldiers near the front lines in the Kharkiv region in May.

Tuesday Briefing: More Weapons for Ukraine

Ukrainian firefighters after a Russian drone attack in Odesa last week.

Canada Wildfire Smoke Triggers Air Quality Alerts in Toronto, Montreal and U.S.

Haze blanketed the skyline in Toronto on Monday, which is under an air quality alert as a result of wildfire smoke.

Trump Threatens Russia With Sanctions and Vows U.S. Weapon Support for Ukraine

President Trump in the Oval Office with Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general, on Monday.

Excavation of Children’s Remains Begins at Irish Home for Unwed Mothers

The site of the former St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home, a home for unmarried mothers and their children run by the Bon Secours order in Tuam, Ireland, in 2022.

Clashes Between Bedouin and Druse in Syria Kill More Than 50, Health Official and Rights Group Say

A member of the Syrian security forces walks past a burning car near Al Mazra in Sweida Province on Monday. The violence in the heartland of the Druse community threatens to further exacerbate tensions stemming from the civil war.

BBC Ends Ties With ‘MasterChef’ Host Gregg Wallace After Investigation

Gregg Wallace at Windsor Castle, a royal residence outside London, last year.

E.U. Says Trump’s Threat of 30% Tariffs Would Hobble Trade With U.S.

Maros Sefcovic, the European Union trade commissioner, said that the bloc thought it was close to a trade deal with Trump administration last week.

It’s No Bluff: The Tariff Rate Is Soaring Under Trump

President Trump argues that low tariffs have left the country at a disadvantage in the past, allowing Americans to import cheap products that put U.S. factories out of business and left the country dependent on foreign nations.

Trump Reluctantly Comes Around to Backing Ukraine. Will He Stick With It?

The approach President Trump is taking seems intended to keep him at least one arm’s length away from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

How Trump Changed His Tone on Putin and the Russia-Ukraine War

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Trump in 2019. While he was running for president in 2024, Mr. Trump said he could settle the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.

Trump Is Expected to Announce New Weapons Pipeline for Ukraine

Monday Briefing: America’s Brain Drain and the World

A student at Harvard in May.

It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers

Increasingly frequent storms have washed much of the sand from the beach at Montgat, near Barcelona in Spain.

Scotland’s Unreliable Ferries Leave People on Islands in Outer Hebrides Cut Off

King Charles III Will Host Trump for U.K. State Visit in September

In February, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain gave President Trump an invitation from King Charles for a state visit.

Monday Briefing: America’s Brain Drain and the World

A student at Harvard in May.

Macron Increases Military Spending, Saying Freedom Is Threatened

President Emmanuel Macron of France delivering a speech to army leaders in Paris on Sunday.

South African President Opens Corruption Inquiry of Police Leader

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, who has been facing turmoil from within his coalition government, announced on Sunday that he was forming a commission to investigate allegations against Senzo Mchunu, the country’s police minister.

Children Among at Least 10 Killed in Israeli Strike in Central Gaza, Officials Say

Palestinians mourning a relative killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike in Gaza City.

France Announces Agreement to Give New Caledonia More Autonomy

New Caledonia last year. A new agreement would make the semiautonomous territory a state within the French Republic.

Amid Tariff Chaos, U.S. Allies Try to Redraw the Trade Map

A Volkswagen factory in Zwickau, Germany. President Trump’s tariffs have E.U. leaders looking elsewhere for reliable trading partners.

Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries

Downtown Juba, South Sudan, last year. Third-country deportations could accelerate under new internal guidance issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Why Trump’s Abraham Accords Have Not Meant Mideast Peace

President Trump leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and officials from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates outside the White House to sign the Abraham Accords in 2020.

In Canada’s Northern Outposts, Rusting Relics Once Guarded Against Nuclear War

For Families of Air India Crash Victims, Report Brings No Closure

Relatives of one of the victims of the Air India plane crash awaiting his body at home in Ahmedabad last month.

Modi Wants More Indians to Speak Hindi. Some States Are Shouting ‘No.’

Raj Thackeray, left, and Uddhav Thackeray at a recent rally in Mumbai. They are cousins and both politicians in Maharashtra. Though they had a falling-out years ago and started rival parties, the effort to require primary schools in Maharashtra to teach Hindi has reunited them in opposition to the plan.

Rubio Visits Asia in Shadow of Trump’s Tariffs

Timeline Details Final Seconds of Crashed Air India Flight

Investigators at the crash site of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India, last month.

Two Palestinians Are Killed in a West Bank Clash With Israeli Settlers

Israeli soldiers holding back Palestinians trying to get to injured Palestinians after clashes with Israeli settlers in Sinjil in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday.

A Beloved Canadian Chocolate Bar Disappears From the Market

Neilson Jersey Milk Bars are no longer on Canadian store shelves.

They Fled War in Ethiopia. Then American Bombs Found Them.

“The place and everyone in it were mangled,” said Fanta Ali Ahmed, 32, from the Tigray region of Ethiopia. He was injured in April in the bombing of a migrant detention center in Saada, Yemen.

Flash Floods Are the ‘Hardest Kind’ of Disaster to Prevent, Experts Say

Flood-damaged homes lining the river in Chiva, near Valencia, Spain, in November. A flood alert system was in place but was not immediately activated.

A Landscape of Death: What’s Left Where Ukraine Invaded Russia

Russian soldiers remove the corpse of a civilian from his home in Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.

When It’s This Hot, ‘We Are Enduring, Not Living’

How to Panic Italians? Jack Up the Price of Espresso.

A cup of espresso at the Lavazza Museum in Turin, Italy. Executives from Lavazza and Illy have warned for more than a year that higher coffee prices are most likely here to stay.

Ben Jealous, Sierra Club’s Executive Director, on Leave After Rocky Tenure

Ben Jealous, executive director of the Sierra Club, at a climate rally in Washington in 2023. He is now on leave.

Air India Plane Crash Report Says Fuel to Engines Was Cut Off

Workers removing the airplane’s tail from the wreckage of the Air India crash last month.

Evidence Supports War Crimes Allegations in Darfur, I.C.C. Prosecutor Says

A refugee camp in Adré, Chad, last year, where many people from Darfur have fled.

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