With Airspace Closed, a Lonely Christmas for Many Venezuelans
Most foreign flights into and out of Simón Bolivar International Airport, the main airport serving Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, have been canceled.
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Why Russia Is Likely to Reject the New US-Ukrainian Peace Plan
A resident at an apartment building hit by a Russian drone during an aerial attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
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on December 2025
North Korea Unveils the Completed Hull of What It Calls a Nuclear Submarine
A photograph provided by North Korean state media on Thursday showed the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visiting the manufacturing site of what it said was a nuclear-powered submarine, at an undisclosed location.
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on December 2025
Prospect for Premier Returns to Bangladesh After 17 Years in Exile
Tarique Rahman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party waved to supporters at an airport in Dhaka on Thursday, after returning from Britain.
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on December 2025
‘Carol of the Bells’ Once Filled the Air Here. Now It’s Only Bombs.
A statue of the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych outside a park in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, in August last year, a few days before it was relocated for safekeeping.
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on December 2025
Why China, a One-Party State, Is Backing Elections in This Country
A bilateral meeting between leaders of Myanmar and China in the Guest House of Tianjin, China, in August.
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on December 2025
Why the Right Is Boycotting Havaianas Flip-Flops
The trouble started for Havaianas with the beginning of a new holiday campaign starring the popular Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres.
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on December 2025
A Vintage Kabul Cinema Finally Falls to Taliban Bulldozers
Watching a Bollywood movie at the Ariana Cinema in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2012.
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on December 2025
Zelensky Open to Pulling Back Troops in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace Deal With Russia
A building in Sloviansk, one of two Ukrainian-held cities that form Kyiv’s last main defensive belt in the Donetsk region in the east.
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on December 2025
Here’s What Is in the 20-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers firing toward Russian targets in the Donetsk region in March.
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on December 2025
China Is Shifting Its Nuclear Forces to Swifter Footing, Pentagon Says
Nuclear-capable missiles at a military parade in Beijing in September.
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on December 2025
Blast Kills Three in Moscow Near Site of General’s Car Bombing
A police officer blocking the road near the site of a blast in Moscow on Wednesday.
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on December 2025
Australian State Passes ‘Extraordinary’ Gun and Protest Laws After Bondi Attack
Police on horseback patrolling Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.
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on December 2025
After Suffering in Israeli Prison, a Gaza Detainee Comes Home to More Pain
Haitham Salem, a Palestinian electrician, at a camp for displaced people in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, in December.
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on December 2025
Pope Leo Surprises St. Peter’s Crowd Before Christmas Eve Mass
Pope Leo XIV, center, performed the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Wednesday.
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on December 2025
Peng Peiyun, 95, Dies; Official Renounced China’s One-Child Policy
Put in charge of imposing birth limits on Chinese couples, Peng Peiyun, a mother herself, worked to relax the policy by appealing directly to the country’s leaders.
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on December 2025
Honduras Declares Nasry Asfura, Trump Ally, Winner of Presidential Election
Nasry Asfura, the National Party candidate, cast his vote in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Nov. 30.
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on December 2025
Thailand, Attacking Cambodia, Says Its Target Is the Scam Industry
Pheap Sreymean, 20, worked at a scam center in O’Smach, Cambodia. She said foreign workers were not allowed to leave when the center was attacked.
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on December 2025
Trump’s Tanker Crackdown Paralyzes Venezuelan Oil Exports
Since the Skipper, a tanker carrying Venezuelan oil, was seized on Dec. 10, only two tankers carrying crude appear to have tried to sail beyond Venezuela’s waters.
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on December 2025
Libyan Military’s Chief of Staff and 4 Others Are Killed in Plane Crash in Turkey
A photograph released by the Turkish Defense Ministry showing the Libyan Army chief of the general staff, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, in Ankara, Turkey on Tuesday.
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on December 2025
Dating ChatGPT
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on December 2025
France Fails to Adopt a Budget by Year’s End. Again.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France, speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, now has a few more weeks to reach a deal.
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on December 2025
Yemen’s Warring Sides Agree to Largest Prisoner Swap in a Decade of Fighting
Houthi supporters in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, during a demonstration in November for Independence Day, the anniversary of the British withdrawal from the south of the country in 1967.
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on December 2025
Greta Thunberg Arrested at U.K. Protest Supporting Palestine Action Prisoners
The activist Greta Thunberg leaving a police station in London after she was arrested on Tuesday.
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on December 2025
Ukraine Withdraws From Eastern Town, Complicating Negotiating Stance
Workers clearing debris from the roof of a heavily damaged residential building following a drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
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on December 2025
Italian Artisans Add Figurines of Donald Trump to Nativity Scenes
Figurines of President Trump in the Italian presepi style at a shop in Naples, Italy.
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on December 2025
The Strange Case of the Russian Snickers in U.K. Convenience Shops
Snickers bars, with Cyrillic packaging, at a convenience store in London, alongside other confectionary.
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on December 2025
Trump Tariffs Threaten Canadian Holiday Sales
Michelle Galletta, the owner of Kiriki Press, an embroidery craft shop in Toronto, has many customers in the United States and is concerned about future trade turbulence.
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on December 2025
German Leaders, Undercutting the Far Right, Are Leaning on the Far Left
Members of the left-wing party Die Linke at the German Parliament on the day of a vote on a contentious pensions package in December.
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on December 2025
After Bondi Massacre, a Moment of Unity. Then, Bitter Partisanship.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and his wife leaving a memorial in Sydney on Sunday. Thousands had gathered on Bondi Beach a week after the attack there.
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on December 2025
China Delays Plans for Mass Production of Self-Driving Cars After Accident
A Changan Automobile assembly line in May. Changan is one of only two automakers approved to conduct limited testing of self-driving taxis.
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on December 2025
Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts
The Trump administration did not give a reason for the recalls and has not publicly announced them.
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on December 2025
Trump Administration Oil Tanker Seizures Are Meant to Force Maduro Out, Officials Say
On Saturday, the Coast Guard boarded the Centuries, a Panamanian-flagged tanker that had recently loaded Venezuelan crude oil, reportedly for a Chinese trader.
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on December 2025
Two New Banksy Murals Appear in London
A new mural by the artist Banksy appeared in Bayswater, in central London, on Monday.
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on December 2025
U.K. Man and 5 Others Charged With Sexual Offenses Against His Wife
Philip Young, 49, is set to appear in a magistrates court in Swindon, in southwest England, on Tuesday.
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on December 2025
Carney Names Financier Mark Wiseman as Canada’s U.S. Ambassador
Mark Wiseman, a Canadian financial executive, has been named Canada’s ambassador to the United States at a crucial moment in relations between the countries.
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on December 2025
Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland
Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana with President Trump at the White House in March.
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on December 2025
Lynching of a Hindu in Bangladesh Fans Fears of Rising Intolerance
Students held a silent protest at Dhaka University in Bangladesh’s capital on Sunday to condemn the lynching of a Hindu garment worker.
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on December 2025
More Abducted Nigerian Children Are Released, Government Says
Children who were released after being kidnapped last month from a school in northwestern Nigeria sit in a hall after their arrival at the state capital in Minna, Nigeria, on Monday.
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on December 2025
What We Know About U.S. Interceptions of Oil Tankers in Venezuela
A frame grab from a video posted on social media by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, showed a helicopter flying over Centuries, another oil tanker, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday.
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on December 2025
As Trump Clings to Tariffs, His Argentine Ally Is Opening Up to Trade
Customers standing in line for the opening of Decathlon, a sporting goods store, last month in Buenos Aires.
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on December 2025
Bondi Beach Gunmen Also Used Pipe Bombs in Attack, Police Say
The police at a memorial at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.
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on December 2025
Russian General Is Killed in Car Bombing in Moscow
The scene of a car bombing in Moscow on Monday.
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on December 2025
Élysée Palace Silver and Tableware Stolen by Steward, Prosecutors Say
The entrance to the Élysée Palace in Paris. The objects that disappeared from its collection were returned after the investigation, according to prosecutors.
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on December 2025
Russia Dismisses Reports of Progress in Ukraine Peace Talks
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, met with a representative of Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, in Miami this weekend.
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on December 2025
Jimmy Kimmel Will Deliver Britain’s ‘Alternative Christmas Message’
Jimmy Kimmel will share “his personal reflections on the year,” according to Channel 4.
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on December 2025
The Sibling Bond
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At Bondi Beach, Australians Mourn Shooting Victims
A crowd in Sydney, Australia, sang “Waltzing Matilda” on Sunday in honor of a child killed in the Dec. 14 attack at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach.
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on December 2025
Freed From a Belarus Prison, a Nobel Peace Laureate Experiences ‘Oxygen Intoxication’
Ales Bialiatski, flanked by a Belarusian opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, outside the U.S. embassy, in Vilnius, Lithuania, this month.
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on December 2025
Sydney Shooting Suspects Met Muslim Leaders in Philippines, Officials Say
A soldier inspecting a bus at a checkpoint along a highway in Davao City, Philippines, on Thursday.
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on December 2025
Guns from the United States are Pouring into Canada, Fueling a Spike in Gun Violence
Seized guns at the Toronto Police Service. In Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, which includes Toronto, 91 percent of handguns recovered from crimes in 2024 came from the United States.
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on December 2025
9 Killed in Mass Shooting at Tavern in South Africa
Police officers at the scene of an attack at a tavern near Johannesburg on Sunday.
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on December 2025
The Pompidou Center Has Been Emptied of Its Art. We Watched It Happen.
The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed?
Christmas Is Back in Bethlehem, but Peace and Joy Have Yet to Arrive
When Something Goes Wrong With Your Flight, These People Take Charge