Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun
Thomas Perlmann, the secretary general of the Nobel Committee, announcing the winners at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Monday.
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Fighting Myanmar’s Patriarchy, One All-Male Panel at a Time
Ying Lao has long worked for democratic and feminist causes, but she has faced a backlash for her public evisceration of manels, or all-male panels.
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China Calls for Tighter Security After Workers Are Killed in Pakistan
The site of an explosion outside Karachi airport, Pakistan, early Monday.
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As War in Ukraine Drags On, Dogs Offer Comfort
Dogs playing at the PesDay festival in Kyiv, Ukraine, in September. The event was a vivid illustration of the boom in dog ownership.
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Climate Change Is Scorching Stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil
A much-depleted tributary of the Amazon, the Parana do Manaquiri, last month in Amazonas State, Brazil.
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Ship in Need of Repairs Has Explosive Cargo, but No Dock
Damage to the Port of Beirut, in Lebanon, in 2020 after an explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate. The MV Ruby may be carrying more than seven times as much.
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Tunisia’s Autocratic Leader Is Poised to Steamroll to Election Victory
A poster for President Kais Saied on a building last month in Tunis. The president’s election opponents have largely either been jailed or disqualified.
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A Hostage Waits for Her Husband Still Being Held in Gaza
Sharon Cunio, her husband and their 4-year-old twin daughters were among the roughly 250 hostages abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
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How Gaza Became a Mass Death Trap
A camp for internally displaced people in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, in late October 2023.
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The War That Won’t End: How Oct. 7 Sparked a Year of Conflict
Palestinians entering Israel through a breach in the Gaza border fence during the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks.
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A Hundred Years’ War for Our Time
Relatives and friends of victims of the Oct. 7 attacks gathered at the site of the Nova music festival on the morning of the anniversary.
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Ex-Philippine President, Under Investigation for War on Drugs, Returns to Politics
Rodrigo Duterte, in white mask, attending the inauguration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines, left, in Manila in 2022.
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Hostages’ Families Endure Surreal Wait on Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attacks
“I feel the hostage situation has been put to the back,” said Ofri Bibas-Levy, Yarden Bibas’s sister.
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Palestinians in Gaza Reflect on One Year of Israel’s War With Hamas
Palestinians fleeing Israeli bombing in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, last year.
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On the Oct. 7 Anniversary, Remembering the Nova Festival Victims
Relatives and friends gathering at the site of the Nova music festival near Re’im, Israel, on Monday.
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Israel Steps Up Attacks in Gaza and Lebanon Ahead of Oct. 7 Anniversary
Israeli airstrikes targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday.
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Monday Briefing: Reflecting on a Year of War
A memorial near Re’im, Israel, in September.
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Peter Jay, Headline-Making British Ambassador to the U.S., Dies at 87
Peter Jay at his home in London in May 1977, shortly after being named British ambassador to the United States.
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Pope Names 21 New Cardinals, Reaching Far Beyond Europe
Pope Francis read the list of new cardinals during his Sunday prayer at the Vatican. The ceremony to elevate them will take place next month.
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U.K. Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Sue Gray, Resigns
Sue Gray last month at the meeting of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. In a statement on Sunday she said that “intense commentary around my position risked becoming a distraction to the government’s vital work of change.”
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Fear Overshadows Oct. 7 Memorial Preparations in Israel
A memorial near Re’im, Israel, in September.
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How the Push to Avert a Broader War in Lebanon Fell Apart
Portraits of Hassan Nasrallah amid the destruction from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiya, outside of Beirut.
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What It’s Like to Return to Israeli Villages Attacked on Oct. 7
More homes are turning their lights back on, signaling the gradual return of residents to the kibbutz.
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Israel Was Ready for a War With Hezbollah. Ending It Will Be Harder.
An Israeli unit in July 2006 firing along the front line in northern Israel during fighting with Hezbollah.
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Israel Steps Up Attacks in Lebanon as Fighting Spreads
Smoke rose on Saturday after Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah on Saturday fired more rockets into northern Israel, though most seem to have been intercepted by Israel’s air-defense system.
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Macron Calls for Halting Weapons to Israel for Gaza Conflict
President Emmanuel Macron spoke on a French radio show on Saturday.
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Fear Factors
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Ever-Shrinking Condos Are the Choice of Investors in Toronto and Vancouver
Small condos have become about a third of the market in Toronto over the last eight years.
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As Israel Attacks, Many Lebanese Feel Dragged Into War
Cleaning up on Monday after an early-morning Israeli airstrike on an apartment block in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Rwanda’s Doctors and Nurses Hit Hard by Deadly Marburg Virus
World Health Organization officials in Angola during a 2005 outbreak of the Marburg virus. The outbreak in Rwanda began in September, the country’s first encounter with the virus.
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Michigan Father Dies in Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon, Family Says
Smoke billowed after Israeli airstrikes in Nabatieh district, in southern Lebanon, in September.
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Ukraine’s Donbas Strategy: Retreat Slowly and Maximize Russian Losses
Soldiers with an artillery battery of the 15th Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard preparing to fire from their position in the Donbas region of Ukraine this week.
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How a Nuclear Plant Is Dividing a Community in Poland
A harvest festival in Choczewo, Poland, where locals are bitterly divided on a plan for a proposed nuclear plant, Poland’s first.
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Behind Trump’s Views on Ukraine: Putin’s Gambit and a Political Grudge
A meeting between President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and former President Donald J. Trump in Hamburg in 2017 helps explain the roots of Mr. Trump’s often-disdainful attitude toward Ukraine.
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Israel Targets Hezbollah as Khamenei, Iran’s Leader, Warns of Retaliation
Smoke and flames rising after an Israeli airstrike in the Dahiyeh, area of Lebanon on Friday.
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French Judge in Gisèle Pelicot Rape Trial Allows Video Evidence to Be Shown in Court
Gisèle Pelicot leaving court in Avignon, France, on Wednesday. Her husband is accused of drugging her for years, and inviting strangers to their home to rape her.
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US Conducts Strikes Against Houthis in Yemen
Smoke rises after strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
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Biden Cautions Israel on Plans to Retaliate Against Iran
President Biden joined his press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, left, at the daily press briefing Friday at the White House. It was the only time he has joined the briefing as president, and he took questions on the Middle East.
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A Pentagon Debate: Are U.S. Deployments Containing the Fighting, or Inflaming It?
The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and its strike group of destroyers and fighter squadrons has been monitoring Iran from the Gulf of Oman since August.
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Conveys Support for Joint Cease-Fire in Lebanon and Gaza
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday.
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Hamas Leader Is Holding Out for a Bigger War, U.S. Officials Say
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, in Gaza in April 2023. The group has shown no desire at all to engage in talks in recent weeks, U.S. officials say.
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What Game Theory Tells Us About the Threat of an Israel-Iran War
Destruction is seen in a Dahiya neighborhood south of Beirut after a week of deadly Israeli airstrikes.
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Champions League’s New Format Creates a New Reality
Tiago Santos and Lille may already have their biggest win of the season.
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Gender Identity Changes Must Be Recognized Across E.U. Borders, Court Rules
The Pride Parade in Berlin in 2023. Rights campaigners say a court ruling may give transgender people more freedoms throughout the European Union.
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Ayatollah Khamenei Praises Oct. 7 Attacks and Warns Israel in Rare Sermon
Tens of thousands of supporters gathered to hear Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, lead Friday prayers in Tehran.
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Bosnia Balkans flooding rains
Flooding on Friday after heavy rains in a village near the Bosnian town of Fojnica, about 30 miles west of Sarajevo.
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Israel Expands Evacuation Warnings in Southern Lebanon After Renewed Strikes
Smoke rising over the Dahiya area south of Beirut, in Lebanon, on Friday.
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E.U. Court Says Some Rules for Soccer’s Transfer Market Are Illegal
Lassana Diarra, right, went to court after being fined millions of dollars for walking away from his contract and trying to join a new club.
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‘Mom, I Want to Live’: A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer
Sonya Liakh was 2 years old when she was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer.
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What to Know About the 2024 Nobel Prizes
Replicas the Nobel Peace Prize medal on display at The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.
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Live Updates: A Year After Hamas Attack, Israelis and Palestinians Reflect on Loss
Live Updates: Israel Sends More Troops to Fight Hezbollah in Lebanon
Israel-Gaza War: Photos that Defined a Year of Conflict
Pakistan Bans Protest Movement in Renewed Crackdown on Dissent
A Menace to Motorists, but the ‘Noble’ Moose Is Adopted by Newfoundland
Russia and Syria Silent on Reported Strike Near Russian Base in Syria