This 127-Year-Old Christmas Contest Has an Unusual Star: The Radish
The winning entry in the traditional radish category, made by Carlos David Vásquez López and his family for The Night of the Radishes contest in Oaxaca’s city center. It focused on Oaxacan food.
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Azerbaijan Airlines Passenger Plane Crashes in Kazakhstan
The crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday.
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An Interview With Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Critic Putin Freed and Exiled
Vladimir Kara-Murza, the Russian political activist, greeting U.S. senators in Washington in September.
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Cyclone on French Archipelago Exposes Resentments Over Immigrants
Immigrants from Comoros at a shantytown devastated by the cyclone in Mayotte island last week.
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At Least 21 Killed in Clashes Over Mozambique’s Disputed Election Ruling
Mozambican security forces next to a burning barricade in Maputo on Tuesday.
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How Afghan Militias, Unleashed by the U.S., Proved Worse Than the Taliban
A member of the Afghan Local Police, a militia organization formed to fight the Taliban, outside the unit’s hilltop base in 2012 in Taloqa, Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.
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Christians in Gaza, Huddled in Churches, Celebrate Christmas
A young boy walked in front of St. Porphyrius, a Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza that was damaged during an Israeli bombardment.
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As Rome Prepares for a Tourist Surge, Residents Fear Losing the City’s Soul
A newly constructed underpass opened on Monday, creating a large pedestrian zone between the Tiber River and the Vatican.
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These Students Ousted Bangladesh’s Government. Now They’re Rebuilding a Democracy.
A defaced portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s founding father, in the capital, Dhaka, in November. His daughter Sheikh Hasina was ousted as prime minister this summer.
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What Hun Manet Is Like as Cambodia’s New Leader
Hun Manet, center, the Cambodian prime minister, studied in the United States and Britain. Any hopes that civil liberties would improve under his rule have been dashed.
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Dutch Court Issues Prison Sentences Over Violence Against Israeli Soccer Fans
Dutch police officers standing guard after the unrest in Amsterdam, last month.
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He Inherited a Seat in the House of Lords. The UK Government Says He Will Lose It in 2025.
Godfrey John Bewicke-Copley, the 7th Baron Cromwell, said his lineage had little bearing on his public servant work: “We are not the port-swilling, fox-hunting hoorays on vast Downton Abbey-esque estates of popular imagination.”
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Christmas Market Attack in Germany Stirs Political Sniping
A memorial for the victims in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on Sunday.
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The Animal Celebrities Who Surprised, Soothed and Screamed at Us in 2024
Hippo holidays from Moo Deng, the pygmy hippopotamus who became a viral sensation this year.
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Christmas in Pictures: Lights and Color Mark the Season
Christmas mass at Notre Dame in Paris, the first time Christmas mass was celebrated in the cathedral since the fire in 2019.
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Holiday Briefing
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21 Dead as Mozambique Erupts in Violence Over Election Ruling
Protesters gathering on Monday next to a burning barricade in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.
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Armed Attack at Haiti Hospital Kills at Least 3
The wife of a journalist, who was shot during a gang attack at a hospital in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, cries as his body arrives at a different hospital.
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Sophie Hediger, Olympic Snowboarder From Switzerland, Dies in Avalanche
Sophie Hediger was a regular competitor on the international race circuit in snowboard cross.
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Russia Sentences a U.S. Citizen, Eugene Spector, to 15 Years for Espionage
Eugene Spector in a Moscow courtroom in 2020. He was convicted of espionage on Tuesday, Russian state news agencies reported.
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Israel Intercepts Houthi Missile and Threatens Militant Group’s Leaders
Demonstrators showed support for Palestinians at a rally last week in Sana, Yemen.
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Tuesday Briefing
Matt Gaetz has denied wrongdoing.
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Sorting Fact From Fiction as Fear Engulfs Bangladesh’s Hindus
Hindus in Bangladesh in August, protesting against recent attacks on their community.
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Is a Putin Ally in Belarus Making a Cautious Overture to the West?
Amid rising expectations for cease-fire talks in the war between Russia and Ukraine, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus appears to be trying to reboot his relations with the West, analysts say.
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Netanyahu Signals Progress on Hostage Deal but Won’t Give Timeline
“Don’t lecture me,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Israeli lawmakers on Monday.
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French President Emmanuel Macron Appoints New Cabinet After Previous Government’s Collapse
President Emmanuel Macron of France in Paris this month. It was unclear whether the new government could assuage broader concerns about political instability in Europe.
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Slovak Leader Visits Putin, Breaking With E.U.’s Policy of Isolation
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia with Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, during a meeting in Moscow on Sunday.
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Mozambique Court Upholds Result in Disputed Presidential Election
The President-elect of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, meeting supporters in the capital, Maputo, on Monday.
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A Canceled Vote in Romania Hands Russia a Propaganda Coup
A polling station in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, on Oct. 24, the first round of presidential elections.
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Top Arab Diplomats, in Syria Visits, Aim to Build Ties With New Leadership
Syrians celebrating the ousting of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on the second Friday after the fall of his regime.
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Why Are North Korean Troops in Ukraine Taking Heavy Casualties?
A photograph provided by North Korean state media showed troops taking part in a military parade last year in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening Global Efforts to Contain the Virus
An mpox patient receiving care in a health center in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Monday Briefing
A memorial after the attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.
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‘I Was Destroyed by It’: 4 Men on Abuse at Ireland’s Catholic Schools
“What isn’t always told is how your life is entirely ripped apart,” said Mark Vincent Healy, who attended St. Mary’s College, run by the Spiritans.
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Organized Looting Throws Gaza Deeper Into Chaos
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entering Gaza via the Rafah crossing have become easy prey for organized gangs.
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Surfers Return for Rare Big Wave Contest in Hawaii
Only 45 competitors and 25 alternates were invited to this year’s Eddie. The list is a who’s who of top professional surfers and local legends.
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Monday Briefing: Al-Assad’s Final Days in Power
A banner of former President Bashar al-Assad hanging north of Hama, Syria, was defaced after his ouster this month.
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Small Plane Crashes Into Buildings in Brazilian City, Killing 10
Firefighters working at the site of a plane crash on Sunday in Gramado, Brazil, in a photograph released by the Rio Grande do Sul Fire Department.
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Germany Searches for Motives in Christmas Market Attack
A memorial on Saturday for victims of the attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.
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Removing Carbon From the Sky Could Be the Next Climate Gold Rush
A welder this month at the Deep Sky carbon capture facility under construction in Innisfail, Alberta.
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From the Surf to the Sermon: The Christian Surfers of Costa Rica
A surfer riding a wave during a sunset in June in Pavones, Costa Rica, which is home to the second-largest left-hand wave in the world.
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‘Nutcracker’ Is a Casualty of a ‘Quarantine’ of Russian Culture in Lithuania
Lithuanian’s National Opera and Ballet Theater during intermission at the ballet “Les Millions d’Arlequin” in Vilnius this month.
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Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down
Women requesting taxis on a phone app this week during a blackout in Tehran.
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Inside the Final Days of the Assad Regime in Syria
A banner of former President Bashar al-Assad hanging north of Hama, Syria, was defaced after his ouster this month.
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Germany Bulked Up Christmas Market Security. An Attack Still Happened.
Police officers standing guard on Saturday at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, where a car plowed into a crowd on Friday evening.
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Pope Uses Christmas Message to Chide Advisers About Gossiping
Pope Francis told Vatican employees in a Christmas message on Saturday that gossip “sickens people’s hearts.”
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In Top Minister’s Resignation, Shades of an Earlier Political Crisis for Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaving Parliament’s West Block on Friday afternoon.
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How Canada’s Voters Turned on Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada walking to the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
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A Restaurant Is More Than a Workplace for People Often Shunned by Employers
The staff of the Alamesa restaurant posed for a group photo in the kitchen after the first service during the grand opening in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Amid Russian Attacks, Ukraine Seeks New Ways to Power Its Cities
The control room of a thermal power plant — in November in an undisclosed location in Ukraine — that has been repeatedly targeted by Russian strikes.
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3-Minute Christmas Market Rampage Shakes Germany
Security guards early Saturday in front of the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, where an S.U.V. plowed into a crowd on Friday evening.
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Pakistan Faces Resurgence of Terrorism
Shagufta Tahir, the mother of Muhammad Shaheer Khan, one of the students killed in a militant attack on a school in December 2014 in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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Yemeni Missile Lands in Tel Aviv
An Israeli soldier at the site where a missile landed in the Tel Aviv area on Saturday. The Israeli military said the missile was launched from Yemen.
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Tuesday Briefing: The Matt Gaetz Report is Out
In Tyre, Lebanon, a Somber Christmas Underlined by Trauma and Grief
From Fighters to Policemen in a Post-Assad Damascus
Syrians in Christian Neighborhoods Protest After Christmas Tree Is Burned
Under Pressure, Telegram Turns a Profit for the First Time