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Hong Kong Looks for Ways to Win Back Big-Spending Tourists

People heading into the new Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong. The city is seeking to rebrand itself as the region’s events capital, emphasizing concerts and trade shows.

London’s ‘Little America’ Is No More. What’s Taking Its Place?

Desperate and Hungry Palestinians Recall Deadly Shooting Near Gaza Aid Site

Africans See Trump’s New Travel Ban as ‘A Big Slap in the Face’

In Khartoum, the war-torn capital of Sudan, in March.

Russia Pummels Kyiv in Apparent Retaliation for Ukrainian Drone Assault

People taking shelter from Russian drone and missile strikes early Friday in an underground parking garage in Kyiv, Ukraine.

How North Korea Salvaged a Capsized Warship

An Engineering Marvel, Decades in the Making: A Rail Line to Kashmir

A passenger train on the outskirts of Jammu, Kashmir, in May, part of a new line that has connected Kashmir by rail to the rest of India.

Videos Show Chaos Around Israeli-Backed Gaza Food Sites

Who Is Yasser Abu Shabab, the Leader of the Israeli-Backed Militia in Gaza?

Palestinians carry aid packages in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday.

D-Day Anniversary Brings Remembrance and Unease Among Old Allies

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a ceremony on the 81st anniversary of D-Day in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on Friday.

UK Court Warns Lawyers Can Be Prosecuted Over A.I. Tools That ‘Hallucinate’ Fake Material

The Royal Courts of Justice, England’s High Court, in central London, detailed two recent cases in which fake material generated by artificial intelligence was used in written legal arguments.

Xi to Trump: Rein in the Hawks Trying to Derail the Tariff Truce

A meeting with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, in Japan in 2019, during President Trump’s first term. The leaders spoke by phone on Thursday after weeks of worsening tensions between Washington and Beijing.

South Koreans Have a New President, and Mixed Emotions

Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s new president, appearing at a post-election rally with his wife, Kim Hye-kyeong, in Seoul on Wednesday.

U.K. Faces ‘Extraordinary’ Threat From Russian and Iranian Plots, Official Warns

“Terrorism is something that gets public attention,” Jonathan Hall said, while state threats are “much harder to conceptualize.”

Trump’s International Student Ban Sparks Fear Among Harvard Attendees

Alfred Williamson, who is from Wales, was accepted to Harvard, making him the first person from his school to get into an Ivy League college and the first in his family to study in the United States.

How Russian Spies Are Analyzing Data From China’s WeChat App

The Kremlin looming in the distance in February in Moscow.

Parents in Gaza Are Running Out of Ways to Feed Their Children

A food distribution line in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza, in April. The territory is facing a hunger crisis.

How The Times Obtained Secret Russian Intelligence Documents

Outside the headquarters of the Federal Security Service, or F.S.B., in Moscow.

Chinese Students Reconsider the U.S. as Republicans Threaten Their Visas

There are about 1,400 Chinese students at the University of Texas’ Austin campus.

Russian Spies Are Suspicious of China, Even as Putin and Xi Grow Close

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last month in Moscow for Victory Day celebrations.

Even Before Trump’s Visa Clampdown, U.S. Was Losing African Students

Ghanaian student Helen Dekyem, photographed near the China Pharmaceutical University, where she is enrolled, in Nanjing, China, in 2023.

Buyer With Ties to Chinese Communist Party Got V.I.P. Treatment at Trump Crypto Dinner

He Tianying outside the White House on May 23. Mr. He is a member of an advisory body that seeks to broaden the Communist Party’s influence and solicit support from influential people in Chinese society.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Returned to U.S. From El Salvador to Face Criminal Charges

Trump Approves Expansion of Scandal-Hit Coal Mine

The entrance to Bull Mountain mine near Billings, Mont., in 2022.

Trump’s Ambition Collides With Law on Sending Migrants to Dangerous Countries

A government vehicle that was damaged in clashes with armed militias in Tripoli, Libya, last month.

Interpol Arrests 20 Over Network That Distributed Child Sex Abuse Material

The headquarters of Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, in Lyon, France.

David Beckham to Be Knighted by King Charles III

The king and the future knight.

Merz Cracks the Trump Code With Friendly White House Meeting

President Trump and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany in the Oval Office on Thursday. They seemed chummy from the start.

Why Trump Is Trying to Send Deportees to South Sudan

Friday Briefing

President Trump in the Oval Office yesterday.

Marc Garneau, First Canadian in Space and Foreign Minister, Dies at 76

Marc Garneau in 2000, the year he took his third trip to space.

Philippe Labro Dies at 88; Restless Chronicler of the French Condition

Philippe Labro, 2004. “He wrote our popular, French, and universal history,” President Emmanuel Macron said in a tribute posted on X.

Israel Bombs Beirut Outskirts, Citing Hezbollah Drone Workshops

Smoke and fire erupting from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday.

State Dept. Imposes Sanctions on International Criminal Court Judges

The United States and Israel are not members of the International Criminal Court and have long chafed at its efforts to prosecute officials in their governments and militaries.

Friday Briefing: Trump and Musk Trade Insults

President Trump in the Oval Office yesterday.

Zambia’s Former President Edgar Lungu Dies at 68

President Edgar Lungu of Zambia in 2019.

Israel Armed Palestinian Militia to Fight Hamas, Officials Say

Smoke rising behind Israeli tanks in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, in May.

Reform U.K.’s Chairman, Zia Yusuf, Quits Amid Infighting

Zia Yusuf, right, with Nigel Farage in London this year. On Thursday, Mr. Farage expressed regret at Mr. Yusuf’s departure as Reform U.K.’s chairman.

Used in Covid Shots, mRNA May Help Rid the Body of H.I.V.

Colored scanning electron micrograph of a whole T-lymphocyte white blood cell infected with the H.I.V. virus, in red.

Goal to Spend 5 Percent on Militaries Splits NATO Allies

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.

There’s an Effective Way to Deter Rhino Poachers, a New Study Finds

A newly dehorned rhinoceros near Kruger National Park in South Africa. The horns eventually grow back, like trimmed fingernails.

Trump Compares Russia and Ukraine to Children Fighting

President Trump met with the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, in the Oval Office on Thursday.

Trump’s Travel Ban Could Shake Up International Sporting Events

Haiti played Mexico in a CONCACAF Gold Cup game in Arizona in 2023. U.S. officials will decide which sports events are exempt from President Trump’s new travel ban.

How ASML, a Key Supplier to the Chip Industry, Is Navigating Trump’s Trade War

Syrians Rejoice at Being Exempted From Trump Travel Ban

Damascus last month. Syria was exempted from President Trump’s latest travel ban, a sign of a seismic shift in U.S. foreign policy following the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad in December.

Trump and Xi Hold Call, China Says

Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing last month. He and President Trump spoke by phone amid fraying relations between the United States and China after trade talks in May.

What to Know About Trump’s New Travel Ban

Applicants for the Special Immigrant Visa in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021. Immigrants under that program are exempted from President Trump’s latest travel ban.

‘Dear Girl, Get Out!’: A Young Palestinian Escapes an Israeli Strike

Euthanasia Advocate Who Assisted in Woman’s Suicide Dies in Germany

Florian Willet was arrested by the Swiss authorities last year after being present when an American woman ended her life.

New Zealand’s Parliament Suspends Maori Lawmakers Over Haka Protest

Rawiri Waititi, right, and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, the co-leaders of the Te Pāti Māori party, at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, in January.

Why a Harvard Speaker Drew a Social Media Backlash in China

Jiang Yurong, a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School, was subjected to anger and suspicion on Chinese social media after her commencement speech was posted online.

Another ‘Gomorrah’ TV Series About the Mob? Some in Naples Say, ‘Basta.’

Tourists visiting Vele di Scampia, a cluster of public housing towers, now undergoing demolition, in Naples, where much of the early seasons of “Gomorrah” were filmed.

Israeli Military Recovers Bodies of Two Hostages Taken in Oct. 7 Attack

Judi Weinstein-Haggai and Gadi Haggai in an undated photograph.

Europe Wants to Banish Russian Gas. The U.S. May Have Other Plans.

The Bovanenkovo gas field on the Yamal peninsula of Russia, operated by Gazprom, is a main source of gas for exports to Europe.

In War-Torn Nations, Trump’s Travel Ban Brings a New Hardship

Destroyed buildings after airstrikes in Kyauktaw, Myanmar, last month.

Thursday Briefing

President Trump’s proclamation barred travel from a number of countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East.

Who Is Johnnie Moore? Here’s What to Know About a Gaza Aid Group’s Chairman.

Johnnie Moore, shown in 2018, was picked to help lead the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s Chancellor, Meets With Trump at White House

Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany speaking on Tuesday in Berlin.

Trump Pushes to Restrict Harvard’s International Students From Entering U.S.

President Trump also urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to consider revoking current visas for Harvard students.

Trump Travel Order Bans People From 12 Countries From Entering U.S.

President Trump’s proclamation barred travel from a variety of countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East.

Thursday Briefing: Trump’s Call With Putin

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