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A village near Taipei. Taiwan officials are confronting what they say is growing Chinese infiltration of the island’s politics, media and internet.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Spike Lee, two of the best known Arsenal fans in the United States, had reason to be hopeful during the early stages of the match.
A drone view of a chemical tank after its rupture at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging pulp and paper mill in Longview, Washington this week.
President Trump at an event in Suffern, N.Y., last week.
Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, during a campaign event in April.
A woman holds a photo of Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader, at a recent memorial ceremony in Tehran.
Discussions among a group of lawyers with allegiance to the president were closely held. Some senior White House officials were said to have felt blindsided as the agreement took shape.
The C.I.A. officer arrested last week with more than $40 million in gold bars in his home had previously worked with Stephen A. Feinberg, now the deputy secretary of defense.
Dan J. Sullivan, left, is challenging Senator Dan Sullivan, Republican of Alaska, for his seat.
Disinfecting a path outside a hospital in Mongbwalu, a mining town at the center of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Members of Iran’s national soccer team practicing in Antalya, Turkey, on Thursday.
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A remote gold mining town is under siege, as medical workers struggle to beat back a surge of deaths and infections.
A man and child exited the Annandale Immigration Court earlier this month in Annandale, Va. The Trump administration is pressuring immigrants to leave the country voluntarily by squeezing them financially.
Mahendra Dharmapriya at his Sri Lankan restaurant in Shimotsuke, Japan.
A succession of hardships, including Covid, the Hollywood strikes, ICE activity and wildfires have rocked the hospitality industry in Los Angeles in recent years.
President Trump appears to see the matter of his heir as unsettled, adding a layer of tension to his relationship with Vice President JD Vance.
A Dominion Energy power plant near Davis, W.Va. NextEra Energy’s political activities are expected to be scrutinized as it seeks approval of its purchase of Dominion.
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