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Austria Mourns After a Deadly School Shooting

A makeshift memorial on Wednesday outside the site of the school shooting in Graz, Austria.

Trump is Pushing Allies Away and Closer Into Each Other’s Arms

President Emmanuel Macron of France, left, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain during a meeting last month in Tirana, Albania.

Netanyahu Under Pressure as Ultra-Orthodox Parties Threaten to Dissolve Parliament

Although the move would not immediately bring down Israel’s government, it could hurt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu politically.

After 2 Nights of Anti-Immigrant Riots, Northern Irish Town Is on Edge

A vehicle is set alight during an anti-immigration demonstration in Ballymena on Tuesday night.

Amid Russian Strikes, a Remote Corner of Ukraine Beckons

A pedestrian bridge over the Uzh River, in Uzhhorod, Ukraine last month.

Austria Has Lots of Guns, Little Gun Violence, and New Questions

Police officers at the scene of the school shooting in Graz, Austria, on Tuesday.

A Syrian Committee for Civil Peace Angers Those Demanding Justice

A torn picture of Bashar al-Assad, the ousted president of Syria, at the Palace of Justice in Damascus in December. In early June, the committee released dozens of former regime soldiers.

In Hajj on Horseback Project, Pilgrims Ride All the Way From Spain

Russian Drone Barrage Kills 3 in Kharkiv

The scene early Wednesday in Kharkiv, Ukraine, after a drone strike.

This French Senator Has Become Trump’s European Nemesis

Senator Claude Malhuret, a right-leaning centrist, was once the mayor of Vichy, France, a town that is central to the country’s World War II history.

Hong Kong Bans Taiwanese Video Game for Promoting ‘Armed Revolution’

The Hong Kong police effectively banned the Taiwanese video game “Reversed Front: Bonfire,” advising people not to download the game or face serious legal charges.

Mike Huckabee, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Questions Palestinian State Policy

Ambassador Mike Huckabee speaking with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv in May.

Tusk Government Wins Confidence Vote in Poland

Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaking in Parliament in Warsaw on Wednesday.

South Korea Turns Off Speakers Blasting K-Pop Into North Korea

Loudspeakers near the border with North Korea. The rival Korean governments have switched loudspeakers on and off as political tensions rose and fell for decades.

School Bus Swept Away as Floods in South Africa Kill at Least 49

Homes in Mthatha, South Africa, were submerged in floodwater on Tuesday after a slow-moving storm raged over the largely rural Eastern Cape Province.

World Bank Ends Its Ban on Funding Nuclear Power Projects

Construction of Bangladesh’s first nuclear plant in 2023.

Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference

The board members are concerned that political appointees at the State Department, which manages the program, are acting illegally by canceling the awarding of Fulbright scholarships.

This Elusive Antarctic Squid Was Seen for the First Time

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Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the Republican Tax-Cut Bill

Installing solar panels on a home in Sebastopol, Calif., last year.

Wednesday Briefing

President Trump has mobilized thousands of National Guard troops in California.

U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway

At the heart of the legal wrangling was a 1970s law that President Trump had made the foundation of his campaign to reorient the global economic order.

The Tough Choice Facing Trump in the Iran Nuclear Talks

A mural on the former United States Embassy in Tehran.

Wednesday Briefing: Why U.S. Troops Are in Los Angeles

On a highway in downtown Los Angeles yesterday.

Appeals Court Pauses Order to Give Deported Venezuelans Due Process

Scores of Venezuelan immigrants were deported without hearings to El Salvador in March under a rarely invoked wartime law and are being held in the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT.

Argentina’s Supreme Court Upholds Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s Prison Sentence

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, when she was president of Argentina.

3 Lessons From International Protests Amid the L.A. Unrest

Police officers surrounded a protester on Monday in Los Angeles.

French Student Is Arrested After Teaching Assistant Is Stabbed to Death

Police officers and emergency workers on Tuesday near a school in Nogent, France, where a stabbing took place.

China Sends Two Aircraft Carriers Into the Pacific for the First Time

In a photo released by the Taiwan Defense Ministry in April, the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong sailed in waters off Taiwan.

Khaby Lame, World’s Most Popular TikToker, Is Forced to Leave U.S.

The TikTok star Khaby Lame poses for a photograph after being named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Dakar, Senegal, in January.

Why the MAGA Right Became Obsessed With the Romanian Election

A protest held in Bucharest, Romania, in support of the European Union on May 9, a little more than a week before the country held a hotly contested presidential election.

Palestinian Authority President Says Hamas Must Exit Gaza

Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah in April.

European Union Unveils Fresh Sanctions on Russia, Including a Nord Stream Ban

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany, in 2022.

Graz, Austria, School Shooting: What to Know

Emergency workers at the site of a school shooting in Graz, Austria, on Tuesday.

15 Police Officers Injured in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, After Riot Over Alleged Sexual Assault

Protests broke out in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Monday in response to the court hearing of two 14-year-old-boys who had been charged with sexual assault.

U.K., Canada and Others Impose Sanctions on Far-Right Israeli Ministers

The sanctions targeted the Israeli security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, left, and the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who are among the most hard-line members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet.

U.N. Agency Suspects North Korea Is Building New Uranium-Enrichment Site

Rafael Grossi, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the center was “monitoring” the progress of a new building in North Korea that has similar features to a current uranium-enrichment plant.

10 Are Killed in Austria School Shooting, Police Say

Police officers near the school in Graz, Austria, on Tuesday.

With Sirens Screeching and Explosions in the Sky, Kyiv Struggles to Sleep

Ukrainian security forces tried to shoot down incoming Russian drones over Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

How Long Does It Take to Draw a Picture of Every Pub in London?

U.S. Teacher Seized by Russia Is Located in Prison

A photo provided by the Moscow City Court showed Stephen James Hubbard inside the defendant’s cage last October.

Trump Administration Holds Trade Talks With China as Fight Over Rare Earths Escalates

On the Chinese side, the negotiations are led by He Lifeng, left, the vice premier in charge of economic policy.

Gang Violence Grips Peru as Extortions and Killings Rise

The husk of a burned-out bus in Villa Maria del Triunfo, a district south of Lima, where many bus and business owners are being extorted.

A Killer Within Easy Reach

Spreading fertilizer on soil cleared of weeds using paraquat in Paramaribo.

Tuesday Briefing

Protesters in front of the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles, which is being surrounded by the California National Guard, on Monday.

Israel Deports Greta Thunberg and Other Activists on Gaza Aid Boat

The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg landed in Paris after being deported from Israel on Tuesday, en route to Sweden.

Young Israeli Hostage Says Finding Faith Helped Him Survive Hamas Captivity

Omer Shem Tov, now back at home, says that turning to Jewish rituals and prayer helped him survive after he was seized during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel.

Canada Commits Billions in Defense Spending to Meet NATO Target, Mark Carney Says

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada spoke at the Fort York Armory in Toronto on Monday. He did not say where the money for increased military spending would come from.

Tuesday Briefing: California’s Lawsuit Against Trump

A protest in downtown Los Angeles, today.

BlackRock Is Accused of a Plot Against Coal. The Firm Says That’s ‘Absurd.’

Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas, who brought the case against the investment firms in 2022.

Valmik Thapar, Tenacious Tiger Conservationist in India, Is Dead

Valmik Thapar in 1994. He believed that tigers deserved nothing less than “inviolate protected areas” in which to live without human encroachment.

NATO Chief Urges Members to Spend Far More on Military

Mark Rutte, the secretary-general of NATO, speaking in London on Monday.

A Trump Family Project Spurs Resignations and a Criminal Charge in Serbia

The site of the Trump hotel project is a bombed-out building that serves as an icon to Serbians’ suffering during a 1999 conflict.

Israel Intercepts Gaza Aid Ship Carrying Greta Thunberg: What to Know

The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg arriving in her home country after she was deported from Israel. “On international waters, we were illegally attacked and kidnapped by Israel,” she said.

‘Dog Walking Is a Clear Crime’: Iran’s Latest Morality Push

Iranians with their dogs at a park in Tehran on Sunday.

Italian Referendum to Loosen Citizenship Rules Fails

A polling station in Rome on Sunday.

Extremely Lifelike Dolls Cause a Frenzy in Brazil

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