Aiming for My Fastest Marathon, I Turned to Distance Running’s Mecca
The author, in the middle in red, training in Iten, Kenya.
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on July 2026
Another U.S. Service Member Is Killed as Iran War Expands
A satellite image of the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, in Azraq, Jordan, which came under Iranian fire last week.
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on July 2026
Burnham Set to Become Britain’s First Openly Roman Catholic Prime Minister
Andy Burnham told an interviewer in 2009: “Three things are important in my life, apart from family. Everton F.C., the Labour Party and the Catholic church — in that order.”
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on July 2026
Tehran and Washington Face a ‘Wake Up Moment’ Over the War
Iranians, like these people walking under a poster of the country’s three supreme leaders, are growing increasingly frustrated with the war.
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on July 2026
Zelensky Faces Pressure to Remove Ukraine’s Top General
Protesters in Kyiv, Ukraine, last week criticized President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
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on July 2026
Five of the Main Challenges Awaiting Andy Burnham When He Becomes Prime Minister
The Labour Party’s Andy Burnham during an event in June in Manchester, England.
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on July 2026
Ukraine War Momentum Helps Spur Interest in Postwar Investment
The Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk, Poland, in June. The overarching pitch was to put money into Ukraine even as it remains at war.
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on July 2026
India’s CJP Party Leads Protest March to Parliament After Exam Leaks
The police confronting crowds in New Delhi who had gathered before a planned march toward Parliament on Monday.
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on July 2026
Why Tokyo’s New Shorts Policy is Sparking Debate in Japan
Two officials wearing shorts at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, on Tuesday.
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on July 2026
Russia Batters Kyiv in One of the Largest Missile Assaults of the War
A helicopter dropping water on Sunday over the site of a Russian missile strike in the Kyiv region of Ukraine.
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on July 2026
The U.S. Braced For the World Cup. It Fell in Love Instead.
Fans celebrating during a match between France and Senegal at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., in June.
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on July 2026
A Modest Proposal for the Strait Dispute: A Shared Pact Among Gulf States
Oil tankers and cargo vessels were anchored last month off the coast of Oman during an effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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on July 2026
Hamas Names Khalil al-Hayya as Its New Leader
Khalil al-Hayya speaking with reporters in Istanbul in 2024.
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on July 2026
Spain Celebrates Both a Soccer Win and a Sense of Wider Success
Spain fans watching the World Cup final in Plaza de Colón, Madrid, on Sunday night.
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on July 2026
What Happens Behind the Scenes Once Burnham Enters 10 Downing Street
The staff at 10 Downing Street welcoming new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France van Heel on Monday.
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on July 2026
North Sea Drilling Offers First Test for Burnham’s Relationship With Trump
President Donald Trump departing Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to New York, on Friday.
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on July 2026
Rubio Says That U.S. Is Still Open to Diplomacy With Iran
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday night.
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on July 2026
Tears in Argentina for Lionel Messi’s ‘Last Tango’
A watch party in Rosario, Argentina, Lionel Messi’s hometown, turned somber.
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on July 2026
Did This World Cup Change Soccer Forever?
Fans watching the World Cup final in Madrid on Sunday. Spain won 1-0.
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on July 2026
Iran shipped billions in oil during the cease-fire.
Iran capitalized on its export of oil, gaining billions of dollars during a short-lived peace agreement with the United States.
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on July 2026
Earthquake in Peru Kills 6 and Displaces Hundreds
Una casa en Chupuro, Perú, que fue destruida por el terremoto el sábado.
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on July 2026
Israel watches tensely as the U.S.-Iran fighting escalates.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the military campaign against Iran.
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on July 2026
The U.S. Is Sending More Warplanes to the Middle East, Officials Say
Fighter jets stationed in Germany and Britain are being deployed to the Middle East according to officials.
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on July 2026
Increased Cooperation With U.S. Has Put Jordan in Iran’s Cross Hairs
Iran’s recent attacks on U.S.-allied Jordan, including one that killed two U.S. servicemen on Friday, introduce a new complexity in the war.
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on July 2026
Argentines, Already ‘Losing Their Minds,’ Brace for World Cup Final
Thousands of people celebrated Argentina’s victory over England, and its qualification for the World Cup final, on Wednesday in Rosario, Argentina.
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on July 2026
Why Jordan Is Becoming a New Focus in the U.S.-Iran War
American and Jordanian forces took part in multinational military exercises hosted by Jordan in 2022.
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on July 2026
Canada Wildfires: What to Know
The observation deck of Toronto’s CN Tower on Wednesday, as wildfire smoke enveloped downtown.
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on July 2026
Deaths of 2 U.S. Troops in Jordan Brings American Toll in the War With Iran to 16
The remains of a U.S. service member killed in Kuwait earlier in the war arrived at Dover Air Force Base, Del., in March.
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on July 2026
Ukraine’s Top General Becomes a Target of Protesters’ Anger
People in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday protesting President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to oust Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who had championed drone warfare.
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on July 2026
Wildfires Continue To Burn in Ontario, Canada, Sending Smoke to U.S. Cities
Premier Doug Ford of Ontario after a news conference in Thunder Bay on Saturday. Roughly 1.7 million acres have burned in Ontario, data from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center shows.
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on July 2026
U.S. Strikes Leave Iranians Isolated and Scared
The Persian Gulf off the coast of Bandar Abbas, an Iranian port city in the south of the country, in May. Residents said roads around the city were heavily damaged by U.S. airstrikes this week.
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on July 2026
Your ‘Live’ World Cup Broadcast Is Not Really Live
Lautaro Martinez of Argentina scored the winning goal over England on Wednesday. When did you see it?
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on July 2026
A Very British CPAC: Few, if Any, Costumes and Not Much Trump
Matt Schlapp, chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference, and the former prime minister Liz Truss onstage at CPAC’s London conference on Thursday.
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on July 2026
Uproar Over Surrogate Baby Prompts German Official’s Sudden Resignation
Jens Spahn, parliamentary group leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party, in the plenary hall during a session at the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of Parliament, in December.
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on July 2026
Most Forest Fires in Canada Are Simply Impossible to Put Out
A wildfire burning in Bison Lake, Alberta, last year.
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on July 2026
In Bangladesh, Argentina’s Soccer Team Finds a Huge Fan Base
Fans of Argentina’s soccer team gathering last month in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during the World Cup.
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on July 2026
Freedom Convoy Leader, Under House Arrest, Wants to Visit the White House
The Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich at her sentencing hearing last summer. She is asking a court to let her travel to the United States.
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on July 2026
Lamine Yamal, Soccer Star and Son of African Migrants, Personifies a Changing Spain
A crowd near Rocafonda, the neighborhood where Lamine Yamal grew up, watches the player on a giant screen during Spain’s semifinal with France last week.
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on July 2026
Iqaluit, Canada’s Most Northern City, Gets Its First Bus Line
Looking out the window of an Iqaluit Transit bus during its route through the city.
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on July 2026
Israel Counters Iranian Spying by Warning Against Recruitment
People walking in Tehran this month. According to Israeli authorities, Iran has intensified efforts to recruit people in Israel for intelligence gathering.
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on July 2026
As Trump Scraps With Meloni, His Envoy to Italy Is at Sea
Tilman Fertitta aboard his yacht, Boardwalk, on the Fourth of July.
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on July 2026
They Called Sam Neill ‘Skux.’ (It Was a Compliment.)
Sam Neill at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019.
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on July 2026
7 Americans Sent to Disputed Kenya Ebola Site After New Trump Travel Ban
A satellite image showing the field hospital at Laikipia Air Base in central Kenya, where America aid workers are being quarantined.
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on July 2026
The Rise and Fall of Ukraine’s Drone Warfare Mastermind
Mykhailo Fedorov, the former minister of defense for Ukraine, speaking Thursday in Kyiv. Mr. Fedorov’s growing reliance on drones had reportedly irked some members of the military’s leadership.
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on July 2026
Karim Khan’s Accuser Breaks Silence on Alleged Sexual Misconduct at I.C.C.
Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, at a U.N. Security Council meeting.
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on July 2026
Russia Bill Broadens Sanctions but Could Fuel Fears Over the Dollar
A Conversation with Zohran Mamdani