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Pakistan Imran Khan

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2Kby Salman Masood and Christina Goldbaum / 14h

Mr. Khan, who was leading a protest march, was wounded in both legs, in an attack that threated to plunge the country into turmoil.

Suspect in Pelosi Attack Was in the US Illegally, Officials Say

Nancy Paul Pelosi

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2Kby Eileen Sullivan / 11h

David DePape, a Canadian, legally entered the United States in 2008. He faces several state and federal charges after the authorities say he broke into Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and assaulted her husband.

Netanyahu to Return to Power in Israel as Lapid Concedes Defeat

Israel Netanyahu Ben-Gvir

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2Kby Patrick Kingsley / 16h

After five elections in less than four years, Israel will have a stable government for the first time since 2019. But Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition could test the constitutional framework and social fabric.

TODAY

Biden and Netanyahu Gear Up for a Complicated New Era

by Michael D. Shear and David E. Sanger / 3h

The two leaders have forged a relationship over four decades that vacillates between warmth and combat.

Rishi Sunak Has a Boris Johnson Problem

33by Mark Landler / 4h

Already saddled with a budget crisis amid a cost-of-living crisis, the British prime minister has to deal with his predecessor.

Netanyahu’s Corruption Charges in Israel: What to Know

22by Patrick Kingsley and Yonette Joseph / 4h

Benjamin Netanyahu is on track to once again lead Israel as prime minister — while facing a corruption trial.

Accusations of Racism Against Lawmaker Roil France’s Parliament

by Aurelien Breeden / 6h

A far-right member of Parliament shouted that someone should “go back to Africa” while a Black lawmaker was discussing migrants.

Kherson Braces for Battle as Russian Administration Evacuates

Russian Kherson Ukrainian

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by Marc Santora and Ivan Nechepurenko / 6h

Evidence points to both sides preparing for a pitched battle for the southern city, and Ukrainians say hints of a Russian military withdrawal are mere deception.

Karpov, Former Chess Champion, Is Injured After Fall in Moscow

by Victor Mather / 6h

Mr. Karpov has been a loyal defender of Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, and the invasion of Ukraine. But he has also expressed sympathy for the war’s civilian victims on both sides.

Your Friday Briefing: A COP 27 Preview

26by Amelia Nierenberg / 6h

Plus Benjamin Netanyahu retakes power in Israel and Imran Khan is wounded in Pakistan.

Troubled Loner? Political Terrorist? Both? It’s Often Hard to Say

Pelosi US America Violence

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37by Max Fisher / 7h

The attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband has raised questions about the role of demonizing political speech in violent acts, not for the first time.

Battle Over Deep-Sea Mining Takes on New Urgency as Trial Run Winds Down

by Eric Lipton / 7h

A Canadian company is testing mining equipment in the Pacific Ocean in its quest for metals needed for electric vehicles. Environmentalists oppose the mining, which could begin in 2024.

The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog finds no evidence for Russia’s claim that Ukraine is readying a ‘dirty bomb.’

Russia IAEA Ukraine

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31by Matthew Mpoke Bigg / 8h

The International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspections had found no evidence of illegal nuclear activity at three sites that figured in Russia’s claims.

US Officials Met With Brittney Griner, White House Says

US Officials Griner

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100+by James C. McKinley Jr., Chris Cameron and Edward Wong / 9h

The meeting was the first since the basketball star’s appeal on a drug conviction in Russia was rejected.

A Warming Siberia, Wracked by Wildfires, Nears a Crucial Threshold

41by Henry Fountain / 9h

Nearly 23 million acres burned from 1982 to 2020. But almost half of that occurred in 2019 and 2020, and the region may be near a threshold beyond which extreme fires become more common.

Hannah Pick-Goslar, a Presence in Anne Frank’s Diary, Dies at 93

64by Richard Sandomir / 9h

The two young women knew each other from kindergarten until their final encounter, on opposite sides of a barbed-wire fence in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Britain Takes Sides Over a Chocolate Bar That Is Often a Sad Holiday Leftover

500+by Daniel Victor / 9h

Bounty, a chocolate-coconut concoction similar to Mounds, will be left out of some Celebrations holiday assortments this year, stirring a national debate.

Details in Ethiopia’s Peace Deal Reveal Clear Winners and Losers

34by Abdi Latif Dahir / 9h

Fighters in the country’s northern Tigray region, who fought a bitter two-year war against the Ethiopian Army, must disarm within 30 days and allow security forces to take control of Tigray’s capital.

In Europe, New Refugee Crisis Stirs Uncomfortable Questions

200+by Erika Solomon and Monika Pronczuk / 11h

The war in Ukraine has sent the numbers of refugees seeking shelter in Europe soaring, pushing those from other conflicts to the end of the line.

G7 foreign ministers meet in Germany to make plans to aid Ukraine against Russia.

G-7 Germany Ukraine

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by Edward Wong / 12h

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Can a Nation Replace Its Oil Wealth With Trees?

71by Dionne Searcey and Arlette Bashizi / 13h

Gabon knows its oil won’t last forever, so officials are turning to the Central African nation’s rainforest for revenue — while also promising to preserve it.

Brutal Fight for Kherson Still Looms Between Russia and Ukraine

by Marc Santora and Ivan Nechepurenko / 13h

Ukrainian officials have warned that Moscow could be trying to create the illusion of a pullback to draw Ukrainian forces into a trap.

As Dollar Strengthens, U.S. Students in Europe Feel the Benefits

300+by Jenny Gross / 15h

The pound and the euro are trading at decades-long lows against the dollar. For American students abroad, that has made weekend trips, dinners and theater tickets (somewhat) less of a splurge.

Shelling Cuts Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant’s Connection to Outside Power

Ukraine Nuclear Russian

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by Marc Santora / 15h

It is at least the fourth time the facility has lost connection to outside power since Russian forces began occupying it early in the war.

U.N. Inspectors Find No Evidence for Russian ‘Dirty Bomb’ Claim

Russian Ukraine Ukrainian

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500+by The New York Times / 16h

The International Atomic Energy Agency examined three sites where Russia claimed Ukraine was building a radiation dispersal bomb but turned up no indications of illicit activity.

The Job Market’s Cues

US NFP Fed Biden Job

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25by Ben Casselman / 16h

Two measurements tell two stories about the strength of U.S. employment.

Nations Must Increase Funding to Cope With Climate Shocks, U.N. Warns

45by Christopher Flavelle / 17h

Failing to help developing nations brace for disruption will lead to increased conflict and widespread suffering, the United Nations wrote in a new report.

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