
‘Attacked’ by Trump on Trade, Canada Is ‘at War’ With U.S., Carney Says
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a powerful speech to Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after ordering negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.By Ian Austen
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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How Two British Historians Made a Smash Hit Podcast
They took on topics as diverse as fall of the Aztecs, the French Revolution, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and history’s greatest monkeys. The rest is history.By Esther Bintliff
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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Close and Loving, or Oppressive? A Novelist Takes Aim at Italian Families.
Many Italians see themselves in Andrea Bajani’s latest novel, a portrayal of the family as a “little totalitarian system” shaped by psychological and physical violence.By Motoko Rich
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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ItalyBajani, Andrea (1975- )

What Does Harry and Meghan’s Return to England Mean for Their Children?
One effect of moving back is that Archie and Lilibet now have the opportunity to be schooled as Britons. Here’s what that might look like.By Stephen Castle and Sarah Mervosh
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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Carney Stands Up to Trump in Trade War Despite the Risks
Canada’s prime minister walked away from what he thought was a bad trade deal with the United States. Many Canadians are behind him, but it will be costly.By Matina Stevis-Gridneff
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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Who Has the Last Say in Lebanon? Hezbollah and the State Both Say They Do.
President Joseph Aoun took office with a popular mandate to reassert control after the militant group dragged the country back into war with Israel.By Christina Goldbaum
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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How a Trump Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy
The diplomat, John Coale, says his personalized approach gets results and matches the president’s style. Critics contend he is giving up too much to an authoritarian leader.By Valerie Hopkins
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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Canada-U.S. Trade War Escalates as Talks Collapse
Intense negotiations to stave off new levies by the Trump administration ended in an impasse as Mark Carney suspended talks. U.S. tariffs on Canada, and retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., will come into effect.By Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Ian Austen and Ana Swanson
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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Cities Compete in Dizzying ‘Gold Rush’ to Be Japan’s Backup Capital
Osaka? Fukuoka? Sapporo? The race is on to be second to Tokyo — and to claim the prestige and money that could come with it.By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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A.I. Is Everywhere in China. See For Yourself.
Take a walk with us through Beijing, where everyday A.I. can be useful, gimmicky, or unexpectedly funny.By Agnes Chang, Vivian Wang, Jiwoong Hong, Aaron Byrd and Qilai Shen
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Mexican Governor, Accused by U.S. of Helping Cartel, Returns to His Job
After U.S. prosecutors accused Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya of protecting the Sinaloa cartel, he said he would step down to focus on his defense. On Friday, he declared he was back and faced much criticism.By James Wagner
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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At 77, She Walked 9 Miles Under Drone-Filled Skies to Escape From ‘Hell’
Rescue teams no longer enter the city of Lyman, in eastern Ukraine, because it is deemed too dangerous. The only way out is a terrifying journey on foot.By Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Iran Must Plan to Overcome ‘Unjust’ U.S. Sanctions, Top Tehran Official Says
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, lead negotiator in talks with Washington, made the comments after President Trump vowed an “economic D-Day” against Iran.By Aurelien Breeden
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Palestinian Teenager Killed After Israeli Settlers Enter West Bank Village
Palestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, which came as settler violence has surged across the Israeli-occupied territory.By Adam Rasgon
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Trump’s Top Trade Representative Details Offer That Canada Rejected
In an interview, Jamieson Greer, President’s Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of what the United States offered to Canada before talks crumbled.By Ana Swanson
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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Waking Up to an Escalating Canada-U.S. Trade War
The two countries are locked in a potentially devastating tariff war after last-minute demands ended talks in Washington late Friday night.By Ian Austen
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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Yvette Roudy, France’s First Minister for Women’s Rights, Dies at 97
Maintaining that access to abortion was as much a matter of economic equality as women’s rights, she successfully championed state reimbursement for abortions.By Adam Nossiter
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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Missing From a Mass Wedding in India: Brides
A fraud case, in which dozens of grooms showed up for a wedding that never materialized, is an extreme example of scamming in a marriage industry long prone to it.By Suhasini Raj and Francesca Regalado
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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Sun Screen
What makes a movie a summer movie? Is it the time of its release, or the way that it depicts the season itself? Or something else entirely?By Melissa Kirsch
Published on : Sat Aug 22 2026
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Turkey Requests Netanyahu’s Arrest, Saying Israel Abused Flotilla Activists
Turkey’s request for an Interpol ‘red notice’ came at a time of escalating tensions between the two countries.By Zane Irwin
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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After Deportees Resist Arrival in Liberia, U.S. Flies Them to Another Country
At least five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.By Pranav Baskar, Hamed Aleaziz and Genevieve Glatsky
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Zambia’s Democratic Facade Fractures in Post-Election Crackdown
While the government says it is preventing an insurrection, activists and international observers have raised fears about arbitrary arrests and electoral fraud.By John Eligon and Rabecca Lungu
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Swiss Tourist Sentenced to Prison After Violating ‘Day of Silence’ in Bali
The 26-year-old received a yearlong sentence from a court on the Indonesian resort island after he flouted a sacred Hindu ritual and insulted it on Instagram.By Ryley Ober
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle
The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”By Alan Yuhas
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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A Plot, Hidden Guns and a Foreign Power, but Germany Doesn’t Name a Culprit
Officials were careful not to point a finger, after revealing what they said was a plan for a political attack, at a time when a series of destabilizing actions have been blamed on Russia.By Christopher F. Schuetze
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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U.S.-Canada Tariff Talks Down to the Wire as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms
Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home.By Matina Stevis-Gridneff
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Prince Harry and Others Told to Pay Daily Mail Publisher $13 Million
Harry and six other high-profile figures lost a privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers. They may eventually have to pay more than twice the initial sum, a judge said.By Stephen Castle
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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‘They’re Always Going to Be Polarizing’: Britons Split on Harry and Meghan’s Return
Recent surveys suggest the broader public views both of them negatively, especially in comparison to Harry’s brother, William, and his wife, Kate.By Claire Moses and Amelia Nierenberg
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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In China’s Biggest Car Recall, Tesla and 8 Others Will Address Door Safety
China’s regulator ordered changes after vehicle occupants sometimes had difficulty exiting electric cars, an issue that has led to lawsuits against Tesla in the United States.By Keith Bradsher and Jack Ewing
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Why China Thinks It Can Resist Trump’s Economic Threats on Iran
Beijing can squeeze U.S. critical mineral supplies and has enough oil to withstand the loss of Iranian crude, Chinese analysts say.By David Pierson and Berry Wang
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Giorgia Meloni Has a Lot to Say: The Takeaways
The Italian prime minister is leading what will soon be the longest-lasting government in the country’s postwar history. She shows herself by turns funny and fierce in a rare interview.By Roger Cohen
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Muslim Charity in Britain Faces Scrutiny for Possible Links to Hamas
British regulators are investigating Al-Khair Foundation after U.S. prosecutors accused a man affiliated with the group of funding terrorism.By Ephrat Livni
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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England’s Ancient Trees Are Dying in the Heat
Extreme temperatures and drought are adding to the stress on oak trees that have lived for hundreds of years and play a key role in the national imagination.By Claire Moses
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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England

Giorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power
In a rare interview, the onetime political outcast reflects on her route from “the uncomfortable side of history” to the threshold of leading Italy’s most durable postwar government.By Roger Cohen
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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Rare South American Diseases Offer Clues on the Next Pandemic
Ebola virus, hantavirus and the pathogen that causes Covid-19 likely jumped from animals to humans. So do these viruses — and scientists say climate change is speeding their spread.By Zane Irwin, Lucía Cholakian Herrera and Sebastián López Brach
Published on : Fri Aug 21 2026
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