Greenland’s Not the Only Place in the Arctic Where a Fight for Control Is Brewing
A great power competition is intensifying in the Arctic, and not only for Greenland.
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on January 2026
A Russian Videographer Reveals How Putin Shapes the Next Generation
“I’m just standing there filming and I understand that what’s getting into the camera isn’t just a lesson, but history,” Pavel Talankin said.
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on January 2026
Trump Shakes up Latin American Politics
Government supporters calling for the release of Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, last week.
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on January 2026
Trump Threats and Venezuela Strike Leave Mexico Agonizing Over How to Respond
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has tried to thread a narrow diplomatic needle in the aftermath of the U.S. strike in Venezuela.
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on January 2026
Schools in Occupied Ukraine Aim to Turn Children Into Russian Nationalists
Tetiana, 37, and her two daughters after crossing from Belarus into Ukraine, in December.
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on January 2026
India’s Ties With Bangladesh Fray as Elections Loom
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh in New Delhi in 2024. Ms. Hasina was ousted by a protest movement and fled to India, which has since been criticized by Bangladesh’s interim government and the protesters who ousted her for refusing to hand her over to face justice at home.
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on January 2026
Venezuela’s New Leader Enlists U.S. Troops to Bring a Rogue Ship Back
Delcy Rodríguez, the interim leader of Venezuela, in the country’s capital, Caracas, on Monday.
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on January 2026
Why Putin Went Quiet When Challenged by Trump Over Venezuela
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a news conference with President Trump in August in Anchorage.
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on January 2026
How Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s Leader, Became Vital to Trump’s Plans for the Country
Delcy Rodríguez, then Venezuela’s vice president, during an interview last year.
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on January 2026
Trump Eyes Greenland, and Europe Figures Its Best Bet Is a Negotiation
Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. “The real question is, by what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland?” Stephen Miller, one of President Trump’s closest aides, said this week.
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on January 2026
I.C.C. Judges Denounce Effect of Trump’s Sanctions
The International Criminal Court in The Hague. U.S. sanctions come at a time when the court is investigating claims of atrocities in Afghanistan, Libya, Myanmar, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela, as well as Gaza.
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on January 2026
Russia Says It Used Nuclear-Capable Missile to Strike Western Ukraine
Damage to an apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, after a presumed drone strike on Friday.
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on January 2026
Why Are Iranians Protesting? What to Know About the Unrest.
An image taken from a social media post on Friday shows demonstrators gathered in Tehran, Iran’s capital.
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on January 2026
Are You Fat Enough to Play in This Soccer League?
It’s all fun, games and fat-burning as Fat Man United competes against Totten-Ham and Cheese in suburban Dallas.
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Thomas
on January 2026
Australia Wildfires Burn Nearly 900,000 Acres
Smoke rising from a burning forest near Longwood, Australia, on Friday.
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on January 2026
Death Toll Grows as Nationwide Protests Rock Iran for a Third Night
A still from video shared on social media on Friday that has been verified by The New York Times showing crowds around an open fire in Tehran, Iran’s capital.
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on January 2026
Nearly 13,000 Irish Passports Are Recalled Over ‘Technical Issue’
A “technical issue with a software update” may prevent Irish citizens from traveling with passports issued between Dec. 23 and Jan. 6, the country’s foreign affairs department said.
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on January 2026
Machado Offered Trump Her Nobel, but Prize Institute Says It’s Not Allowed
María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, offered to give her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump, who has long coveted the award.
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Thomas
on January 2026
Acquired Tastes
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on January 2026
Chrystia Freeland Resigns as a Member of Canada’s Parliament
Chrystia Freeland, who resigned from Parliament on Friday, at her home in Toronto.
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on January 2026
Trump Urges Oil Companies to Speed Work in Venezuela
President Trump and members of his cabinet at a meeting with oil executives at the White House on Friday.
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on January 2026
Iran Convulsed in Second Night of Nationwide Protests
Demonstrators marched in Tehran in an image taken from a social media post that was shared on Thursday.
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on January 2026
Outside Prisons in Caracas, Venezuelans Anxiously Await Release of More Political Detainees
Family members awaiting the release of prisoners outside El Helicoide, a notorious prison in the center of Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, on Thursday.
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Thomas
on January 2026
Trump Threatens to Take Greenland ‘the Hard Way’
President Trump and members of his cabinet at the meeting with oil executives at the White House on Friday.
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on January 2026
With Missile Strike on Ukraine, Putin Delivers a Warning to Europe
Damage to an apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, after a strike on Friday.
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on January 2026
What Is El Helicoide, the Infamous Torture Prison in Venezuela?
El Helicoide seen in Caracas on Thursday. It was first conceived as a futuristic mall before being repurposed to hold prisoners.
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on January 2026
Yemeni Separatists Say They Are Disbanding, but Move Is in Dispute
Soldiers on Thursday in Aden, Yemen, outside the headquarters of the Southern Transitional Council, a separatist group that has sought to create an independent state in Yemen’s south.
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on January 2026
Prosecutor Asks for Owner of Swiss Bar Hit by Deadly Fire to Be Detained
Jacques and Jessica Moretti, the owners of the Swiss bar that burned in a deadly fire last week, in Sion, Switzerland, on Friday.
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Thomas
on January 2026
Freed Venezuelan Political Prisoner Called Maduro’s 2024 Victory a Fraud to His Face
The former Venezuelan presidential candidate Enrique Márquez looking at a voting record during a news conference in the capital, Caracas, in 2024.
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on January 2026
U.S. Boards Another Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil
Silhouettes of children carrying a net at a fishing pier while in the background a crude oil tanker is docking in Venezuela’s Maracaibo Lake on Thursday.
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on January 2026
Pope Leo Rebukes a Spreading Global ‘Zeal for War’
Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City on Thursday. On Friday he urged nations to commit to work together to follow international laws.
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on January 2026
Landfill Collapse in Philippines Leaves 4 Dead and Dozens Missing
The huge mound of garbage at a waste facility in Binaliw in the Philippines on Friday, the day after it collapsed.
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Thomas
on January 2026
What Is the Oreshnik Ballistic Missile Russia Used in a Strike on Ukraine?
President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen at a military parade on Victory Day in Moscow in 2024.
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Thomas
on January 2026
Trump Indicates He Will Meet Venezuela’s Machado After Offer to Give Him Her Nobel Peace Prize
María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, at an election rally in Caracas in 2024.
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on January 2026
Runway Wall Caused All the Deaths in 2024 South Korean Plane Crash, Report Says
The concrete wall at the end of the runway that the Jeju Air plane hit at Muan International Airport in 2024. A computer simulation concluded that everyone would have survived if it had been made of breakable materials.
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Thomas
on January 2026
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on January 2026
Iran’s Supreme Leader Vows to ‘Not Back Down’ as Protests Swell
A picture made available by the office of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday.
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on January 2026
How an Abrupt Call Between Trump and Colombia’s President Averted a Crisis
President Gustavo Petro of Colombia at the Presidential Palace in Bogotá, on Thursday, during an interview with The New York Times.
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on January 2026
In Venezuela, Trump Revives ‘Gunboat Diplomacy.’ What Is It?
A U.S. Navy vessel off the coast of Puerto Rico last month. The U.S. Navy has been part of an American military buildup in the Caribbean.
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on January 2026
Inside Myanmar’s Gilded Capital, Empty Streets and Moldy Corners
An empty road in front of decommissioned tanks at the Defense Services Museum complex in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, the day after a vote in December.
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on January 2026
Venezuelans Decry Civilian Casualties. Pentagon Says It’s Unaware of Any.
Friends and family at the burial of Rosa Elena González, 80, who was killed during the U.S. raid to capture Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro.
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on January 2026
Once Again, a Newfoundland Town Rescues Stranded Passengers
The airport in Gander, Newfoundland, where three flights were diverted this week for bad weather, stranding travelers.
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on January 2026
Ukraine Awards Major Lithium Project to Investors With Links to Trump
Ronald S. Lauder is one of the investors who won the bid to mine lithium deposits in Ukraine. He has known President Trump since college.
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on January 2026
U.S. Navy Is Chasing Several Oil Tankers in the Atlantic
An image from video released by the U.S. military purporting to show the seizure of the oil tanker M Sophia in the Caribbean on Wednesday.
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Thomas
on January 2026
Rocío San Miguel, Venezuelan Political Prisoner, Was Among Those Released
Demonstrators demanding the release of Rocío San Miguel, one of Venezuela’s most prominent political prisoners, at a rally held in Madrid, last year.
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Thomas
on January 2026
Russian Propaganda Ramps Up After U.S. Raid in Venezuela
Red Square in Moscow. Russia and Venezuela have had a close diplomatic relationship, and Moscow is keen to retain those ties.
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on January 2026
An Interview With Donald Trump
President Trump speaking to New York Times reporters on Wednesday.
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on January 2026
Fact-Checking Trump’s Justifications for the Venezuela Operation
President Trump at a news conference on Saturday at Mar-a-Lago.
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Thomas
on January 2026
Climate Change Has Turned Greenland Into a Target for Trump
A partially frozen sea just outside Nuuk, Greenland, last year.
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Thomas
on January 2026
Macron tells ambassadors that the world has become ‘unhinged.’
President Emmanuel Macron of France in Paris on Thursday. He told a group of global ambassadors that rules around the world had been discarded.
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Thomas
on January 2026
Malaysia and Indonesia Block Access to Grok Because of Sexually Explicit Content
After President’s Capture, U.S. and Venezuela Explore Restoring Diplomatic Ties
Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest
An Up-Close Look at the Thwaites Glacier