Putin Is ‘Carefully Studying’ Proposed Ukraine Cease-Fire

As recently as January, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia emphatically rejected the idea of a temporary cease-fire in Ukraine. But after a month in which President Trump turned American foreign policy on its head and Russian forces made progress in a key battle, the Kremlin now appears keen at least to entertain the 30-day […]

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Conversations and insights about the moment.

March 11, 2025, 1:57 p.m. ET “This is the first arrest of many to come,” President Trump boasted on Truth Social about the arrest of the Columbia graduate student (and green card holder and pro-Palestinian campus leader) Mahmoud Khalil. “We will find, apprehend, and deport these terrorist sympathizers from our country — never to return […]

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What to Know About Measles Cases in New York and New Jersey

Experts are emphasizing the importance of vaccination against measles after three people in New York and three in New Jersey were diagnosed with the viral illness since the start of the year. It’s not unusual for sporadic cases of measles to be reported. Last year, 14 people in New York City were diagnosed with the […]

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Syria Violence Marked by Sectarian and Revenge Killings, War Monitor Says

Armed groups and foreign fighters linked to the government but not yet integrated into it were primarily responsible for the sectarian violence in Syria’s coastal region over the past week, a war monitoring group said in a new report. The U.S. secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said on Wednesday that the United States would “watch […]

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Separatists Are Still Holding Hundreds of Hostages in Pakistan Train Standoff

Pakistani security forces have been locked in a deadly standoff with armed militants for more than a day after the attackers seized a passenger train on Tuesday and held hundreds hostage. The Baloch Liberation Army, or B.L.A., a banned separatist group, seized the train, which was carrying more than 400 people, in a remote mountainous […]

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In Trump’s Shadow, Greenland Votes for a New Government

With Greenland thrust into the spotlight by President Trump’s insistence that the United States will “get” the remote island at the top of the world, its parliamentary election on Tuesday took on unusual importance — not just for the outside world, but for Greenlanders. Voter turnout was at its highest in 12 years, so much […]

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Musk Email Reaches Italian Workers. It Did Not Go Well.

Italian employees at the Aviano Air Base in northern Italy paused from flipping burgers, unloading trucks and restocking shelves recently to open an email from their bosses demanding that they list five key accomplishments from last week. The email was a by-now familiar demand from President Trump’s chief cost-cutter, Elon Musk, carrying with it the […]

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