Raging Waters Were Headed Their Way. Why Did Nobody Tell Them?
Torrential rains in Valencia, in eastern Spain, caused flooding that killed more than 200 people. The deluge started inland. It took the authorities hours to warn those downstream.
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CreditEmilio Morenatti/Associated Press In West Bank Raids, Palestinians See Echoes of Israel’s Gaza War
West Bank residents say Israeli forces are adopting tactics similar to the ones they are deploying in Gaza, including airstrikes and the use of Palestinians as human shields.
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When a blogger criticized Cairo’s airport, Egypt’s government fired back, citing security footage, threatening legal action and asking, “Is it reasonable for a passenger to visit two lounges before a single flight?”
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CreditAmr Nabil/Associated Press Hezbollah Fires Waves of Projectiles Into Israel After Deadly Strike in Beirut
Israel’s military has been intensifying operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon in an apparent attempt to pressure the militant group into a cease-fire.
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A Reggaeton Ode to Colombia Is a Hit, but It’s Not Music to Everyone’s Ears
A recent song’s explicit lyrics have prompted criticism that the music promotes harmful stereotypes about Colombia.
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Many have used an old word to refer to recent events. Is it accurate?
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“Laapataa Ladies” and “All We Imagine as Light” have both captivated audiences at home. But only one was able to get India’s nod for the best foreign film Oscar.
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CreditStephane Mahe/Reuters Tortured, Burned, Put to Death. Their Crime? ‘Sorcery.’
Tragedies in Papua New Guinea are often followed by accusations of sorcery and unspeakable acts of violence. That cycle has become more brutal in recent years.
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CreditAndrew Kutan for The New York Times A Corruption Case That Spilled Across Latin America Is Coming Undone
Operation Car Wash, which started in Brazil, revealed a bribery scheme that spanned at least 12 countries. Brazil’s Supreme Court has reversed much of its impact.
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Israeli Rabbi Who Disappeared in Dubai Is Found Dead
The Israeli authorities called the killing of the rabbi, Zvi Kogan, an act of terrorism. He had been missing since Thursday.
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CreditKatarina Premfors for The New York Times What’s Behind Ukraine and Russia’s Missile Brinkmanship?
Tit-for-tat moves this week included the use of American-made ballistic missiles to strike inside Russia, and new nuclear threats from Moscow. Neither appear to have influenced the war on the ground.
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After being abducted by an offshoot of Boko Haram in Nigeria six years ago, a Christian nurse describes her daring escape and how faith kept her alive.
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CreditTaiwo Aina for The New York Times With Memes and in State Media, Many Russians Cheer on Putin’s Threats
While support for Vladimir V. Putin’s threats resounded in pro-war venues, some Russians reacted with worry, gallows humor and apathy to the suggestions of striking the West and using nuclear weapons.
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The South African government said that nearly 900 people, many children, had fallen sick since September.
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In Azerbaijan, site of the COP29 climate talks and a petrostate, people aren’t only proud of their oil. They swear by its health benefits and visit resorts to soak in it.
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CreditEmile Ducke for The New York Times In Spanish Town Devastated by Flood, a Grim Search for Bodies
Rescuers in Paiporta, where more than 60 people died, were still pulling bodies from the mud. “We are alive,” a resident said. “But we have lost everything.”
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CreditDavid Ramos/Getty Images In England’s Most Haunted Village, Halloween Means Screams and Skeptics
Pluckley is said to count at least 12 spirits among its 1,000 residents. Come October, ghost hunters arrive in droves to a place where even nonbelievers concede they’ve had eerie encounters.
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CreditAndrew Testa for The New York Times On the Israel-Lebanon Border, a Town With a Past Worries for Its Future
Abandoned and off limits to civilians, Metula, a symbol of early pioneering Zionism, is left half-ruined by Hezbollah’s rockets and missiles.
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The town of Mazan, where Gisèle Pelicot was drugged and raped by her husband and strangers, has been shaken by the revelations. “It feels a bit like it’s in our family,” one resident said.
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Neither jail nor exile to Hong Kong has stopped Han Dongfang, a former Tiananmen Square protest leader, from championing workers’ rights. “If you’re born stubborn, you go everywhere stubborn.”
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CreditAnthony Kwan for The New York Times Fue la primera Miss Universo de Nicaragua. ¿Podrá volver a casa?
Las ganadoras anteriores han disfrutado triunfalmente de las giras de regreso a casa con la corona. Pero para Sheynnis Palacios, lo que se suponía que iba a ser un gozoso logro se ha convertido en un camino delicado.
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CreditKirsten Luce for The New York Times She Was the First Nicaraguan to Be Crowned Miss Universe. Can She Ever Go Home?
After Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe title, her country’s government arrested the family members of the Miss Nicaragua contest director, and she hasn’t returned home since.
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CreditKirsten Luce for The New York Times Part-Time Farmers, Part-Time Rock Stars: A Chinese Band’s Unlikely Rise
The band, Varihnaz, has gained fans by offering an alternative to China’s hyper-polished, fast-paced modern life, with songs about pesticides and poultry raising.
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Natalia Morari once reported on corrupt business in Moldova. Now she has upset many by having a son with a tycoon accused of corruption, and running against the pro-West president in elections.
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After decades reporting on soccer, three months helping to coach a team of children under age 7 came as a revelation.
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CreditMary Turner for The New York Times ‘Change the Game’: Saudi Arabia Takes a Stride Into Women’s Tennis
The kingdom, which has been accused of trying to “sportswash” its human rights record, hosted the WTA Finals, part of its unstoppable advance into the world of sports.
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CreditMatthew Stockman/Getty Images for WTA The World Series Was Big in Japan. The TV Ratings Prove It.
Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ superstar, drove massive interest for the World Series in Japan, where more than 15 million people watched each of the first two games.
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CreditRichard A. Brooks/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Eagles Players Feared Crime in Brazil. Have They Considered Philadelphia?
Some N.F.L. players called Brazil dangerous ahead of the league’s first game in South America on Friday. Statistics show their home city is deadlier.
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CreditAndre Penner/Associated Press Against This Mighty Paralympic Team, a Close Loss Can Feel Like a Win
Other teams give themselves an A for effort after playing the Dutch women’s wheelchair basketball team, the favorite for the gold medal at the Paris Games.
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La inusual alerta se produjo un día después de que Ucrania utilizara por primera vez misiles balísticos de fabricación estadounidense para atacar territorio ruso.
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CreditGleb Garanich/Reuters Los países nórdicos actualizan sus consejos de preparación para la crisis
Suecia, Finlandia y Noruega, vecinos de Rusia, han actualizado hace poco sus recomendaciones para que los ciudadanos se preparen para sobrevivir una guerra y otras crisis.
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CreditClaudio Bresciani/TT News Agency, vía Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Putin aprueba cambios en la doctrina nuclear de Rusia
El decreto firmado por el líder ruso se produjo días después de que el presidente Joe Biden autorizara el uso por parte de Ucrania de misiles suministrados por EE. UU. para ataques dentro de Rusia.
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CreditFoto de consorcio por Maxim Shipenkov “Algunos piensan que lo he perdonado”, dijo de su exmarido ante el tribunal, “yo nunca lo perdonaré. Las cosas que me hizo son imperdonables”.
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CreditChristophe Simon/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Un centenar de camiones con ayuda fueron saqueados en Gaza, según la ONU
La UNRWA, principal agencia de Naciones Unidas de ayuda a los palestinos, lo calificó como uno de los peores incidentes de este tipo de la guerra.
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TimesVideoA Survivor in Spain Filmed How the Water Flooded Her Town in Hours
Rosalía Arenas, a resident of Utiel, recorded on her phone for nearly five hours as deadly floods submerged her street. A boat eventually evacuated Ms. Arena and her 2-year-old child.
By Emma Bubola and Nader Ibrahim
Climate Talks End With a Bitter Fight and a Deal on Money
The financing plan, which calls for $300 billion per year in support for developing nations, was immediately assailed as inadequate by a string of delegates.
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2-Year-Old Gorilla Dies After Being Struck by Hydraulic Door at Zoo
A Calgary Zoo staff member mistakenly activated a door that struck the western lowland gorilla named Eyare, a report found.
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TimesVideoIsraeli Strike Hits Residential Building in Central Beirut
At least 20 people were killed and dozens of others were wounded in the strike on Beirut’s Basta neighborhood.
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Madeleine Riffaud, ‘the Girl Who Saved Paris,’ Dies at 100
Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, she joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train.
By Sam Roberts
Sectarian Violence Kills at Least 25 in Northwest Pakistan
The clashes overnight between Sunni and Shiite tribes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province came a day after gunmen ambushed a convoy of vehicles in the area.
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Your Heart’s Desire
Understanding what’s “for you” or “not for you” is part of refining taste. But what if it’s also closing you off to pleasure and connection?
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Alberta Breaks With the Canadian Pension Model
The provincial government abruptly purged the board and senior leaders of Alberta’s pension fund, defying a long-held principle that funds should be free of political interference.
By Ian Austen
Kayaker Trapped on Australian River Has Leg Amputated in 20-Hour Rescue
The police in the state of Tasmania said all other efforts to help the man, a foreign tourist in his 60s, failed before the decision was made to amputate.
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Hezbollah Believed to Be Using Copy of Israeli Missile Against Israel
The Lebanese militant group captured an advanced Israeli anti-tank missile in the 2006 war, and its ally, Iran, reverse-engineered it, Israeli officials say.
By Lara Jakes and Ronen Bergman
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